Indications of surface-dominated transport in single crystalline nanoflake devices of topological insulator Bi_{1.5}Sb_{0.5}Te_{1.8}Se_{1.2} by Xia, Bin, Ren, Peng, Sulaev, Azat, Liu, Peng, Shen, Shun-Qing, Wang, Lan

“…We report experimental evidence of surface-dominated transport in single crystalline nanoflake devices of topological insulator Bi1.5Sb0.5Te1.8Se1.2 (BSTS). The resistivity measurements show dramatic differences between the nanoflake devices and bulk single crystal. …”
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Thermally assisted alkali/zinc ion hybrid battery for high roundtrip efficiency by Liu, Yezhou, Gao, Caitian, Yun, Jeonghun, Kim, Yeongae, Kim, Moobum, Li, Jia, Li, Xiaoya, Lee, Seok Woo

“…The battery contains a copper hexacyanoferrate (CuHCFe) cathode and a zinc metal anode with a discharging voltage of 1.75 V in a K/Zn ion hybrid aqueous electrolyte. The battery's roundtrip efficiency improved by 2.1-4.5% when cycled between 10 and 30 °C. …”
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Numerical simulations of laser-driven experiments of ion acceleration in stochastic magnetic fields by Moczulski, K, Wen, H, Campbell, T, Scopatz, A, Arrowsmith, C, Bott, A, Sarkar, S, Schekochihin, A, Gregori, G

“…We find that the plasma conditions in the experiment are conducive to the lower-hybrid drift instability, yielding an increase in energy ∆E of ∼ 264 keV for 242 MeV calcium ions.…”

Recent Advances on Functionalized Upconversion Nanoparticles for Detection of Small Molecules and Ions in Biosystems by Gu, Bin, Zhang, Qichun

“…The mechanisms of upconversion as well as the luminescence resonance energy transfer process is introduced first, followed by a detailed summary on the recent researches of UCNP-based biodetections including the detection of inorganic ions, gas molecules, reactive oxygen species, and thiols and hydrogen sulfide.…”
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Recent Progress of Deep Learning Methods for Health Monitoring of Lithium-Ion Batteries by Madani, Seyed Saeed, Ziebert, Carlos, Vahdatkhah, Parisa, Sadrnezhaad, Sayed Khatiboleslam

“…In recent years, the rapid evolution of transportation electrification has been propelled by the widespread adoption of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) as the primary energy storage solution. …”
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Accounting for the Effects of Probabilistic Uncertainty During Fast Charging of Lithium-ion Batteries by Kim, Minsu, Schaeffer, Joachim, Berliner, Marc D, Sagnier, Berta Pedret, Findeisen, Rolf, Braatz, Richard D

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Online estimation of power capacity with noise effect attenuation for lithium-ion battery by Wei, Zhongbao, Zhao, Jiyun, Xiong, Rui, Dong, Guangzhong, Pou, Josep, Tseng, King Jet

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Application of microwave-assisted orange peel digestion in lithium-ion battery recycling by Nawfal Alimullah Marican

“…As the demand for lithium-ion batteries continues to increase year on year, various concerns begin to arise, such as the possible shortage of important metals such as lithium, cobalt, manganese and lithium. …”
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State of health estimation for lithium-ion batteries based on data driven techniques by Chee, Nigel Zachary

“…Lithium-Ion batteries (LIBs) have an increasingly critical role in the daily lives of people with their applications in renewable and non-renewable energy systems as an energy storage solution. …”
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Reinventing fast charging: developing and validating NLV algorithm for Li-ion batteries by Chng, Joseph

“…In response to the soaring demand for Li-ion batteries, our project introduces a groundbreaking approach to fast charging, centered around the NLV (Nonlinear Voltammetry) fast charging algorithm. …”
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Optimization of separator coating using crosslinked polyacrylic acid for lithium-Ion batteries by Lim, Zhi Xiang

“…Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are essential for energy storage devices and find wide applications due to their numerous advantages. …”
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Development and characterization of deep reactive ion etching technology for through silicon interconnection by Nagarajan, Ranganathan

“…Deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) is an enabling technology for three dimensional (3D) integration of planar integrated circuits. …”
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Molecular dynamics simulation studies of salting effects and ion-mediated molecular interactions by Li, Weifeng

“…In this thesis, a series of molecular dynamics simulations have been performed in order to explore some fundamental mechanisms in biological research, such as salting effects and ion-mediated molecular interactions. A general goal of this research is to obtain an atomic level understanding of the structure, dynamics and thermodynamics of co-solutes (including typical ions like Na+, Mg2+ and complex molecules like urea, guanidinium chloride) and their effects on molecular and electrostatic interactions in protein folding/unfolding and DNA packaging. …”
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Elucidation of the ion transport mechanisms in CorA, a divalent cation transporter. by Nurhuda Nordin.

“…Both Mg2+ and Co2+ are essential ions for organisms, without which pathophysiological effects would occur. …”
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Polymer based photonic crystal fibre sensor for detection of nickel ions in water by Mangalapriyaa Doraisamy

“…In this report, the possibilities of utilizing Mach-Zehnder Interferometer design for the detection of heavy metal ions: nickel cations (Ni2+) would be explored. This report investigates the optimization of coating of chitosan (2%) onto an optical fibre sensor and its sensitivity in sensing nickel (II) chloride-ions.…”
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Elucidating the catalytic effect of metal ions in montmorillonite on thermal degradation of organic modifier by Zope, Indraneel Suhas, Dasari, Aravind, Camino, Giovanni

“…Knowing the effect of each metal ion separately, correlation between clay structural chemistry and organic degradation onset has been established. …”
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Zn2+-mediated catalysis for fast-charging aqueous Zn-ion batteries by Dai, Y, Lu, R, Zhang, C, Li, J, Yuan, Y, Mao, Y, Ye, C, Cai, Z, Zhu, J, Li, J, Yu, R, Cui, L, Zhao, S, An, Q, He, G, Waterhouse, GIN, Shearing, PR, Ren, Y, Lu, J, Amine, K, Wang, Z, Mai, L

“…Historically, ion-shuttling models centring on ion-migration behaviour have dominated explanations for charge/discharge processes in aqueous batteries, like classical ion insertion/extraction and pseudocapacitance mechanisms. …”

Specific ion effects enhance local structure in zwitterionic osmolyte solutions (data) by Agg, KJ, Groves, TS, Miao, S, Fung, YKC, Alderman, OLG, Headen, TF, Hughes, T-L, Smith, GN, Youngs, TGA, Tellam, JP, Chen, Y, Perkin, S, Hallett, JE

Degradation monitoring and characterization in lithium-ion batteries via the asymptotic local approach by Couto, LD, Reniers, J, Zhang, D, Howey, DA, Kinnaert, M

“…Degradation mechanisms affecting the long-term performance of lithium-ion batteries should be monitored and characterized. …”

Towards the understanding of heavy quarks hadronization: from leptonic to heavy-ion collisions by Altmann, J, Dubla, A, Greco, V, Rossi, A, Skands, P