Rapid controllable synthesis of branched Au superparticles: formation mechanism of toggling the growth mode and their applications in optical broadband absorption by Zhong, Shichuan, Hang, Lifeng, Wen, Lulu, Zhang, Tao, Cao, An, Zeng, Pan, Zhang, Hanlin, Liu, Dilong, Cai, Weiping, Li, Yue

“…Such Au superparticles demonstrate broadband absorption from visible to near-infrared regions due to their multiple plasmonic coupling and hence they have important applications in sensors, photothermal conversion and therapy, etc. …”
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Simulation of wind field in a building complex for evaluation of the wind effect along UAS flight path by Nathanael, Joshua Christian, Wang, John Chung-Hung, Low, Kin Huat

“…The wind simulation was done using various inlet wind speeds and directions based on the measurements from a weather station near the building complex. After obtaining the velocity field for the whole area, the wind effect on UAS along a given flight path was inferred from the local wind velocity magnitude and direction along the path. …”
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Flow-through electrochemically assisted reverse-osmosis: a new process towards low-chemical desalination by Long, Wei, Koo, Jing Wee, Yuan, Ziwen, She, Qianhong

“…Upon applying an extremely low-energy (< 0.005 kWh/m3) electrical field, the FT-EARO module could (1) produce a permeate with pH >10 with no alkali dosage, ensuring sufficient boron removal in the second-pass RO, and (2) generate protons and low-concentration free chlorine near the membrane surface, potentially discouraging membrane scaling and biofouling while maintaining satisfactory desalination performance. …”
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Corrosion damage detection in reinforced concrete using Rayleigh wave-based method by Cheng, Weixia, Sun, Hai-Han, Wan, Li Soon, Fan, Zheng, Tan, Kang Hai

“…Ultrasonic Rayleigh waves have been employed to detect near-surface cracks in concrete based on their transmission coefficient in frequency domain or their time-of-flight information. …”
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Influence of banded ε-martensite and deformation twin on cryogenic toughness of Fe–Mn–xAl–C steel by Li, Leilei, Niu, Gang, Gong, Na, Liu, Hongfei, Wang, Xuelin, Shang, Chengjia, Wang, Yong, Wu, Huibin

“…The plastic deformation is dominated by deformation bands which are dominated by deformation twins (DTs) and ε-martensite at x = 0 and DTs at x = 3 and 5%, respectively. The DTs near fracture the notch-tip area increased in the order of the 0Al, 3Al, and 5Al steel. …”
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Multi-scale CuS-rGO pyramidal photothermal structure for highly efficient solar-driven water evaporation and thermoelectric power generation by Zeng, Long, Deng, Daxiang, Zhu, Linye, Zhang, Zhenkun, Gu, Xin, Wang, Huiming, Jiang, Yujie

“…They combined the merits of efficient multiple refraction and absorption of light, broad-spectrum absorption capabilities of rGO and high near-infrared extinction coefficient of CuS, as well as fast water transportation by gradient porous matrix. …”
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Molecular and biochemical characterisation of human casein kinase I alpha splice variants by Yong, Thomas Joon Kin.

“…Here, I report on the isolation of near full length cDNAs coding for human CKIas and human CKIaL derived from the 4.2 kb mRNA transcripts. …”
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Numerical modeling of motion and deformation of cells in microscale hydrodynamic and electric fields by Ye, Ting

“…The Morse potential model is employed to describe the interaction between the two cells, identified by the intercellular interaction force behaving as a weak attractive force at far distance but a strong repulsive force at near distance. As the first academic achievement made in this thesis, the two novel numerical methods are developed to efficiently treat the two-fluid model, namely the modified particle binary level set (MPBLS) method for tracking the cell membrane, and the modified semi-implicit method for pressure linked equations-revised (modified SIMPLER). • The MPBLS method employs the binary level set function to distinguish different materials, and further scatters a number of Lagrangian particles on the interface to correct the interface and provide the interface information. …”
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Rotator cuff tendons of the shoulder joint : anatomy and investigation of strain profile by Sheng, Jia-Min

“…High shear stresses were observed near the footprint within the supraspinatus. These stresses could initiate tears, propagate intratendinous defects and ultimately cause delamination of the tendon. …”
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Functional characterization of plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte binding like protein homologue 1 (PfRH1) by Yap, Sally Shu Lin

