Light management in nanostructures for solar cell application by Du, Qingguo

“…A nanopatterned aluminum thin film electrode is also presented. With the optimized parameters, the nanopatterned aluminum thin film exhibits a high transmittance in the range from 300 – 1000 nm and has a low sheet resistance, which makes it a potential electrode to replace ITO. …”
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Carlibration parameters of social force model (SFM) for customized personal mobility devices (PMD) by Yuan, Liqiang

“…After getting the parameters of SFM for different PMDs, simulation can be done to find out the correlation between PMD speed and lateral distance for PMD rider when encountering a pedestrian. …”
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Profiling customers against characteristics of corporate responses to complaints. by Lim, Shing Yee., Tay, Julynn Chu Ling., Wu, Dominique Jiali.

“…This research attempts to draw a link between these two areas of study and find relationships between a number of variables and some aspects of corporate responses. …”
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Platinum/Tantalum Carbide Core–Shell Nanoparticles with Sub‐Monolayer Shells for Methanol and Oxygen Electrocatalysis by Wang, Zhenshu, Kang, Jin Soo, Göhl, Daniel, Paciok, Paul, Gonçalves, Danelle S., Lim, Hyung‐Kyu, Zanchet, Daniela, Heggen, Marc, Shao‐Horn, Yang, Ledendecker, Marc, Román‐Leshkov, Yuriy

“…Herein, core–shell nanoparticles comprising atomically thin Pt shells over earth‐abundant TaC cores are synthesized and used as highly durable electrocatalysts for the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) and the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) needed to drive direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). …”
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Membrane structure-dependent limiting flux behavior and membrane selectivity loss during gypsum scaling : implications for pressure-retarded osmosis operation and membrane design by Fei, Jingyuan, Mai, Weiting, Cheng, Pak Shing, Shi, Jeffrey, Liu, Zongwen, She, Qianhong

“…We selected two typical osmotic membranes, thin-film composite (TFC) polyamide (PA) membrane and integrally asymmetric cellulose triacetate (CTA) membrane with different structures, for gypsum scaling tests in active-layer-facing-draw-solution orientation (an operating mode preferred for pressure-retarded osmosis). …”
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A unified approach for austenitic and ferritic stainless steel CHS beam-columns subjected to eccentric loading by Ma, You-Xin, Tan, Kang Hai

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Electrically tunable steganographic nano-optical coatings by Prabhathan, Patinharekandy, Sreekanth, Kandammathe Valiyaveedu, Teng, Jinghua, Singh, Ranjan

“…Thin film coatings with tunable colors have a broad range of applications, from solid-state reflective displays to steganography. …”
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Growth instability of N-polar GaN on vicinal SiC substrate using plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy by Huo, Lili, Lingaparthi, R., Dharmarasu, Nethaji, Radhakrishnan, K.

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Synthesis and structure of two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides by Shi, Yumeng, Zhang, Hua, Chang, Wen-Hao, Shin, Hyeon Suk, Li, Lain-Jong

“…The controllable and reliable synthesis of atomically thin TMDCs is essential for their practical application. …”
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On the morphological changes of Ni- and Ni(Pt)-silicides by Mangelinck, D., Osipowicz, T., Lee, Pooi See, Pey, Kin Leong, Chi, Dong Zhi

“…The issue of agglomeration and layer inversion has remained critical because conductivity of thin silicide films is sensitive to the degradation of the film morphology. …”
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A simple approach to improve recording of concerns about child maltreatment in primary care records: developing a quality improvement intervention by Woodman, J, Allister, J, Rafi, I, de Lusignan, S, Belsey, J, Petersen, I, Gilbert, R

“…<p><b>Method</b> Descriptive analyses and incidence estimates were carried out based on 11 study practices and 442 practices in The Health Improvement Network (THIN). Telephone interviews, a workshop, and a consensus development meeting were conducted with lead GPs from 11 study practices. …”

Chasing the city that cannot stop: Exploring transportation and urban co-development in São Paulo’s history by Borges Costa, Adriano, Zegras, P Christopher, Biderman, Ciro

“…Over the entire 130 years, we find that urban expansion and road development pushed and pulled each other, in a somewhat “orderly” way. …”
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Retirement instruments and their distribution channels. by Ong, Cheow Chong., Poh, Choon Kiat., Ong, Joo Liang.

“…More has to be done to help people plan for retirement. First, we hope to find out about the relationship between demographics and instruments used by them. …”
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Multipoint sensing for energy efficient operation in buildings by Zhang, Han Wen

“…The first experiment is to find the effect of the multipoint sensing system due to the moving heat source. …”
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Analysis of underground excavation in rocks by Tang, Zhu Min

“…The purpose is to find out the factors which affect the instability and displacements of the underground excavations. …”
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Elastic-plastic fracture mechanics investigation on two interacting cracks by Lee, Jonathon Zhao Feng

“…The second step is to find the relationship between crack, inclusion and dislocation whereby the CTOD of the crack will also be affected by an additional dislocation. …”
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Governing in the face of a global crisis: when do voters punish and reward incumbent governments? by Duch, RM, Loewen, P, Robinson, TS, Zakharov, A

“…Using machine learning techniques, we find only muted heterogeneity in the magnitude and distribution of these treatment effects. …”

A mean field game between informed traders and a broker by Bergault, P, Sánchez-Betancourt, L

“…<p>We find the solution to the stochastic game between a broker and a mean-field of informed traders. …”

Solution processed transition metal oxides selective contacts for Si heterojunction solar cells by Lu, Chenjin

“…Si heterojunctions cells, represented by heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer (HIT) technology, enable higher performance and lower fabrications cost, which has demonstrated the world champion efficiency of 26.7%. …”
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Developments in THz Polaritonics: Towards Integrated Nonlinear THz Spectroscopy by Sung, Eric Rueyhao

“…The first method uses thin LN waveguides with a beveled edge for enhanced narrowband THz generation. …”
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