3D confined jet scour at a wall by Chee, Wei Hong

“…At berthing ports for large ships, the soil sediments located at the seabed near the toe of the port walls contribute towards the resisting force and moment to prevent geotechnical failure of these retaining walls, such as overturning or sliding failures. …”
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Wafer-scale nanostructured black silicon with morphology engineering via advanced Sn-assisted dry etching for sensing and solar cell applications by Wu, Shaoteng, Chen, Qimiao, Zhang, Lin, Ren, Huixue, Zhou, Hao, Hu, Liangxing, Tan, Chuan Seng

“…Furthermore, the responsivity of the b-Si metal–semiconductor–metal (MSM) photodetector at the near-infrared (NIR) wavelength range (1,000-1,200 nm) is 40-200% higher than that of planar-Si MSM photodetector with the same level of dark current, which is beneficial for the applications in photon detector, solar cell, and photocatalysis. …”
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Full-spectrum out-of-distribution detection by Yang, Jingkang, Zhou, Kaiyang, Liu, Ziwei

“…These new benchmarks have a more fine-grained categorization of distributions (i.elet@tokeneonedot, training ID, covariate-shifted ID, near-OOD, and far-OOD) for the purpose of more comprehensively evaluating the pros and cons of algorithms. …”
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Adjoint-state traveltime tomography for azimuthally anisotropic media in spherical coordinates by Chen, Jing, Chen, Guoxu, Nagaso, Masaru, Tong, Ping

“…This method is applicable for large-scale tomography, and its performance is verified by a synthetic checkerboard test and a practical seismic tomographic inversion in central California near Parkfield.…”
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Co-electrolysis of seawater and carbon dioxide inside a microfluidic reactor to synthesize speciality organics by Rarotra, Saptak, Singh, Amit Kumar, Mandal, Tapas Kumar, Bandyopadhyay, Dipankar

“…Furthermore, the probable underlying electrochemical reaction mechanisms near the electrodes were proposed for synthesis of organic products. …”
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Construction of quasi-ordered metal-organic frameworks superstructures via colloidal assembly of anisotropic particles for selective organic vapor sensing by He, Yuheng, Bai, Ling, Liu, Baocang, Duan, Hongwei, Zhang, Jun

“…In this study, the colloidal assembly of nearly spherical and polyhedral MOFs particles to form quasi-ordered photonic superstructures was investigated. …”
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Signs of criticality in social explosions by Beiró, Mariano G., Chung, Ning Ning, Chew, Lock Yue, Gandica, Yérali

“…The importance of analysing systems near a critical point is that any small disturbance can escalate and induce large-scale-nationwide-chain reactions.…”
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Investigation of far infrared emission and UV protection properties of polypropylene composites embedded with candlenut-derived biochar for health textiles by Low, Rayland Jun Yan, He, Pengfei, Junianto, Qiu, Ningyu, Ong, Amanda Jiamin, Choo, Hong Han, Manik, Yosia Gopas Oetama, Siburian, Rikson, Goei, Ronn, Burns, Stephen F., Tok, Alfred Iing Yoong, Lipik, Vitali, Chang, Boon Peng

“…Additionally, biochar enhanced UV and near-infrared (NIR) blocking capabilities, achieving an ultra-protection factor (UPF) of 91.41 and NIR shielding of 95.85%. …”
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Validating Thai translations of perceptual soundscape attributes: a non-Procrustean approach with a Procrustes projection by Watcharasupat, Karn N., Ooi, Kenneth, Lam, Bhan, Ong, Zhen-Ting, Jaratjarungkiat, Sureenate, Gan Woon-Seng

“…Subsequent analyses yielded a two-dimensional projection with [Formula presented] explained variance and near-perfect alignment of the composite Pleasantness and Eventfulness axes. …”
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Optical properties of ultrathin metal oxide and metal films : effect of free electrons, quantum confinement and localized surface plasmon resonance by Li, Xiao Dong

“…The comparison study of the free electrons between the undoped ZnO and AZO shows that free electrons could greatly suppress the excitonic absorption near the band edge and result in an expansion of band gap due to the free electrons effect. …”
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Antimicrobial effects of moringa oleifera seeds on E. coli K-12 derivatives by Zhou, Lingyan

“…With continuous research and development, the great underlying values of MO seeds in this regard could be harnessed in the near future.…”
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Model predictive control for converters in hybrid AC/DC microgrid part II by Loh, Zheng Yang

