Development of carbon-based sensors using recycled ash by Lum, Lucas Yu Xiang

“…Therefore, there is a potential for femto-second laser annealing as a method to alter structural and electrical characteristics of waste carbon powder. …”
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Discovering thematic objects in image collections and videos by Katsaggelos, Aggelos K., Yuan, Junsong, Zhao, Gangqiang, Fu, Yun, Li, Zhu, Wu, Ying

“…Experiments on challenging image and video data sets and comparisons with existing methods validate the effectiveness of our method.…”
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Controlled synthesis of cubic and hexagonal phase lanthanide doped NaYF4 up-converters by Ho, John Chun Wan.

“…High NaF:Ln ratio, low annealing temperature or short annealing time would result in smaller particles produced. …”
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Investigation of process parameter variation on properties of magnetron sputtered p-type Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 thermoelectric thin films by Law, Justin Hui Ching.

“…Furthermore, the annealing method using the magnetron sputtering machine itself was inefficient and produced minor effects on the surface morphology and the crystallography of the materials. …”
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Accurate and Fast Approximate Graph Mining at Scale by Arpaci-Dusseau, Anna

“…Second, we propose two techniques to deal with the “needle-in-the-hay” problem, eager-verify and hybrid sampling. Our eager-verify method drastically improves sampling hit rate by pruning unpromising candidates as early as possible. …”
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A study on meta-heuristics algorithms for solving the intelligent turret assembly system by Tan, Hock Woo

“…A hybrid GA-ACO algorithm which was found to out-perform other conventional methods was proposed.…”
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Embedded computing techniques for remote mobile video surveillance systems by Nirmala Ramakrishnan

“…Next, a low-complexity GME method (called sparse-GME) is proposed by employing a minimum number of well-distributed sparse corner features. …”
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A Facile Synthesis of Size-Controllable IrO2 and RuO2 Nanoparticles for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction by Xu, Zhichuan Jason, Nguyen, Tam D., Scherer, Günther G.

“…The nanoparticles were synthesized by reducing metal chlorides in ethylene glycol in the presence of polyvinylpyrrolidone, followed by annealing in air. The particle size was controlled by adjusting the annealing temperature. …”
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Red Alarm for Pre-trained Models: Universal Vulnerability to Neuron-level Backdoor Attacks by Zhang, Zhengyan, Xiao, Guangxuan, Li, Yongwei, Lv, Tian, Qi, Fanchao, Liu, Zhiyuan, Wang, Yasheng, Jiang, Xin, Sun, Maosong

“…Finally, we apply several defense methods to NeuBA and find that model pruning is a promising technique to resist NeuBA by omitting backdoored neurons.…”
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Development of selenization/sulfurization-free CuIn(S,Se)2 for thin film solar cells applications by Wang, Mengxi

“…It was found that crystallinity and morphologies of CuInS2/ CuInSe2/ CuInSSe could be improved by increasing the annealing temperature and annealing time. Raman characterization confirmed that no secondary phase was formed. …”
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Micro-RBS study of nickel silicide formation by Lee, Pooi See, Sum, Tze Chien, Seng, H. L., Osipowicz, T., Mangelinck, D., Watt, F.

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Refining learning models in grammatical inference by Wang, Xiangrui

“…We introduce the use of recurrent neural networks (RNNs) and present a pruning learning method to avoid the exponential space costs. …”
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New Purification Strategies and Monomer Platforms for Ruthenium-Initiated Living Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization by Kilgallon, Landon J.

“…Covalent capture purification—a type of catch-and-release purification—purifies molecules by selectively capturing them (via a covalent bond) onto a solid support, washing away impurities, and cleaving the product from the support for recovery. …”
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Strong and ductile refractory high-entropy alloys with super formability by Zhang, C, Wang, H, Wang, X, Yu, Q, Zhu, C, Xu, M, Zhao, S, Kou, R, Wang, X, MacDonald, BE, Reed, RC, Vecchio, KS, Cao, P, Rupert, TJ, Lavernia, EJ

“…This class of super-formable RHEAs provides a novel design pathway to fabricate high-temperature structural materials via an energy- and time-saving method.…”

Carbon based materials for MEMS applications by Tan, Chong Wei

“…Two different and completely new methods of utilizing CNTs are being introduced, namely as templates and damping. …”
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Photoluminescence study of graphene quantum dots (GOD's) embedded into SiO2 matrix by M Tanda Erapanni Sukumar

“…This process, is also known as annealing which employs Rapid Thermal Processor (RTP). …”
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Structure glass technology : systems and applications by Leitch, Katherine K. (Katherine Kristen)

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Shape-controlled synthesis of cobalt-based nanocubes, nanodiscs, and nanoflowers and their comparative lithium-storage properties by Chen, Jun Song, Zhu, Ting, Hu, Qiu Hong, Gao, Junjie, Su, Fabing, Qiao, Shi Zhang, Lou, David Xiong Wen

“…Facile hydrothermal methods have been developed to synthesize large Co3O4 nanocubes, β-Co(OH)2 hexagonal nanodiscs and nanoflowers. …”
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Oxidation-etching preparation of MnO2 tubular nanostructures for high-performance supercapacitors by Zhu, Jixin, Shi, Wenhui, Xiao, Ni, Rui, Xianhong, Tan, Huiteng, Lu, Xuehong, Hng, Huey Hoon, Ma, Jan, Yan, Qingyu

“…1D hierarchical tubular MnO2 nanostructures have been prepared through a facile hydrothermal method using carbon nanofibres (CNFs) as sacrificial template. …”
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A facile alternative strategy of upcycling mixed plastic waste into vitrimers by Ng, Joseph Kok Wei, Lim, Jacob Song Kiat, Gupta, Nupur, Dong, Bing Xue, Hu, Chun Po, Hu, Jingdan, Hu, Xiao

“…Consequently, we have clearly demonstrated the applicability of the above method to upcycle mixed plastic wastes into vitrimers and reprocessable composites. …”
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