Stronger dielectric-elastomer grippers using spine-like bending structure by Heng, Kim Rui

“…The gripper is developed based on a new design of DEA using stiffer spine-like structure made of 380μm thick Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheet. This spine-like structure of high stiffness curls longitudinally upon bonding with a pre-stretched dielectric elastomeric actuator membrane. …”
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Structural characterization of the full-length Hantaan virus polymerase by Keown, JR, Carrique, L, Nilsson-Payant, BE, Fodor, E, Grimes, JM

“…We observe motif E in four distinct conformations including β-sheet, two helical arrangements, and nucleotide primed arrangement. …”

GeSn alloys fabricated by modified sputtering deposition by Qian, Li

“…Instead of GeSn thin film, GeSn quantum dot sheet was fabricated on GaAs substrate by taking advantage of sputtering deposition and rapid thermal annealing. …”
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Highly conductive aligned carbon film for interconnect application by Li, Fushan, Shakerzadeh, Maziar, Tan, Chong Wei, Yu, Hongyu, Tay, Beng Kang

“…The uniform orientation of graphite-like sheet provides an effective carriers transport channel, thus significantly improves the conductivity of the amorphous carbon film. …”
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Interactive learning on making voice recorder and player by Lee, Si Ning

“…Upon successful implementation of the hardware, the website is developed using basic web development technologies – Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheet (CSS), and JavaScript. To enhance the user experience of the e-learning website, design principles have been applied to create website content and layout that engages the students. …”
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Pickering foam stabilized by diacylglycerol-based solid lipid nanoparticles: effect of protein modification by Chen, Dechu, Lee, Yee Ying, Tan, Chin Ping, Wang, Yong, Qiu, Chaoying

“…However, high protein concentration caused foam destruction due to the competitive adsorption effect. β-sheet increased in protein after adsorption and changed the polymorphism and thermodynamic properties of SLN. …”

Enhancing Roll Form Bending Processes through Experimentation and Informed Predictive Analysis: A Strategic Approach to Optimize Tooling by Kompella, Sarvagnya

“…Sheet metal roll forming is a continuous bending process where metal strips pass through a series of rolls to achieve a specific cross-sectional profile. …”
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A Design Study Using Simulation Techniques in Roll Form Production by Lee, Joo Won

“…Sheet metal roll forming is a continuous bending process where metal strips are fed through a sequence of rolls to achieve a specific cross-sectional profile. …”
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Insight into the dynamics of fluid conveying tiny particles over a rotating surface subject to Cattaneo–Christov heat transfer, Coriolis force, and Arrhenius activation energy by Ali, Bagh, Nie, Yufeng, Hussain, Sajjad, Habib, Danial, Abdal, Sohaib

“…This article addressees the dynamics of fluid conveying tinny particles and Coriolis force effects on transient rotational flow toward a continuously stretching sheet. Tiny particles are considered due to their unusual characteristics like extraordinary thermal conductivity, which are significant in advanced nanotechnology, heat exchangers, material sciences, and electronics. …”
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High-pressure hydrogenation of graphene : towards graphane by Poh, Hwee Ling, Šaněk, Filip, Sofer, Zdeněk, Pumera, Martin

“…The properties of the resultant hydrogenated graphene were studied by scanning and transmission electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy and combustible elemental analysis techniques. Sheet and specific resistance of the graphene and hydrogenated graphene were measured. …”
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Do internally managed REITs manage earnings more than externally managed REITs? by Ajayi, Oluwaseun Damilola, Akinsomi, Omokolade

“…This is the first study to investigate financial sheet manipulation among REITs management structures in an emerging market.…”
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Drag reduction in fish-like locomotion by Barrett, D.S., Triantafyllou, M.S., Yue, D.K.P., Grosenbaugh, M.A., Wolfgang, M.J.

“…The method employs a boundary-integral method for arbitrary flexible body geometry and motions, while the wake shed from the fish-like form is modelled by an evolving desingularized dipole sheet.…”
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Automation of soft lithography by Kim, Hyung-Jun

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Cyanographene and graphene acid : the functional group of graphene derivative determines the application in electrochemical sensing and capacitors by Cheong, Yi Heng, Muhammad Zafir Mohamad Nasir, Bakandritsos, Aristides, Pykal, Martin, Jakubec, Petr, Zbořil, Radek, Otyepka, Michal, Pumera, Martin

“…Here, we present the electrochemical properties of cyanographene (G−CN), and graphene acid (G−COOH) in order to understand the role of the covalently attached functional groups on the graphene sheet in electrochemical sensing for the detection of biomarkers. …”
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Development of organically modified montmorillonite/polypropylene composite powders for selective laser sintering by Tan, Lisa Jiaying, Zhu, Wei, Zhou, Kun

“…It was found that at low loadings, nanofillers with sheet-like structures such as OMMT could limit the increase in crystallization temperatures of the composite powder, thus ensuring their wide sintering windows for SLS.…”
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Effect of coupling in steel/aluminium laminate subjected to tensile load by Ang, Dionysius Wei Qian

“…In the second case, the results show that flexural stiffness increases as the structure is modified from a cantilever sheet to a cantilever beam and the structure shows lesser bending-extension coupling effect. …”
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Soft robotic honeycomb-velcro jamming gripper design by Chung, Yu Cheng, Chow, Wai Tuck, Nguyen, Van Pho

“…Each finger of the gripper consists of multi-layers with a honeycomb sandwich structure acting as a core wrapped by a fabric sheet and sealed by a latex membrane. This structure can transit between unjammed (flexible) and jammed (rigid) states thanks to the vacuum pressure. …”
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Improved NiSi salicide process using presilicide N2+ implant for MOSFETs by Wee, A. T. S., Chan, L., Mangelinck, D., Lee, Pooi See, Pey, Kin Leong, Ding, Jun

“…Salicided poly-Si gate and active regions of different linewidths show improved thermal stability with low sheet resistance up to a salicidation temperature of 700 and 750 °C, respectively. …”
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Continuously distributed magnetization profile for millimeter-scale elastomeric undulatory swimming by Diller, Eric, Zhuang, Jiang, Zhan Lum, Guo, Edwards, Matthew R., Sitti, Metin

“…The robot is propelled by continuous undulatory deformation, which is enabled by the distributed magnetization profile of a flexible sheet. We demonstrate control of a prototype device and measure deformation and speed as a function of magnetic field strength and frequency. …”
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Monitoring membrane biofouling via ultrasonic time-domain reflectometry enhanced by silica dosing by Sim, S. T. V., Suwarno, S. R., Chong, T. H., Krantz, William B., Fane, Anthony Gordon

“…This novel UTDR technique was applied to detect biofouling on flat sheet polyethersulfone ultrafiltration (UF) and thin film composite polyamide reverse osmosis (RO) membranes in a canary cell flow configuration. …”
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