“…Merozoite surface exposure of PfNBR occurs when merozoites are in close contact to erythrocytes, suggesting that PfRH1 could act as an ATP sensor to detect near-membrane environmental ATP released from a deforming erythrocyte during invasion. …”
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Evaporation of sessile saline droplet with surfactant on silicon wafer substrate by Yap, Ming Sheng

“…For the crystallisation process, various number of NaCl crystals are formed near the edge of the droplet during the later stage of evaporation process and move towards the centre as it grow due to the increase in crystal size which becomes confined between the solid substrate and free surface. …”
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Two kinds of phase transition in photonic systems with application to optical isolation by Zhou, Xin

“…The behavior of the Dirac modes can be described by a gyromagnetic effective medium model with near-zero refractive index. When two domains are subjected to opposite magnetic biases, there exist unidirectional edge states along the domain wall. …”
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Trust and distrust of tsunami vertical evacuation buildings: Extending protection motivation theory to examine choices under social influence by McCaughey, Jamie W., Mundir, Ibnu, Daly, Patrick, Mahdi, Saiful, Patt, Anthony

“…Our survey of residents living near TVE buildings (n = 202) shows that they clearly prefer horizontal evacuation: in the 2012 earthquake, only 26% evacuated to a TVE building, while 74% evacuated horizontally; if a similar earthquake happened in the future, only 32% intend to evacuate to a TVE building, while 68% intend to evacuate horizontally. …”
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ART: Adaptive fRequency-Temporal Co-Existing of ZigBee and WiFi by Li, Feng, Luo, Jun, Shi, Gaotao, He, Ying

“…On one hand, FAVOR allocates continuous (center) frequencies to nodes/links in a near-optimal manner, by innovatively converting the problem into a spatial tessellation problem in a unified frequency-spatial space. …”
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Superconducting resonator and Rydberg atom hybrid system in the strong coupling regime by Yu, Deshui, Landra, Alessandro, Valado, María Martínez, Hufnagel, Christoph, Kwek, Leong Chuan, Amico, Luigi, Dumke, Rainer

“…The atomic qubit is implemented by two eigenstates near an avoided-level crossing in the dc Stark map of a Rydberg atom. …”
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Remarkable SERS Activity Observed from Amorphous ZnO Nanocages by Wang, Xiaotian, Shi, Wenxiong, Huang, Weifeng, Lin, Jie, Ma, Guanshui, Li, Shuzhou, Guo, Lin, Jin, Zhao

“…The efficient ICTP can even generate π bonding in Zn−S bonds peculiar to the mercapto molecule adsorbed a‐ZnO NCs, which has been verified through the X‐ray absorption near‐edge structure (XANES) characterization. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time such remarkable SERS activity has been observed within amorphous semiconductor nanomaterials, which could open a new frontier for developing highly sensitive and stable SERS technology.…”
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Active control of resonant cloaking in a terahertz MEMS metamaterial by Manjappa, Manukumara, Pitchappa, Prakash, Wang, Nan, Lee, Chengkuo, Singh, Ranjan

“…The proposed technique provides a simple design and technique for realizing invisibility cloaks by utilizing the resonant near‐field interactions in the subwavelength structures across microwave to optical frequencies, thereby circumventing the need for materials with complex geometry and exotic properties.…”
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Measuring the hole-state anisotropy in MgB2 by electron energy-loss spectroscopy by Klie, Robert F., Su, Haibin, Zhu, Yimei, Davenport, James W., Idrobo, Juan-Carlos, Browning, Nigel D., Nellist, Peter D.

“…In particular, we have studied two different crystal orientations, [110] and [001], with respect to the incident electron beam direction, and found significant changes in the near-edge fine structure of the B K-edge. …”
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Investigating circular dorsal ruffles through varying substrate stiffness and mathematical modeling by LeDuc, Philip R., Zeng, Yukai, Lai, Tanny, Koh, Cheng Gee, Chiam, Keng-Hwee

“…It has been observed that CDR formation leads to stress fibers disappearing near the CDRs. Since stress fiber formation can be modified by substrate stiffness, we examined the effect of substrate stiffness on CDR formation by seeding NIH 3T3 fibroblasts on glass and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrates of varying stiffnesses from 20 kPa to 1800 kPa. …”
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Holocene rate of slip and tentative recurrence interval for large earthquakes on the San Andreas fault, Cajon Pass, southern California by Sieh, Kerry, Weldon, Ray J.

“…Combined with the historic record, this investigation indicates that the last major earthquake at Cajon Creek was probably near the beginning of the 18th century. …”
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