Indoor Decontamination Textiles by Photocatalytic Oxidation: A Review by Hafeezullah Memon, Sohail Yasin, Nazakat Ali Khoso, Munir Hussain

“…The smarter fabrics contain the nanocoating of semiconductor oxides, mostly TiO2; thus the synthesis and application of these nanoparticles on the textile material have been reviewed in this paper. …”
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Manufacture of Green-Composite Sandwich Structures with Basalt Fiber and Bioepoxy Resin by J. P. Torres, R. Hoto, J. Andrés, J. A. García-Manrique

“…In addition, this material system was combined with cork as core material for the fabrication of fibre composite sandwich structures. …”
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Construction of functional covalent organic framework films by modulator and solvent induced polymerization by Xuerong Li, Xingyue Ji, Xinglong Zhang, Xinyi Chen, Hongfeng Li, Suoying Zhang, Fengwei Huo, Weina Zhang

“…Herein, we report an efficient strategy to fabricate covalent organic framework films based on a modulator-solvent induced polymerization process. …”
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Review of Design Freedom Offered by Additive Manufacturing for Performance Enhancement of Electrical Machine by Zahoor Ahmad, Ants Kallaste, Toomas Vaimann, Muhammad Usman Naseer, Shahid Hussain, Anton Rassolkin

“…As per the current state of AM in the context of EM production, the nonconventional structures of the stator and rotor core of EMs are feasible to fabricate to accomplish improved utilization of magnetic flux. …”
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Ozone Treatment Improved the Resistive Switching Uniformity of HfAlO2 Based RRAM Devices by Lifeng Liu, Yi Hou, Weibing Zhang, Dedong Han, Yi Wang

“…HfAlO2 based resistive random access memory (RRAM) devices were fabricated using atomic layer deposition by modulating deposition cycles for HfO2 and Al2O3. …”
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Lipid Membrane Self-Assembly and Synthesis in the Lab by Rapid, Low-Cost Microfluidics Approaches by Kathleen Hardwick, Shane O'Reilly

“…During initial prototyping, it is beneficial to quickly fabricate microfluidic devices of different designs. …”
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Performance Investigation of Tempered Glass-Based Monocrystalline and Polycrystalline Solar Photovoltaic Panels by Mardy Huot, Laveet Kumar, Jeyraj Selvaraj, Md Hasanuzzaman, Nasrudin Abd Rahim

“…Results indicated that, at solar irradiance of 900 W/m2, the outputs from the fabricated polycrystalline and monocrystalline PV panels were 67.4 W and 75.67 W, respectively. …”
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Inkjet-Printed Flexible MEMS Switches for Phased-Array Antennas by Mahmuda Akter Monne, Xing Lan, Chunbo Zhang, Maggie Yihong Chen

“…Two different types of conductive ink PEDOT : PSS from Sigma Aldrich and silver nanoparticle ink from NovaCentrix are used for the fabrication of different printed layers. Layer-by-layer fabrication process and material evaluation are illustrated. …”
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Using the “One Shot” Concept for Immediate Loading Implant Protocol in Edentulous Patient Rehabilitation with a Fixed Prosthesis: A 6-Year Follow-Up by Philippe Bousquet, Delphine Carayon, Jean-Cedric Durand

“…Several procedures now allow for the fabrication of immediate-loading provisional and definitive prostheses. …”
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Design of Wide-Band Bandpass Filter Using Composite Right/Left-Handed Transmission Line Structure by Baoping Ren, Haiwen Liu, Xuehui Guan, Pin Wen, Xiang Xiao, Zhewang Ma

“…Compared to the traditional CRLH-TL with via hole, the improved one is an all-planar structure, which owns the advantage of fabrication and loss. The equivalent lossless LC circuit model of the proposed structure is established. …”
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A Direct Investment Method of Closed Two-Piece Hollow Bulb Obturator by Suryakant C. Deogade, Sneha S. Mantri, Dinesh Naitam, Gunjan Dube, Pushkar Gupta, Ashish Dewangan

“…Numerous techniques of hollow bulb fabrication have been mentioned in the literature from time to time. …”
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Stable Field Emissions from Zirconium Carbide Nanoneedle Electron Source by Yimeng Wu, Jie Tang, Shuai Tang, You-Hu Chen, Ta-Wei Chiu, Masaki Takeguchi, Ayako Hashimoto, Lu-Chang Qin

“…In this study, a single zirconium carbide (ZrC) nanoneedle structure oriented in the <100> direction was fabricated by a dual-beam focused ion beam (FIB-SEM) system, and its field emission characteristics and emission current stability were evaluated. …”
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Ionophore-based potentiometric PVC membrane sensors for determination of phenobarbitone in pharmaceutical formulations by Alrabiah Haitham, Al-Majed Abdulrahman, Abounassif Mohammed, Mostafa Gamal A.E.

