Optimization of Electrical Discharge Machining Process by Metaheuristic Algorithms by Nurezayana Zainal, Mohanavali Sithambranathan, Umar Farooq Khattak, Azlan Mohd Zain, Salama A. Mostafa, Ashanira Mat Deris

“…EDM has transformed fabrication processes in a variety of industries, including aerospace and electronics, medical implants and surgical instruments, and the shaping of small components. …”
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SiO2-TiO2 Films Supported on Ignimbrite by Spray Coating for the Photocatalytic Degradation of NOx Gas and Methyl Orange Dye by Daily Maria Magdalena Gallegos Florez, Rivalino Benicio Guzman Ale, Albeniz Ferdinand Huaracallo Idme, Luis Antonio Lazo Alarcon, Edgar Apaza Huallpa, Yolanda Castro, Pierre Giovanny Ramos Apestegui, Juan Martin Rodriguez Rodriguez

“…In this work, a SiO2-TiO2 coating, composed of different numbers of TiO2 and SiO2 layers, was fabricated by a spray-coating technique. The films were deposited onto ignimbrite rock and divided into two groups according to the number of SiO2 layers applied, 10 and 15 layers of SiO2 and 5 layers of TiO2 for each group. …”
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Programmable light‐driven soft actuator enabled by structurally anisotropic liquid crystalline network by Zhaoping Deng, Xinyu Chen, Xinrui Deng, Jiangmin Yang, Shuai Zhou, Jingyu Chen, Peixiang Wang, Huai Yang, Ruochen Lan

“…Abstract The design and fabrication of advanced soft actuators with programmable actuation are highly desirable in constructing intelligent soft robots. …”
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Tricalcium phosphate-based capillary suspensions as inks for 3D printing of porous scaffolds by Souhaila Nider, Femke De Ceulaer, Berfu Göksel, Annabel Braem, Erin Koos

“…Upon fluid removal and subsequent thermal treatment, they form a spanning particle network.This study explores the utilisation of β-TCP-based capillary suspensions as DIW inks for fabricating hierarchically porous scaffolds with two different secondary fluids. …”
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Processing Chip for Thin Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator Mass Sensor by Pengcheng Jin, Shurong Dong, Hao Jin, Mengjun Wu

“…The longitudinal mode FBAR with back-etched structure is fabricated, which has resonant frequency 1.878 GHz and factor 1200. …”
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13 µm cutoff InAs/GaSb type-II superlattice nBn detectors with high quantum efficiency grown by MOCVD by Richard Brown, Chen Liu, George Seager, Francisco Alvarado, Ka Ming Wong, Adam P. Craig, Richard Beanland, Andrew R. J. Marshall, J. Iwan Davies, Qiang Li

“…In this work, we report the growth and fabrication optimization of a long wavelength InAs/GaSb type-II superlattice (T2SL) nBn detector grown by metal–organic chemical vapor deposition. …”
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Ultrabroadband absorptive refractory plasmonics for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reactions by Myeongcheol Go, Inju Hong, Dasol Lee, Sanghoon Kim, Junho Jang, Keon-Woo Kim, Sangmin Shim, Kijung Yong, Junsuk Rho, Jin Kon Kim

“…Here, we report the fabrication and characterization of an ultrabroadband absorber for the photocatalytic HER. …”
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A New Dual Circularly Polarized Feed Employing a Dielectric Cylinder-Loaded Circular Waveguide Open End Fed by Crossed Dipoles by Jae-Hoon Bang, Soon-Woo Choi, Jae-Woo Noh, Joo-Young Lim, Dong-Hyun Kim, Dae-Oh Kim, Bierng-Chearl Ahn

“…The waveguide aperture is loaded with a dielectric cylinder to reduce the cross-polarization beyond 90 degrees off the boresight. The fabricated feed has, at 5.5 GHz, 6.33-dBic copolarized gain, 3-dB beamwidth of 106°, 10-dB beamwidth of 195°, 3-dB axial ratio beamwidth of 215°, maximum cross-polarized gain of −21.4 dBic, and 27-dB port isolation. …”
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The structural regulation of H-bonding network in the chemically-bonded polyimide/silica nanocomposite with excellent mechanical stability and improved moisture resistance by Hao Wang, Ziqiao Wang, Naihang Kuang, Yujiu Yang, Chunhua Zhang

“…In this paper, a kind of hydroxyl-rich silica nanomaterial was prepared and used for fabricating the chemically-bonded polyimide (PI)/hydroxyl-rich silica (SiO2-OH) nanocomposite through the surface-initiated curing and the coupling reaction, which then regulate the H-bonding network within the PI matrix. …”
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Defect Density-Dependent Dynamics of Double Absorber Layered Perovskite Solar Cell by Lakshmi Prasanna J, Ekta Goel, Amarjit Kumar

