Molybdenum disulfide (MoS_2) as a broadband saturable absorber for ultra-fast photonics by Zhang, H, Lu, S B, Zheng, J, Du, J, Wen, S C, Tang, D Y, Loh, K P

“…The nonlinear optical property of few-layered MoS2 nanoplatelets synthesized by the hydrothermal exfoliation method was investigated from the visible to the near-infrared band using lasers. Both open-aperture Z-scan and balanced-detector measurement techniques were used to demonstrate the broadband saturable absorption property of few-layered MoS2. …”
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Coherent energy scale revealed by ultrafast dynamics of UX3 (X = Al, Sn, Ga) single crystals by Nair, Saritha K., Zhu, J. X., Sarrao, J. L., Taylor, Antoinette J., Chia, Elbert E. M.

“…For UGa3, our data are consistent with the formation of a spin density wave gap as evidenced from the quasidivergence of the relaxation time τ near the Néel temperature TN. For UAl3 and USn3, the relaxation dynamics shows a change from single-exponential to two-exponential behavior below a particular temperature, suggestive of coherence formation of the 5f electrons with the conduction band electrons. …”
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Strain-Induced Gauge Field and Landau Levels in Acoustic Structures by Yang, Zhaoju, Gao, Fei, Yang, Yahui, Zhang, Baile

“…Landau levels in the energy spectrum can be formed near the Dirac cone region. We also propose an experimentally feasible scheme to verify the existence of acoustic Landau levels with an acoustic measurement. …”
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Triple-well potential with a uniform depth: Advantageous aspects in designing a multi-stable energy harvester by Kim, Pilkee, Son, Dowung, Seok, Jongwon

“…A detailed examination of the potential well configurations along the TU boundary reveals that the most efficient energy harvesting from low-intensity ambient vibrations can be achieved on a TU boundary point, near the DPF point but inevitably a certain distance apart, by inducing an enlarged interwell motion. …”
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Photon scattering by an atomic ensemble coupled to a one-dimensional nanophotonic waveguide by Song, Guo-Zhu, Munro, Ewan, Nie, Wei, Deng, Fu-Guo, Yang, Guo-Jian, Kwek, Leong-Chuan

“…With remarkable progress in waveguide-emitter systems, our scheme may be experimentally feasible in the near future.…”
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Experimental demonstration of a band-notched line-defect waveguide in a surface-wave photonic crystal by Xu, Hongyi, Zhang, Youming, Zhang, Baile, Gao, Zhen, Gao, Fei

“…Transmission spectra measurements and direct near-field profile imaging are performed at microwave frequencies to verify our design. …”
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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

“…Here, we extend the concept of metamaterial sensing to “trapping and sensing” by fabricating trapezoidal shaped structures near the split gap that enables trapping of microparticles in the split-gap region of each SRR. …”
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Chiral Modes at Exceptional Points in Exciton-Polariton Quantum Fluids by Gao, T., Li, G., Estrecho, E., Liew, Timothy Chi Hin, Comber-Todd, D., Nalitov, A., Steger, M., West, K., Pfeiffer, L., Snoke, D. W., Kavokin, A. V., Truscott, A. G., Ostrovskaya, E. A.

“…Our Letter demonstrates the possibility of exploiting nontrivial and counterintuitive properties of waves near exceptional points in macroscopic quantum systems.…”
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A coherent image source method for flat waveguides with locally reacting boundaries by Min, Hequn., Qiu, Xiaojun., Li, Ningrong.

“…The method starts from formulating sound reflections into integrals by plane wave expansion, and the inherent intractability in solving these integrals in such spaces is avoided by introducing a physically plausible assumption that wave fronts remain the same before and after the reflection on a near-rigid boundary. By comparisons to the classical wave theory and the existing coherent ray-based methods, it is shown that the proposed method is considerably accurate to predict the sound propagation in flat waveguides with a sound absorbing ceiling and a reflective floor over a broad frequency range and for various source/receiver geometries, even if at large distances from the source compared to the waveguide height while the existing methods are shown to be erroneous.…”
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Health care financing in Singapore by Koh, Choon Kong, Soo, Robert Eng Liew, Tong, Kok Yin

“…MediShield has also largely been successful in providing a low-cost public insurance to cover Singaporeans. …”
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The Impact of Vegetation Morphology on Turbulence and Bedload Transport by Zhao, Tian

“…Results of flume experiments using a constant channel average velocity revealed that bedload transport was predominantly correlated with near-bed turbulence, but was also weakly correlated with near-bed velocity. …”
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Joint modelling of longitudinal data: a scoping review of methodology and applications for non-time to event data by Ouko, RK, Mukaka, M, Ohuma, EO

“…Conclusion: A wide range of methods for joint-modelling non-time-to-event longitudinal data exist and have been applied to various areas. An exponential increase in the application of joint modelling of non-time-to-event longitudinal data has been observed in the last decade. …”

Ultra-low power SRAM and SRAM based PUF design by Lu, Lu

“…As a crucial approach to meet the ultra-low-power and energy usage, a supply voltage scaling technique has been commonly employed. The power consumption is being effectively suppressed with optimized energy efficiency under near- / sub-threshold voltage region. …”
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Indefinite metamaterials for optical applications by Bisht, Ankit

“…Hence, it becomes imperative to find means of performing near-field (Superlensing) and label-free real time far-field super-resolution imaging (hyperlensing) at the nanoscale. …”
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Touch, tactility, and the reception of sculpture in early modern Italy by Johnson, GA

Evaluation of carbon nanotubes-phthalocyanine composite coatings as thermal camouflage materials by Yap, Soon Hao

“…Although the coating achieved the expected absorbance spectrum in the near IR region, optimization on the coating coverage and uniformity on the substrate has to been done. …”
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Nonvolatile resistive switching in Pt/LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures by Wu, Shuxiang, Luo, Xin, Turner, Stuart, Peng, Haiyang, Lin, Weinan, Ding, Junfeng, David, Adrian, Wang, Biao, Van Tendeloo, Gustaaf, Wang, Junling, Wu, Tom

“…Here, we report on the nonvolatile resistive switching in Pt/LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures, where the conducting layer near the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface serves as the “unconventional” bottom electrode although both oxides are band insulators. …”
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Superconducting resonator and Rydberg atom hybrid system in the strong coupling regime by Yu, Deshui, Landra, Alessandro, Valado, María Martínez, Hufnagel, Christoph, Kwek, Leong Chuan, Amico, Luigi, Dumke, Rainer

“…The atomic qubit is implemented by two eigenstates near an avoided-level crossing in the dc Stark map of a Rydberg atom. …”
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Measuring the hole-state anisotropy in MgB2 by electron energy-loss spectroscopy by Klie, Robert F., Su, Haibin, Zhu, Yimei, Davenport, James W., Idrobo, Juan-Carlos, Browning, Nigel D., Nellist, Peter D.

“…In particular, we have studied two different crystal orientations, [110] and [001], with respect to the incident electron beam direction, and found significant changes in the near-edge fine structure of the B K-edge. …”
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Enhancement of the effectiveness of an e-learning system by Govindasamy Sekar Alagendran

“…Therefore, the viable solutions to improve the system effectiveness have been explored. An e-learning system based on this technology has been proposed to increase the effectiveness of learning. …”
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