New Purification Strategies and Monomer Platforms for Ruthenium-Initiated Living Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization by Kilgallon, Landon J.

“…The existing methods for purification of ROMP polymers, which are typically solubility-based, are reviewed. The promise of covalent capture purification—a reactivity-based purification method— for living ROMP is discussed. …”
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Design of optical building blocks for photonic integration by Chin, Mee Koy.

“…Defect states within the photonic bandgaps behave like either donor or acceptor modes similar to other photonic crystals. The results based on transfer matrix model shows reasonable agreement with finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulations.…”
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A study on the snowing phenomenon in binary alloy solidification by Saffie, M.G.M., Tso, Chih Ping., Tan, F. L.

“…The snowing phenomenon has been observed in some studies where seed crystals formed near the bottom of the test cell during solidification are carried up flow above the mushy layer by thermo-solutal convection flow, and they fall down on it just like atmospheric snow occurring in nature. …”
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The role of a silane coupling agent in carbon nanotube/polypropylene composites by Xin, Fei, Li, Lin

“…Being similar to CNTs, the coupling agent‐treated CNTs (named as ZCNTs) could act as a nucleating agent to shift the crystallization temperature of PP to higher temperatures but decrease crystallinity of PP with increasing filler content. …”
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Dynamics in blue emitting metal halide perovskites for light emitting diodes by Karlsson, Max

“…We show that by carefully moderating the crystallization dynamics it is possible to achieve films with a homogeneous composition, thereby mitigating the negative effects arising from material inhomogeneities. …”
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Black Phosphorus Nanoparticle Labels for Immunoassays via Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Mediation by Mayorga-Martinez, Carmen Clotilde, Mohamad Latiff, Naziah, Eng, Alex Yong Sheng, Sofer, Zdeněk, Pumera, Martin

“…Its nanoparticles show an increased bandgap when compared to bulk materials and they are typically fabricated by ultrasonication of macroscopic black phosphorus crystals. Here we fabricate black phosphorus nanoparticles (BP NPs) by solution based electrochemical exfoliation with bipolar electrodes, which induces opposite potentials on the opposite ends of black phosphorus macroparticles thereby leading to its decomposition into nanoparticles. …”
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Printing of functional materials in 2D and 3D structures by Halevi, Oded

“…These materials demonstrate higher semiconducting performance once arranged as single crystals instead of micro- and nanoparticles. The crystallization process usually requires time, as well as a stable and steady environment. …”
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Solvent-driven aqueous separations for hypersaline brine concentration and resource recovery by Foo, Zi Hao, Stetson, Caleb, Dach, Elizabeth, Deshmukh, Akshay, Lee, Hyeonseok, Menon, Akanksha K., Prasher, Ravi, Yip, Ngai Yin, Lienhard, John H, Wilson, Aaron D.

“…Solvent-driven fractional crystallization can leverage sequential treatment and control of process conditions to rapidly recover salts without requiring evaporation of water. …”
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Printable low-temperature carbon for highly efficient and stable mesoscopic perovskite solar cells by Thangavel, Nivethaa R., Koh, Teck Ming, Chee, Zhong Quan, Tay, Darrell Jun Jie, Lee, Ming Jun, Mhaisalkar, Subodh Gautam, Ager, Joel W., Mathews, Nripan

“…Furthermore, full perovskite crystallization in the screen-printed device without any perovskite formed on the mesoporous carbon electrode is always challenging. …”
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Probing the superconducting gap symmetry of α − PdBi 2 : A penetration depth study by Mitra, Sreemanta, Okawa, K., Kunniniyil Sudheesh, S., Sasagawa, T., Zhu, Jian-Xin, Chia, Elbert Ee Min

“…We report measurements of the in-plane London penetration depth λ in single crystals of the α−PdBi2 superconductor—the α-phase counterpart of the putative topological superconductor β−PdBi2, down to 0.35 K using a high-resolution tunnel-diode-based technique. …”
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XPS studies and ferromagnetism evaluations of pure MgO and Fe- and Co-doped MgO nanoparticles by Khorsand Zak, Ali, Hashim, Abdul Manaf, Maghsoudi, Alireza

“…Magnesium oxide nanoparticles (MgO-NPs), as well as Fe- and Co-doped MgO-NPs, were synthesized using a gelatin-based sol–gel method. The structure and morphology of the prepared samples were examined using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), respectively. …”

Modified structural Luneburg lens for broadband focusing and collimation by Zhao, Liuxian, Lai, Chang Quan, Yu, Miao

“…However, existing structural Luneburg lenses based on phononic crystals can hardly achieve these requirements. …”
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Interface energetics and dynamics in organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites by Goh, Teck Wee

“…This observation in CsPbBr3 may point towards using perovskite single crystals to generate and extract hot carriers in solar cells. …”
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Dual role of Cu-chalcogenide as hole-transporting layer and interface passivator for p–i–n architecture perovskite solar cell by Sadhu, Anupam, Rai, Monika, Salim, Teddy, Jin, Xin, Tan, Joel Ming Rui, Leow, Shin Woei, Ahmed, Mahmoud Gamal, Magdassi, Shlomo, Mhaisalkar, Subodh Gautam, Wong, Lydia Helena

“…The incorporation of an appropriate functional group such as sulfur-terminated surface on the HTL can enhance the interface quality due to its interaction with perovskite during the crystallization process. In this work, a bifunctional Al-doped CuS film is wet-deposited as HTL in p–i–n architecture PSC, which besides acting as an HTL also improves the crystallization of perovskite at the interface. …”
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Synthetic recrystalization matrix for converting coal ash into value added product by Ong, Khiaw Chong.

“…However, no crystalline phase is detected which means improvement must made for the controlled heat treatment so nucleation and crystallization are possible.…”
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Synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of extended 2-D triangular lattices by Bartlett, Bart M

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Chemical vapor deposition of 3D transition metal oxide and chalcogenide nanocrystals by Hu, Dianyi

“…For the nonlayered Fe3O4, MnS, and MnSe, the usage of mica, a van der Waals material, as the growth substrate was critical to growing the 2D crystals. The free of dangling bonding of the van der Waals substrate enables the easy migration of the absorbed species, thus facilitating the lateral growth and resulting in the formation of 2D crystals. …”
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Indentation and laser annealing of NiTi shape memory alloys by Su, Jun Feng

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Empowerment through suicide in “The little mermaid” and “Giselle ou les wilis” by Wong, Angelene Suet Fong

“…Therefore while it is valid for Johansen to say that “The Little Mermaid” is “the crystallization of the theme of self-denial and self-sacrifice common to the religious and instinctual dimension of the tale,” his claim leaves room for another angle to be considered (240). …”
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Development of red/near-infrared fluorescent molecules and macromolecules for biomedical applications by Yang, Cangjie

“…Specifically, Chapter 2 presents a new crystallization-induced-emission (CIE) fluorophore (denoted as Indigoid-B). …”
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