Design and investigation of block copolymers for dispersion of carbon nanotubes in polymer matrices by Liu, Chengyin

“…To further improve the tensile properties of the SWNTs/epoxy nanocomposites, we fabricated another series of PI-derived block copolymers via ring-opening polymerization initiated from hydroxyl-terminated polyimide of lactide and allyl-bearing 2-methyl-2-(allyloxycarbonyl)propylene carbonate) (MAC) to produce PLA-b-PI-b-PLA (TB1) and PMAC-b-PI-b-PMAC (TB2) which are polyester and poly(ester-carbonate)-derived, respectively. …”
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Structure and functions of a metallo-beta-lactamase- like hypothetical protein bleg1_2437 from alkali-tolerant soil bacterium Bacillus lehensis G1 by Tan, Soo Huei

“…However, the emergence of antibiotic resistance mechanism among pathogenic bacteria has downsized the efficacy of antibiotics via the production metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) which enables pathogens to destroy the β- lactam ring of β-lactam antibiotics. Although MBL is not ubiquitously found in all pathogenic bacteria, its presence is a public health concern. …”
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Synthesis of epoxidized poly(ester carbonate)-b-polyimide-b-poly(ester carbonate) : reactive single-walled carbon nanotube dispersants enable synergistic reinforcement around multi... by Liu, Bo, Liu, Chengyin, De Luca, Hugo G., Raman Pillai, Suresh Kumar, Anthony, David B., Li, Jianghua, Bismarck, Alexander, Shaffer, Milo S. P., Chan-Park, Mary Bee Eng

“…Herein, PI-derived block copolymers are synthesized via ring-opening copolymerization of lactide (LA) (a control monomer) and allyl-bearing 2-methyl-2-(allyloxycarbonyl)-propylene carbonate (MAC) from the OH-terminal ends of the PI block to produce PLA-PI-PLA (TB1, a control) and PMAC-PI-PMAC (TB2). …”
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Solution-processed lead halide perovskite single crystal scintillators by Xie, Aozhen

“…Simple linear alkyl and small bulky ring-containing cations tend to introduce (100) type which typically exhibits narrow emission and more likely to show negative thermal quenching behavior (stronger emission upon higher temperature). …”
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Discrete geodesic graphs by Fang, Zheng

“…The computational domain shrinks to a local patch as the basis function decays to zero outside one-ring neighbors of the patch. I introduce an optimization scheme to solve the localized harmonic B-spline equation and compute the discrete Green's function quickly, which is a better simulation of ground truth on synthetic models according to experimental results. …”
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Strategies to modulate Amorphous Oxide Semiconductor properties for low temperature transparent transistors by Kulkarni, Mohit Rameshchandra

“…Such surface modifications can achieve a change in the carrier concentration by change in work function or shifting- pinning of the Fermi level, or additional field generated due to dipoles created at the surface. …”
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Fabrication and characterization of graphene and carbon nanotube reinforced bioceramic nanocomposites by Hu, Huanlong

“…The reinforcing mechanism was due to the lubrication and pinning effects of rGO, which resulted in high resistance to penetration, elastic recovery capability, low-cycle fatigue resistance, and microcrack propagation inhibition properties. …”
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Structure and interaction of telomeric and telomerase RNA G-quadruplexes. by Martadinata, Herry.

“…Our studies show that the dissociation constant (Kd) of DNA-RNA hybrid G-quadruplexes is virtually independent on the sequences of DNA but instead depends on the number of G-repeats of the DNA and RNA sequences. The sugar-ring chemistry (deoxyribose vs. ribose) was found to affect the Kd of inter-molecular G-quadruplex (DNA-DNA vs. …”
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Investigating the EM performance of building materials for mid-band 5G in urban built environment: an exploratory study by Ng, Sean Jake Peng

“…The thesis is concluded with the investigation of material loading on an evolved antecedent hexagonal-stubbed complementary split-ring resonator (CSRR)-loaded electrically small antenna (ESA) designed to cover the 3.5 GHz 5G frequency band. …”
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Investigations into high resolution imaging of the aqueous outflow system and cornea by Hong, Jesmond Xun Jie

“…The imaging probe is an assembly of a circular ring array of four light emitting diodes tilted at an angle and a micro color charged coupled device camera. …”
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