“…Climate changes caused by global warming will not only have disastrous effects on many industries of a country but also the safety and well-being of the people living near the coastal regions. There are many legislative implementations in attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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Unveiling the dual role of chemically synthesized copper doped zinc oxide for resistive switching applications by Gollu, Sankara Rao, Roy, Sounak, Banerjee, Souri, Kundu, Souvik, Boppidi, Pavan Kumar Reddy, Raj, P. Michael Preetam, Challagulla, Swapna

“…X-ray diffraction, high resolution transmission electron microscope, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, UV-VIS-near infrared spectrometer, and piezoelectric force microscopy (PFM) were employed to study the crystallinity, interfaces, chemical compositions, bandgap, and domains in Cu:ZnO thin films, respectively. …”
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Single plasmonic structure enhanced dual-band room temperature infrared photodetection by Tong, Jinchao, Luo, Yu, Zhang, Dawei, Zhang, Dao Hua, Tobing, Landobasa Yosef Mario

“…Dual-band photodetection in mid- and near-wave infrared spectral bands is of scientific interest and technological importance. …”
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Experimental investigation of fatigue in a cantilever energy harvesting beam by Avvari, Panduranga Vittal, Yang, Yaowen, Liu, Peiwen, Soh, Chee Kiong

“…As there has been very little literature reported in this area, an effort has been made to scrutinize the damage due to fatigue in a linear vibrating cantilever PEH beam consisting of an aluminum substrate with a piezoelectric macro-fiber composite (MFC) patch attached near the root of the beam and a tip mass attached to the beam. …”
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Narrow bandgap oxide nanoparticles coupled with graphene for high performance mid-infrared photodetection by Hu, Xiaonan, Zhang, Daliang, Tao, Ye, Yu, Xuechao, Li, Yangyang, Liu, Zhixiong, He, Yongmin, Md. Azimul Haque, Liu, Zheng, Wu, Tom, Wang, Qi Jie

“…However, the operation bandwidth of such photodetectors has been limited to visible and near-infrared regimes. Here we demonstrate a mid-infrared hybrid photodetector enabled by coupling graphene with a narrow bandgap semiconductor, Ti2O3 (Eg = 0.09 eV), which achieves a high responsivity of 300 A W−1 in a broadband wavelength range up to 10 µm. …”
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Morphology control and thermal stability of binderless-graphene aerogels from graphite for energy storage applications by Nguyen, Son Truong, Nguyen, Hoa Tien, Rinaldi, Ali, Nguyen, Nam P. V., Fan, Zeng, Duong, Hai Minh

“…Of all the challenges facing human beings in the near future, energy related issues are likely to be the grandest. …”
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Rupture kinematics of the 2005 Mw 8.6 Nias-Simeulue earthquake from the joint inversion of seismic and geodetic data by Konca, A. Ozgun, Hjorleifsdottir, Vala, Song, Alex Teh-Ru, Avouac, Jean-Philippe, Ji, Chen, Sieh, Kerry, Helmberger, Don V., Briggs, Richard W., Meltzner, Aron J.

“…Thus, this earthquake provides a unique opportunity to assess the source characteristics of a megathrust event from the joint analysis of seismic data and near-field static co-seismic displacements. Based on the excitation of the normal mode data and geodetic data we put relatively tight constraints on the seismic moment and the fault dip, where the dip is determined to be 8° to 10° with corresponding moments of 1.24 × 10^22 to 1.00 × 10^22 N m, respectively. …”
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Repeatability, reproducibility, and observer variability of body composition assessment with single-slice lumbar MRI by Nowak, M, Núñez, L, Hill, CE, Davis, T, Cardiel, LF, Schooler, GR, Mermekli, A, Salvati, R, Thomaides Brears, H, Pansini, M, Robson, MD

“…Analyst-radiologist comparisons showed near-perfect correlations (r = 0.97–1.00, p < 0.001) and excellent reliability (ICC: 0.96–1.0). …”

Uncovering the potential of yttrium doped zinc oxide nanoparticles as an efficient catalyst for photodegradation of recalcitrant pollutant and a contributor antibacterial property by Peechmani, Prakash, Mohd. Makhtar, Siti Nurfatin Nadhirah, Mansur, Sumarni, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, Kamaludin, Roziana, Puteh, Mohd. Hafiz, Wong, Keng Yinn, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Abdul Rahman, Mukhlis, Jaafar, Juhana, Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi

“…High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) showed an increase in grain size as the concentration of Y3+ ions inside the ZnO matrix increased. Ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared spectroscopic measurement revealed a red shift of the bandgap energy of 0.128 eV, which confirmed the substitution process. …”