Electrophoretic deposition of reduced graphene oxide thin films for reduction of cross-sectional heat diffusion in glass windows by Yeo, Loo Pin, Nguyen, Tam Duy, Ling, Han, Lee, Ying, Mandler, Daniel, Magdassi, Shlomo, Tok, Alfred Iing Yoong

“…It is hypothesized that such rGO thin films, which are well-known for their high thermal conductivities, can conduct heat away laterally towards heat sinks and reduce near-infrared (NIR) transmittance through them, thus effectively slowing down the temperature increment indoors. …”
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Novel plasma-assisted low-temperature-processed SnO2 thin films for efficient flexible perovskite photovoltaics by Subbiah, Anand S., Mathews, Nripan, Mhaisalkar, Subodh, Sarkar, Shaibal K.

“…To circumvent the thermal limitations that hinder the use of metal oxide charge transport layers on plastic flexible substrates in such technologies, we employed a relatively low-power nitrogen plasma treatment to achieve compact SnO2 thin-film electrodes at near room temperature. The perovskite photovoltaic devices thus fabricated using N2 plasma-treated SnO2 performed on par with thermally annealed SnO2 electrodes and resulted in a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of ca. 20.3% with stabilized power output (SPO) of ca. 19.1% on rigid substrates. …”
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Narsarsukite Na2TiOSi4O10 as a low voltage silicate anode for rechargeable Li-ion and Na-ion batteries by Chaupatnaik, Anshuman, Srinivasan, Madhavi, Barpanda, Prabeer

“…Registering a low operational voltage at 0.58 V, it delivered near theoretical capacity of 70 mAh·g-1 at a rate of C/10. …”
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Architecting a stable high-energy aqueous Al-ion battery by Yan, Chunshuang, Lv, Chade, Wang, Liguang, Cui, Wei, Zhang, Leyuan, Dinh, Khang Ngoc, Tan, Huiteng, Wu, Chen, Wu, Tianpin, Ren, Yang, Chen, Jieqiong, Liu, Zheng, Srinivasan, Madhavi, Rui, Xianhong, Yan, Qingyu, Yu, Guihua

“…The architected cell delivers a record-high discharge voltage plateau near 1.6 V and specific capacity of 460 mAh g-1 for over 80 cycles. …”
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Filmwise condensation of steam on pin fin arrays fabricated by selective laser melting by Ho, Jin Yao, Leong, Kai Choong

“…Experiments were conducted in a condensation chamber with near quiescent vapor to simulate free-convection condensation. …”
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A constant pool of Lgr5+ intestinal stem cells is required for intestinal homeostasis by Tan, Si Hui, Phuah, Phyllis, Tan, Liang Thing, Yada, Swathi, Goh, Jasmine, Tomaz, Lucian B., Chua, Magdalene, Wong, Esther, Lee, Bernett, Barker, Nick

“…Using a Lgr5-2A-DTR (diphtheria toxin receptor) model, which ablates Lgr5+ cells with near-complete efficiency and retains endogenous levels of Lgr5 expression, we show that persistent depletion of Lgr5+ ISCs in fact compromises SI epithelial integrity and reduces epithelial turnover in vivo. …”
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Compact silicon photonic hybrid ring external cavity (SHREC)/InGaSb-AlGaAsSb wavelength-tunable laser diode operating from 1881-1947 nm by Sia, Brian Jia Xu, Wang, Wanjun, Qiao, Zhongliang, Li, Xiang, Guo, Xin, Zhou, Jin, Littlejohns, Callum G., Zhang, Zecen, Liu, Chongyang, Reed, Graham T., Wang, Hong

“…In recent years, the 2 µm waveband has been gaining significant attention due to its potential in the realization of several key technologies, specifically, future long-haul optical communications near the 1.9 µm wavelength region. In this work, we present a hybrid silicon photonic wavelength-tunable diode laser with an operating range of 1881-1947 nm (66 nm) for the first time, providing good compatibility with the hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber and thulium-doped fiber amplifier. …”
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Electrochromic smart window for modulation of infrared heat by Loke, Jie Yi

“…It was found that more than half of the heat that enters a building through its windows come from the solar radiation in the near infrared (NIR) region. As a result, in an attempt to lower energy consumption of houses and buildings, smart window technology has been introduced. …”
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The role of Holocene relative sea-level change in preserving records of subduction zone earthquakes by Dura, Tina, Engelhart, Simon E., Vacchi, Matteo, Horton, Benjamin Peter, Kopp, Robert E., Peltier, William Richard, Bradley, Sarah

“…The length and completeness of prehistoric earthquake records is intrinsically linked to the accommodation space provided by gradually rising (<3 mm/year) Holocene RSL. In near-field regions that were located beneath northern hemisphere ice sheets (e.g., western Vancouver Island), RSL fall from a mid-Holocene highstand has limited prehistoric earthquake records to the last 1 ka. …”
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Intensity of stress singularity for the circumferential V-shape corner front of a three-dimensional diamond-like defect by Ping, X. ., Zhang, Y. X., Guo, Y. B., Xiao, Z. M., Jalde, J., Chen, M. C.

