Studies of degradable ureteric stents by Huang, Yun.

“…The residual solvent, glass transition temperature and melting temperature are recorded. The in vitro degradation study investigates the water uptake, weight loss, molecular weights and effects of the porous tubes. …”
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Additive friction stir processing by Lin, Longyi

“…This work examined the feasibility of using multi-pass Friction Stir Processing (FSP) as an AM technique, with comparisons to the widely used Selective Laser Melting (SLM) method. Multi-pass FSP was successfully performed in joining two AA6061-T6 plates, with and without Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) reinforcement, using FSP parameters of 1800RPM rotation rate, 8mm/s traverse speed, 3.6-4.2kN downward force and 3o tilt angle. …”
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Friction stir processing of 3D-printed metal composites by Lim, Dalton Jun Jie

“…Thus this work examines the effectiveness of using selective laser melting (SLM) a type of AM process to fabricate AlSi10Mg specimens reinforced with carbon nanotubes (CNT). …”
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Biophysical studies of oligonucleotides containing duplex stabilising modifications by Marafini, P

“…Single and multiple additions of U-pyrene were found to significantly increase the melting temperature of dsDNA without perturbing the B-DNA duplex, as shown by UV and CD spectroscopy. …”

The structural, mechanical, and biological variation of silica bioglasses obtained by different sintering temperatures by Sarmast Sh, M., Dayang Radiah, A. B., Hoey, D. A., Abdullah, N.

“…Bioglasses were sintered at 1400, 750, and 550 °C, using both melting and sol-gel methods. The different responses of bioglasses to different sintering temperatures were revealed. …”

Intrinsic permanent shape reconfigurable semicrystalline biopolyester thermoset by Chen, Xiangping, Wong, Jie-Wei, Low, Jia Tee, Lok, Tow-Jie, Xue, Yaoting, Zeng, Zehao, Zhang, Kaihang, Shen, Yifeng, Li, Siyang, Zhou, Haofei, Zhao, Qian, Wong, Tuck-Whye, Li, Tiefeng, Yang, Wei

“…Annealing at slightly above melting-transition temperature (Tm) allows for shape reconfigurability up to nine times, comparable in performance to the existing bond-exchange systems. …”

Quantifying thermophysical properties, characterization, and thermal cycle testing of nano-enhanced organic eutectic phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications by Jacob, Jeeja, Kumar Pandey, Adarsh Kumar, Nasrudin, Abd Rahim, Selvaraj, Jeyraj, Paul Nadakkal, John, Samykano, Mahendran, Saidur, Rahman Md

“…The latent heat of the NeUPCMs got enhanced by 17% whereas the melting point showed a slight decrement in nanocomposites. …”
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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

“…Fe–Mn–xAl–C steel ingots have been fabricated by vacuum melting with Al compositions varied from x = 0 to 3 and 5 wt.%, respectively. …”
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Muscle-inspired formable wood-based phase change materials by Liu, Yifan, Lv, Zhisheng, Zhou, Jiazuo, Cui, Zequn, Li, Wenlong, Yu, Jing, Chen, Lixun, Wang, Xin, Wang, Meng, Liu, Kunyang, Wang, Hui, Ji, Xinyao, Hu, Senwei, Li, Jian, Loh, Xian Jun, Yang, Haiyue, Chen, Xiaodong, Wang, Chengyu

“…Through treatment of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) into the PVA/wood PEG gel (PEG/PVA/W) with strengthened hydrogen bonds, the resulting wood-based PCMs in the hard and melting states elevate the tensile stress from 10.14 to 80.86 MPa and the stiffness from 420 MPa to 4.8 GPa, making it 530 times stiffer than the PEG/PVA counterpart. …”
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Ball with hair: modular functionalization of highly stable G-quadruplex DNA nano-scaffolds through N2-guanine modification by Lech, Christopher Jacques, Phan, Anh Tuân

“…Furthermore, these modifications stabilize the G-quadruplex scaffold by 2.0–13.3 °C per modification in the melting temperature, with concurrent modifications producing extremely stable nano-scaffolds. …”
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Parametric optimisation of heat treated recycling aluminium (AA6061) by response surface methodology by Yusuf, N. K., Ahmad, A., Lajis, M. A., Shamsudin, S., Zhong, Zhao Wei

“…At present, hot extrusion is preferred as the effective solid-state recycling process compared to the typical method of melting the swarf at high temperature. However, the ideal properties of extruded product can only be achieved through a controlled process used to alter the microstructure to impart properties which benefit the working life of a component, which also known as heat treatment process. …”
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Magmatic Na-rich phlogopite in a suite of gabbroic crustal xenoliths from Volcán San Pedro, Chilean Andes : evidence for a solvus relation between phlogopite and aspidolite by Costa, Fidel, Dungan, Michael, Singer, Brad S.

