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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Emerging soft conductors for bioelectronic interfaces by Gao, Dace, Parida, Kaushik, Lee, Pooi See

“…In the past decade, the scope of flexible/ stretchable electronics has been broadened into bioelectronics owing to the need of implementation of various biocompatible soft conductors. …”
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Atomic layer deposition of metallic tri-layer for alloy formation by Yong, Sidney Kwong Roong

“…Atomic layer deposition (ALD) has become a topic of interest owing to its high compositional control, down to the atomic level. …”
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3D surface analysis of coral microatolls by Gautam, Rohan

“…Coral microatolls are also valuable paleo-sea-level indicators owing to both their vertical precision and the fact that they can grow and respond to sea level changes for decades to centuries, unlike other short-lived organisms. …”
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Mechanistic study and applications of lanthanide-based upconversion nanomaterials by Wei, Wei

“…Owing to the unique spectroscopic properties of lanthanide (Ln) elements, the successful employment of lanthanide-based upconversion (UC) nanomaterials as luminescent biolabels heralds a new era of bioimaging technology. …”
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Preparation of plasmonic metal / semiconductor hybrid nanostructures : Ag @ TiO2 @ Cu2O nanoprisms by Yong, Si Jie

“…Hybrid plasmonic metal / oxide semiconductor core-shell nanostructures have garnered extensive attention owing to their unique properties and limitless potential applications. …”
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Effect of abutment width on scour hole characteristics around abutment in compound channel by Lian, Lian

“…This study investigates the effect of width of 〖45〗^owing wall abutment and time on scour hole characteristics and maximum scour depth. …”
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A critical review of experimental results on low temperature charge transport in carbon nanotubes based composites by Bhatia, Ravi, Kumari, Kiran, Rani, Reena, Suri, Anil, Pahuja, Ushma, Singh, Devinder

“…Owing to their low density, high aspect ratio and excellent charge transport properties, Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are proven to be one of the best reinforcing materials in the fabrication of composite materials. …”
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Isolation, identification, and characteristics of local yeast isolates with proteolytic capability obtained from traditional processed Indonesian duck eggs by Pratama, Andry, Gumilar, Jajang, Putranto, Wendry S., Rukayadi, Yaya

“…Yeast has a great biotechnological potential owing to its extracellular enzymatic activity. Therefore, it is important to study yeast species, especially those from food sources and the environment. …”
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Turning on the biradical state of tetracyano-perylene and quaterrylenequinodimethanes by incorporation of additional thiophene rings by Zeng, Zebing, Lee, Sangsu, Zafra, José L., Ishida, Masatoshi, Bao, Nina, Webster, Richard David, López Navarrete, Juan T., Ding, Jun, Casado, Juan, Kim, Dongho, Wu, Jishan

“…The ground state geometries and electronic structures of QDTP and QDTQ were systematically studied by variable-temperature nuclear magnetic resonance, electron spin resonance, superconducting quantum interference device measurements and FT Raman spectroscopy, assisted by density functional theory calculations. …”
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