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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Mechanically durable and damage resilient dielectric elastomer actuators by Tan, Matthew Wei Ming

“…However, electric fields to drive actuation require kilovolt range inputs that pose a safety concern and limits their compatibility with portable power sources. Owing to their soft nature, these DEAs are also susceptible to premature failure generated by physical damages within dynamic environments. …”
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Mechanical properties of lightweight aggregate concrete containing unground palm oil fuel ash as partial sand replacement by H. Mohd, Hanafi, Khairunisa, Muthusamy, Wan Ahmad, Saffuan, Budiea, Ahmed Mokhtar Albshir, Kusbiantoro, Andri, Nabilla, Mohamad, Rafiza, Abdul Rahman, Błoch, Katarzyna

“…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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Remote epitaxy by Kim, Hyunseok, Chang, Celesta S., Lee, Sangho, Jiang, Jie, Jeong, Junseok, Park, Minseong, Meng, Yuan, Ji, Jongho, Kwon, Yeunwoo, Sun, Xuechun, Kong, Wei, Kum, Hyun S., Bae, Sang-Hoon, Lee, Kyusang, Hong, Young Joon, Shi, Jian, Kim, Jeehwan

“…Although the principle of remote epitaxy is simple, it is often challenging to perform owing to stringent requirements for sample preparation and procedure control. …”
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Compositional dependence of spintronic properties in Pt/GdCo films by Suzuki, Daniel H, Lee, Byung Hun, Beach, Geoffrey SD

“…GdCo films have been widely used in spintronic applications, owing largely to their tunable degree of ferrimagnetic compensation. …”
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A model for wet-casting polymeric membranes incorporating nonequilibrium interfacial dynamics, vitrification and convection by Lee, Hanyong., Krantz, William B., Hwang, Sun-Tak.

“…This new model also incorporates densification-induced convection that arises owing to density changes associated with the concentration gradients and contributes to the mass-transfer fluxes. …”
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Synthesis of porous, hollow metal MCO3 (M=Mn, Co, Ca) microstructures and adsorption properties thereof by Cai, Ren, Du, Yaping, Peng, Shengjie, Bi, Hengchang, Zhang, Wenyu, Yang, Dan, Chen, Jing, Lim, Tuti Mariana, Zhang, Hua, Cao, Y. Charles, Yan, Qingyu

“…As a proof of concept, these porous MnCO3 hollow microcubes were applied to water treatment and exhibited an excellent ability to remove organic pollutants in waste water owing to their hollow structure and large specific surface area.…”
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Estimation of electric stress and surface potential for traction insulators by Reddy, B Subba, Madhulita, Monali, Chaudhuri, Tanaya

“…Due to fault in one/two sheds, stress on the remaining healthy sheds increases, owing to atmospheric pollution the stress may lead to a flashover of the insulator. …”
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Separation of acetylene from carbon dioxide and ethylene by a water-stable microporous metal – organic framework with aligned imidazolium groups inside the channels by Lee, Jaechul, Chuah, Chong Yang, Kim, Jaheon, Kim, Youngsuk, Ko, Nakeun, Seo, Younggyu, Kim, Kimoon, Bae, Tae Hyun, Lee, Eunsung

“…Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) in general are strong candidates for these separations owing to the presence of functional pore surfaces that can selectively capture a specific target molecule. …”
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Stretchable energy storage devices : from materials and structural design to device assembly by Gong, Xuefei, Yang, Qi, Zhi, Chunyi, Lee, Pooi See

“…Stretchable energy storage devices (SESDs) are indispensable as power a supply for next-generation independent wearable systems owing to their conformity when applied on complex surfaces and functionality under mechanical deformation. …”
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The thinnest light disk: rewritable data storage and encryption on WS₂ monolayers by Zhao, Weiwei, Cai, Shuang, Wei, Xin, Zheng, Ting, Xu, Xin, Zafar, Amina, Liu, Hongwei, Yu, Ting, Lu, Junpeng, Chen, Yunfei, Ni, Zhenhua

“…The high encryption level is ensured by the threshold power upon which the data deletion will be triggered. Owing to the high spatial resolution and power sensitivity, the storage capacity within <1 nm thickness can be up to ≈62.5 MB cm⁻², and the writing speed can reach ≈6.25 MB s⁻¹. …”
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Design, fabrication, evaluation of low-speed UAV wing flap actuated with shape memory alloy by Seow, Aik Khiam

“…Although SMA possess very high kinetic output and instantaneous actuation upon heating, owing to their slow cooling rate, difficulties have been encountered in using them as actuation mechanisms for some aerospace applications requiring repeated actuations under relatively high frequency. …”
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Prototyping wireless pulse oximeter by Ng, Kimberly Jin Jin

“…The demographic time bomb has been a major concern for many countries around the globe. Many lives were lost owing to the neglect of one’s health condition. This paper describes the incorporation of ZigBee protocol into medical devices such as Pulse Oximeter. …”
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Designed formation of hollow particle-based nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers for high-performance supercapacitors by Chen, Li-Feng, Lu, Yan, Yu, Le, Lou, Xiong Wen (David)

“…By embedding ultrafine zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) nanoparticles into electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN), the as-prepared composite nanofibers are carbonized into hierarchical porous nanofibers composed of interconnected nitrogen-doped carbon hollow nanoparticles. Owing to its unique structural feature and the desirable chemical composition, the derived HPCNFs-N material exhibits much enhanced electrochemical properties as an electrode material for supercapacitors with remarkable specific capacitance at various current densities, high energy/power density and long cycling stability over 10 000 cycles.…”
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Performance of strut-reinforced Kagome truss core structure under compression fabricated by selective laser melting by Gautam, Rinoj, Idapalapati, Sridhar

“…Lattice structures are regarded as an excellent candidate for lightweight applications owing to their high specific strength and stiffness. …”
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Electrical properties of textured (KNa)0.44Li0.06Nb0.84Sb0.06Ta0.1O3 thick films by Fu, Fang, Zhai, Jiwei, Xu, Zhengkui, Bai, Wangfeng, Kong, Ling Bing

“…Piezoelectric properties of thick film were improved dramatically owing to the co-effect of texturing and LiSbO3 doping, with d 33 * being sharply increased from 38 pm/V to 173 pm/V.…”
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Electrospinning pure protein solutions in core-shell fibers by Tiwari, Sandeep Kumar, Venkatraman, Subbu S.

“…Electrospinning of protein-loaded fibers faces many challenges, e.g. burst release owing to segregation of the protein on the fiber surface, loss of activity due to electrospinning conditions, limitation of loading capacity etc. …”
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Monitoring membrane biofouling via ultrasonic time-domain reflectometry enhanced by silica dosing by Sim, S. T. V., Suwarno, S. R., Chong, T. H., Krantz, William B., Fane, Anthony Gordon

“…However, adapting UTDR to detect biofouling is problematic owing to the small difference in acoustic properties between a biofouling layer and water or a membrane. …”
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Buried interface molecular hybrid for inverted perovskite solar cells by Liu, S, Li, J, Xiao, W, Chen, R, Sun, Z, Zhang, Y, Lei, X, Hu, S, Kober-Czerny, M, Wang, J, Ren, F, Zhou, Q, Raza, H, Gao, Y, Ji, Y, Li, S, Li, H, Qiu, L, Huang, W, Zhao, Y, Xu, B, Liu, Z, Snaith, HJ, Park, N-G, Chen, W

“…Specifically, PCEs of the inverted PSCs have exceeded 25% owing to the development of improved self-assembled molecules (SAMs)^1-5 and passivation strategies^6-8. …”