High performance composite membranes comprising Zn(pyrz)2(SiF6) nanocrystals for CO2/CH4 separation by Gong, Heqing, Chuah, Chong Yang, Yang, Yanqin, Bae, Tae-Hyun

“…Binary CO2/CH4 mixture gas permeation tests revealed that both CO2 permeability and CO2/CH4 selectivity of mixed-matrix membranes, especially for the membrane with 20 wt% filler loading, were significantly improved compared to those of pure polymeric membrane owing to the selective CO2 uptake and transport by Zn(pyrz)2(SiF6) crystals. …”
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Industrial smart product-service systems solution design via hybrid concerns by Zheng, Pai, Wang, Zuoxu, Chen, Chun-Hsien

“…Enabled by the third and fourth waves of Information Technology (IT) innovation, together with the sustainable concerns towards a circular economy, manufacturing industries are shifting rapidly towards a service-oriented paradigm in the smart, connected environment, i.e. smart product-service systems (Smart PSS). Owing to its unique characteristics, it reshapes the solution design (product-service design) with several hybrid concerns. …”
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A review on machine learning in 3D printing : applications, potential, and challenges by Goh, Guo Dong, Sing, Swee Leong, Yeong, Wai Yee

“…Additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing is growing rapidly in the manufacturing industry and has gained a lot of attention from various fields owing to its ability to fabricate parts with complex features. …”
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In-line monitoring of powder layer quality in powder bed fusion processes by Le, Tan Phuc

“…The results indicate a strong influence of recoating velocity on the microstructure, which alters the tensile behaviour of the additive manufactured parts. Owing to the high measurement throughput and versatility, our method offers the opportunity to perform systematic spreadability studies of different powdered materials to optimize PBF processes, as well as provide in situ powder bed quality assessment during part production.…”
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Internal and external co-engineering of stable cathode interface improves cycle performance of polymer sodium batteries by Pan, Jun, Hu, Lulu, Zhang, Yuchen, Zhang, Tao, Wang, Nana, Dou, Shixue, Fan, Hong Jin

“…In addition to these internal effects, the Fe O B bond interactions due to Fe substitution promote the decomposition of the tris(trimethylsilane)borate additive and the formation of a dense and uniform cathode electrolyte interface film, leading to improved cycling stability. Owing to the co-engineering of both internal structure and surface modification, the polymer solid-state sodium battery with a stable interface exhibits a specific capacity of 85.2 mAh g-1 after 800 cycles at 1 C.…”
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Effective surface modification of 2D MXene toward thermal energy conversion and management by Bark, Hyunwoo, Thangavel, Gurunathan, Liu, Rui Jun, Chua, Daniel H. C., Lee, Pooi See

“…From this perspective, MXene, a new type of 2D material, has attracted considerable attention in thermal energy management, including thermal conduction and conversion, owing to its unique electrical and thermal properties. …”
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Coupling chemical looping air separation with the Allam cycle – a thermodynamic analysis by Saqline, Syed, Yang, Lizhong, Romagnoli, Alessandro, Liu, Wen

“…Compared to other conventional CO2 capture techniques, the Allam cycle stands out owing to its high fuel-to-electricity conversion efficiency (55–59%), the elimination of the Rankine cycle and reduced physical footprint. …”
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An efficient and universal parallel algorithm for high-dimensional quantum dynamics in poly-atomic reactions by Zhou, Yong, Lu, Yunpeng, Zhang, Zhaojun, Zhang, Dong H.

“…Using realistic parameters for the H + NH3 reaction, performance assessment reveals linear scalability, exceeding 90% efficiency with up to 600 processors. In addition, owing to the universal and concise structure, the algorithm demonstrates remarkable extensibility to diverse reaction systems, as demonstrated by successes with six-atom and four-atom reactions. …”
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Read to Me by Koh, Li Yan, Yeo, Xin Min, Yue, Si Wei, Chia, Audrey Shue Theng

“…Read to Me achieved some success in helping parents overcome their barriers, leading to an increase in the percentage of parents who engaged in shared reading at least thrice a week. Owing to the campaign’s effectiveness, the Association of Early Childhood Educators Singapore (AECES) will take over the campaign.…”
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A semiconducting polymer nano-prodrug for hypoxia-activated synergetic photodynamic cancer therapy by Cui, Dong, Huang, Jiaguo, Zhen, Xu, Li, Jingchao, Jiang, Yuyan, Pu, Kanyi

“…The well-defined and compact nanostructure of SPNpd (30 nm) enables accumulation in the tumor of living mice. Owing to these features, SPNpd exerts synergistic photodynamic and chemo-therapy, and effectively inhibits tumor growth in a xenograft tumor mouse model. …”
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MC-Fluid: Multi-core Fluid-based Mixed-Criticality Scheduling by Lee, Jaewoo, Ramanathan, Saravanan, Phan, Kieu-My, Easwaran, Arvind, Shin, Insik, Lee, Insup

