Adaptive hydrogel substrates for stem cell culture by Kwang, Guo Dong

“…A softening protocol developed to degrade alginate, via 0.5hr of sodium citrate treatment, was also successful in softening IPN hydrogel without compromising cell viability.…”
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Deep learning for object detection and image segmentation by Tan, Yan Hwa

“…The robot system setup consists of a UR5 robotic arm attached with a gripper and a vision camera. …”
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In vitro and In vivo photothermal cancer therapeutic effects of gold nanorods modified with mushroom β-glucan by Li, Xiaojie, Zhou, Jiajing, Dong, Xiaonan, Cheng, Wai-Yin, Duan, Hongwei, Cheung, Peter C. K.

“…Intravenous injection of AuNR-Glu nanohybrids followed by irradiation from a NIR-II laser at a safe dose (1.0 W/cm2 for 5 min) in nude mice implanted with HT-29 tumors was effective in significantly reducing the tumor growth, with no obvious harmful side effects, as evidenced by histological analysis of major organs. …”
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In vitro reconstitution of liquid-liquid phase separation in regulating gene transcription by Gan, Jia Yun

“…TF9 was seen to start forming droplets at a concentration of 2.5 μM when incubated with 10% PEG and 150 mM NaCl buffer. …”
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Exploring two dimensional Co0.33In2.67S2.29Se1.71 as alloy type negative electrode for Li-ion battery with olivine LiFePO4 cathode by Chaturvedi, Apoorva, Morris, Samuel Alexander, Hu, Peng, Long, Yi, Kloc, Christian, Duchamp, Martial, Madhavi, Srinivasan, Aravindan, Vanchiappan

“…Li-storage properties are assessed using a half-cell configuration in which the cell is cycled in the alloying region (0.005–1 V vs. Li) that provides better characteristics than the extended region (i.e. allowing the materials to undergo a conversion pathway) in terms of cycling stability and retention. …”
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Architecting a stable high-energy aqueous Al-ion battery by Yan, Chunshuang, Lv, Chade, Wang, Liguang, Cui, Wei, Zhang, Leyuan, Dinh, Khang Ngoc, Tan, Huiteng, Wu, Chen, Wu, Tianpin, Ren, Yang, Chen, Jieqiong, Liu, Zheng, Srinivasan, Madhavi, Rui, Xianhong, Yan, Qingyu, Yu, Guihua

“…The architected cell delivers a record-high discharge voltage plateau near 1.6 V and specific capacity of 460 mAh g-1 for over 80 cycles. …”
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Influence of high intensity focused ultrasound on the microstructure and c-di-GMP signaling of pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms by Bharatula, Lakshmi Deepika, Marsili, Enrico, Rice, Scott A., Kwan, James J.

“…Confocal microscopy images indicated a clear microstructural response at peak negative pressures equal to or greater than 3.5 MPa. In this pressure amplitude range, HIFU partially reduced the biomass of cells and eroded exopolysaccharides from the biofilm. …”
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High yield synthesis of graphene quantum dots from biomass waste as a highly selective probe for Fe3+ sensing by Abbas, Aumber, Tabish, Tanveer A., Bull, Steve J., Lim, Tuti Mariana, Phan, Anh N.

“…A sensitive sensor is prepared for the selective detection of Fe3+ ions with a detection limit of as low as 2.5 × 10–6 M. The utilisation of renewable resource along with facile microwave treatment paves the way to sustainable, high yield and cost-effective synthesis of GQDs for practical applications.…”
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Beam-pattern analysis of multi-beam high peak power IR-UWB transmitter tag for indoor positioning and tracking system by Md Arif Hussain Ansari, Law, Choi Look

“…The proposed beamforming transmitter arrays are observed to achieve the scanning range from-60° (-90°) to +60° (+90°) with a scanning resolution of 5° and 8° in the measurements.…”
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Exploration of a gallic acid-based alternative to bisphenol A by Muhammad Naziruddin Mohd Ali

“…This route created the product, N,N'-(1,4-phenylene)bis(3,4,5-tris(oxiran-2-ylmethoxy)benzamide), Glycidyl Phenylene-Gallic Amide (GPDA). …”
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Material augmented plant development by Neelabh Gupta