“…The fabrication and development of two polyvinyl chloride (PVC) membrane sensors for assaying phenobarbitone sodium are described. …”
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Study of evolution for 3D structured surface with nano-balls and walls-like features with thickness variation for WO3 thin films made by spray deposition by Mirela Petruta Suchea, Ioan Valentin Tudose, Cosmin Romanitan, Cristina Pachiu, Marian Popescu, Kyriakos Mouratis, Marina Manica, Stefan Antohe, Stelios Couris, Dragos Gabriel Zisopol, Octavian Narcis Ionescu, Emmanuel Koudoumas

“…These observations prove the reliability of fabrication of coatings with such surface morphology by spray pyrolysis method and open new perspectives for better sensors, electrochromic or photochromic devices, and more.…”
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‘Ship-in-a-Bottle’ Integration of pH-Sensitive 3D Proteinaceous Meshes into Microfluidic Channels by Daniela Serien, Koji Sugioka, Aiko Narazaki

“…Solutions containing protein biomacromolecules as a precursor can be used to fabricate microstructures that retain their native protein functions. …”
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Silicon Powder-Based Wafers for Low-Cost Photovoltaics: Laser Treatments and Nanowire Etching by G. Jia, J. Plentz, A. Gawlik, A. S. Azar, G. Stokkan, M. Syvertsen, P. A. Carvalho, J. Dellith, A. Dellith, G. Andrä, A. Ulyashin

“…In this study, laser-treated polycrystalline Si (pc-Si) wafers, fabricated by wire sawing of hot-pressed ingots sintered from Si powder, have been investigated. …”
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Laser Welding of Micro-Wire Stent Electrode as a Minimally Invasive Endovascular Neural Interface by Bo Wen, Liang Shen, Xiaoyang Kang

“…In this study, the feasibility is explored of fabricating a laser welding stent electrode as small as 300 μm. …”
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Xenoimplantation of an Extracellular-Matrix-Derived, Biphasic, Cell-Scaffold Construct for Repairing a Large Femoral-Head High-Load-Bearing Osteochondral Defect in a Canine Model by Yang Qiang, Zhao Yanhong, Peng Jiang, Lu Shibi, Guo Quanyi, Ma Xinlong, Xia Qun, Xu Baoshan, Zhao Bin, Wang Aiyuan, Zhang Li, Xu Wengjing, Zeng Chao

“…The scaffolds were fabricated using cartilage and bone ECM as a cartilage and bone layer, respectively. …”
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Thermodynamics guided design and processing of a WC/HEA cermet tool for high temperature friction stir welding by Supreeth Gaddam, Surekha Yadav, Amit Kishan Behera, Noriaki Arai, Zaynab Mahbooba, Shikhar Krishn Jha, Qiaofu Zhang, Rajiv S. Mishra

“…The WC/HEA cermet was fabricated by powder metallurgy route using mechanical alloying and mixing followed by spark plasma sintering (SPS). …”
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Directed energy deposition (DED) of Inconel 718-SS316 L bimetallic structures: Experimental investigations and optimization through artificial humming bird algorithm for improved h... by D. Rajamani, A.R. Vinod, K. Niranjan Reddy, M. Siva Kumar

“…The present work investigates the influence of direct energy deposition (DED) based additive manufacturing (AM) parameters on the high strain rate and mechanical properties of Inconel 718-SS316 L bimetallic structures fabricated at different processing conditions. The bimetallic structures were fabricated based on the box-behnken design methodology by varying the most significant DED parameters such as laser power (300–500 W), scanning speed (300–500 mm/min) and powder feedrate (3–4 g/min). …”
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