Effect of polyvinylpyrrolidone additive in the substrate of thin-film composite forward osmosis polyvinylidene fluoride membrane on neodymium rejection by Yeoh, Yuan Xin, Mazrul Nizam, Abu Seman, Mohd Yusri, Mohd Yunus, Abdul Wahab, Mohammad, Nurul Ain, Ismail

“…Green technology innovations, especially green energy require a strong permanent magnet that utilizes rare earth elements (REE) such as neodymium (Nd) as raw materials. Direct mining of REE from primary sources and downstream recycling process from secondary resources are infeasible due to the pollution caused by strong acid used in the cracking and leaching process. …”
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Crosslinkable vegetable oil based natural materials for packaging applications by Ker, Adonica Yan Ting

“…In this project, the synthesis of castor oil and citric acid polyester was carried out to produce a biodegradable polymer film for packaging applications. Castor oil and citric acid been selected as raw materials due to its high versatility and potential in undergoing esterification reaction, leading to the formation of hydrolysable ester bonds, followed by the addition of resorcinol, 1,10 decandiol and 1,12 dodecandiol as a linker to adjust the polymer film mechanical and degradation properties.…”
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Biodegradable plastics from marine biomass: A solution to marine plastic pollution by Khan, Nida, Sudhakar, Kumarasamy, Rizalman, Mamat

“…The moisture content of the bioplastic film was found to be 21.16 %. The water absorption test demonstrated the film's hydrophilic nature, showing a 60 % increase in weight. …”
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Detection of computer graphics using attention-based dual-branch convolutional neural network from fused color components by He, Peisong, Li, Haoliang, Wang, Hongxia, Zhang, Ruimei

“…With the development of 3D rendering techniques, people can create photorealistic computer graphics (CG) easily with the advanced software, which is of great benefit to the video game and film industries. On the other hand, the abuse of CGs has threatened the integrity and authenticity of digital images. …”
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Architecting a stable high-energy aqueous Al-ion battery by Yan, Chunshuang, Lv, Chade, Wang, Liguang, Cui, Wei, Zhang, Leyuan, Dinh, Khang Ngoc, Tan, Huiteng, Wu, Chen, Wu, Tianpin, Ren, Yang, Chen, Jieqiong, Liu, Zheng, Srinivasan, Madhavi, Rui, Xianhong, Yan, Qingyu, Yu, Guihua

“…The high abundancy and easy accessibility of aluminum raw materials further make AAIBs appealing for grid-scale energy storage. …”
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Wind power load factor in the United Kingdom by Constable, J, Aoyama, H

“…This programme is driven by the Renewables Obligation (RO), a support mechanism that adds around £1 billion a year to consumer bills at present and is forecast, in its current incarnation, to have cost the consumer around £32 billion in total by 2027. …”

Effects of individual research practices on fNIRS signal quality and latent characteristics by Bizzego, Andrea, Carollo, Alessandro, Lim, Mengyu, Esposito, Gianluca

“…Two datasets were generated: ALL dataset (segments with bad and good data quality) and GOOD dataset (segments with good quality). …”
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Colloidal quantum dot light-emitting diode architectures for high performance by Leck, Kheng Swee

“…In addition, in the thesis, we used gallium-doped zinc oxide (GZO) to replace tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) used as the electrode in QD-LEDs due to the increasingly expensive raw materials of ITO. The lowest sheet resistance and resistivity of the radio-frequency (RF) sputtered GZO films are 12.28 Ω/□ and 9.48×10-4 Ω·cm, respectively, comparable to those of commercial grade ITO. …”
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