A crosstalk-immune sub-THz All-surface-wave I/O transceiver in 65-nm CMOS by Liang, Yuan, Boon, Chirn Chye, Yu, Hao

“…A surface-wave modulator is realized by stacking two split-ring-resonator (SRR) unit-cells with opposite placement. …”
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Enantiomeric glycosylated cationic block co-beta-peptides eradicate Staphylococcus aureus biofilms and antibiotic-tolerant persisters by Zhang, Kaixi, Du, Yu, Si, Zhangyong, Liu, Yang, Turvey, Michelle E., Raju, Cheerlavancha, Keogh, Damien, Ruan, Lin, Jothy, Subramanion Lachumy, Reghu, Sheethal, Marimuthu, Kalisvar, De, Partha Pratim, Ng, Oon Tek, Mediavilla, José R., Kreiswirth, Barry N., Chi, Robin Yonggui, Ren, Jinghua, Tam, Kam C., Liu, Xue-Wei, Duan, Hongwei, Zhu, Yabin, Mu, Yuguang, Hammond, Paula T., Bazan, Guillermo C., Pethe, Kevin, Chan-Park, Mary Bee Eng

“…Here, we report the synthesis of an enantiomeric block co-beta-peptide, poly(amido-D-glucose)-block-poly(beta-L-lysine), with high yield and purity by one-shot one-pot anionic-ring opening (co)polymerization. The co-beta-peptide is bactericidal against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), including replicating, biofilm and persister bacterial cells, and also disperses biofilm biomass. …”
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Terahertz microfluidic sensing with dual-torus toroidal metasurfaces by Xu, Jinjin, Liao, Denggao, Gupta, Manoj, Zhu, Yiming, Zhuang, Songlin, Singh, Rajan, Chen, Lin

“…Here, a dual-torus toroidal flexible metasurface containing an array of overlapped split ring resonators is experimentally demonstrated, which results in strong field confinement for enhanced sensing of polar liquid analytes. …”
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Microfluidic metamaterial sensor: Selective trapping and remote sensing of microparticles by Shih, Kailing, Pitchappa, Prakash, Manjappa, Manukumara, Ho, Chong Pei, Singh, Ranjan, Lee, Chengkuo

“…We experimentally demonstrate the integration of a microfluidic trap array on top of metamaterial resonators for size selective trapping and remote sensing of microparticles. A split-ring resonator (SRR) design supports strongly confined electric field in the capacitive split gap at the fundamental inductive-capacitive resonance mode. …”
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Design and dynamic stiffness evaluation of magnetorheologicalelastomer bushing using FEMM and dynamic testing machine by Abdul Hamid, Mohamad Ihsan, Mazlan, Saiful Amri, Nordin, Nur Azmah

“…The best configuration of the MRE bushing for this study is using single coil, magnetic material for all parts except for coil bobbin, and the thickness of ring plate of 4 mm, which yield the highest magnetic flux density of 0.205 T. …”
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Studies towards the synthesis of bioactive natural products and development of new synthetic methods by Khanizeman, Rabi’ah Nisha

“…Therefore the content of this thesis describes the syntheses and development of new synthetic methods towards bioactive natural products containing 1,3-amino alcohol, 1,3-diamine, THP-ring as well as tri-aryl ethylene unit which represent the key themes of (+)-negamycin (Chapter 1), (-)-cernuine and (+)-cermizine D (Chapter 2), enigmazole A (Chapter 3) and tamoxifen (Chapter 4), respectively.…”
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Astley's Amphitheatre and the early circus in England, 1768-1830 by Kwint, M

“…<p>Founded in Lambeth in 1768 by the ex-cavalry sergeant Philip Astley (1742-1814), Astley's was one of the first entertainments to mix traditional acrobatic feats with the new trick-riding in a ring, thus founding the modern circus. As the leading example of the artform, the permanent Amphitheatre just south of Westminster Bridge went on to be immortalised by Dickens and parodied by Punch, before closure in 1893. …”

Evolved P450 mutants as general oxidation catalysts by Harwood, LA

“…Improvements to a previous synthetic route, two routes based on a C(sp²)–C(sp²) bond disconnection and a final route constructing the aryl ring via Robinson annulation will be discussed. New methodologies including an intramolecular Heck cross-coupling and a Lewis acid catalysed coupling of furfuryl alcohols with silyl enol ethers will be presented.…”

Structural insights into viral RNA capping and plasma membrane targeting by Chikungunya virus nonstructural protein 1 by Zhang, Kuo, Law, Yee-Song, Law, Michelle Cheok Yien, Tan, Yaw Bia, Wirawan, Melissa, Luo, Dahai