“…Confocal imaging of the leaves showed an even spread of UCNPs 3 hours after application, and an insignificant change in location after 5 days.…”
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A low-cost, portable, active noise control unit : an optimal fixed-filter active noise control solution for construction noise sources by Wee, Ervin Liang Zheng

“…After running through the MATLAB simulations, the results have shown that different noise sources have selective suitability to different construction noises. A total of 5 noise sources for training the ANC system and 13 construction noise samples were used in the analysis. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured Cr doped TiO2 materials for photocatalytic applications by Tan, Dunlin

“…However, the efficiency was a big drawback due to its large bandgap of 3.2 eV. Since 1990s, minded researchers have been focusing on shifting its bandgap into the visible light range so as to increase its efficiency. …”
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Extraordinary catalysis induced by titanium foil cathode plasma for degradation of water pollutant by Li, Chaojiang, Rao, Yuhan, Zhang, Bowei, Huang, Kang, Cao, Xun, Peng, Dongdong, Wu, Junsheng, Xiao, Longqiang, Huang, Yizhong

“…It is of particular interest that gold nanoparticles, generated from Au coated Ti foil film during electrode discharging, are less than 5 nm in size and further enhance the TiO2 photocatalytic activity. …”
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A ternary Fe₁₋ₓS@Porous carbon nanowires/reduced graphene oxide hybrid film electrode with superior volumetric and gravimetric capacities for flexible sodium ion batteries by Liu, Yang, Fang, Yongjin, Zhao, Zhiwei, Yuan, Changzhou, Lou, David Xiong Wen

“…When evaluated as a self-supporting anode for SIBs, the Fe₁₋ₓS@PCNWs/rGO paper electrode exhibits remarkable reversible capacities of 573–89 mAh g⁻¹ over 100 consecutive cycles at 0.1 A g⁻¹ with areal mass loadings of 0.9–11.2 mg cm⁻² and high volumetric capacities of 424–180 mAh cm⁻³ in the current density range of 0.2–5 A g⁻¹. More competitively, a SIB based on this flexible Fe₁₋ₓS@PCNWs/rGO anode demonstrates outstanding electrochemical properties, thus highlighting its enormous potential in versatile flexible and wearable applications.…”
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Functionalized MXene enabled sustainable water harvesting and desalination by Fei, Jipeng, Koh, See Wee, Tu, Wengguang, Ge, Junyu, Hamid, Rezaeyan, Hou, Shuai, Duan Hongwei, Lam, Yee Cheong, Li, Hong

“…Moreover, the salt rejection rate for high salinity seawater (original Na+ concentration is 18 000 mg L−1) reaches up to 97.5%, generating drinkable water that meets the WHO standard. …”
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Feasibility study of E.coli inactivation and development of portable water purifier using platinized titanium by Muhammad Shafique Hamid

“…Using platinized titanium as the electrodes, the development of a portable water purifier prototype was found to be feasible where 32% of E.coli was inactivated by 6 hour achieving a log(N/N0) of -5, although much higher inactivation from shorter times could be obtained using a bench top electrolytic system. …”
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Escalated deep-subwavelength acoustic imaging with field enhancement inside a metalens by Chen, Jian, Sun, Zeqing, Rao, Jing, Lisevych, Danylo, Fan, Zheng

“…Specifically, a breakthrough resolution below lambda/100 is achieved while resolving contrast is improved by at least 6.5 times and working bandwidth is broadened to approximately 25% of the operating frequency. …”
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Nanomaterials for biomolecules sensing : germanene modified screen printed electrodes for the chronoamperometric detection of histamine in fish samples by Veronica Pereira

“…The reduction of potassium hexacyanoferrate (III) which occurs at the low potentials of +0.2 V was used to indirectly measure the histamine concentration present in the sample. …”
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Design and optimization of conformal cooling channels for injection molding : a review by Kanbur, Baris Burak, Shen, Suping, Duan, Fei

“…This review study presents the main design steps of CCCs as follows: (1) a background of the CCC fabrication process is projected, (2) the thermal and mechanical models are presented with respect to the 1D analytical model, (3) the CAE-supported design criteria are discussed for the 3D models of CCCs and relevant mold materials, (4) some of the illustrative CAE simulations are explained in detail according to the computational thermal and mechanical objectives, and (5) the single- and multi-objective optimization procedures are defined. …”
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