Selective Laser Sintering 3D Printing of Carvedilol Tablets: Enhancing Dissolution Through Amorphization by Nikola Pešić, Branka Ivković, Tanja Barudžija, Branka Grujić, Svetlana Ibrić, Djordje Medarević

“…This study investigates the potential application of SLS 3D printing for the fabrication of tablets containing the poorly soluble drug carvedilol with the aim of improving the dissolution rate of the drug by forming an amorphous form through the printing process. …”
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Wideband Low-Profile 8 × 8 MIMO Antenna Based IFA Pair for Ultrathin 5G Smartphones by Hui Zhou, Di Wu, Mingmin Zhu, Yang Qiu, Guoliang Yu, Hao-Miao Zhou

“…A dual-element IFA pair is simulated, fabricated, and measured, the results show the bandwidth of 3.07–4.43 GHz, and the isolation of −13.89 dB can be achieved. …”
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ITO-Free Semitransparent Organic Solar Cells Based on Silver Thin Film Electrodes by Zhizhe Wang, Chunfu Zhang, Dazheng Chen, Shi Tang, Jincheng Zhang, Li Sun, Ting Heng, Yue Hao

“…To obtain the optimal transparent (MoO3)/Ag anode, ITO-free reference OSCs are firstly fabricated. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2.71% is obtained for OSCs based on the optimal MoO3 (2 nm)/Ag (9 nm) anode, comparable to that of ITO-based reference OSCs (PCE of 2.85%). …”
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Optimized Resonators for Piezoelectric Power Conversion by Weston D. Braun, Eric A. Stolt, Lei Gu, Jeronimo Jeronimo Segovia-Fernandez, Sombuddha Chakraborty, Ruochen Lu, Juan M. Rivas-Davila

“…This work is accompanied by a prototype dc-dc converter using a piezoelectric resonator fabricated from lithium niobate. The piezoelectric resonator has a quality factor of 4178 and a coupling coefficient, <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$k_t^2$</tex-math></inline-formula>, of 29&#x0025;. …”
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Bioinspired hierarchical porous tough adhesive to promote sealing of high-pressure bleeding by Yinghao Li, Dongling Xiao, Weixi Yan, Meilin Jiang, Ju Tan, Zhongliang Qin, Jingting Zhou, Yue Sun, Mingcan Yang, Guanyuan Yang, Yawei Gu, Yong Liu, Chuhong Zhu

“…This hierarchical matrix is fabricated through a phase separation process, which involves the in-situ formation of nanoporous aggregates within a microporous double-network (DN) matrix. …”
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2.5D Inductive Intertwined Frequency Selective Surface for Band-Pass and High Miniaturization Applications by Juan Andres Vasquez-Peralvo, Rocio Chueca Lasheras, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Shuai Zhang, Pavel Pechac, Vaclav Kabourek, Symeon Chatzinotas

“…To further validate the design and demonstrate its scalability, a prototype was designed and fabricated for operation at 2.4 GHz, addressing the measurement challenges associated with the original 0.268 GHz design. …”
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Preliminary Selection of Device Materials to Locally Transform Thermal into SFR Neutron Spectrum by N. Chrysanthopoulou, P. Savva, M. Varvayanni, C. Colin, C. Huot-Marchand, N. Catsaros

“…Many nuclides have been examined with respect to only their neutronic behavior, providing thus a pool of neutronically appropriate materials for consideration in further investigation, such as regarding reactor safety and fabrication issues. The nuclides have been studied using the neutronics code TRIPOLI-4.8 while the reflector of the Jules Horowitz Reactor (JHR) was considered as the hosting environment of the transforming device. …”
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Nitrogen-carbon nanotubes as a basis for a new type of semiconductor materials for electronics devices by Irina V. Zaporotskova, Sergey V. Boroznin, Natalia P. Boroznina, Evgeniy S. Dryuchkov, Kseniya Yu. Verevkina, Yulia V Butenko, Pavel A. Zaporotskov, Lev V. Kozhitov, Alena V. Popkova, Aleksandr D. Grigoriev

“…The results are of utmost importance for the design and fabrication of components and units for nanoelectronics and microsystems: our theoretical study has confirmed the possibility to control the refraction index and conductivity of media by implementing a carbon-for-nitrogen substitution reaction to various concentrations. …”
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Corrosion and wear study of medium entropy Pb-Sn-Cu alloy for coating application by Gokul M. Pillai, Kuldeep Singh, Shanmugasundaram Thangaraju, Shashinath Jha, Vinod Kumar

“…The reported alloy in the present study was fabricated via the open induction casting method. The microstructure and phase analysis were conducted using a scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction. …”
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ZnO Nanoparticles by Hydrothermal Method: Synthesis and Characterization by Juan Carlos Anaya-Zavaleta, Antonio Serguei Ledezma-Pérez, Carlos Gallardo-Vega, Joelis Rodríguez-Hernández, Carmen Natividad Alvarado-Canché, Perla Elvia García-Casillas, Arxel de León, Agustín Leobardo Herrera-May

