First-principles study of the lattice dynamics of Sb2S3 by Liu, Yun, Eddie Chua, Kun Ting, Sum, Tze Chien, Gan, Chee Kwan

“…The effect of Born effective charges is taken into account using a mixed-space approach, resulting in the splitting of longitudinal and transverse optical (LO-TO) phonon branches near the zone center. Zone-center frequencies agree well with Raman scattering experiments. …”
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1 × N (N = 2, 8) Silicon selector switch for prospective technologies at the 2 μm waveband by Sia, Brian Jia Xu, Li, Xiang, Qiao, Zhongliang, Guo, Xin, Zhou, Jin, Littlejohns, Callum G., Liu, Chongyang, Reed, Graham T., Wang, Wanjun, Wang, Hong

“…The 2 μm waveband, specifically near 1.9 μm, is an imperative resource that could possibly be exploited in future communications systems. …”
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Numerical study on contact zone in an interfacial crack by Shen, Hongnian.

“…This thesis presents an analysis for contact zone near an interfacial crack tip by using the commercial FEM software ANSYS 5.0 and 5.3. …”
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Tunable optical and dielectric properties of metal phthalocyanine based coatings as passive camouflage materials by Poh, Jia Chin

“…With recent advancements in the surveillance technology, radar and surveillance equipment can detect in the ultraviolet and in the near infrared wavelengths, deeming the previous camouflage techniques useless. …”
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Zirconia spacer electrodes improve microstructural uniformity of flash sintered zirconia ceramics by Prajzler, V, Todd, R

“…A reference 3YSZ sample, which was sintered with stainless steel electrodes only, reached 98.2% of relative density with a notable grain size difference between the central (∼290 nm) and near-electrode parts (∼160 nm). The addition of 3YSZ spacer electrodes improved the final density to 98.9 % and reduced the grain size difference between the central (∼300 nm) and near-electrode parts (∼220 nm) almost by half compared to the reference sample.…”

Development of a cloud-based road surface quality assessment system by Lim, Ka Quan, Nor Azuana, Ramli

“…The model’s processing speed, with 9.7 milliseconds per image, indicates its capability for near real-time analysis. Finally, the model is deployed on cloud infrastructure hosted by Digital Ocean to provide scalability and accessibility. …”
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The curious case of nomenclatures by Tan, Ying Ying

“…These published works include monographs, edited volumes, chapters in edited volumes, and articles in major peer-reviewed journals. 85% of the 500 publications used the term Singapore English, 27% of them had Singlish, and only a mere six publications (around 1%) used the term Singaporean English. …”
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Visible Range Plasmonic Modes on Topological Insulator Nanostructures by Dubrovkin, Alexander M., Adamo, Giorgio, Yin, Jun, Wang, Lan, Soci, Cesare, Wang, Qi Jie, Zheludev, Nikolay I.

“…Phase-resolved real-space imaging of localized plasmons in Bi1.5Sb0.5Te1.8Se1.2 topological insulator nanostructures is performed by scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy. Dipolar and higher order surface plasmon modes with well-defined field amplitude and phase profiles are detected in the visible part of the spectrum.…”
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Fast photoacoustic imaging systems using pulsed laser diodes: a review by Upputuri, Paul Kumar, Pramanik, Manojit

“…In recent years, the semiconductor laser technology has advanced to generate high-repetitions rate near-infrared pulsed lasers diodes (PLDs) which are reliable, less-expensive, hand-held, and light-weight, about 200 g. …”
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“Sweet” detectives: children crack the case for a healthy future by Terry, Cassandra, Meimaridou, Eirini, Jorfi, Samireh, Ramchurn, Medah, Encinas, Mabel

“…Due to the success of these activities, we plan to take them to more schools across London in the near future.…”
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A 0.4 V, 12.2 pW leakage, 36.5 fJ/step switching efficiency data retention flip-flop in 22 nm FDSOI by Ji, Yuxin, Zhang, Yuhang, Chen, Changyan, Zhao, Jian, Rokhani, Fakhrul Zaman, Ismail, Yehea, Li, Yongfu