“…The identified parameters and insights presented in this study facilitate and guide the design and fabrication of advanced perovskite solar cells, emphasizing the importance of tailored heterostructure configurations and defect management strategies.…”
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The viscosity and processing of molten lunar regolith by James Bowen, Vibha Levin Prabhu, Sungwoo Lim, Mahesh Anand

“…The rheological properties of the low-titanium lunar mare regolith simulant JSC-1A are measured using concentric cylinder rheometry and these results are used to explore the influence of viscosity on processing operations involving the flow of molten regolith for fabricating construction components on the Moon surface. …”
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A Novel Method for Preparation of Zn-Doped CuInS2 Solar Cells and Their Photovoltaic Performance by Cheng-Hsiung Peng, Chyi-Ching Hwang

“…These colloidal solvents with different shaped nanocrystals were further used as “nanoink” to fabricate a simple thin film solar device; the best efficiency we obtained of these crystals was 1.01% with a 1.012 μm thickness absorber layer (bar geometry). …”
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Design of UWB Monopole Antenna with Dual Notched Bands Using One Modified Electromagnetic-Bandgap Structure by Hao Liu, Ziqiang Xu

“…A demonstration antenna with dual band-notched characteristics is designed and fabricated to validate the proposed method. The results show that the proposed antenna can satisfy the requirements of VSWR < 2 over UWB 3.1–10.6 GHz, except for the rejected bands of the world interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) and the wireless local area network (WLAN) at 3.5 GHz and 5.5 GHz, respectively.…”
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Electronic Controlling on Nanotribological Properties of a Textured Surface by Laser Processing by Haifeng Yang, Kun Liu, Yanqing Wang, Hao Liu, Jiaxiang Man, Bo Sun

“…This paper presented a simple, easily controlled method for fabricating regular nanotextures on an electrodeposited Ni-Co alloy. …”
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Design and Implementation of Single-Layer 4 × 4 and 8 × 8 Butler Matrices for Multibeam Antenna Arrays by George A. Adamidis, Ioannis O. Vardiambasis, Melina P. Ioannidou, Theodoros N. Kapetanakis

“…Single-layer 4 × 4 and 8 × 8 Butler matrices (BMs) that operate in the L and S bands are implemented in this paper. Easy-to-fabricate microstrip layout topologies are designed and constructed; the final arrangement of the BMs allows realization without any crossovers. …”
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Towards a new era of 2D materials-based multifunctional composite films: From innovation to evolution by Muhammad Yasir Khalid, Rehan Umer

“…As expected, high mass production from low-cost and facile fabrication techniques for multifunctional composite films plays a pivotal role in their practical applications. …”
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Investigation of Mechanical and Tribological Properties of AA6061/MWCNT/B4C Hybrid Metal Matrix Composite by P. Satishkumar, N. Natarajan, Rajasekaran Saminathan, J. Justin Maria Hillary, Biru Birhanu, Arnold C. Alguno, Rey Y. Capangpangan, Vishnu Raj, Stephen Livingston

“…An Al matrix was reinforced with powder metallurgy-fabricated B4C and CNT composites. The nanocomposite aluminium matrix was examined for tribological behaviour, density, stiffness, and compressive strength before and after hot isostatic pressing (HIP). …”
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Soft Robotics: Biological Inspiration, State of the Art, and Future Research by Deepak Trivedi, Christopher D. Rahn, William M. Kier, Ian D. Walker

“…This paper discusses the novel capabilities of soft robots, describes examples from nature that provide biological inspiration, surveys the state of the art and outlines existing challenges in soft robot design, modelling, fabrication and control.…”
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Analysis of Resonance Response Performance of C-Band Antenna Using Parasitic Element by M. R. Zaman, M. T. Islam, N. Misran, J. S. Mandeep

“…A novel dual-band antenna for C-band application covering 5.7 GHz and 7.6 GHz is designed and fabricated. The antenna is composed of circular parasitic element with unequal microstrip lines at both sides and a rectangular partial ground plane. …”
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Polarization-Insensitive, High-Efficiency Metasurface with Wide Reception Angle for Energy Harvesting Applications by Abdulrahman Ahmed Ghaleb Amer, Nurmiza Othman, Mohammed M. Bait-Suwailamn, Syarfa Zahirah Sapuan, Ali Ahmed Ali Salem, Adeb Salh

“…To validate the design, a 5 × 5-unit cell array of the MS structure was fabricated and experimentally tested, demonstrating excellent agreement between simulation and measurement results. …”
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