“…Twelve copies of nsP1 form a crown-shaped ring structure with a 7.5-nm-wide channel for mediating communication and exchange between the viral RC and the host cell. …”
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Synthesis of some selenacrown ethers and the thermodynamic origin of their complexation with C60 by Liu, Yu, Han, Jian Rong, Zhao, Yanli, Zhang, Heng Yi, Duan, Zhong Yu

“…The obtained Ks values together with that reported for dicyclohexano-24-crown-8 (5) reveal that, the more the heteroatom numbers in crown ether ring are, and the larger the cavity sizes of crown ethers are, the higher the Ks values for complexation with C60 are. …”
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Benzofuran-based estrogen receptor α modulators as anti-cancer therapeutics : in silico and experimental studies by Leow, Min Li, Chin, Christina Hui Li, Yu, Peggy Shuang, Pasunooti, Kalyan Kumar, Tay, Raymond Xu Zhan, Zhang, Dawei, Yoon, Ho Sup, Liu, Xue-Wei

“…From the SAR studies, potential functional groups have been identified, the two hydroxyl groups at C-5 and C-6 and the phenyl ring at C-2, which showed considerable cytotoxicity in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. …”
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Designing Microporous Polymers for Separations by Storme, Kayla R.

“…In Chapter 1, we investigate the influence of side-chain length and dispersity in ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) polymers with pore-generating side chains. …”
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Optical nanoelecteromechanical systems (NEMS) devices and nano fabrication processes by Dong, Bin

“…The optical force driven actuator realized by Q-factor modulation of the ring resonator can achieve an actuation range of 14 nm with a resolution of 0.18 nm. …”
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Expedient synthesis of heterocycles and methyl sulfonyl compounds via C-X BONDS (X = O, N, S) construction by Jiang, Yaojia

“…In chapter 3, we have described two methodologies to synthesize multi-substituted pyridines from rhodium-catalyzed nitrene reaction and DBU-mediated ring opening of 2-allyl-2H-azirines. In chapter 4, we have described a radical strategy promoted by copper, oxygen and HPO(OEt)2 for the difunctionalization of alkenes to synthesize β-keto methyl sulfones; meanwhile, we have also demonstrated that alkynes could be directly undergo methyl sulfonylation to afford (E)-vinyl methyl sulfones through modification of the reaction condition.…”
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Knowledge mapping and trend analysis of disaster mitigation research in the Sulawesi Islands of Indonesia: a bibliometric study using VOSviewer by Muhammad Ahsan Samad, Kadir Arifin, Azlan Abas, Tiwi Eka Sari

“…Indonesia, as an archipelagic country located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, faces a high risk of natural disasters, including earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. …”
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Hybrid transverse - longitudinal modes for high figure-of-merit localized plasmonic refractometric sensing in the visible spectrum by Soehartono, Alana Mauluidy, Tobing, Landobasa Yosef Mario, Mueller, Aaron David, Zhang, Dao Hua, Yong, Ken-Tye

“…This hybrid mode is demonstrated in tall v-shaped split ring resonator structures, fabricated via seedless pulsed gold electrodeposition, with FOM of ≈24 in the visible range.…”
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Design and application of a thyristor-based half-sine pulsed power converter for eddy current septum magnet by Liu, Yongfang, Zhou, Xiaoxuan, Li, Guoqiang, Wang, Ruiping, Yuan, Qibing

“…These magnets include one for booster injection, three for booster extraction, and two for storage ring injection. The inductance of the septum magnet is approximately 2.1 μH. …”
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Controlling Cherenkov angles with resonance transition radiation by Lin, Xiao, Easo, Sajan, Shen, Yichen, Chen, Hongsheng, Zhang, Baile, Joannopoulos, John D., Soljačić, Marin, Kaminer, Ido

“…However, since the Cherenkov angle depends only on the material’s permittivity, the material unavoidably sets a fundamental limit to the momentum coverage and sensitivity of Cherenkov detectors. For example, ring-imaging Cherenkov detectors must employ materials transparent to the frequency of interest as well as possessing permittivities close to unity to identify particles in the multi-gigaelectronvolt range, and thus are often limited to large gas chambers. …”
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A multi-beam circularly polarised Fabry-Perot resonator antenna array using SIW for X-Band applications by Khajeh Mohammad Lou, Reza, Aribi, Tohid, Sedghi, Tohid, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…This paper presents a novel multi-layer beamforming antenna array based on Fabry-Perot resonator that is excited by a high performance compact 4 × 4 Butler matrix using substrate integrated waveguide SIW) technology for X-band application. The adapted ring patch antenna is fed through the aperture on a rectangular SIW cavity and forms the radiating element in the antenna array. …”
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Synthesis of densely functionalized pyrroles from unprotected carbohydrates by Xia, Mengxin

“…The functional groups on the pyrrole ring allows for the creation of more complicated compounds. …”
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