Improving the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells using π-conjugated aromatic additives with differing hydrophobicities by Wang, Ran, Altujjar, Amal, Zibouche, Nourdine, Wang, Xuelian, Spencer, Ben F., Jia, Zhenyu, Thomas, Andrew G., Mokhtar, Muhamad Z., Cai, Rongsheng, Haigh, Sarah J., Saunders, Jennifer M., Islam, M. Saiful, Saunders, Brian R.

“…These additives increase the best PCE of 19.15% for the control to 21.14% and 21.28% for the best devices containing CHE and CMA, respectively. …”
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Characterizing Droplet Retention in Fruit Tree Canopies for Air-Assisted Spraying by Jun Li, Mingxin He, Huajun Cui, Peiyi Lin, Yingyi Chen, Guangxin Ling, Guangwen Huang, Han Fu

“…In this paper, when the Weber number was equal to 144.3, the deposition form changed from particles to a water film, yielding the best deposition effect. The canopy droplet penetration test results show that the air velocity at the outlet increased first and then decreased, and the best effect was achieved when the air velocity at the outlet was 10 m/s. …”
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Study the effect of CaCO3 nanoparticles on physical properties of biopolymer blend by K. J. Mohammed

“…The thermal conductivity of the polymer blend and CaCO3 nanocomposite films show that it decreased in the adding of nanoparticle CaCO3. …”
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Influence of texture on the corrosion behavior of an as-extruded Mg–8Al-0.5In alloy sheet by Baojing Feng, Xiaoqing Shang, Tian Xie, Tao Ying, Xiaoqin Zeng

“…The weight loss, hydrogen evolution and electrochemical results show that the sample with strong basal texture has the best corrosion resistance. …”
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AI-empowered promotional video generation by Liu, Chang

“…These approaches provide an innovative way to incorporate domain best practices from film production and domain knowledge from persuasion theory into AIPVG, thereby moving us closer towards AI-empowered visual persuasion.…”
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IMAGE MOTION COMPENSATION – THE VEXCEL APPROACH by S. Dohr, M. Muick, B. Schachinger, M. Gruber

“…This is especially important for the oblique viewing direction of a camera when foreground and background of an oblique scene show different scales in one and the same image.</p><p>The need to compensate for motion blur is evident when large scale aerial imaging is required, and best image quality is expected. …”
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Synthesis and applications of multinary layered metal chalcogenide nanomaterials by Lai, Zhuangchai

“…Significantly, the 1T’-phase ReSSe nanodots show the best water-splitting performance with a small Tafel slope of 50.1 mV dec-1. …”
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Evaluation of the Effect of Passive Cooling Techniques on Thermal Comfort Using Test Cells in the Northern Region of Brazil by Murilo Marcolini, Ricardo M. S. F. Almeida, Eva Barreira

“…The results show that when applied individually, natural cross ventilation was the most effective at night, while reflective painting showed better performance during the day. …”
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Cost trends and government incentives in the California photovoltaics market, 2007-2008 by Wang Yan, S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Recovery of Au(III) from an aqueous solution by aminopropyltriethoxysilane-functionalized lignocellulosic based adsorbents by Saman, Norasikin, Rashid, M. U., Lye, Jimmy Wei Ping, Mat, H.

“…The kinetic model analysis showed that the overall adsorption process was controlled by film diffusion, while the active site chemical interactions (e.g. ion exchange, chelation and reduction) were best described by the pseudo-second order kinetic model. …”

Retro Aesthetics, Affect, and Nostalgia Effects in Recent US-American Cinema: The Cases of <i>La La Land</i> (2016) and <i>The Shape of Water</i> (2017) by Sabine Sielke

“…In this way, both movies foreground how the dynamics of nostalgia, at best, moves forward, not back. Film studies, in turn, can shed considerable light on how both nostalgia and retro work&#8212;and why they sell so well.…”
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Enhanced Si Passivation and PERC Solar Cell Efficiency by Atomic Layer Deposited Aluminum Oxide with Two-step Post Annealing by Chia-Hsun Hsu, Yun-Shao Cho, Wan-Yu Wu, Shui-Yang Lien, Xiao-Ying Zhang, Wen-Zhang Zhu, Sam Zhang, Song-Yan Chen