“…Singular stress fields near various shapes of diamond-like defects are systematically investigated. …”
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Controlling hot electrons via plasmon coupling to enhance catalytic reactions in plasmonic Au@SiO2-Pt structures by Yuan, Xu

“…Mechanism analysis shows that the higher photocatalytic ability of Au@SiO2-Pt is owing to the Pt-generated hot electrons induced by plasmon coupling enhanced electric field near Pt nanoparticles. Second, by depositing Au@SiO2-Pt nanostructure onto substrate with intention, the interparticle distance between plasmonic Au cores were significantly reduced. …”
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NIR-light-intensified hypoxic microenvironment for cascaded supra-prodrug activation and synergistic chemo/photodynamic cancer therapy by Chen, Hongzhong, Sun, Tao, Zeng, Weiwei, Zeng, Xiaowei, Mei, Lin, Jiang, Chen, Zhao, Yanli

“…A hypoxia-responsive camptothecin (CPT)-based prodrug and a near-infrared (NIR) BODIPY photosensitizer were co-loaded within a -cyclodextrin-based polymer through supramolecular host-guest recognition to obtain nanoparticles named as CPT-BODIPY-PNs. …”
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Physically tailoring ion fluxes by introducing foamlike structures into polymeric membranes of solid contact ion-selective electrodes by Cheong, Yi Heng, Lisak, Grzegorz

“…In this work, foamlike structures were intentionally introduced into a potassium-sensitive plasticized poly(vinyl chloride) ion-selective membrane (ISM) near the membrane|solid contact interface by controlling the temperature during membrane deposition. …”
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Enhancing the mechanical strength of Multi Jet Fusion–printed polyamide 12 and its glass fiber-reinforced composite via high-temperature annealing by Liu, Xiaojiang, Tey, Wei Shian, Choo, Jasper Yeng Chee, Chen, Jiayao, Tan, Pengfei, Cai, Chao, Ong, Adrian, Zhao, Lihua, Zhou, Kun

“…In this work, a high-temperature (173 °C, near the onset melting temperature of PA12) annealing process is developed to remarkably enhance the mechanical strength of MJF-printed PA12 and GF/PA12 composites. …”
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Optimal network charge for peer-to-peer energy trading: a grid perspective by Yang, Yu, Chen, Yue, Hu, Guoqiang, Spanos, Costas J.

“…Simulations on the IEEE bus systems show that the proposed optimal network charge is favorable as it can benefit both the grid operator and the prosumers for empowering the P2P market, and achieves near-optimal social welfare. Moreover, the results show that the presence of energy storage will make the prosumers more sensitive to the network charge price changes.…”
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Visualization of robust two-dimensional bulk states with suppressed surface state on epitaxial PdCoO₂ thin films with bipolar surfaces by Kawamoto, Tomoki, Krishnadas, Anjana, Hsu, Chia-Hsiu, Pardo-Almanza, Markel, Fujisawa, Yuita, Chang, Guoqing, Harada, Takayuki, Okada, Yoshinori

“…Additionally, the predominantly two-dimensional bulk electronic state with the Fermi group velocity parallel to the plane of PdCoO2 is expected to make the near-surface bulklike state less sensitive to the scattering by longer length scale random bipolar surface potentials. …”
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Asymmetric prefrontal cortex activation associated with mutual gaze of mothers and children during shared play by Azhari, Atiqah, Bizzego, Andrea, Balagtas, Jan Paolo Macapinlac, Leng, Kelly Sng Hwee, Esposito, Gianluca

“…This study used functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) hyperscanning on 22 pairs of mothers and their preschool-aged children as they engaged in a 10-min free-play session together. …”
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Cooperative collision avoidance in multirobot systems using fuzzy rules and velocity obstacles by Tang, Wenbing, Zhou, Yuan, Zhang, Tianwei, Liu, Yang, Liu, Jing, Ding, Zuohua

“…Moreover, they cannot deal with uncertain sensing data and linguistic requirements (e.g., the speed of a robot should not be large when it is near to other robots). Hence, to guarantee real-time collision avoidance and deal with linguistic requirements, a distributed and hybrid motion planning method, named Fuzzy-VO, is proposed for multirobot systems. …”
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Inferring origin-destination distribution of agent transfer in a complex network using deep gated recurrent units by Saw, Vee-Liem, Vismara, Luca, Suryadi, Yang, Bo, Johansson, Mikael, Chew, Lock Yue

“…By comparing against methods that give exact results, we demonstrate the near-optimal performance of our DNNGRU, which we found to consistently outperform existing methods and alternative neural network architectures, under diverse data generation scenarios.…”
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Rapid controllable synthesis of branched Au superparticles: formation mechanism of toggling the growth mode and their applications in optical broadband absorption by Zhong, Shichuan, Hang, Lifeng, Wen, Lulu, Zhang, Tao, Cao, An, Zeng, Pan, Zhang, Hanlin, Liu, Dilong, Cai, Weiping, Li, Yue

“…Such Au superparticles demonstrate broadband absorption from visible to near-infrared regions due to their multiple plasmonic coupling and hence they have important applications in sensors, photothermal conversion and therapy, etc. …”
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