Fracture Load Estimations for U-Notched and V-Notched 3D Printed PLA and Graphene-Reinforced PLA plates using the ASED Criterion by Marcos S�nchez, Sergio Arrieta, Sergio Cicero�

“…This paper addresses the estimation of critical loads in FFF (Fused Filament Fabrication) printed polymers and composites containing notches. …”
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Use of wood-plastic composites in 4D printing technology by Daša Krapež Tomec, test test, Aleš Straže, Matevž Kokot, Manja Kitek Kuzman, Mirko Kariž

“…To monitor the change in shape, or curvature, we fabricated composite test specimens using the bimetal principle (actuators), in which we used PLA for the passive layer and wood-PLA for the active layer in different thickness ratios and exposed them to laboratory and external conditions. …”
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Implementation of a Lightweight and Portable Horn Antenna Using 3-D Printing Technology by Serhan Yamaçlı

“…Then, the designed antenna geometry was sketched in a 3-dimensional drawing program and made ready for printing. This antenna was fabricated on an Ultimaker 3D printer with a PLA fila-ment containing conductive carbon nanotubes. …”
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Self-Isolated Surface-Mountable MIMO Antenna for FR1 Band Communications by Arpita Patel, Abdulkarem H. M. Almawgani, Trushit Upadhyaya, Vishal Sorathia, Vipul Dabhi, Seif Shebl

“…The computed performance of the resonator is validated through fabrication and experimentally tested using VNA 9912A in an anechoic chamber environment.…”
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A Low-Profile Balanced Dielectric Resonator Filtering Power Divider with Isolation by Rong Cai, Chuan Shao, Kai Xu

“…For demonstration, one dielectric resonator filtering power divider was fabricated and measured at 11.65 GHz with the profile of 0.66 λ_g and an isolation higher than 15 dB. …”
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Modified Silica Incorporating into PDMS Polymeric Membranes for Bioethanol Selection by Ping Peng, Yongqiang Lan, Juxiang Luo

“…In this work, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) polymeric membranes were fabricated by incorporating fumed silica nanoparticles which were functionalized with two silane coupling agents—NH2(CH2)3Si(OC2H5)3 (APTS) and NH2(CH2)2NH(CH2)3Si(OC2H5)3 (TSED)—for selective removal of ethanol from aqueous solutions via pervaporation. …”
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The Effect of Translucency and Surface Treatment on the Flexural Strength of Aged Monolithic Zirconia by Rashin Giti, Benika Abbasi

“…Sixty bar-shaped specimens were fabricated from three different types of presintered monolithic zirconia (n = 20 per group) including low translucent (LT) (DD Bio ZW iso, high strength zirconia, Dental Direkt, Germany), high translucent (HT) (DD Bio ZX2 98, high translucent zirconia, Dental Direkt, Germany), and multilayered system (ML) (DD cubeX2®ML, multilayer, cubic zirconia system, Dental Direkt, Germany). …”
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Design and modeling of a nanocomposite system for demineralization of sweet whey by Mina Rezapour, Mohsen Esmaiili, Mehdi Mahmoudian, Alireza Behrooz Sarand

“…Consequently, the recovery of whey proteins from industrial whey using fabricated membranes in a cross-flow membrane module was also investigated. …”
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Build Strategies Based on Substrate Utilization for 3-Axis Hybrid Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Process by Ritam Sarma, Sajan Kapil, Shrikrishna N. Joshi

“…Also, a case study was performed for fabricating an impeller-like structure through a 3-axis H-WAAM setup. …”
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Analysis on Hover Control Performance of T- and Cross-Shaped Tail Fin of X-Wing Single-Bar Biplane Flapping Wing by Pingxia Zhang, Junru Zhu, Yongqiang Zhu

“…At last, to verify the flight effect, two actual flapping wings were fabricated and flight experiments were conducted. The experiments show that the cross-shaped tail fin has a better controllable performance than the T-shaped tail fin. …”
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Large anomalous transverse transport properties in atomically thin 2D Fe3GaTe2 by Brahim Marfoua, Jisang Hong

“…Motivated by the recent fabrication of two-dimensional (2D) ferromagnetic thin film Fe3GaTe2, we investigate the thickness-dependent anomalous transverse conductivities of the 2D Fe3GaTe2 system (from one to four layers). …”
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Design of An Appropriate Sunflower Threshing and Cleaning Machine for Small Scale Farmers. by Kabutetsi Charity