“…It is verified that the Al2O3 film annealed sequentially in oxygen and then in forming gas exhibits a high Q f (2.4 × 1012 cm−2) and a low D it (3.1 × 1011 eV−1 cm−2), yielding the best minority carrier lifetime of 1097 μs. …”
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Evaluation of maturity stage, postharvest storage temperature and packaging system towards maximising quality retention of straw mushroom [Volvariella volvacea (Bul.) Singer] by Mohd Joha, Nur Sakinah

“…Furthermore, there was less damages and shrinkage of ultrastructure tissue when stored in PVC film packaging showed. Overall, button stage of V. volvacea were best stored at 15°C storage temperature in PVC film packaging system which could retain their quality throughout 6 days storage periods and extend their shelf life.…”
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Strategies to improve the performance of platinum-based electrocatalysis from the atomic scale by Guo, Shasha

“…Comprehensive characterizations show that the synthesis method can effectively stabilize single platinum atoms on the two-dimensional films, and the density of single dispersed Pt atoms reaches ~10 wt%. …”
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Surface Pretreatments of AA5083 Aluminum Alloy with Enhanced Corrosion Protection for Cerium-Based Conversion Coatings Application: Combined Experimental and Computational Analysis by Mohammad Reza Shishesaz, Moslem Ghobadi, Najmeh Asadi, Alireza Zarezadeh, Ehsan Saebnoori, Hamed Amraei, Jan Schubert, Ondrej Chocholaty

“…The best deposition time was achieved at 10 min, and after this critical time, a cracked film formed on the surface that could not be protective. …”
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Physicochemical properties and growth kinetics of multilayer graphene by chemical vapor deposition for gas sensing application by Muslim, May Ali

“…A total of 20 experimental runs were performed for the optimum growth condition of 77% yield of the MLG film. The optimal results show that the 800°C reaction temperature, a catalyst ratio of 0.3/0.7 with an ethanol flow rate of 11 ml/min were the best conditions for a scalable yield of large-area and high-quality MLG for gas sensing applications. …”
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Triaxial Mechanical Properties and Mechanism of Waterborne Polyurethane-Reinforced Road Demolition Waste as Road Bases by Beifeng Lv, Yinuo Zhao, Na Li, Yanfei Yu, Yanting Wu, Miaojie Gu

“…The specimens with 5% WPU content showed the best ductility. At the curing time of 7 and 28 days, the internal friction angle and cohesion of PURD increased with the increase in WPU content, and they reached a maximum when the WPU content was 6%. …”
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Tribological study on preparation of two- dimensional MoS2 as grease additive by ultrasonic liquid phase stripping by LU Peng, XIANG Shuo, XU Shihai, CHEN Haokang, WANG Haokang, WANG Jian, ZHANG Gaoming

“…The wear surface morphology of steel ball under MoS2 grease lubrication was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and the lubrication mechanism of MoS2 grease was preliminarily explored. The results show that MoS2 nanosheets show excellent wear resistance and friction reduction performance. …”
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Synthesis and mechanism study of temperature- and salt-resistant amphoteric polyacrylamide with MAPTAC and DTAB as monomers by Sui, Yu, Cao, Guangsheng, Guo, Tianyue, Zhang, Zihang, Zhang, Zhiqiu, Xiao, Zhongmin

“…The polymer was characterized by infrared spectroscopy and viscosity-average molecular weight, and the temperature resistance, rheology, salt resistance and shear resistance of the polymer solution were compared, and the mechanism was analyzed. The results show that the viscosity of GTY−2 is 181.52 mPa·s, and the viscosity loss rate is 56.89% at 180 °C and 100 s−1, and its temperature resistance is the best. …”
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The challenge of studying perovskite solar cells’ stability with machine learning by Paolo Graniero, Paolo Graniero, Mark Khenkin, Hans Köbler, Noor Titan Putri Hartono, Rutger Schlatmann, Antonio Abate, Eva Unger, T. Jesper Jacobsson, Carolin Ulbrich

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