Single-ion gel-polymer electrolyte for improving the performances of Li-ion batteries by Radu Dorin Andrei, Giorgian Cosmin Ungureanu, Luisa Roxana Mandoc, Soha Aldroubi, Nicolas Louvain, Julian Richard Tolchard, Mihaela Buga

“…However, issues with electrolyte performance at lower temperatures as well as issues with the effective deposition and stripping of metallic lithium anodes are now impeding their development. …”
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Analysis of Springback Behaviour in Micro Flexible Rolling of Crystalline Materials by Feijun Qu, Zhengyi Jiang, Xiaogang Wang, Cunlong Zhou

“…This paper presents a constitutive modelling of the polycrystalline thin metal strip under a state of combined loading in microflexible rolling. …”
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Rotation symmetry mismatch and interlayer hybridization in MoS2-black phosphorus van der Waals heterostructures by Zailan Zhang, Alberto Zobelli, Chaofeng Gao, Yingchun Cheng, Jiuxiang Zhang, Jonathan Caillaux, Lipeng Qiu, Songlin Li, Mattia Cattelan, Viktor Kandyba, Alexei Barinov, Mustapha Zaghrioui, Azzedine Bendounan, Jean-Pascal Rueff, Weiyan Qi, Luca Perfetti, Evangelos Papalazarou, Marino Marsi, Zhesheng Chen

“…Although these effects have been demonstrated in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) with mismatched interfaces, the role of band hybridization remains unclear. …”
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A Novel Parabolic Trough Concentrating Solar Heating for Cut Tobacco Drying System by Jiang Tao Liu, Ming Li, Qiong Fen Yu, De Li Ling

“…The opening width effect of V type metal cavity absorber was investigated. A cut tobacco drying mathematical model calculated by fourth-order Runge-Kutta numerical solution method was used to simulate the cut tobacco drying process. …”
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A Multiband Monopole Antenna with the Inverted-Trapezoidal CPW Feeding by Quanqi Zhang, Yuanxin Li, Zhixi Liang, Hong-Zhou Tan, Yunliang Long

“…This monopole antenna utilizes the advantages of the CPW feeding to simplify the structure of the antenna into a single metallic level and achieve high antenna gain. The improved inverted-trapezoidal CPW-fed patch and a meander shorting strip lead to a better impedance matching result and multi-band operation. …”
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Modular access to saturated bioisosteres of anilines via photoelectrochemical decarboxylative C(sp3)–N coupling by Kang-Ning Yuan, Hongjun Zhuang, Jie Wei, Yu Shen, Hong-Qing Yao, Ming-Hong Li, Lin-Lin Xu, Ming Shang

“…The success of this reaction hinges on the merging the cooperative ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) with copper-catalyzed amination. …”
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An Area-Efficient Integrate-and-Fire Neuron Circuit with Enhanced Robustness against Synapse Variability in Hardware Neural Network by Arati Kumari Shah, Kannan Udaya Mohanan, Jisun Park, Hyungsoon Shin, Eou-Sik Cho, Seongjae Cho

“…The proposed neuron circuit is simulated on the 0.35-μm Si complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology node by a series of circuit simulations based on HSPICE. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Studies of Cavitation Behavior in Water-Jet Cavitation Peening Processing by H. Zhang, B. Han, X.G. Yu, D.Y. Ju

“…Water-jet cavitation peening (WCP) is a new technology for the surface modification of metallic materials. The cavitation behavior in this process involves complex and changeable physics phenomena, such as high speed, high pressure, multiple phases, phase transition, turbulence, and unstable features. …”
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Mechanism(s) of Toxic Action of Zn2+ and Selenite: A Study on AS-30D Hepatoma Cells and Isolated Mitochondria by Elena A. Belyaeva, Nils-Erik L. Saris

“…Sequences of events manifested in the mitochondrial dysfunction produced by the metal/metalloid under test are compared with those obtained earlier for Cd2+, Hg2+, and Cu2+ on the same model system.…”
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Characterization of Esocid Herpesvirus 1 (EsHV1) from Europe by Mikael Leijon, Charlotte Axén, Fereshteh Banihashem, Tobias Lilja, Petter Tibblin, Björn David Persson

“…During routine sampling of northern pike, a male <i>Esox lucius</i> with circular blue-metallic granular spots mainly located on the head and back was identified. …”
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High K Low Loss Dielectrics Co-Fireable with LTCC by Christina Modes, Stefan Malkmus, Frieder Gora

