Adhesive curing through low-voltage activation by Ping, Jianfeng, Gao, Feng, Chen, Jian Lin, Webster, Richard David, Steele, Terry W. J.

“…The electrocuring adhesive is synthesized by grafting carbene precursors on polyamidoamine dendrimers and dissolving in aqueous solvents to form viscous gels. The electrocuring adhesives are activated at −2 V versus Ag/AgCl, allowing tunable crosslinking within the dendrimer matrix and on both electrode surfaces. …”
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Power management system design and optimization for European Student Moon Orbitor (ESMO) by Muhammad Dzahir Mohamed Zain Affandi.

“…ESMO is a European Space Agency (ESA) initiative to involve the universities to build the first student satellite to orbit the Moon. …”
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Microscopic dynamics underlying the stress relaxation of arrested soft materials by Song, Jake, Zhang, Qingteng, de Quesada, Felipe, Rizvi, Mehedi H., Tracy, Joseph B., Ilavsky, Jan, Narayanan, Suresh, Del Gado, Emanuela, Leheny, Robert L., Holten-Andersen, Niels, McKinley, Gareth H.

“…Arrested soft materials such as gels and glasses exhibit a slow stress relaxation with a broad distribution of relaxation times in response to linear mechanical perturbations. …”
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Roles of POPX2 phosphatase in the regulation of apoptosis by Weng, Ting

“…By culturing cancer cells on polyacrylamide gels of different rigidities, we found a positive correlation between increased cell spreading and enhanced formation of stress fibers. …”
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Mechanics and manufacturing of crosslinked cellulose nanocomposites by Rao, Abhinav.

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Inclusion of cross-linked elastin in gelatin/PEG hydrogels favourably influences fibroblast phenotype by Cao, Ye, Lee, Bae Hoon, Irvine, Scott Alexander, Wong, Yee Shan, Peled, Havazelet Bianco, Venkatraman, Subramanian

“…The expression of collagen alpha-1(COL1A1) and elastin in gelatin/elastin hybrid gels increased 16-fold and 6-fold compared to control sample at day 9, respectively. …”
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Investigation of ionic doping in all-solid-state organic electrochemical transistors by Hou, Kunqi

“…Further, we proceed to develop a universal solid polymer electrolyte based on thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) ionic gels and showed good OECT performance with four different ion-permeable semiconductors to prove the generality of the TPU solid electrolyte. …”
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Global monitoring of volcanic SO2 degassing with unprecedented resolution from TROPOMI onboard Sentinel-5 Precursor by Barrington, Charlotte, Taisne, Benoit, Theys, N., Hedelt, P., De Smedt, I., Lerot, C., Yu, H., Vlietinck, J., Pedergnana, M., Arellano, S., Galle, B., Fernandez, D., Carlito, C. J. M., Delgado-Granados, H., Loyola, D., Van Roozendael, M.

“…We report here the first volcanic SO2 measurements from the hyperspectral TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) launched in October 2017 onboard the ESA’s Sentinel-5 Precursor platform. Using the operational processing algorithm, we explore the benefit of improved spatial resolution to the monitoring of global volcanic degassing. …”
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Laser-based 3D printing using bessel beams for tissue engineering applications by Liew, Andy Wen Loong

