Additive friction stir processing by Lin, Longyi

“…The continuous dynamic recrystalisation during FSP also gave finer grains, which was further enhanced with the addition of CNTs through Zener pinning effect. The improvement in tensile strengths due to finer grains through the Hall-Petch mechanism was insufficient to compensate for the drop in Orowan strengthening. …”
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Quenching the Haldane gap in spin-1 Heisenberg antiferromagnets by Wierschem, Keola, Sengupta, Pinaki

“…We consider a quasi-one-dimensional system of spin-1 Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chains in two-dimensional and three-dimensional hypercubic lattices with interchain coupling J and uniaxial single-ion anisotropy D. Using large-scale numerical simulations, we map out the J−D phase diagram and investigate the low-lying excitations of the Haldane phase in the J≪1 limit. …”
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Quantitative analysis of 10 classes of phospholipids by ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography tandem triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry by Huang, Qingxia, Lei, Hehua, Dong, Manyuan, Tang, Huiru, Wang, Yulan

“…The method takes three steps: first and second steps identified phospholipid structures in a mixture containing aliquots of all the samples using the combinations of multiple reaction monitoring (MRM), product ion scan and retention time in the positive and negative ion modes. …”
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Experimental and theoretical study of nanotwinned copper fabricated by pulse-reverse electrodeposition for interconnect and through-silicon via (TSV) technologies by Lin, Nay

“…Through-silicon via (TSV) copper interconnects of varying sizes and aspect ratios are fabricated using pulse and pulse-reversed electrodeposition techniques in deep reactive ion etched silicon vias. Mechanical properties of fabricated TSV are characterized by nanoindentation. …”
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Prussian Blue analogue materials for magnetic and energy storage applications by Schart, M

“…These materials have yielded room-temperature molecular magnetic materials as well as the currently most promising cathode materials for Na- and K-ion batteries. The diversity in applications of PBA materials can be attributed to their uniquely tunable structure and chemistry. …”

Transient photoactivation of anionophores by using redshifted fast-relaxing azobenzenes by Kerckhoffs, A, Ahmad, M, Langton, ML

“…We demonstrate that by tuning the thermal half-life of the more active, but thermodynamically unstable, Z isomer to relax on the timescale of minutes, transient activation of ion transport can be achieved by activating with solely with visible light and deactivating by thermal relaxation.…”

Homogenisation and approximation of solutions to multiscale problem by Khoo, Freddy Hong Shan

“…This paper focuses on the homogenization problem of a steady-state diffusion problem in a heterogeneous medium, with the objective of describing the global behavior of a finely distributed medium whose constituents are periodic. …”
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Design, fabrication and characterization of a tunnel FET by Chen, Zhixian.

“…With Si P+-i-n+ tunneling junction, the TFET with a gate length of ~200 nm exhibits good subthreshold swing of ~70 mV/dec, superior DIBL of ~17 mV/V, and excellent Ion/Ioff ratio of 7 orders with a low Ioff (~7pA/um). …”
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Performance Characterization of High-Density Electrospray Thrusters by Corrado, Matthew N., Wangari, Charity, Finch, Michael R., Parameswaran, Lalitha, Cook, Matthew, Holihan, Eric C., Mathews, Richard, Kedzierski, Jakub, Racz, Livia M., Smith, Melissa A., Lozano, Paulo C.

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Characterisation of transport and thermodynamic properties for various binary electrolytes by Hou, T

“…We have accurately quantified some or all of the properties for binary electrolytes used in various energy storage systems, including redox flow, alkaline, lithium-ion, and magnesium-ion batteries.</p> <p>Density and ionic conductivity for aqueous VOSO₄ solutions were quantified with respect to VOSO₄ concentration up to 0.53 M at five temperatures: 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35 ◦C. …”

Green concrete incorporating local waste material by Kok, Pooi Yee.

“…In previous study, Recycled Concrete Fines (RCF) replaced the uses of aggregates in concrete mixing reducing its cost and usage of raw earth material, sands. …”
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Compression dynamics and radiation emission from a deuterium plasma focus by Muhammad Shahid Rafique.

“…More importantly, an automated scanning and measurement system was also successfully developed and employed to overcome the traditional time-consuming and laborious counting and measurement of ion tracks.…”
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Ti3C2TX encapsulation of CTAB-functionalized polypyrrole nanospheres towards pseudocapacitive intensification in supercapacitors by Poh, Wen Siong, Hoo, Do Yee, Zheng, Sheng Qiang, Ong, Wee-Jun, Khiew, Poi Sim, Lim, Hong Ngee, Foo, Chuan Yi

“…Herein, polypyrrole (PPy) was synthesized into nanospheres (PPy NS) to improve bulk ion transport kinetics. However, numerous interfaces generated by nanospherical structure induce high nanocontact resistance, resulting in low specific capacitance. …”
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Enantioselective synthesis of chiral acyclic nitriles containing α-all-carbon quaternary stereocenters via synergistic palladium and phase-transfer catalysis by Guo, Cheng, Dong, Yufei, Wang, Yiyang, Du, Xuan, Ma, Runxia, Tan, Choon-Hong, Luan, Xinjun, Ren, Jingyun

“…Additionally, it enables highly enantioselective control of simple nitriles via ion-pairing interactions with chiral phase-transfer catalysts. …”
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Frequency stabilization using BESS of EV : a statistical analysis by Lim, Jonathan Wei Zheng.

“…The electric vehicle used in this project is the Renault Fluence EV. The lithium ion battery inside this vehicle’s design is also used as a component of study to explore the possibilities of network stabilization based in Singapore. …”
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Nickel-silicided Schottky junction CMOS transistors with gate-all-around nanowire channels by Tang, L. J., Ho, C. K. F., Tan, Eu Jin, Pey, Kin Leong, Singh, Navab, Lo, Guo-Qiang, Chi, Dong Zhi, Chin, Yoke King, Lee, Pooi See

“…The transistors exhibit good Ion/Ioff characteristics, along with fully controlled shortchannel effects revealed by low drain-induced barrier lowering (~10 mV/V) and near-ideal subthreshold swing (~60 mV/dec). …”
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Nonthermal solid-solid phase transition in ferromagnetic iron by Azadi, S, Wark, J, Vinko, SM

“…The transition corresponds to a solid-solid BCC to FCC phase transformation and takes place at an electron temperature of 0.62 eV while the ion lattice remains near room temperature. The BCC structure initially undergoes phonon softening during the magnetic transformation, followed by a solid-solid phase transition to the FCC structure, and a subsequent hardening of phonon modes. …”

Particle self-assembly in sessile droplet on patterned substrate by Lim, Si Xian

“…This indicates that the particle is the pinning force that prevents contact line withdrawal. …”
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Influence of the exchange symmetry beyond the exclusion principle by Tennie, F

“…In particular, we <em>analytically</em> study the (quasi-)pinning effect which corresponds to a saturation of the GPCs and imposes structural simplifications on the <em>N</em>-fermion state. …”

Somatosensory and clinical profiles of patients with spine-related and clinical framework-based neck–arm pain by Kapitza, C, Ballenberger, N, Luedtke, K, Schmid, AB, Tampin, B

“…Symptom descriptors, such as burning (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.031), tingling (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.018), pins and needles (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.031), numbness (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.016), spontaneous pain (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.001), and electric pain/shock (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.026) were more common in the radicular/radiculopathy groups compared with the somatic/mechanosensitivity groups. …”