“…The researcher, however, recommended that the fabrication of the machine needs to be done based on the individual part parameters developed and performance testing of the machine to embrace the new technology for effective threshing.…”
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Design of an Appropriate Sunflower Threshing and Cleaning Machine For Small Scale Farmers. by Kabutetsi Charity

“…The researcher, however, recommended that the fabrication of the machine needs to be done based on the individual part parameters developed and performance testing of the machine to embrace the new technology for effective threshing.…”
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Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Approach to Predict Tensile Properties of Longitudinally Placed Fiber Reinforced Polymeric Composites including Interphase by Sagar Chokshi, Piyush Gohil, Vijay Parmar, Vijaykumar Chaudhary

“…The validation of ANN models was also carried out based on fresh experimental results of BPC/FPC by doing the fabrication with hand layup technique and testing of composites with a Universal Testing Machine (UTM). …”
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Pressure-dependent current transport in vertical BP/MoS2 heterostructures by Ofelia Durante, Sebastiano De Stefano, Adolfo Mazzotti, Loredana Viscardi, Filippo Giubileo, Osamah Kharsah, Leon Daniel, Stephan Sleziona, Marika Schleberger, Antonio Di Bartolomeo

“…In this work, we study the electrical properties of a vertical BP/MoS2 heterostructure fabricated onto a SiO2/Si substrate in a back-gate configuration. …”
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Highly sensitive NO2 gas sensors based on heterostructured p-rGO/n-Ga2O3 nanorods by Hsin-Ying Lee, Mu-Ju Wu, Shao-Yu Chu, Ting-Chun Chang, Yi-Feng Tung, Tsung-Han Yeh, Ching-Ting Lee

“…In this study, using a sensing membrane composed of p-type reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-decorated hydrothermally synthesized n-type gallium oxide (Ga2O3) nanorods, nitrogen dioxide (NO2) gas sensors were successfully fabricated. The characteristics of the rGO-decorated Ga2O3 nanorods were analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). …”
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Process-specific design strategy enables exceptional as-deposited strength-ductility synergy in novel Al–Ce alloys via additive friction stir deposition (AFSD) by Vishal Soni, Roberto Liam Menchaca, Devin Davis, N. Naveen Kumar, Maria Gonzalez, Prithvi Awasthi, Ravi Sankar Haridas, Adam Loukus, David Weiss, Rajiv S. Mishra, Vijay K. Vasudevan

“…Additive friction stir deposition (AFSD) was used to fabricate 3D builds from cast material, refining the grain size and microstructure by fragmenting Al11Ce3 lamellae into smaller, uniformly dispersed particles and inducing Al3Sc nanoprecipitates during deposition. …”
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CNT/DFNS nanoparticles as a valuable admixture for ultrahigh-performance concrete by Seyed Alireza Nasabolhosseini, Amin Honarbakhsh, Rahele Zhiani, Seyed Mojtaba Movahedifar, Mehdi Nobahari

“…This breakthrough allows for the simple fabrication of ultra-high-performance concretes with outstanding strength and workability, showcasing the significant potential of self-dispersible DFNS and CNTs in cutting-edge concrete technologies.…”
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A 28-GHz CMOS-65 nm Dual Mode Class-J Doherty Power Amplifier With Integrated Class-G Driver and Impedance-Modulated- Quadrature-Transformer Achieving 21% Back-Off Efficiency by Selvakumar Mariappan, Jagadheswaran Rajendran, Norhamizah Idros, Sofiyah Sal Hamid, Asrulnizam Bin Abd Manaf, Narendra Kumar, Abdullah Alghaihab, Arokia Nathan, Binboga Siddik Yarman

“…A comparator regulates the IMQT based on the Class-G driver’s operation. The IMQT-DPA, fabricated using a 65nm CMOS process, operates at a center frequency of 28 GHz with a supply headroom of 1.8V. …”
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Synergistic enhancement of pseudocapacitance behavior in supercapacitors through porous carbon and lignosulfonate integration by Bingjie Zhou, Yuankai Shao, Weikang Zhu, Shuoyao Yin, Zhenguo Li, Xiaoning Ren, Anqi Dong, Xi Liu, Yatao Liu, Yaodong Hao, Bin Ren, Wei Liu

“…Carbon materials, particularly porous carbon, are ideal conductive substrates because of their high electrical conductivity, affordability, and ease of fabrication. This study demonstrates the synergistic effects of lignosulfonate/nanocarbon composites (LS/NC), in which heteroatom doping, high specific surface area, and quinone groups considerably enhance their electrochemical performance. …”
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