A hidden lethal effect of long microplastic fibres on the coastal copepod Acartia erythraea by Takahashi, Kazutaka, Teh, Jun Chin

“…Our finding implies that a single piece of microplastic fibre remaining at the bottom of coastal zones could continue to kill copepods owing to its non-degradability.…”
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Self-healing cementitious composites by encapsulation techniques by Feng, Jianhang

“…Due to the PDA@CNTs reinforcement, hydrogels could be spherical after drying. Owing to the modification by GO, hydrogels could reduce pH of cracks, bond well with surrounding matrix and alter morphology of calcium carbonate from cubic to needle shapes. …”
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Thermoplastic polymer nanocomposites based on polydopamine-coated clay : preparation, structures and properties by Phua, Si Lei

“…This is because PP is vulnerable to degradation owing to the presence of volatile tertiary hydrogens in the polymer backbone. …”
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Cutting-edge innovations in bio-alcohol reforming: Pioneering pathways to high-purity hydrogen: A review by Liew, Wei Man, Nurul Aini, Razali

“…However, it confronts problems such as elevated temperatures during operation and deactivation of the catalyst owing to coking. SESR combines CO2 capture with steam reforming for enhanced hydrogen purity and efficiency. …”
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In Vivo RNA Delivery to Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells via Targeted Lipid Nanoparticles by Shi, Dennis, Toyonaga, Sho, Anderson, Daniel G

“…However, these therapies have several limitations owing to the manufacturing complexities and toxicity resulting from required conditioning regimens. …”
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Enchantment, possession and the uncanny in E.T.A. Hoffmann's ‘The Sandman’ by Dawson, Terence.

“…Der Sandmann (“The Sandman”; 1816) is one his best-known tales, partly because it gave rise to favourites of the ballet and opera repertoires – Delibes’ Coppelia (1870), and one of the self-contained acts of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann (1881) – and partly owing to the enormous impact of the crucial section that Freud devoted to it in his essay on “The Uncanny” (1919). …”
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N, P co‐doped hierarchical porous graphene as a metal‐free bifunctional air cathode for Zn − air batteries by Zhou, Lijun, Zhang, Chunyan, Cai, Xiaoyi, Qian, Yao, Jiang, Haifeng, Li, Baosheng, Lai, Linfei, Shen, Zexiang, Huang, Wei

“…In this work, hierarchically structured N, P co‐doped graphene (NPHG) has been synthesized through the chemical polymerization of aniline and phytic acid in the presence of SiO2 nanoparticles and applied as air cathodes for rechargeable Zn−air batteries, owing to its high bifunctional oxygen electrocatalytic activities. …”
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Battery energy storage selection based on a novel intermittent wind speed model for improving power system dynamic reliability by Liang, Chen, Wang, Peng, Han, Xiaoqing, Qin, Wenping, Jia, Yanbing, Yuan, Tiejiang

“…Owing to intermittency of wind power and slow ramp rates of conventional generators, a considerable amount of wind energy cannot be effectively utilized during frequency control processes. …”
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Terahertz radiation by Wong, Yun Ming

“…Last but not least, the robustness of PTI waveguide against bending loss was verified by both simulation and experiment. Owing to the great number of parameters involved in manufacturing the transmission line, more work could be done in the future to achieve an even better optimisation for transmission of signal.…”
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Effects of initial oxide layer on growth of titania nanotubes by Lim, Jonathan Jian Wei.

“…Finally, the tube length decreased drastically with the foils annealed at 800°C owing to the thick rutile oxide layer. Prolonged annealing duration at 400°C led to further crystallization of the annealed oxide layer from amorphous to anatase phase. …”
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Thiophene-derived polymer dots for imaging endocytic compartments in live cells and broad-spectrum bacterial killing by Prasad, Kenath Priyanka, Than, Aung, Li, Nan, Alam SK, Mahasin, Duan, Hongwei, Pu, Kanyi, Zheng, Xinting, Chen, Peng

“…In this work, we present a new type of polymer dot synthesized from bithiophene (pTh-Pdot) via a simple and high yield procedure. Owing to their high brightness, excellent photo-stability, good biocompatibility, and molecular size, pTh-Pdots are promising for bioimaging applications. …”
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Throughput-Lifetime tradeoffs in multihop wireless networks under a realistic interference model by Luo, Jun., Iyer, Aravind., Rosenberg, Catherine.

