Synthesis of stable fused furan-based molecule for organic electronics by Fun, Daryl Jia Wei

“…The focus of this project is the chemical synthesis and characterization of a furan-based fused-ring unit. These units acts as cornerstone for development of non-fullerene acceptors for organic electronic applications. …”
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Roles of the actin cytoskeleton in structuring the cortical endoplasmic reticulum. by Huang, Daniel Wenwei.

“…The ER is a dynamic structure that undergoes constant rearrangement through tubule branching, ring closure and tubule sliding. This rearrangement is thought to be dependent on actin cytoskeleton in yeast. …”
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Functional mesoporous silica nanoparticles for photothermal-controlled drug delivery in vivo by Yan, Hong, Teh, Cathleen, Sreejith, Sivaramapanicker, Zhu, Liangliang, Kwok, Anna, Fang, Weiqin, Ma, Xing, Nguyen, Kim Truc, Korzh, Vladimir, Zhao, Yanli

“…Remote-controlled movement of the α-cyclodextrin ring (green) upon trans–cis isomerization of the azobenzene axle (red) enables the loading and release of drugs on demand (see scheme). …”
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Investigating the genetics and immunopathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis by Liu, F

“…<p>Ankylosing spondylitis is an immune-mediated inflammatory arthritis mainly affecting the spine, although the peripheral joints, skin, intestine, and eyes could also be affected. …”

Analog smart I/O pads by Tan, Shyue Mei.

“…ESD is an increasingly significant problem in integrated circuit design as increasing pin counts and faster circuit speeds compound the need for more and better reliable ESD protection. …”
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Tribological properties of wax microcapsule modified polymers by Ang, Ping Lon

“…The tribology test uses the Pin-On-Disk wear test method and the default tribometer settings used in this project were set at 2000m sliding distance, 40cm/s linear speed and 3N linear load. …”
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Effect of emulsion temperature on physical properties of palm oil‐based margarine by Miskandar, M. S., Che Man, Y. B., Yusoff, M. S. A., Abdul Rahman, R.

“…The emulsion temperatures studied were 40, 45, and 50°C, with other parameters such as emulsion flow rates, tube cooler temperature, and pin rotor speed kept constant. The SFC developed during processing and storage at 28°C was measured to evaluate the quality of margarine. …”
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Germanium on Silicon Integrated Photonics for the Mid-Wave Infrared by Morgan, Rachel E.

“…Air-clad ring resonators demonstrate narrow-bandwidth filtering with a recorded extinction ratio of >20 dB, full-width half max (FWHM) of 0.7 GHz, and unloaded Q factor of >190,000. …”
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Metal-organic architectures driven by a multifunctional 6-aminouracil spacer : structures, noncovalent interactions, and conductivity by Purkayastha, Atanu, Dhar, Sourab, Mondal, Suvra Prakash, Franconetti, Antonio, Frontera, Antonio, Ganguly, Rakesh, Kirillov, Alexander M., Misra, Tarun Kumar

“…The computational study for molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) surface energies revealed an important finding, namely a decrease of the π-acidity of the uracil ring upon coordination and a consequent increase of the π-basicity of the phenyl-sulfonate ring, resulting in effective anti-parallel π–π stacking interactions in 1 and 2. …”
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Electrode modification by diazonium chemistry : studies on the effect of steric bulk on film thickness, and modified activated carbon cloths for energy storage by Subrata, Arnold

“…The side reactions forming these polymeric multilayers are known to occur at vacant, unsubstituted carbons on the aryl ring of the grafted layer. In the first of two broad parts of this thesis, studies were carried out on a glassy carbon (GC) electrode modified with bulky 2,3,5,6-tetramethylaniline (TMA) groups (i.e. …”
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Cobalt-catalyzed regio- and diastereoselective formal [3 + 2] cycloaddition between cyclopropanols and allenes by Yang, Junfeng, Sun, Qiao, Yoshikai, Naohiko