“…We interpret these micas as the result of open-system processes involving infiltration of water-rich evolved melts [with high Na/(Na + K)] and reaction with refractory minerals. …”
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The tribological performance of nano-activated carbon as solid additives in modified calophyllum inophyllum based-metalworking fluid by Zubaidah, Zamri, Amiril Sahab, Abdul Sani, Radhiyah, Abd Aziz, Ainaa Mardhiah, Sabri, Norfazillah, Talib

“…The nano-additives have converted the sliding effect into a ball-bearing effect between the interfaces of the balls, creating a better oil protective film that helps form a gap between the mating surfaces during tribological testing.…”
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Machine health monitoring using local feature-based gated recurrent unit networks by Zhao, Rui, Wang, Dongzhe, Yan, Ruqiang, Mao, Kezhi, Shen, Fei, Wang, Jinjiang

“…Experiments on three machine health monitoring tasks: tool wear prediction, gearbox fault diagnosis, and incipient bearing fault detection verify the effectiveness and generalization of the proposed LFGRU.…”
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Secure image encryption based on an ideal new nonlinear discrete dynamical system by Lin, M. Rongming, Ng, Teng Yong

“…Extensive numerical experiment results have revealed that the proposed image encryption algorithm offers advantages of unlimited key space and high-level security, since those problematic periodic windows are no longer present within the key space, and it is extremely robust against known-plain-text attack, since the chaotic sequence generated bears no correlation whatsoever due to the folding effect of modulo operation. …”
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Electrochemical oxidation of C3 saturated alcohols on Co3O4 in alkaline by Sun, Shengnan, Sun, Libo, Xi, Shibo, Du, Yonghua, Anu Prathap, M.U., Wang, Zilong, Zhang, Qichun, Fisher, Adrian, Xu, Zhichuan Jason

“…It was also found that the KOH concentration influenced electro-oxidation of those alcohols bearing secondary hydroxyl group (GLY, 1,2-P, and 2-P) more dramatically than that of those primary alcohols (1.3-P and 1-P).…”
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Transport of intensity equation: a new approach to phase and light field by Zuo, Chao, Chen, Qian, Asundi, Anand

“…Phase is an important component of an optical wavefield bearing the information of the refractive index, optical thickness, or the topology of the specimen. …”
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Settlement behavior of shallow foundations in unsaturated soils under rainfall by Kim, Yongmin, Park, Hyundo, Jeong, Sangseom

“…The changes in the settlement during rainfall were also affected by the groundwater table position near the ground surface due to changes in matric suction. In addition, higher bearing capacity in response to rainfall infiltration was observed in the soil with smaller permeability function as compared to larger permeability function.…”
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New 3D supramolecular Zn(ii)-coordinated self-assembled organic networks by Lim, Zheng Bang, Li, Hairong, Sun, Shuangyong, Lek, Jun Yan, Trewin, Abbie, Lam, Yeng Ming, Grimsdale, Andrew C.

“…New 3D supramolecular networks S1 and S2 were prepared by Zn(II) coordination of the tetraphenylmethane-based p-type and n-type molecules bearing four terpyridine ligands. XRD and BET results indicate they are relatively amorphous and non-porous with a high degree of interpenetration within the networks. …”
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Ionic liquid lubricity enhancement with bio-oil derived from microwave pyrolysis of bamboo by Mohamed Ariffin, Nur Aisya Affrina, Chong, William Woei Fong, Foong, Shin Ying, Lam, Su Shiung, Ng, Jo-Han, Zhang, Hedong

“…The study highlights the complex tribological balance among viscosity, load-bearing capacity, and the chemical nature of bio-oil components, contributing to enhanced lubricity. …”