“…We use a realistic interference model owing to which we gain a deep understanding of the network configurations that achieve the optimal tradeoffs. …”
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Wave-induced longitudinal vortices in a shallow current by Huang, Zhenhua, Mei, Chiang C.

“…We shall show that in addition to the internal vortex force, a mean shear stress exists on the mean sea level, owing to nonlinear wave–current interactions, despite the absence of wind. …”
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Tin halide perovskite solar cells with open-circuit voltages approaching the Shockley–Queisser limit by Liu, W, Hu, S, Pascual, J, Nakano, K, Murdey, R, Tajima, K, Wakamiya, A

“…The fullerene derivative indene-C₆₀ bisadduct (ICBA) is a promising alternative to mitigate this drawback, owing to its superior energy level matching with most tin-based perovskites. …”

Synthesis of bioactive glass-ceramics: Effect of the incubation duration on mechanical properties using PBS solution by Loh, Zhi Wei, Zaid, Mohd Hafiz Mohd, Kechik, Mohd Mustafa Awang, Fen, Yap Wing, Cheong, Wei Mun, Mayzan, Mohd Zul Hilmi

“…Owing to its wear resistance and mechanical performance, glass-ceramics are often favoured in dental applications. …”
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Mechanical Properties of Lightweight Aggregate Concrete Containing Unground Palm Oil Fuel Ash as Partial Sand Replacement by H. Mohd Hanafi, H. Mohd Hanafi, Muthusamy, Khairunisa, Saffuan, W.A., Budiea, A.M.A., Kusbiantoro, A., Nabilla, M., Rafiza, A.R., Błoch, K.

“…The results show the enhancement of concrete strength relative to the control mixture by using 10% of ash. This is owing to void filling mechanism and product of pozzolanic reaction due to the fine particles of the ash.…”
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Conformable ultrasound breast patch for deep tissue scanning and imaging by Du, Wenya, Zhang, Lin, Suh, Emma, Lin, Dabin, Marcus, Colin, Ozkan, Lara, Ahuja, Avani, Fernandez, Sara, Shuvo, Ikra Iftekhar, Sadat, David, Liu, Weiguo, Li, Fei, Chandrakasan, Anantha P., Ozmen, Tolga, Dagdeviren, Canan

“…The in vitro studies and clinical trials reveal that the array using a piezoelectric crystal [Yb/Bi-Pb(In <jats:sub>1</jats:sub> <jats:sub>/2</jats:sub> Nb <jats:sub>1/2</jats:sub> )O <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> -Pb(Mg <jats:sub>1/</jats:sub> <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> Nb <jats:sub>2/3</jats:sub> )O <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> -PbTiO <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> ] (Yb/Bi-PIN-PMN-PT) exhibits a sufficient contrast resolution (~3 dB) and axial/lateral resolutions of 0.25/1.0 mm at 30 mm depth, allowing the observation of small cysts (~0.3 cm) in the breast. …”
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Piezoelectric single crystal based one-dimensional phased array for breast tissue imaging by Du, Wenya

“…In this thesis, I propose a conformable ultrasound breast patch (cUSBr-Patch) consisting of a one-dimensional (1D) phased array and a nature-inspired patch design, which offers large-area, deep tissue scanning and multi-angle, repeatable breast imaging while avoiding the drawbacks of conventional ultrasound imaging technologies. I used a Yb/Bi-doped PIN-PMN-PT single crystal as the active element due to its superior piezoelectric properties (d33 = 2,800 pC/N, εr = 7,000, k33 = 0.93). …”
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Two-phase immersion cooling for power dense printed circuit board converters by Ristic-Smith, A

“…A theoretical model and numerical solution method for boiling on pin fins is developed and used to design heat spreaders to increase the power dissipation per unit semiconductor area with minimal penalty on the converter volume. …”

Nonlinear wave evolution with data-driven breaking by Eeltink, D., Branger, H., Luneau, C., He, Y., Chabchoub, A., Kasparian, J., van den Bremer, T. S., Sapsis, T. P.

“…It determines the properties of a sea state and plays a crucial role in ocean-atmosphere interaction, ocean pollution, and rogue waves. Owing to its turbulent nature, wave breaking remains too computationally demanding to solve using direct numerical simulations except in simple, short-duration circumstances. …”
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