“…A cobalt-diphosphine catalyst has been found to promote a formal [3 + 2] cycloaddition reaction between a cyclopropanol and an allene via cyclopropanol ring opening, which affords a 3-alkylidenecyclopentanol derivative with high regio- and diastereoselectivities. …”
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Diastereoselective hydroalkylation of aryl alkenes enabled by remote hydride transfer by Gandamana, Dhika Aditya, Gagosz, Fabien, Chiba, Shunsuke

“…The transformation is triggered by electrophilic alkylation of aryl alkenes with in-situ generated carbocations, that is followed by diastereoselective 1,5-hydride shift to the resulting benzylic carbocation through a rigid 6-membered ring chair-like transition state.…”
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Modeling of microfluid droplet resonator based on whisper gallery mode by Dong, Bin

“…Currently most of the optical ring/sphere resonator based on whisper gallery mode is fabricated by wafer fabrication technology, which is high in cost and cannot be achieved on-chip. …”
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Thismia perlisensis (Thismiaceae), a new red-annulus Thismia species from Peninsular Malaysia by Besi, Edward Entalai, Mad Jabar, Qistina Anis, Abd Rahman, Syamil, Saad, Mohd Zulkifly, Ag Ahmadni, Ag Shaffie, Go, Rusea

“…The new species is easily distinguished from the similar species, T. arachnites, T. javanica, T. tentaculata, and T. kenyirensis by the prominent reddish dome-shaped annulus instead of ring-like with rim, deeply trilobed stigma with bifid and subulate lobes, and claviform apices of the inner tepals.…”
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Kinetics and mechanism of the alkaline hydrolysis of securinine by Lajis, Nordin H., Khan, Mohammad Niyaz, M. Noor, Hamdan

“…The hydroxide ion‐catalyzed hydrolysis of securinine involves the ring opening of the lactone moiety. The rate of hydrolysis is insensitive to the ionic strength. …”

Fabrication of heat sinks by Selective Laser Melting for convective heat transfer applications by Wong, Kin Keong, Ho, Jin Yao, Leong, Kai Choong, Wong, Teck Neng

“…Three heat sinks comprising pin fins of circular, rectangular-rounded and aerofoil geometries were fabricated by SLM from aluminium alloy AlSi10Mg powder. …”
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A Novel MIMO antenna integrated with a solar panel and employing AI-equalization for 5G wireless communication networks by Hussein, Humam, Elmunim, Nouf Abd, Atasoy, Ferhat, Virdee, Bal Singh, Elwi, Taha A., Rashid, Nasr, Jayanthi, Renu Karthick Rajaguru, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Limiti, Ernesto

“…We demonstrate that the directivity of this antenna array can be precisely electronically reconfigured using PIN diode switches. Additionally, we show the feasibility of integrating solar panels with the proposed MIMO antenna array. …”
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Discrete and fine wavelength tunable thermo-optic WSS for low power consumption C+L band tunability by Prabhathan, Patinharekandy, Murukeshan, Vadakke Matham, Zhang, Huijuan, Chen, Shiyi, Zhang, Jing

“…With the observed discrete tunability (7.3 mW/FSR) and fine tunability (5 mW/nm) of the WSS, the power requirement for full band tuning can be reduced to 32.7% of that of a single ring tuning.…”
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Commutative algebra and algebraic varieties by Tan, Zhi Hong

“…Lastly, we explored the Hilbert Series of the quotient of the polynomial ring by the rank varieties. It turns out that the Hilbert Series depends on the degree of the homogeneous polynomial associated to the rank variety.…”
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2H-azirines as potential bifunctional chemical linkers of cysteine residues in bioconjugate technology by Chen, Yang, Yang, Wenjie, Wu, Jiamin, Sun, Wangbin, Loh, Teck-Peng, Jiang, Yaojia

“…The cleavage of a C-N double bond of 2H-azirine furnishes an amino amide functional group in situ through a thiol addition and ring-opening process. It works with a broad scope of thiols and 2H-azirines in the absence of any catalysts at room temperature. …”
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