“…Owing to growing complexity and scale, safetycritical real-time systems are generally designed using the concept of mixed-criticality, wherein applications with different criticality or importance levels are hosted on the same hardware platform. …”
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Processing and Properties of Construction Materials for 3D Printing by Tay, Yi Wei, Panda, Biranchi, Paul, Suvash Chandra, Tan, Ming Jen, Qian, ShunZhi, Leong, Kah Fai, Chua, Chee Kai

“…3D printing (3DP), commonly known as additive manufacturing (AM), is a promising technology that can fabricate three dimensional complex shape prototypes directly from computer-aided design (CAD) model without any tooling and human intervention. Owing to its peculiar characteristics, AM is widely used in many industries to assist in the design, manufacture and commercialization of a product. …”
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Attacks in Reality: The Limits of Concurrent Error Detection Codes against Laser Fault Injection by Breier, Jakub, He, Wei, Jap, Dirmanto, Bhasin, Shivam, Chattopadhyay, Anupam

“…Parity-based Concurrent Error Detection (CED) techniques are often deployed as a countermeasure, owing to their low-overhead. Advanced linear and non-linear randomized encodings can be employed for constructing varying CED schemes. …”
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SCADPA: Side-channel assisted differential-plaintext attack on bit permutation based ciphers by Breier, Jakub, Jap, Dirmanto, Bhasin, Shivam

“…Bit permutations are a common choice for diffusion function in lightweight block ciphers, owing to their low implementation footprint. In this paper, we present a novel Side-Channel Assisted Differential-Plaintext Attack (SCADPA), exploiting specific vulnerabilities of bit permutations. …”
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Efficient oil/water separation membrane derived from super-flexible and superhydrophilic core–shell organic/inorganic nanofibrous architectures by Liu, Zhi, Qin, Detao, Zhao, Jianghui, Feng, Quan, Li, Zhengtao, Bai, Hongwei, Sun, Darren Delai

“…The synthesized membranes possess a delicate organic core of PVDF-HFP and an inorganic shell of a CuO nanosheet structure, which endows super-flexible properties owing to the merits of PVDF-HFP backbones, and superhydrophilic functions contributed by the extremely rough surface of a CuO nanosheet anchored on flexible PVDF-HFP. …”
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Label-free detection of ATP release from living astrocytes with high temporal resolution using carbon nanotube network by Huang, Yinxi, Sudibya, Herry Gunadi, Fu, Dongliang, Xue, Renhao, Dong, Xiaochen, Li, Lain-Jong, Chen, Peng

“…Owing to its unique combination of electrical, physiochemical, and one-dimension structural properties, single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) has recently emerged as a novel nanoelectronic biosensor for biomolecular detection with extraordinary sensitivity and simple detection scheme. …”
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Synthesis, characterization, and physical properties of a conjugated heteroacene: 2-methyl-1,4,6,7,8,9-hexaphenylbenz(g)isoquinolin-3(2H)-one (BIQ) by Duong, Hieu M., Zhang, Qichun, Xiao, Jinchong, Yin, Zongyou, Qiao, Fen, Hu, Xiao, Zhang, Hua, Wudl, Fred, Boey, Freddy Yin Chiang

“…In the solid state, it is very stable at ambient conditions and can be stored indefinitely. Owing to its pyridone end unit, BIQ 3 can display different resonance structures in different solvents (aprotic and protic) or Lewis acids to give different colors. …”
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Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) of Nitrothiophenol isomers chemisorbed on TiO2 by Teguh, Jefri S., Liu, Fang, Xing, Bengang, Yeow, Edwin Kok Lee

“…The Raman signal of o-NTP on TiO2 was not detectable, owing to interference from fluorescence emissions. …”
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The inherent electrochemistry of nickel/nickel-oxide nanoparticles by Giovanni, Marcella, Ambrosi, Adriano, Pumera, Martin

“…The direct detection of nanoparticles is at the forefront of research owing to their environmental and toxicological applications. …”
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Adsorption desalination : an emerging low-cost thermal desalination method by Ng, Kim Choon, Thu, Kyaw, Kim, Youngdeuk, Chakraborty, Anutosh, Amy, Gary

“…The energetic efficiency of AD cycles has been compared against the conventional desalination methods. Owing to the unique features of AD cycle, i.e., the simultaneous production of dual useful effects, it is proposed that the life cycle cost (LCC) of AD is evaluated against the LCC of combined machines that are needed to deliver the same quantities of useful effects using a unified unit of $/MWh. …”
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