Modeling, validation, and performance of low-frequency piezoelectric energy harvesters by Abdelkefi, A., Barsallo, Nilma, Tang, Lihua, Yang, Yaowen, Hajj, Muhammad R

“…Analytical and finite element electromechanical models that take into account the fact that the piezoelectric sheet does not cover the whole substrate beam are developed. A linear analysis of the analytical model is performed to determine the optimal load resistance. …”
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UV/EB curing of epoxy-based composites Epiclon HP-820 and Epolam 5015 by Seah, Javien Jin Ping.

“…UV and e-beam curing of epoxy resin has been extensively researched on due to its significant advantages in the coating, electronic, inks and adhesives industrial applications. …”
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TORCH — an innovative high-precision time-of-flight PID detector for the LHCb upgrade by Föhl, K, Brook, N, García, LC, Cowie, EN, Cussans, D, Forty, R, Frei, C, Gao, R, Gys, T, Harnew, N, Piedigrossi, D, van Dijk, M

“…Preparations for the upcoming test beam are discussed. Optical design studies have been performed for using one of the available bar boxes of the BaBar DIRC detector containing assembled quartz radiator bars in a future test beam experiment.…”

Indentation and laser annealing of NiTi shape memory alloys by Su, Jun Feng

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Dynamic trapping and manipulation of biological cells with optical tweezers by Sun, Dong, Hu, Songyu., Cheah, Chien Chern, Li, Xiang

“…Current control techniques for optical tweezers work only when the cell is located in a small neighbourhood around the centroid of the focused light beam. Therefore, the optical trapping fails when the cell is initially located far away from the laser beam or escapes from the optical trap during manipulation. …”
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Stability of laminated composites with delaminations by Yap, Chun Wee

“…In this thesis, investigation on buckling problem of composite beam is carried out. A new formula which is denoted as CLT method 3 is derived to calculate the effective flexural stiffness of the thin composite beam. …”
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Design and simulation of periodic dielectric waveguide splitter by Ng, Kah Sheng.

“…During simulation, it is found that single mode beam splitter do not carry the ability to provide tunable outputs and quadruple mode beam splitter produce excess losses, dual mode beam splitter meanwhile, have the best results. …”
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Development of mixed pitch grating for the optical addressing of trapped Sr+ Ion with data analysis techniques by Lim, Yu Dian, Zhao, Peng, Hu, Liangxing, Guidoni, Luca, Likforman, Jean-Pierre, Tan, Chuan Seng

“…Mixed pitch grating delivers light beam with smaller beam waist (17.4 μm) compared to the fixed pitch grating (26.4 μm), exhibiting ~34% beam waist reduction.…”
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Study on mechanism and influential factors of progressive collapse resistance of base-isolated structure by Bao, Chao, Zhang, Yuhang, Lv, Dahai, Wang, Huxiang, Ma, Xiaotong, Cao, Jixing, Lim, Kar Sing

“…The results show that the non-uniformity of the beams and the concentrated loading at the nodes were easy to form a linear catenary mechanism, resulting in more severe beam end damage than mid-span damage. …”
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Development of phosphorus containing compound semiconductor hetero-structures for high-speed applications by Zheng, Haiqun.

“…Comprehensive studies have been carried out on the optimization of the phosphorus-containing epilayers and heterostructures.…”
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Target Design and Optimizations for Spent Fuel Transmutation by Tukharyan, Grigor

“…This thesis examines the feasibility of using proton beams to transmute LLFPs into shorterlived or stable isotopes. …”
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Integration of array antennas in chip package for 60-GHz radios by Liu, Duixian., Zhang, Y. P.

“…First, we evaluate fixed-beam array antennas, showing that most of them suffer from feed network complexity and require sophisticated process techniques to achieve enhanced performance. …”
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An essential role for maternal control of Nodal signaling by Tran, Long Duc, Kumari, Pooja, Gilligan, Patrick C., Lim, Shimin, Winkler, Sylke, Philp, Robin, Sampath, Karuna

“…The mechanisms by which maternal sqt/nodal RNA is localized and regulated have been unclear. Here, we show that maternal control of Nodal signaling via the conserved Y box-binding protein 1 (Ybx1) is essential. …”
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Insights into quorum quenching mechanisms to control membrane biofouling under changing organic loading rates by Waheed, Hira, Xiao, Yeyuan, Hashmi, Imran, Stuckey, David, Zhou, Yan

“…A quorum quenching (QQ) consortium comprised of both acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs)- and autoinducer-2 (AI-2)-degrading bacteria, either immobilized in polymer-coated alginate beads or in liquid suspension, was examined for fouling control in lab-scale MBRs under both steady and changing organic loading rates (OLRs). …”
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Inferring electrospray emission characteristics from molecular dynamics and simulated retarding potential analysis by Schroeder, Madeleine, Gallud, Ximo, Petro, Elaine, Jia-Richards, Oliver, Lozano, Paulo C

“…The percentage of monomers, dimers, and trimers in the beam is approximately 45%, 30%–43%, and 13%–25%, respectively. …”
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Influence of no-core fiber on the focusing performance of an ultra-small gradient-index fiber probe by Bi, Shubo, Wang, Chi, Zhu, Jun, Yuan, Zhiwen, Yu, Yingjie, Valyukh, Sergiy, Asundi, Anand

“…The light-beam expansion effect of a no-core fiber on the focusing performance of an ultra-small gradient-index fiber probe is investigated with a view to optimizing the optical performance of such probes. …”
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Biovalorisation of brewer's spent grain (BSG) and sensory evaluation of BSG bread by Goh, Luo Lin

“…Brewer’s spent grain (BSG) is the largest by-product of beer production, generating over an approximate 38 billion kg annually. …”
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Development of carbon nanotubes for vacuum electronics application by Lim, Yu Dian

“…Traveling-wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA) has been widely used in satellite applications due to its high bandwidth, capabilities in high frequency operation, and high thermal tolerance. …”
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Novel Millimetre Wave Antennas for MIMO and 5G Applications / by Koul, Shiban K., author 448980, Wani, Zamir, author 643132

“…In addition, various new antenna systems such as wide-scan antenna arrays, dual-polarized antennas, and dual-beam/multibeam antennas are covered in this book. …”

Biconcave micro-optofluidic lens with low-refractive-index liquids by Song, Chaolong, Nguyen, Nam-Trung, Asundi, Anand Krishna, Low, Cassandra Lee-Ngo

“…For the characterization of the lens, a telescope system was constructed from polydimethylsiloxane lenses to collimate and expand a light beam emitted from an optical fiber. The tunable optofluidic biconcave lens focuses the parallel beam. …”
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