Self-assembled Cu-Ni bimetal oxide 3D in-plane epitaxial structures for highly efficient oxygen evolution reaction by Li, Chaojiang, Zhang, Bowei, Li, Yong, Hao, Shiji, Cao, Xun, Yang, Guang, Wu, Junsheng, Huang, Yizhong

“…To improve the catalytic activity of copper based electrode for oxygen evolution reaction (OER), double cathodes liquid plasma discharge (DC-LPD) method was developed to fabricate three-dimensional (3D) nest-like structures electrode on the nickel foam (NF). …”
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Assessing the role of surface electric fields on the interfacial degradation in silicon solar cells by Liu, D

“…</p> <br> <p>Through the current-voltage measurement for the PERC and TOPCon cells during bias annealing, I have shown the first bias-controlled hydrogen-induced contact resistance change in TOPCon cells. …”

Ultralight and Highly Elastic Graphene/Lignin-Derived Carbon Nanocomposite Aerogels with Ultrahigh Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Performance by Zhang, Youfang, Wang, Peiyu, Pei, Yongmao, Chen, Mingji, Lu, Xuehong, Zeng, Zhihui, Wang, Changxian, Seyed Shahabadi, Seyed Ismail

“…Ultralight and highly elastic reduced graphene oxide (RGO)/lignin-derived carbon (LDC) composite aerogels with aligned micron-sized pores and cell walls are prepared using a facile freeze-drying method. The presence of a small fraction of LDC in the cell walls enhances the interfacial polarization effect while almost maintaining the amount of charge carriers and conductivity of the cell walls, greatly boosting the wave absorption capability of the cell walls. …”
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Energy-efficient hardware accelerators based on bit-serial graph and memory-centric computing architectures by Mu, Junjie

“…In the second half of the thesis, we propose two all-digital bit-serial computing graph-based accelerators to solve PDEs using the finite difference method (FDM) and a checkerboard grid update method. …”
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Modelling cross-docking in a three-level supply chain with stochastic service and queuing system: MOWFA algorithm by Rostami, Parinaz, Avakh Darestani, Soroush, Movassaghi, Mitra

“…In today’s competitive world, it is essential to provide a new method through which maximum efficiency can be created in the production and supply cycle. …”
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Removal of noxious environmental pollutant using photocatalytic membrane reactor by Yeap, Ken Vin.

“…In this study, immobilized TiO2 were coated on aluminium dioxide by simple sol-gel method by using titanium tetraisopropoxide (TTIP) as TiO2 precursor. …”
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High-precision wavelength tuning of GeSn nanobeam lasers via dynamically controlled strain engineering by Kim, Youngmin, Joo, Hyo-Jun, Chen, Melvina, Son, Bongkwon, Burt, Daniel, Shi, Xuncheng, Zhang, Lin, Ikonic, Zoran, Tan, Chuan Seng, Nam, Donguk

“…By using localized laser annealing that can control the strain in the laser gain medium, the emission wavelengths of several GeSn one-dimensional photonic crystal nanobeam lasers are precisely matched whose initial emission wavelengths are significantly varied. …”
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Tensile strength of compacted soil by Lee, Wen Yan

“…There are a number of tests to determine the tensile strength and they can be divided into either direct or indirect methods. In direct methods, tensile load is imposed onto the specimen while in indirect methods, compressive load is imposed onto the specimen. …”
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Titanium dioxide/agglomerated-free reduced graphene oxide hybrid photoanode film for dye-sensitized solar cells photovoltaic performance improvement by Abu Bakar Suriani, Muqoyyanah, Azmi Mohamed, Mamat, M. H., Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Mohd Khairul Ahmad, Abdul Khalil, H. P. S., Marwoto, Putut, Muhammad Danang Birowosuto

“…The rutile TiO 2 nanorods–nanoflowers (NRs–NFs) and the photoanode layer consisting of anatase TiO 2 nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by the simple hydrothermal growth and squeegee method, respectively. Post-annealing treatment of TiO 2 NRs–NFs was also done in order to investigate its effect on the DSSCs performance. …”
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Significant of 'C' on self-lubricating hard coating by Ng, Chang Chong.

“…Regardless of available cutting methods such as the water jet, laser cutting and many more, carbide tipped cutting tool remains the most basic of all. …”
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Solution based synthesis of Cu2ZnSnS4 nanoparticles and thin films for solar cell application by Li, Zhenggang

“…Hence, there is a driving force towards replacing the vacuum deposition method with cost-effective processing techniques. …”
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Investigation of polyoxometalates and nanostructured carbon materials as electrode materials for energy storage applications by Chen, Han-Yi

“…MWCNT@GONR with oxygen-containing functional groups is synthesized by unzipping process of MWCNTs utilizing microwave-assisted process. Annealing process is employed to study the influence of the amount of carboxylic acid groups on the electrochemistry of MWCNT@GONR. …”
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A facile green synthesis of LDH nanosheets using sugar molecules by Abdul Latip, Ahmad Faiz, Sivakumar, Mineesha, Mohd Suah, Faiz Bukhari, Hussin, Mohd Hazwan

“…We also examined the crystalline phase of LDH in different stages of liquid exfoliation; suspension, semi-dry suspension, and dried solid samples using XRD. …”
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The effect of different degree of compaction towards electrical resistivity value for cohesive soil by Abd Malik, A. K., Madun, A., Abu Talib, M. K., Pakir, F., Md Dan, M. F., Abu Bakar, N.

“…The findings showed that soil dry density increased with the increment of water content until it reached maximum dry density. …”
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The effect of different degree of compaction towards electrical resistivity value for cohesive soil by Abd Malik, A. K., Madun, A., Abu Talib, M. K., Pakir, F., Md Dan, M. F., Abu Bakar, N.

“…The findings showed that soil dry density increased with the increment of water content until it reached maximum dry density. …”
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Electrochemical electrodes based on graphene materials for sensing and energy applications by Wang, Xuewan

“…The 3D architecture simultaneously accesses to the porous architecture and excellent intrinsic properties of 2D gaphene. 3D grahpene/manganese dioxide (MnO2) composite was further prepared via a simiple hydrothermal method. The morphology of the MnO2 nanostructures was found to be readily controlled by reaction conditions. …”
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Development of resistive random access memory for next-generation embedded non-volatile memory application by Sun, Jianxun

“…Pulse engineering (“macro” level) is a known method to reduce the forming voltage. Unfortunately, the demonstrated reduction percentage is only 10%. …”
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Stability of unsaturated soil slopes under rainfall and seismic loading by Huang, Wengui

“…More specifically, the conventional log-spiral upper bound limit analysis for dry and saturated soil slopes was extended to analyze the rotational failure of unsaturated soil slopes under rainfall. …”
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Fork to farm: reverse engineering a food system by Ingram, J, Barling, D, Bayes, N, Cottee, J, Dickinson, A, Hardman, C, Holub, E, Jones, K, Leadley, C, Maguire, R, Michaels, L, Midgley, G, Rajagopalan, R, Zhang, J, Zurek, M

“…The benefits and trade-offs of scaling UK beans were analysed, including assessments of overall benefits to health, benefits to the environment (which depend on the methods of land conversion and weed management used), and economic benefits (which depend on the scaling method employed).…”

Atomic transistors beyond Moore's law by Li, Haifeng

“…Schottky barrier and carrier transport regime at the metal/semiconductor interface is modified by forming a van der Waals heterostructure, which causes the reduction of the contact resistance of the device. Experimental methods include mechanical stripping, PDMS all-dry transfer method, wire bonding, etc. …”
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