Development of adsorbent from waste materials for air pollution control by Lau, Dee Dee.

“…This work involves studies on how to convert sewage sludge, a waste material generated in sewage treatment processes, into an adsorbent for odorous gas removal. The basic method of adsorbent preparation is by pyrolysis in nitrogen gas. …”
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Carbon based materials for MEMS applications by Tan, Chong Wei

“…Two different and completely new methods of utilizing CNTs are being introduced, namely as templates and damping. …”
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Photoluminescence study of graphene quantum dots (GOD's) embedded into SiO2 matrix by M Tanda Erapanni Sukumar

“…This process, is also known as annealing which employs Rapid Thermal Processor (RTP). …”
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Synthesis of metal alloy catalysts using high-throughput experiments and machine learning optimization by Calista, Vania

“…The two-step workflow is comprised by a liquid mixing step and an annealing step. An acceleration factor of 2.4 relative to the traditional auto combustion sol gel synthesis method is achieved by synthesizing 24 samples in 620 minutes. …”
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Influence of calcination temperature on nickel oxide nanoparticles synthesized by thermal treatment by Manal, Ahmed Hashem

“…In the present work, crystalline nickel oxide (NiO) nanoparticles have been synthesized using a simple thermal treatment method from a well-mixed solution containing only nickel nitrate as a metal precursor, polyvinyl pyrrolidone as a capping agent, and deionized water as a solvent before proceeded by drying at 80 oC for 24 h, grounding, and calcination at different temperatures range from 500 to 800 oC. …”
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Structure glass technology : systems and applications by Leitch, Katherine K. (Katherine Kristen)

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Shape-controlled synthesis of cobalt-based nanocubes, nanodiscs, and nanoflowers and their comparative lithium-storage properties by Chen, Jun Song, Zhu, Ting, Hu, Qiu Hong, Gao, Junjie, Su, Fabing, Qiao, Shi Zhang, Lou, David Xiong Wen

“…Facile hydrothermal methods have been developed to synthesize large Co3O4 nanocubes, β-Co(OH)2 hexagonal nanodiscs and nanoflowers. …”
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Oxidation-etching preparation of MnO2 tubular nanostructures for high-performance supercapacitors by Zhu, Jixin, Shi, Wenhui, Xiao, Ni, Rui, Xianhong, Tan, Huiteng, Lu, Xuehong, Hng, Huey Hoon, Ma, Jan, Yan, Qingyu

“…1D hierarchical tubular MnO2 nanostructures have been prepared through a facile hydrothermal method using carbon nanofibres (CNFs) as sacrificial template. …”
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The last flower: transforming inner feelings into innovative solutions by Yeo, Jesvin Puay-Hwa

“…Over the course of fourteen weeks, students are exposed to various recording methods, investigate alternative design solutions, learn about the history of flowers, document the drying process, and understand their feelings toward the flower. …”
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Microencapsulation of ciplukan (Physalis angulata L.) extract as food ingredients: Effect of water ratio and maltodextrin concentration variables on product characteristics by Iwansyah, Ade Chandra, Wardhani, Riuh, Darsih, Cici, Kurniawan, Taufik, Ariani, Dini, Andriana, Yusuf, Karim, Mirwan Ardiansyah, Indriati, Ashri, Luthfiyanti, Rohmah, Hazrulrizawati, Abd Hamid

“…The present work evaluated the characteristics of ciplukan (Physalis angulata L.) microcapsule extracts prepared by spray drying method. Different water ratios namely X1 (1:2), X2 (1:5), and X3 (1:10), and maltodextrin concentrations namely Y1 (5%) and Y2 (10%) were applied in a spray drying system to produce microcapsule extracts. …”
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STEROID : in silico heuristic target combination identification for disease-related signaling networks by Bhowmick, Sourav S., Chua, Huey-Eng, Tucker-Kellogg, Lisa, Dewey Jr., C. Forbes

“…State-of-the-art in silico methods use Monte Carlo simulated annealing (mcsa) to modify a candidate solution stochastically, and use the Metropolis criterion to accept or reject the proposed modifications. …”
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Selective laser melting of ceramic particles strengthened stainless steel by Zhai, Wengang

“…For the as-built 316L-1TiB2, no TiB2 particles were observed. After annealing, Laves phase and Cr boride particles were observed. …”
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Effect of torrefaction on palm oil waste chemical properties and kinetic parameter estimation by Nur Hazirah Huda, Mohd Harun, Fakhrur Razil Alawi, Abdul Wahid, Suriyati, Saleh, Noor Asma Fazli, Abdul Samad

“…Usually palm oil wastes suffer from a low heating value, low bulk density and their ability to absorb moisture from the surrounding atmosphere increase the costs of thermochemical conversion due to the drying stage. One of the widely-used methods that can be applied as a pre-treatment step to improve biomass properties is torrefaction. …”
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Mussel-inspired approach to cross-linked functional 3D nanofibrous aerogels for energy-efficient filtration of ultrafine airborne particles by Zhang, Youfang, Zeng, Zhihui, Ma, Daphne Xiu Yun, Zhao, Chenyang, Ang, Jia Ming, Ng, Bing Feng, Wan, Man Pun, Wong, Shing-Chung, Wang, Zhe, Lu, Xuehong

“…Polymer aerogels fabricated using conventional methods typically have relatively narrow mono-modal pore size distribution (PSD), and relatively thick and tight pore walls. …”
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Sputtered PdO decorated TiO2 sensing layer for a hydrogen gas sensor by Lee, Jeong Hoon, Kwak, Seungmin, Lee, Jin-Hyung, Kim, Inho, Yoo, Yong Kyoung, Lee, Tae Hoon, Shim, Young-Seok, Kim, Jinseok, Lee, Kyu Hyoung

“…We report a sputtered PdO decorated TiO2 sensing layer by radiofrequency (RF) sputtering methods and demonstrated gas sensing performance for H2 gas. …”
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Emergent constraints on global soil moisture projections under climate change by Yao, L, Leng, G, Yu, L, Li, H, Tang, Q, Python, A, Hall, JW, Liao, X, Li, J, Qiu, J, Quaas, J, Huang, S, Jin, Y, Zscheischler, J, Peng, J

“…The bivariate emergent constraints change the sign of soil moisture change from negative to positive for semi-arid, dry sub-humid and humid regions and global land as a whole, but exacerbates the drying trend in arid and hyper-arid regions.…”

Coating deposition in cold spray process by Koh, Pak Keng

“…The results indicated that both stress relief and annealing processes reduce as well as homogenize the microhardness of the coatings while the tensile adhesion strength was unaffected by stress relief but improved significantly when subjected to annealing. …”
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Hydrothermal synthesis of Yttrium Hydroxide and Oxide nanotubes by Koh, Janice Shi Wei.

“…This report demonstrates an investigation on a hydrothermal method to synthesise yttrium hydroxide and post-annealing to obtain yttrium oxide nanotubes. …”
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Strategies to modulate Amorphous Oxide Semiconductor properties for low temperature transparent transistors by Kulkarni, Mohit Rameshchandra

“…Another method for selective on-demand modification of TFT properties using chemical surface treatment was also explored in the dissertation. …”
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Fabrication and investigation of multi-layered preferentially aligned structures by Chua, Chalmers Jun Yang

“…This study involves the investigation of the drying time of an individual colloidal system and the fabrication of multi-layered preferentially aligned structure with magnetised alumina platelets of 10030 and 02025. …”
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