Mechanical Properties of Lightweight Aggregate Concrete Containing Unground Palm Oil Fuel Ash as Partial Sand Replacement by H. Mohd Hanafi, H. Mohd Hanafi, Muthusamy, Khairunisa, Saffuan, W.A., Budiea, A.M.A., Kusbiantoro, A., Nabilla, M., Rafiza, A.R., Błoch, K.

“…The results show the enhancement of concrete strength relative to the control mixture by using 10% of ash. This is owing to void filling mechanism and product of pozzolanic reaction due to the fine particles of the ash.…”
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Design of a latching mechanism for perching UAVs by Koh, Martin Wei Xiang.

“…One solution is to learn from nature and get the UAVs to perch on objects like tree branches, like how birds often do that to rest. …”
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Phononic real Chern insulator with protected corner modes in graphynes by Zhu, Jiaojiao, Wu, Weikang, Zhao, Jianzhou, Chen, Cong, Wang, Qianqian, Sheng, Xianlei, Zhang, Lifa, Zhao, Yuxin, Yang, Shengyuan A.

“…Different from conventional topological insulators, higher-order topological insulators do not necessarily require spin-orbit coupling, which makes it possible to realize them in spinless systems. …”
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Bio-catalyzed oxidation self-charging zinc-polymer batteries by Pan, Jun, Liu, Yanhong, Yang, Jian, Wu, Jiawen, Fan, Hong Jin

“…The heme acts as a catalyst that reduces the energy barrier of the autoxidation reaction by regulating the charge and spin state of O2. To realize self-charging, the adsorbed O2 molecules capture electrons of the reduced (discharged state) PANI, leading to the desorption of zinc ions and the oxidation of PANI to complete self-charging. …”
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Enhancing circular dichroism by super chiral hot spots from a chiral metasurface with apexes by Wang, Zeng, Teh, Bing Hong, Wang, Yue, Adamo, Giorgio, Teng, Jinghua, Sun, Handong

“…Manipulating light spin (or circular polarization) is an important research field and may find broad applications from sensors, display technology, to quantum computing and communication. …”
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Quantum tunneling of magnetization in ultrasmall half-metallic V3O4 quantum dots : displaying quantum superparamagnetic state by Xiao, Chong, Zhang, Jiajia, Xu, Jie, Tong, Wei, Cao, Boxiao, Li, Kun, Pan, Bicai, Su, Haibin, Xie, Yi

“…The quantum superparamagnetic state (QSP) as a high temperature signature of QTMs is observed at 16 K, which is beyond absolute zero temperature and much higher than that of conventional iron-based compounds due to the stronger spin-orbital coupling of V3+ ions bringing high anisotropy energy. …”
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Biography of the Prophet / by Shaikh Abdullah Ibn Al-Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahab, author 654324, Sameh Strauch, translator 335908

“…Moreover, the burning issues of modern times like the rights of oppressed, liberation of the slaves, dignity of the women sufferings of the human beings along with the human brotherhood and league of nations have been dealt with thoroughly.…”

Pnictogen-halide semiconductors for photovoltaics by Liu, P

“…I obtained pinhole-free morphology through hot-casting at 110 °C and chlorobenzene antisolvent treatment during spin coating, but the power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) obtained for these devices were still poor. …”

Conformable ultrasound breast patch for deep tissue scanning and imaging by Du, Wenya, Zhang, Lin, Suh, Emma, Lin, Dabin, Marcus, Colin, Ozkan, Lara, Ahuja, Avani, Fernandez, Sara, Shuvo, Ikra Iftekhar, Sadat, David, Liu, Weiguo, Li, Fei, Chandrakasan, Anantha P., Ozmen, Tolga, Dagdeviren, Canan

“…The in vitro studies and clinical trials reveal that the array using a piezoelectric crystal [Yb/Bi-Pb(In <jats:sub>1</jats:sub> <jats:sub>/2</jats:sub> Nb <jats:sub>1/2</jats:sub> )O <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> -Pb(Mg <jats:sub>1/</jats:sub> <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> Nb <jats:sub>2/3</jats:sub> )O <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> -PbTiO <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> ] (Yb/Bi-PIN-PMN-PT) exhibits a sufficient contrast resolution (~3 dB) and axial/lateral resolutions of 0.25/1.0 mm at 30 mm depth, allowing the observation of small cysts (~0.3 cm) in the breast. …”
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Piezoelectric single crystal based one-dimensional phased array for breast tissue imaging by Du, Wenya

