Simultaneous Determination of Uric Acid and Xanthine Using a Poly(Methylene Blue) and Electrochemically Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite Film Modified Electrode by Gen Liu, Wei Ma, Yan Luo, Deng-ming Sun, Shuang Shao

“…Poly(methylene blue) and electrochemically reduced graphene oxide composite film modified electrode (PMB-ERGO/GCE) was successfully fabricated by electropolymerization and was used for simultaneous determination of uric acid (UA) and xanthine (Xa). …”
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Development of Combinatorial Pulsed Laser Deposition for Expedited Device Optimization in CdTe/CdS Thin-Film Solar Cells by Ali Kadhim, Paul Harrison, Jake Meeth, Alaa Al-Mebir, Guanggen Zeng, Judy Wu

“…The results of this work shows the importance that CdTe grain size/morphology relative to CdTe thickness has on device performance and quantitatively exhibits what those values should be to obtain efficient thin-film CdTe/CdS solar cells fabricated with pulsed laser deposition. Further development of this combinatorial approach could enable high-throughput exploration and optimization of CdTe/CdS solar cells.…”
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Stabilizing rammed earth using xanthan gum or animal glue as bio-binder by Ahmed Abdelaal, Jiaming Ma, Mohamed Gomaa, Filippo Giustozzi, Yi Min Xie

“…Rammed earth (RE) construction has gained increasing interest in recent years owing to sustainability demands in the construction industry and the advancement of digital fabrication techniques. However, the domination of the cement-stabilized RE material in the RE industry poses environmental concerns due to the substantial carbon emissions associated with cement production. …”
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Additively manufactured ultrafine grained Aermet100 with superior mechanical property by Yanwen Liang, Jie Liu, Xiaotian Zhang, Yonghao Weng, Sheng Zhong, Tiannan Li, Peng Zhang, Chunpan Yang, Ying Xing, Jiazhe Fu, Kehong Wang

“…In this study, Aermet100 high-strength steel was fabricated using laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) technology. …”
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The Effect of Welding Residual Stress for Making Artificial Stress Corrosion Crack in the STS 304 Pipe by Jae-Seong Kim, Bo-Young Lee, Woong-Gi Hwang, Sung-Sik Kang

“…We used the custom-made device for fabricating the stress corrosion crack in the inner STS 304 pipe wall. …”
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High temperature mechanical properties of diffusion welded alloy 800H by Jong-Bae Hwang, Injin Sa, Eung-Seon Kim, Dong-Hyun Lee

“…High temperature mechanical properties of diffusion welded Alloy 800H was investigated to fabricate a printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) for high temperature reactor (HTR) systems. …”
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Thermosensitive Porcine Myocardial Extracellular Matrix Hydrogel Coupled with Proanthocyanidins for Cardiac Tissue Engineering by José Luis Hidalgo-Vicelis, Angélica Raquel Rivera-Contreras, Beatriz Hernández-Téllez, Gabriela Piñón-Zárate, Katia Jarquín-Yáñez, Tatiana Fiordelisio-Coll, José Manuel Saniger-Blesa, Gertrudis Hortensia González-Gómez, María Alicia Falcón-Neri, María Margarita Canales-Martínez, Andrés Eliú Castell-Rodríguez

“…In order to overcome this limitation, grape seed proanthocyanidins were incorporated as antioxidant compounds into a thermosensitive myocardial extracellular matrix hydrogel in this study. For the fabrication of the hydrogel, the extracellular matrix obtained by decellularization of porcine myocardium was solubilized through enzymatic digestion, and the proanthocyanidins were incorporated. …”
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2D wrinkle assisted zigzag plasmonic chains for isotropic SERS enhancement by Ziwen Yu, Swagato Sarkar, Sezer Seçkin, Ningwei Sun, Anik Kumar Ghosh, Sven Wießner, Ziwei Zhou, Andreas Fery

“…However, a major challenge remains in fabricating these templates over large areas at a low cost. …”
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Motion Intention Analysis-Based Coordinated Control for Amputee-Prosthesis Interaction by Fei Wang, Shiguang Wen, Chengdong Wu, Yuzhong Zhang, Jincheng Li

“…To study amputee-prosthesis (AP) interaction, a novel reconfigurable biped robot was designed and fabricated. In homogeneous configuration, two identical artificial legs (ALs) were used to simulate the symmetrical lower limbs of a healthy person. …”
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Compact <italic>Ku</italic>-Band Orthomode Transducer Using Plus-Shaped Waveguide by Jongmin Lee, Sungmin Noh, Sangpil Lee, Jinho Jeong

“…Measurements of the fabricated OMT demonstrate notable characteristics: return loss exceeding 10 dB for vertical polarization from 13.5 to 17.5 GHz and for horizontal polarization from 13.6 to 16.7 GHz, insertion loss below 0.8 dB, isolation over 46 dB, and cross-polarization levels above 41 dB, confirming its suitability for Ku-band applications.…”
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Examine the Mechanical Properties of Aluminium Tetrahydride/Calotropis gigantea Based Hybrid Polyester Composites in Cryogenic Atmosphere by Pavan Balappa Bagali, N. I. Haroon Rashid, Essam A. Al-Ammar, C. Srinivas, H. V. Jayaprakash, J. D. Venkatesh, Sohail M. A. K. Mohammed, Melvin Victor De Poures, Nahom Adugna