“…This brief proposes an ultralow power DR-FF design with an improved autonomous data-retention (ADR) latch operating with a supply voltage range down to near/subthreshold, achieving a sleep mode leakage power of 12.2 pW, 1.4 × -3.8 × less than the prior CMOS DR-FFs. …”

The potential of value management (VM) to improve the consideration of energy efficiency within pre-construction by Tahir, Mohamad Zamhari, Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun, Rajemi, Mohamad Farizal

“…Energy demand and consumption in buildings will rise rapidly in the near future because of several social economics factors and this situation occurs not only in developed countries but also in developing countries such as Malaysia. …”
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SHERLOCK HOLMES : RITUAL KELUARGA MUSGRAVE, TEKA-TEKI REIGATE, LELAKI BERBADAN BONGKOK & PESAKIT JALAN BROOK = THE MUSGRAVE RITUAL, THE REIGATE PUZZLE, THE CROOKED MAN & THE RESIDE... by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930, author 284049, Nor Azila Zainal Abidin, translator 206311

“…Sherlock Holmes tertarik dengan kes ini, dan mendapati Tuan Blessington menyimpan rahsia besar. Kejadian berikutnya memaksanya menyiasat satu kes pembunuhan. …”

Wear behaviour of martensitic NiTi shape memory alloy under ball-on-disk sliding tests by Yan, Lina, Liu, Yong, Liu, Erjia

“…Three stages of degradation were identified, namely, a near-zero wear stage, a transition wear stage and an abrasive wear stage. …”
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Modeling of microfluid droplet resonator based on whisper gallery mode by Dong, Bin

“…Since the droplet is formed by surface tension, the surface will be quite smooth, so that whisper gallery modes can be formed near the surface of the droplet, which means the light will be transmitted by total internal refraction near the surface and get accumulated. …”
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Simultaneous mid-infrared gas sensing and upconversion based on third harmonic generation in cascaded waveguides by Pan, Jianxing, Chen, Zhenxing, Huang, Tianye, Zeng, Shuwen, Cheng, Zhuo, Huang, Pan, Zhao, Xiang, Shum, Perry Ping, Brambilla, Gilberto

“…Moreover, the signal is up converted from mid-infrared to near-infrared and thus it can be easily detected by efficient near-infrared detectors. …”
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Indefinite metamaterials for optical applications by Bisht, Ankit

“…Hence, it becomes imperative to find means of performing near-field (Superlensing) and label-free real time far-field super-resolution imaging (hyperlensing) at the nanoscale. …”
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Curiosity Opens Relationships of the World and with Others: Narratives from Doing Teaching and Learning Through Curiosity by Cavicchi, Elizabeth

“…What potentials does curiosity bear for education? Some characterizations portray curiosity as self-motivated search for answers, a drive conformable with conventional education’s imperative for correct answers. …”
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A secret of high-rate mass transfer in anammox granular sludge : "lung-like breathing" by Xu, Dongdong, Kang, Da, Yu, Tao, Ding, Aqiang, Lin, Qiujian, Zhang, Meng, Hu, Qianyi, Zheng, Ping

“…The AnGS cultivated in a bioreactor with higher nitrogen removal rate (NRR) was found to have the higher ExCA and ExCF when determinated at the same BLR, and the “lung-like breathing” behavior of one type of AnGS was revealed to bear a significantly (p < 0.05) positive correlation with the specific anammox activity (SAA). …”
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Structural behavior of tubular frame under elevated temperature by Tan, Peng Hoe.

“…In this study, a two-bay-two-floor steel tubular frame, separated as four individual compartments, was modeled to investigate the behaviour of tubular frame under transient elevated temperature. To bear a resemblance to real fire condition, transient elevated temperature analysis was run to provide a more realistic solution. …”
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