High performance nano-scale measurements by advanced atomic force estimation by Cui, Song

“…The AFM system deploys a tiny probe to interact with the sample such that topography information of the sample can be obtained. …”
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Biofilms: Microbial Cities Wherein Flow Shapes Competition by Chew, Su Chuen, Yang, Liang

“…However, two recent publications demonstrate how hydrodynamic flow and substrate topography can also alter the competitive outcomes of different bacterial phenotypes, increasing biofilm phenotypic variation.…”
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Road-network-based rapid geolocalization by Li, Yongfei, Yang, Dongfang, Wang, Shicheng, He, Hao, Hu, Jiaxing, Liu, Huaping

“…The road network matching problem is treated as a point cloud registration problem under the homography transformation and solved under the hypothesize-and-test framework. …”
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Wettability modification of glass surfaces by deposition of transparent conducting oxides using laser texturing by Abdul Fattah, Mohamad Tahir, Syarifah Nur Aqida, Syed Ahmad, Izwan, Ismail

“…The modified glass surface demonstrated the ability to produce tunable wettability by altering its surface topography and surface chemistry using TCO.…”
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Fabrication of artificial defects in aircraft components for nondestructive testing using 3D printing by Chan, Marcus Jia Jun

“…An Ultrasonic C-scan was also being performed to understand correctly the topography provided in the results. It was found that despite being able to correctly measure the component’s depth, the topography was found to be distorted due to a combination of beam spread and machine measurement errors. …”
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A numerical modeling approach for better differentiation of boulders transported by a tsunami, storm, and storm-induced energetic infragravity waves by Watanabe, Masashi, Goto, Kazuhisa, Roeber, Volker, Kan, Hironobu, Imamura, Fumihiko

“…When the dimensionless transport distance of a boulder (=transport distance of a boulder/offshore wave height) is less than 4.0 × 10 over planar topography and 3.0 × 10 over reef topography, both waves can potentially be responsible for the transport distance. …”
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Micro-systems mechanics VOLUME III by Lin, Rongming, David J. Ewins

“…At this flying height, the topography of the surface of the disk and the slider head has to be taken into consideration. …”
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Characterization of sputtered, doped BaTiO3 films for multiferroic applications by Haghighi, Sara Borhani

“…The relationship between the film structure and sputtering parameters is the main theme of this report, but surface topography and limited ferroelectric and magnetic properties were also determined.…”
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Electrostatic adhesion pad for wall climbing robot by Suriyono

“…This design was based on hybrid adhesion without the fibril, instead, it made use of compliancy of elastomer material to accommodate surface topography. As adhesion panel with payload up to 100 times of its weight () was achieved. …”
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Sol gel dielectrics for organic field effect transistors : investigations of device performance enhancement, molecular organization and interfacial chemistry effects by Cahyadi, Tommy

“…The smoother film surfaces of sol-gel silica (~1.9 Å root-mean-square) and low surface energy (water contact angle of ~75°) have been shown to allow effective modification of bottom layer topography without being limited by the chemistry required for self-assembled monolayer (SAM) functionalization, while simultaneously fine-tuning the dielectric surface, thus resulting in planarization of dielectric surface roughness in stacked gate dielectric applications.…”
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Field survey of Typhoon Hato (2017) and a comparison with storm surge modeling in Macau by Switzer, Adam Douglas, Mok, Kai Meng, Wang, Peitao, Peng, Dongju, Li, Linlin, Yang, Jie, Lin, Chuan-Yao, Chua, Constance Ting, Wang, Yu, Zhao, Kuifeng, Wu, Yun-Ta, Liu, Philip Li-Fan

“…We show that one-half of the Macau Peninsula was inundated, with the extent largely confined by the hilly topography. The Inner Harbor area suffered the most, with a maximum inundation depth of 3.1 m at the coast. …”
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The Viking Great Army north of the Tyne: A Viking camp in Northumberland? by Kershaw, J, Jarman, C, Weber, H, Horton, M

“…This paper introduces the site, its topography and small finds and details the results from initial geophysics and lidar surveys. …”

Surface modification and characterization of polypropylene fibers by Tan, Terry Jian Hong.

“…Surface characterization were carried out using the SEM for surface topography as well as the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy or XPS to get some insights of the chemical characteristics of the treated PP fiber surface. …”
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Islands’ Metamorphoses: Two River Islands in Nanjing, China, as a Case Study in Historical Toponymy and Cartography by Xu, Duoduo

“…The present study illustrates the historical toponymy and historical topography of two river islands (located in the riverbed of the Yangtze River), belonging to the Nanjing’s territory, China, starting the toponymic analysis from a collection of ancient maps. …”
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Coseismic reverse- and oblique-slip surface faulting generated by the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, China by Yu, Guihua., Chen, Guihua., Klinger, Yann., Xu, Xiwei., Wen, Xueze., Hubbard, Judith., Shaw, John H.

“…Large oblique thrusting observed during this earthquake indicates that crustal shortening is an important process responsible for the high topography in the region, as everywhere along the edge of Tibetan Plateau.…”
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Tailoring the angular and spectral reflectance characteristics of color-dynamic films by modifying their photonic texture and topcoat roughness by Blair, Andrew D.

“…An effective approach for controlling the optical properties of such color-dynamic photonic films, which are manufactured holographically, is demonstrated using two simple control handles: the texture of the photonic structure and the surface roughness of a transmissive topcoat. …”
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Effect of coupling agent on hollow carbon microsphere/phenolic resin syntactic foam by Chan, Sze Hua.

“…The FITR and SEM were used to scan for chemical bonds and topography of hollow carbon microsphere respectively. …”
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Machine learning framework for the real-time reconstruction of regional 4D ocean temperature fields from historical reanalysis data and real-time satellite and buoy surface measure... by Champenois, Bianca, Sapsis, Themistoklis

“…We demonstrate superiority of the proposed approach in several applications, including reconstruction of seafloor topography from real-world bathymetry data, as well as tracking of dynamic anomalies. …”
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Informative path planning for anomaly detection in environment exploration and monitoring by Blanchard, Antoine, Sapsis, Themistoklis

“…We demonstrate superiority of the proposed approach in several applications, including reconstruction of seafloor topography from real-world bathymetry data, as well as tracking of dynamic anomalies. …”
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Bacterial biofilm colonization and succession in tropical marine waters are similar across different types of stone materials used in seawall construction by Summers, Stephen, Pek, Y. Shona, Vinod, Deepthi P., McDougald, Diane, Todd, Peter A., Birch, William R., Rice, Scott A.

“…Metagenomic assessment of marine microbial communities indicated no significant impact of material on microbial diversity, irrespective of the diverse surface chemistry and topography. Based on KEGG pathway analysis, surface properties appeared to influence the community composition and function during the initial stages of biofilm development, but this effect disappeared by Day 31. …”
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