“…The majority of commercially available microwave dielectrics show increasing firing temperatures >200 °C which make them incompatible with Ag metallizations or show high dielectric loss which limit their usage in RF wireless applications. …”
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A 0.002‐mm2 8‐bit 1‐MS/s low‐power time‐based DAC (T‐DAC) by Ali H. Hassan, Hassan Mostafa, Mohamed Refky, Khaled N. Salama, Ahmed M. Soliman

“…Post‐layout simulations of the proposed T‐DAC is conducted using industrial hardware‐calibrated 0.13 μm. Complementary metal oxide semiconductor technology with a 1 V supply voltage, 1 MS/s conversion rate, and 0.9 μW power dissipation.…”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Cerium Doped Titanium Catalyst for the Degradation of Nitrobenzene Using Visible Light by Padmini Ellappan, Lima Rose Miranda

“…Cerium doped catalyst was synthesized using Titanium isopropoxide as the Titanium source. The metal doped nanoparticles semiconductor catalyst was prepared by sol-sol method with the sol of Cerium. …”
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Cadmium exposure increases insecticide sensitivity of Sogatella furcifera (Horváth) by decrease the diversity of symbiotic bacteria by Yanfei Zhu, Yu Wu, Xiangjie Li, Yujie Li, Zichao Zheng, Qiao Gao, Wenbing Ding, Hualiang He, Lin Qiu, Youzhi Li

“…This study provides new insights into the symbiotic bacteria mediated increase in insecticide sensitivity due to heavy metal exposure, providing a foundation for utilizing compounds that disturb symbiotic bacteria balance in pest for pest control.…”
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Novel Arsenic Nanoparticles Are More Effective and Less Toxic than As (III) to Inhibit Extracellular and Intracellular Proliferation of Leishmania donovani by Sudipta Chakraborty, Kaushik Bhar, Sandip Saha, Rajarshi Chakrabarti, Anjali Pal, Anirban Siddhanta

“…Arsenic (III) at a relatively higher concentration (30 μg/mL) has been shown to have antileishmanial activity, but this concentration is reported to be toxic in several experimental mammalian systems. Nanosized metal (0) particles have been shown to be more effective than their higher oxidation state forms. …”
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Effect of Dietary Grape Pomace and Seed on Ewe Milk and Meat Quality of Their Suckling Lambs by V. C. Resconi, M. Pascual-Alonso, L. Aguayo-Ulloa, G. C. Miranda-de la Lama, S. Alierta, M. M. Campo, J. L. Olleta, M. Villarroel, G. A. María

“…However, this variation was not reflected in the meat of the suckling lambs, where only few differences in individual fatty acids were found, such as linoleic acid being highest in the pomace treatment. Spicy and metallic flavours were increased in the wine by-products groups, but overall liking was not affected. …”
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Liquid-infused nanostructured composite as a high-performance thermal interface material for effective cooling by Rui Cheng, Qixian Wang, Zexiao Wang, Lin Jing, Ana V. Garcia-Caraveo, Zhuo Li, Yibai Zhong, Xiu Liu, Xiao Luo, Tianyi Huang, Hyeong Seok Yun, Hakan Salihoglu, Loren Russell, Navid Kazem, Tianyi Chen, Sheng Shen

“…Remarkably, the liquid metal infused nanostructured composite exhibits an ultra-low thermal resistance <1 mm² K W-1 at interface, outperforming state-of-the-art thermal interface materials on chip-cooling. …”
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Concise Synthesis of Naphthalene-Based 14-Aza-12-Oxasteroids by Smriti Srivastava, Jun Luo, Daniel Whalen, Katherine N. Robertson, Amitabh Jha

“…A concise, transition metal-free four-step synthetic pathway has been developed for the synthesis of tetracyclic heterosteroidal compounds, 14-aza-12-oxasteroids, starting from readily available 2-naphthol analogues. …”
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Failure Mechanism Analysis and Support Design for Deep Composite Soft Rock Roadway: A Case Study of the Yangcheng Coal Mine in China by Bangyou Jiang, Lianguo Wang, Yinlong Lu, Shitan Gu, Xiaokang Sun

“…Based on the failure mechanism, a new support design was proposed that consisted of bolting, cable, metal mesh, shotcrete, and grouting. A field experiment using the new design was performed in a roadway section approximately 100 m long. …”
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Interfacial reaction and thermomigration of copper/indium joints by Zi-Yu Huang, Yen-Ju Chu, Cheng-En Ho, Yu-An Shen, Chih-Ming Chen

“…Indium is a promising joining material for low-temperature soldering and thermal interface applications. Copper is a common metal pad used to join indium to form solder joints. …”
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