Effects of Electrospinning Parameters on the Morphology of Electrospun Fibers by A. Ardakkyzy, N. Nuraje, Zh. Toktarbay

“…The results of this paper can be applied to the fabrication of different characteristic membranes for specific applications like water conservation, purification, and other fields. …”
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Investigations on tensile fractography and wear characteristics of Al7075-Al2O3-SiC Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites routed through liquid metallurgical techniques by M. Ravikumar, H. N. Reddappa, R. Suresh, Y. S Ram Mohan, C. R. Nagaraja, E. R. Babu

“…The Al2O3-SiC reinforced Al7075 Metal Matrix Composite (MMCs) is fabricated through liquid metallurgical technique. Ceramic particulates were amalgamated into the aluminium alloy to achieve improved mechanical properties and wear resistance. …”
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A Comparative Cytotoxic Evaluation of Acrylamide and Diacetone Acrylamide to Investigate Their Suitability for Holographic Photopolymer Formulations by Dervil Cody, Alan Casey, Izabela Naydenova, Emilia Mihaylova

“…This result justifies the replacement of acrylamide with diacetone acrylamide in the photopolymer formulation, with the view to reducing occupational hazard risks for large-scale holographic device fabrication. A comparative study investigating the holographic recording ability of the two photopolymers in transmission mode showed that the DA photopolymer is capable of reaching refractive index modulation values of 3.3×10-3, which is 80% of the refractive index modulation achieved by the AA photopolymer. …”
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Adiabaticity Engineered Silicon Coupler With Design-Intended Splitting Ratio by Chih-Hsien Chen, Yu-Fang Lo, Guan-Xun Lu, Yung-Jr Hung, Shuo-Yen Tseng

“…AECs with design-intended SRs exhibit broad bandwidth and robustness against fabrication variations. We experimentally demonstrate compact AECs with average SRs of 22&#x0025;/78&#x0025; and 15&#x0025;/85&#x0025; with mode-evolution lengths of 42 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu$</tex-math></inline-formula>m and 25 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu$</tex-math></inline-formula>m over a bandwidth of 70 nm, i.e., from 1500 to 1570 for the fundamental transverse electric (TE) mode.…”
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Humidity-controlled interactions and lifting of MoS2 on SiO2 by Sebastiaan Haartsen, Jantinus Wisman, Harold J W Zandvliet, Pantelis Bampoulis

“…Fabrication of 2D material devices under ambient conditions faces challenges from humidity-dependent interfacial interactions and doping effects due to intercalated water layers. …”
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Preparation of a Counter Electrode with P-Type NiO and Its Applications in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell by Chuen-Shii Chou, Chin-Min Hsiung, Chun-Po Wang, Ru-Yuan Yang, Ming-Geng Guo

“…The counter electrode is fabricated by depositing an NiO film on top of a Pt film, which has been deposited on a Fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass using an ion-sputtering coater (or E-beam evaporator), using a simple spin coating method. …”
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A Laboratory Investigation into the Effects of Coarse Aggregate Angularity on Performance of WMA by Jie Ji, Peng Zhai, Wenhua Zheng, Zhi Suo, Ying Xu

“…Five different CAAs were fabricated using Los Angeles abrasion test, and the digital image processing method was used to identify the CAA. …”
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A Codesigned Compact Dual-Band Filtering Antenna with PIN Loaded for WLAN Applications by Shanxiong Chen, Yu Zhao, Maoling Peng, Yunji Wang

“…Prototypes of the proposed filtering antenna incorporating a PIN diode are fabricated and measured. The measured results including return losses and radiation patterns are presented.…”
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Tantalum airbridges for scalable superconducting quantum processors by Kunliang Bu, Sainan Huai, Zhenxing Zhang, Dengfeng Li, Yuan Li, Jingjing Hu, Xiaopei Yang, Maochun Dai, Tianqi Cai, Yi-Cong Zheng, Shengyu Zhang

“…Here, we propose a novel lift-off method for fabricating tantalum airbridges with separate or fully-capped structures. …”
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Micro failure analysis of adhesively bonded joints enhanced with natural cork particles: Impact of overlap length and particles volume fraction by Alireza Akhavan-Safar, Ana Queirs Barbosa, Lucas Filipe Martins da Silva, Majid Reza Ayatollahi