“…The piezoelectric behavior of the synthesized ZnO NPs can be useful for fabrication of piezoelectric nanogenerators. The proposed synthesis can allow ZnO NPs with potential application in electronic devices, energy harvesters, and transducers.…”
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3D Electrospun Nanofiber-Based Scaffolds: From Preparations and Properties to Tissue Regeneration Applications by Shanshan Han, Kexin Nie, Jingchao Li, Qingqing Sun, Xiaofeng Wang, Xiaomeng Li, Qian Li

“…Three types of 3D ENF-S fabricated using different approaches classified into electrospun nanofiber 3D scaffolds, electrospun nanofiber/hydrogel composite 3D scaffolds, and electrospun nanofiber/porous matrix composite 3D scaffolds are discussed. …”
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Bacterial Adhesion and Surface Roughness for Different Clinical Techniques for Acrylic Polymethyl Methacrylate by Lucas Costa de Medeiros Dantas, João Paulo da Silva-Neto, Talita Souza Dantas, Lucas Zago Naves, Flávio Domingues das Neves, Adérito Soares da Mota

“…Fifty specimens were divided into 5 groups (n=10) according to their fabrication method and surface finishing protocol: LP (3 : 1 ratio and laboratory polishing), NF (Nealon technique and finishing), NP (Nealon technique and manual polishing), MF (3 : 1 ratio and manual finishing), and MP (3 : 1 ratio and manual polishing). …”
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Synthesis of Cu-BTC Metal-Organic Framework for CO2 Capture via Solvent-free Method: Effect of Metal Precursor and Molar Ratio by Pui San Ho, Kok Chung Chong, Soon Onn Lai, Sze Sin Lee, Woei Jye Lau, Shih-Yuan Lu, Boon Seng Ooi

“…Its CO2 adsorption capacity was comparable with those fabricated using the solvent-based method, i.e., 1.7 mmol g−1 at 30°C and 1 bar. …”
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Development of Prevascularized Synthetic Block Graft for Maxillofacial Reconstruction by Borvornwut Buranawat, Abeer Shaalan, Devy F. Garna, Lucy Di Silvio

“…This study developed a porous calcium metaphosphate (CMP) scaffold with physicochemical properties mimicking natural bone, aiming to create a prevascularized synthetic bone graft. The scaffold, fabricated using sintered monocalcium phosphate with poly (vinyl alcohol) as a porogen, exhibited pore sizes ranging from 0 to 400 μm, with the highest frequency between 80 and 100 μm. …”
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Strain mapping and defects inspection of divertor targets by Bragg edge neutron imaging and neutron tomography by Triestino Minniti, Roberto Coppola, Winfried Kockelmann, Anton S. Tremsin, Selanna Roccella, Henri Greuner, Jeong-Ha You

“…In late 2020, the preconcept design phase of the DEMO fusion reactor reported that uncertainty of stress states of divertor target components brought by fabrication processes and after high heat flux loads is one critical issue that needs to be addressed soon. …”
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3D laser structuring of supermetalphobic microstructures inside elastomer for multilayer high-density interconnect soft electronics by Chengjun Zhang, Qing Yang, Haoyu Li, Zexiang Luo, Yu Lu, Jialiang Zhang, Cheng Li, Feng Chen

“…FLDW technology, with the characteristics of high spatial resolution and high precision, allows the maskless fabrication of high-resolution embedded LM microchannels and high-density vertical interconnect accesses for 3D integrated circuits. …”
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Differentiated effects and mechanisms of N-, P-, S-, and Fe-modified biochar materials for remediating Cd- and Pb-contaminated calcareous soil by Amir Bostani, Xingying Meng, Le Jiao, Srđan D. Rončević, Peng Zhang, Hongwen Sun

“…To investigate the remediation effects of various modified biochar materials derived from different impregnation agents on Cd- and Pb-contaminated calcareous soil, nitrogen (N-), phosphorus (P-), sulfur (S-), and iron (Fe-) modified biochar materials (NBC, PBC, SBC, FBC) were fabricated through the impregnation-pyrolysis method and employed to immobilize Pb and Cd in the calcareous soil. …”
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Development of low-pressure polymeric membrane incorporated with powdered activated carbon and nanosilica for groundwater applications by Pei Ling Soo, Ling Yong Wong, Lai Peng Wong, Kin Yang Wong

“…Hence, various modifications on membrane surfaces are fabricated in this study to improve the membrane’s performance. …”
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Bioceramic Surface Topography Regulating Immune Osteogenesis by Jianxin Hao, Lin Du, Yuening He, Chengtie Wu

“…Methods: In this study, bioceramics with micro-groove structures on the surface are fabricated by digital light processing 3-dimensional printing technology. …”
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Reconfigurable Integrated Photonic Unitary Neural Networks With Phase Encoding Enabled by In-Situ Training by Shengjie Tang, Cheng Chen, Qi Qin, Xiaoping Liu

“…To verify the numerical results, a 10&#x00D7;10 IPUNN chip is designed and fabricated. The phase encoding is chosen to be implemented because of its superior performances in numerical studies. …”
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