“…Through the characterization of endothelial cells encapsulated within hydrogel matrix, It was found that while collagen gel was capable of supporting cell viability and inducing endothelial sprouting, these self-assembled endothelial networks were only found on the 2D substrate surface and not within the 3D gel matrix. …”
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The MALINA oceanographic expedition : how do changes in ice cover, permafrost and UV radiation impact biodiversity and biogeochemical fluxes in the Arctic Ocean? by Massicotte, P., Amon, R. M. W., Antoine, D., Archambault, P., Balzano, S., Bélanger, S., Benner, R., Boeuf, D., Bricaud, A., Bruyant, F., Chaillou, G., Chami, M., Charrière, B., Chen, J., Claustre, H., Coupel, P., Delsaut, N., Doxaran, D., Ehn, J., Fichot, C., Forget, M. H., Fu, P., Gagnon, J., Garcia, N., Gasser, B., Ghiglione, J. F., Gorsky, G., Gosselin, M., Gourvil, P., Gratton, Y., Guillot, P., Heipieper, H. J., Heussner, S., Hooker, S. B., Huot, Y., Jeanthon, C., Jeffrey, W., Joux, F., Kawamura, K., Lansard, B., Leymarie, E., Link, H., Lovejoy, C., Marec, C., Marie, D., Martin, J., Martín, J., Massé, G., Matsuoka, A., McKague, V., Mignot, A., Miller, W. L., Miquel, J. C., Mucc,i A., Ono, K., Ortega-Retuerta, E., Panagiotopoulos, C., Papakyriakou, T., Picheral, M., Prieu,r L., Raimbault, P., Ras, J., Reynolds, R. A., Rochon, A., Rontani, J. F., Schmechtig, C., Schmidt, S., Sempéré, R., Shen, Y., Song, G., Stramski, D., Tachibana, E., Thirouard, A., Tolosa, I., Tremblay, J. E., Vaïtilingom, M., Vaulot, Daniel, Vaultier, F., Volkman, J. K., Xie, H., Zheng, G., Babin, M.

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Phase transitions by an abundant protein in the anammox extracellular matrix mediate cell-to-cell aggregation and biofilm formation by Seviour, Thomas, Wong, Lan Li, Lu, Yang, Mugunthan, Sudarsan, Yang, Qiaohui, Chanda Segaran, Uma Shankari, Bessarab, Irina, Liebl, David, Williams, Rohan B. H., Law, Yingyu, Kjelleberg, Staffan

“…Furthermore, the surface layer protein formed gels as well as ordered crystalline structures. These observations suggest that biophysical remodeling through phase transitions promotes aggregation and biofilm formation. …”
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Measurement of isotherms and kinetics by volumetric method by Zulqarnain Abdul Halil

“…The adsorption of water vapour on silica gel, CO2 on activated charcoal and on MOFs were done on separate setups each, with more emphasis being made on the setup of water vapour adsorption to study its performance alongside adsorption capabilities of silica gel. …”
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Semiconductor oxide for gas sensing applications by Ang, Wan Chia

“…The STFx thin films and composite films were developed by using modified sol-gel spin-coating technique. STFx sol-gel solutions with varying iron content were prepared and examined prior to deposition of STFx thin films and composite films. …”
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Polymer media for holographic data storage by Huang, Zhijie.

“…To increase the dynamic range and reduce the shrinkage of the media, Sol-gel hybrid nanocomposite materials with high refractive index species introduction is an effective approach. …”
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The structural, mechanical, and biological variation of silica bioglasses obtained by different sintering temperatures by Sarmast Sh, M., Dayang Radiah, A. B., Hoey, D. A., Abdullah, N.

“…Particularly, increased crystallinity was observed in sol-gel-derived bioglass sintered at 750 °C, indicating a denser and more ordered structure. …”

Reversible CO2 activation by an N-phosphinoamidinato digermyne by Quek, Shina

“…This thesis describes the synthesis of the N-phosphinoamidinato digermynes [LG̈e–G̈eL] (E = Ge, L = tBu2PNC(Ph)NAr, 5: Ar = 2,6-iPr2C6H3, 6: Ar = Ph) by the reduction of the corresponding chlorogermylenes with KC8. …”
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Hydrogels from polymer for biomedical applications by Teo, Man Ru

“…Hydrogel is valued for its ability to retain its gel-like properties within a wide temperature range. …”
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Purification and molecular properties of papaya pectinesterase by Fayyaz, A., Asbi, B.A., Ghazali, H.M., Che Man, Y.B., Jinap, S.

“…The enzyme preparation was confirmed to be of homogeneous state by gel filtration and nondashdenaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and it has a molecular weight of approximately 32 000 Da.…”
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Titania catalysts : crystal chemical insights and tailored functionalities by Lim, Suo Hon

“…However, defective and amorphous titania variants have been less investigated, as the transition from the gel to the crystalline phase is frequently assumed to be straightforward. …”
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Investigation of low temperature wafer bonding using intermediate layer by Deng, Shusheng

“…In this project, the sol-gel intermediate layer bonding is demonstrated to provide high bond strength at low temperature (such as 100 degree celsius).…”
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