“…In this thesis, I propose a conformable ultrasound breast patch (cUSBr-Patch) consisting of a one-dimensional (1D) phased array and a nature-inspired patch design, which offers large-area, deep tissue scanning and multi-angle, repeatable breast imaging while avoiding the drawbacks of conventional ultrasound imaging technologies. I used a Yb/Bi-doped PIN-PMN-PT single crystal as the active element due to its superior piezoelectric properties (d33 = 2,800 pC/N, εr = 7,000, k33 = 0.93). …”
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Pulsed-laser-ablated gold-nanoparticles saturable absorber for mode-locked erbium-doped fiber lasers by Noor Zirwatul Ahlam, Naharuddin, M. H., Abu Bakar, Sadrolhosseini, Amir Reza, N., Tamchek, Alresheedi, Mohammed Thamer, Abas, A. F., Mohd Adzir, Mahdi

“…The resulting nanocomposite was deposited on the tapered region of a microfiber with a spin-coating method. The proposed Au-NPs SA recorded a modulation depth of 0.4% and low saturation intensity of 0.1 MW/cm2 leading to stable mode-locking operation in the erbium-doped fiber laser cavity at a low threshold pump power of about 45.6 mW. …”
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Enhanced ferromagnetism of ZnO@Co/Ni hybrid core@shell nanowires grown by electrochemical deposition method by Tran, Dat Quang, Akabori, Masashi, Pham, Huyen Trang, Nguyen, Tam Duy, Md. Earul Islam

“…These results reveal the possibility to employ such hybrid core@shell NWs for many applications, e.g. spin field effect transistors.…”
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Layer-dependent electronic and magnetic properties of two-dimensional graphitic molybdenum carbide by Wang, Hao, Zhang, Yongjie, Yam, Kah Meng, Tang, Xinghui, Wang, Xue-Sen, Zhang, Chun

“…When n≤5, (Mo2C12)n remains AFM, while magnetic moments are mainly located on surface Mo atoms, and Mo atoms on top and bottom surfaces have opposite spin polarizations. When n>5, the AFM phase is unstable and the material becomes metallic. …”
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Search for a resonance decaying to a W boson and a photon in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV using leptonic W boson decays by Hayrapetyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J. W., Bergauer, T., Chatterjee, S., Damanakis, K., Dragicevic, M., Hussain, P. S., Jeitler, M., Krammer, N., Li, A., Liko, D., Mikulec, I., Schieck, J., Schöfbeck, R.

“…Particle X has electric charge ±1 and is assumed to have spin 0. The search is performed using the electron and muon decays of the W boson. …”
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The hierarchy of Davydov’s Ansätze: from guesswork to numerically “exact” many-body wave functions by Zhao, Yang

“…To demonstrate the versatility of the methodology, applications of Davydov’s Ansätze are made to the generalized Holstein Hamiltonian, variants of the spin-boson model, and systems of cavity-assisted singlet fission, yielding accurate dynamic and spectroscopic properties of the many-body systems.…”
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Nonlinear wave evolution with data-driven breaking by Eeltink, D., Branger, H., Luneau, C., He, Y., Chabchoub, A., Kasparian, J., van den Bremer, T. S., Sapsis, T. P.

“…It determines the properties of a sea state and plays a crucial role in ocean-atmosphere interaction, ocean pollution, and rogue waves. Owing to its turbulent nature, wave breaking remains too computationally demanding to solve using direct numerical simulations except in simple, short-duration circumstances. …”
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Unusual Temperature Dependence of Water Sorption in Semicrystalline Hydrogels by Liu, Xinyue, Zhang, Lenan, El Fil, Bachir, Díaz‐Marín, Carlos D, Zhong, Yang, Li, Xiangyu, Lin, Shaoting, Wang, Evelyn N

“…In particular, capturing moisture at elevated temperatures is highly desirable to prevent dehydration and to enlarge the tunability of water uptake. However, owing to the thermodynamic limit of conventional materials, sorbents inevitably tend to capture less water vapor at higher temperatures, impeding their broad applications. …”
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Microneedle Sensors for Point‐of‐Care Diagnostics by Hu, Yubing, Chatzilakou, Eleni, Pan, Zhisheng, Traverso, Giovanni, Yetisen, Ali K.

“…Microneedle sensors have received considerable attention as an emerging technique to evolve blood‐based diagnostics owing to their direct and painless access to a rich source of biomarkers from interstitial fluid. …”
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In vitro assessment of combined Doppler ultrasound and CFD modeling in arterial blood flow quantification by Skote, M., Susanto, Swandito, Chauhan, Sunita

“…However, relatively large deviation of the blood flow measurement from the actual value is expected, owing to a number of contributing factors. The research work expounded here attempts to ameliorate the accuracy of the blood flow output quantification by combining the Doppler measurement with the computational fluid dynamics modeling based on Navier–Stokes equation. …”
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The design and synthesis of hollow micro-/nanostructures : present and future trends by Yu, Le, Yu, Xin Yao, Lou, David Xiong Wen

“…Hollow micro-/nanostructures have attracted tremendous interest owing to their intriguing structure-induced physicochemical properties and great potential for widespread applications. …”
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