The focusing property of the spiral Fibonacci zone plate by Liu, Y. J., Dai, Haitao, Sun, Xiaowei

“…According to the simulated results, the FiZPs can focus the incident beam as conventional zone plates as well but with fractal on-axis intensity profile. …”
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AE monitoring of reinforced concrete squat wall subjected to cyclic loading with information entropy-based analysis by Zhang, Xinchen, Shan, Wenchen, Zhang, Zhongwen, Li, Bing

“…Furthermore, accumulated AE energy shows a good correlation with the accumulated hysteretic energy and the damage assessment based on RA-AF analysis indicates the shear cracks are the dominant crack mode. Information entropy-based analysis was conducted, and its feasibility in monitoring the development of main cracks was validated. …”
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Computational framework for the simulation of multi material laser powder bed fusion by Tang, Chao, Yao, Liming, Du, Hejun

“…Based on volume of fluid (VOF) methods and computational fluid dynamics (CFD), the multi-physics multi-material model was successfully implemented with various physics of L-PBF process, including surface tension, Marangoni shear force, recoil pressure, compositional diffusion, etc. …”
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Comparative study of composite scarf and strap joints for equivalent repair signature under uniaxial tension by Srinivasan, Dharun Vadugappatty, Padma, S. Ravisankar, Idapalapati, Sridhar

“…Scarf joints are preferred in aerospace composite repairs that offer better strength, flushed surface and nearly uniform shear and peel stress distribution along the bond length. …”
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Range front faulting and volcanism in the mono basin, eastern California by Bursik, Marcus, Sieh, Kerry

“…Since the basin is extending obliquely to the trend of the frontal faults, there is a component of dextral shear to their motion, so that the Mono Craters may be forming on an extensional boundary of a pull-apart basin. …”
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Microtremor observations in Kallang area by Chong, Lit Yung.

“…The inversion of the observed dispersion curves shows that there is a good agreement with the known shear wave velocity profiles of the subsurface. The author is able to delineate the subsurface structure up to at least 40m within an error of 10%. …”
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Fabrication and application of novel highly ordered nano-heterostructure arrays in optoelectronics by Yadian, Boluo

“…The nucleation sites were then defined by patterning the surface with gallium ion beam. After that the hydrothermal process was used to grow ZnO nanorods from the nucleation sites. …”
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Ship detection using optical satellite imagery by Hu, Jing

“…There are two filtering conditions involved in this Matlab program, which are length-beam ratio and roundness. By using these two constrains, the program can successfully detect sea-going ships among all those false alarms like small island, wakes and cloud. …”
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Study of advanced in-space propulsion technologies by Tan, De Jun

“…They are solar sails, beamed laser propulsion and electric propulsion. The discussion includes an introduction to the theory behind these systems, their properties, potential applications, limitations and advantages as well as the possibility of implementing them in the near future. …”
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Narrow band wavelength selective filter using grating assisted single ring resonator by Prabhathan, P., Murukeshan, V. M.

“…The proof-of-concept device has been demonstrated on a Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) platform through electron beam lithography and Reactive Ion Etching (RIE) process. …”
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Post-buckling transition of compressed pipe strings in horizontal wellbores by Zhang, Qiang, Wang, Jiacheng, Cui, Wei, Xiao, Zhongmin, Yue, Qianbei

“…In the current study, the compressed pipe strings initially located at the bottom of horizontal wellbores were discretized into beam elements, and a gap element was introduced to detect the contact between the horizontal strings and the wellbores. …”
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Enhanced versatility of table-top X-rays from Van der Waals structures by Huang, Sunchao, Duan, Ruihuan, Pramanik, Nikhil, Boothroyd, Chris, Liu, Zheng, Wong, Liang Jie

“…By introducing a tilt angle between the vdW structure and the incident electron beam, it is theoretically and experimentally shown that the accessible photon energy range is more than doubled. …”
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A cantilever-based NEM nonvolatile memory utilizing electrostatic actuation and vibrational deactuation for high-temperature operation by Gopal, Jayaraman Karthik, Do, Anh Tuan, Singh, Pushpapraj, Chua, Geng Li, Kim, Tony Tae-Hyoung

“…The memory bit (0/1) is formed by the opening/closing of a cantilever beam. Permanent retention is obtained by adhesive force between two smooth surfaces in contact, eliminating leakage observed in all types of storage-layer-based NVMs. …”
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Integration of InGaAs MOSFETs and GaAs/ AlGaAs lasers on Si Substrate for advanced opto-electronic integrated circuits (OEICs) by Kumar, Annie, Lee, Shuh-Ying, Yadav, Sachin, Tan, Kian Hua, Loke, Wan Khai, Dong, Yuan, Lee, Kwang Hong, Wicaksono, Satrio, Liang, Gengchiau, Yoon, Soon-Fatt, Antoniadis, Dimitri, Yeo, Yee-Chia, Gong, Xiao

“…The laser and transistor layers were grown on the Si substrate by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) using direct epitaxial growth. …”
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Real-time measurement of nano-particle size using differential optical phase detection by Lin, Feng, Wu, Xingkun, Li, Qing, Huang, He

“…Nano-particle diameters are obtained from the differential phase shift as a result of adding an optical scattering perturbation into two-beam interference. Polystyrene nano-particles with diameters from 200 to 900 nm in a microfluidic channel are detected using this technique to acquire real-time particle diameters. …”
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An experimental study into the effect of micro-textures on the performance of cutting tool by Durairaj, Shanmugasundaram, Guo, Jiang, Aramcharoen, Ampara, Castagne, Sylvie

“…Signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to find the optimal levels of the selected parameters and to study the effect of the micro-textures on cutting forces, shear angle, contact area as well as adhesion of aluminium. …”
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Mechanical properties of the superficial biofilm layer determine the architecture of biofilms by Kundukad, Binu, Seviour, Thomas, Liang, Yang, Rice, Scott A., Kjelleberg, Staffan, Doyle, Patrick S.

“…The Young's modulus of the periphery of the biofilm colony was however independent of the hydrodynamic shear. The morphology of the microcolonies also influenced interfacial or peripheral stiffness. …”
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Dumbbell-shaped block copolymers for the fabrication of anisotropic soft actuators by Pan, Houwen Matthew, Chan, Jonathan Kai Bin, Sarkar, Jit, Goto, Atsushi

“…Anisotropic swelling was programmed in single-layer actuators through shear-induced alignment (x-y axis) and phase separation (z-axis) of dumbbell-shaped BCPs without any additional patterning steps. …”
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Upcycling of homogeneous food waste in 3D printing food inks by Lim, Fiona Xin Ying

“…Through 3D food printing, rheological tests, and storage tests, we gained insights into viscosity, shear-thinning behaviour, recovery characteristics, and long-term stability of the inks, assessing their impact on printability. …”
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Two and three-dimensional slope stability reanalyses of Bukit Batok slope by Leong, Eng Choon, Rahardjo, Harianto

“…The 2D and 3D slope stability analyses on the slope that failed in 1989 showed that the average shear strength parameters of the residual soils are representative of the slope and the factors of safety obtained from 2D slope stability analyses are not necessarily more conservative than 3D slope stability analyses. …”
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