“….% of ATH, (ii) number of CGF Layers, and (iii) cryogenic treatment hours, each at three different levels, were chosen. The composite was fabricated as per the design of L9 orthogonal array. …”
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3D bioprinting for the production of a perfusable vascularized model of a cancer niche by Federico Maggiotto, Federico Maggiotto, Lorenzo Bova, Lorenzo Bova, Lorenzo Bova, Sara Micheli, Sara Micheli, Camilla Pozzer, Pina Fusco, Pina Fusco, Paolo Sgarbossa, Fabrizio Billi, Elisa Cimetta, Elisa Cimetta

“…We used a multi-material and sacrificial bioprinting approach to fabricate vascularized 3D cell-laden structures and developed a customized perfusion system enabling maintenance of growth and viability of the constructs for up to 3 weeks. …”
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Adsorption of Saliva Related Protein on Denture Materials: An X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Quartz Crystal Microbalance Study by Akiko Miyake, Satoshi Komasa, Yoshiya Hashimoto, Yutaka Komasa, Joji Okazaki

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the difference in the adsorption behavior of different types of bovine salivary proteins on the PMMA and Ti QCM sensors are fabricated by spin-coating and sputtering onto bare QCM sensors by using QCM and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). …”
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Study on the Preparation and Anisotropic Distribution of Mechanical Properties of Well-Aligned PMIA Nanofiber Mats Reinforced Composites by Bin He, Dongyi Tan, Tao Liu, Zexing Wang, Hengshu Zhou

“…Well-aligned PMIA nanofiber mats were fabricated by electrospinning and then hot-pressing was used to produce PMIA nanofiber mats reinforced PLA matrix by layer-by-layer with the interlayer angles of 0, 45, and 90°. …”
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Giant memory window performance and low power consumption of hexagonal boron nitride monolayer atomristor by Sung Jin Yang, Yu-Rim Jeon, Dongyoon Kim, Sivasakthya Mohan, Shanmukh Kutagulla, Matthew Disiena, Sanjay K. Banerjee, Deji Akinwande

“…Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) monolayers have gained significant attention as ultrathin active layers for fabricating atomic-scale memristor (atomristor) structures due to their crystalline structures and clean surfaces. …”
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The Design and Optimization of GaAs Single Solar Cells Using the Genetic Algorithm and Silvaco ATLAS by Kamal Attari, Lahcen Amhaimar, Ali El yaakoubi, Adel Asselman, Mounir Bassou

“…Single-junction solar cells are the most available in the market and the most simple in terms of the realization and fabrication comparing to the other solar devices. However, these single-junction solar cells need more development and optimization for higher conversion efficiency. …”
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Deterministic approach to design passive anomalous-diffraction metasurfaces with nearly 100% efficiency by Fang Zhening, Li Haipeng, Chen Yan, Sun Shulin, Xiao Shiyi, He Qiong, Zhou Lei

“…With both incident and out-going far-field waves given, we can retrieve the surface-impedance profile of the target metadevice by matching boundary conditions with all allowed near-field modes added self-consistently and then construct the metadevices deterministically based on passive meta-atoms exhibiting local responses. We design/fabricate two proof-of-concept microwave metadevices and experimentally demonstrate that the first one achieves anomalous reflection to a 70° angle with efficiency ∼98%, and the second one can generate multiple reflected beams with desired bending angles and power allocations. …”
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Measured Performance Comparisons between Spatial Multiplexing and Beamforming Arrays in the 28 GHz Band by Dazhi Piao, Xingning Jia, Xiaochuan Ma, Qingxin Guo, Zengrui Li

“…A spatial multiplexing (SM) array and a beamforming (BF) array with similar antenna size working at 28 GHz are designed and fabricated. In the SM array, a 4 × 4 MIMO system is realized with each port composed of a four-element subarray. …”
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Modification of Mechanical Properties of Ti–6Al–4V Using L-PBF for Anatomical Plates by Soumyabrata Basak, Sang-Hun Lee, Jeong-Rim Lee, Dong-Hyun Kim, Jeong Hun Lee, Myunghwan Byun, Dong-Hyun Kim

“…In this research, as-built Ti–6Al–4V anatomical plates were successfully fabricated using laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). This study thoroughly examines the microstructural evolution and its role in enhancing the mechanical properties of clavicle bone plates under sub-β-transus heat treatment for medical application. …”
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Recent Developments on Novel 2D Materials for Emerging Neuromorphic Computing Devices by Muhammad Hamza Pervez, Ehsan Elahi, Muhammad Asghar Khan, Muhammad Nasim, Muhammad Asim, Arslan Rehmat, Malik Abdul Rehman, Mohammed A. Assiri, Shania Rehman, Jonghwa Eom, Muhammad Farooq Khan

“…Thus, this review aims to illuminate the design and fabrication of neuromorphic devices based on van der Waals (vdW) heterostructure materials, leveraging promising engineering techniques to excel the applications and potential of neuromorphic computing for hardware implementations.…”
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