“…To this end, bulk specimens and adhesively bonded single lap joints (SLJs) containing different amount of micro cork particles were fabricated and tested. To investigate the toughening mechanisms, the fracture surfaces of the specimens were analyzed using SEM and a magnifying glass. …”
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Crystallisation Kinetics of a β-Spodumene-Based Glass Ceramic by Oscar Rubem Klegues Montedo, Dachamir Hotza, Antonio Pedro Novaes de Oliveira, Robert Meszaros, Nahum Travitzky, Peter Greil

“…Furthermore, LZSA glass ceramics offer interesting mechanical, chemical, and thermal properties, which make LZSA also a potential candidate for fabricating multilayered structures processed by Laminated Objects Manufacturing (LOM) technology. …”
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Evaluation of thermal and mechanical properties of ZnSO4-B2O3-P2O5-Ho2O3 glass-ceramics by Areej S. Alqarni, Ibrahim Bulus

“…Finally, the decent value of thermal stability (> 150 °C) and high fracture toughness of > 20000 MPa mm1/2 achieved for the newly fabricated GC may be applicable in protective covers of portable electronics.…”
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Effects of Surface Modification of Nanotube Arrays on the Performance of CdS Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells by Danhong Li, Nengqian Pan, Jianjun Liao, Xiankun Cao, Shiwei Lin

“…CdS-sensitized TiO2 nanotube arrays have been fabricated using the method of successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction and used as a photoanode for quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells. …”
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Performance Study of Modified Savonius Water Turbine with Two Deflector Plates by Golecha Kailash, T. I. Eldho, S. V. Prabhu

“…Savonius rotor is a vertical axis rotor with simple in design and easy to fabricate at lower cost. The rotation of the rotor is due to the drag difference between the advancing blade and returning blade. …”
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Metal‐coordinated amino acid/peptide/protein‐based supramolecular self‐assembled nanomaterials for anticancer applications by Maryam Shabbir, Atia Atiq, Jiahua Wang, Maria Atiq, Nyla Saeed, Ibrahim Yildiz, Xuehai Yan, Ruirui Xing, Manzar Abbas

“…Ultimately, the conclusion and future outlook for multicomponent supramolecular nanomaterials offer fundamental insights into fabrication design and precision medicine.…”
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Influence of Parameters of a Printing Plate on Photoluminescence of Nanophotonic Printed Elements of Novel Packaging by Olha Sarapulova, Valentyn Sherstiuk

“…The obtained analytical dependencies were used to confirm the explanation of the processes that occur during the fabrication of nanophotonic coverings with offset gravure printing plates. …”
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Homogenized Poly(3-hexylthiophene)/Methanofullerene Film by Addition of End-Functionalized Compatibilizer and Its Application to Polymer Solar Cells by Ping-Tsung Huang, Yi-Hao Chen, Bo-Yu Lin, Wei-Ping Chuang

“…Homogeneous and reproducible polymer solar cell with an average of 3.71% power conversion efficiency under AM1.5G irradiation is fabricated with 10% HOC-P3HT-COH in P3HT/PCBM layer.…”
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Generation of Bessel vortex beams in the subterahertz range using reflecting diffractive optical elements by V.V. Gerasimov, N.D. Osintseva, V.S. Pavelyev, A.N. Agafonov

“…In this work, we propose a simple method for generating Bessel vortex beams in the subterahertz (subTHz) range with the orbital angular momentum with l = 1 based on reflecting metal diffractive optical elements with a continuous helical microrelief. The elements are fabricated by micromilling in a polished duralumin substrate and by tin casting, and tested using a backward wave oscillator (wavelength λ = 855 µm). …”
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Effect of Cell Wall Ductility and Toughness on Compressive Response and Strain Rate Sensitivity of Aluminium Foam by Alexandra Byakova, Svyatoslav Gnyloskurenko, Andrey Vlasov, Nikolay Semenov, Yan Yevych, Oleksandra Zatsarna, Vladimir Danilyuk

“…Both kinds of Al foams were fabricated via newly developed melt processing using the CaCO3-foaming agent without Ca additive. …”
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Compression Behavior of Confined Columns with High-Volume Fly Ash Concrete by Sung-Won Yoo, Young Cheol Choi, Wonchang Choi

“…To this end, this study investigated the compressive behavior of reinforced concrete columns that contain HVFA with a 50 percent replacement rate. Six columns were fabricated for this study. The study variables were the HVFA replacement rate, tied steel ratio, and tie steel spacing. …”
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