Optimum Design of RC Beams Strengthened with Externally Bonded FRP Using Pattern Search by Noor Mohammed Sheet, Baraa J. M. AL-Eliwi, Rabi M. Najem

“…The design process involved an objective function that represents the cost function of the optimum solution and design variables that define the optimum dimensions of the beam and FRP material, such as beam width, effective beam depth, FRP strip thickness, FRP strips spacing, and FRP strip width, according to the design constraints of the ACI 440-2R-17 code. …”
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Assessment of changes occurring in biochar/zeolite substrates used in the vegetation-activated sludge process in the treatment of leachate from landfills by Aleksandra Wdowczyk, Agata Szymańska-Pulikowska, Jacek Chęcmanowski, Krzysztof Kierzek, Paweł Wiercik

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Permanent Strain Engineering of Molybdenum Disulfide Using Laser-Driven Stressors for Energy-Efficient Resistive Switching Memory Devices by Heeyoon Jang, Seok-Ki Hyeong, Byeongjin Park, Tae-Wook Kim, Sukang Bae, Sung Kyu Jang, Yonghun Kim, Seoung-Ki Lee

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Trifluoromethoxy- and Fluorobenzhydryl-Tuned Nickel Catalysts for Polyethylene Elastomers by Ming Liu, Min Sun, Yanping Ma, Yizhou Wang, Mingfeng Li, Wen-Hua Sun

“…These results highlight the dual role of trifluoromethoxy and fluorobenzhydryl groups in enhancing catalytic performance and polymer properties.…”
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Stress concentration in nonlinear viscoelastic composites by B. Maslov

“…A nonlinear viscoelastic problem of the mechanics of composites is solved within the framework of a second-order nonlinear theory. A viscoelastic functional is used to construct general defining relations. …”
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Control of Aerosols after Sodium Fire Accident in Integrated Fast Reactor by CUI Chunsheng, CHEN Ran, WANG Chuangao, PANG Hongchao, LUO Zhiping, HUANG Xin

“…Microstructural analysis through SEM revealed the optimized formulation formed continuous polymer films that effectively encapsulated aerosol particles, while FTIR characterization verified successful copolymerization of functional groups enhancing interfacial interactions. …”
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A hammerhead ribozyme selects mechanically stable conformations for catalysis against viral RNA by Man Lu, Zhiqiang Cao, Luoan Xiong, Hongying Deng, Kangkang Ma, Ning Liu, Yanding Qin, Shen-Bo Chen, Jun-Hu Chen, Yao Li, Yijin Liu, Zhongbo Yu

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Interaction of nanoplastics with metronidazole and ciprofloxacin: The Trojan Horse effect. by Emiliano Perez-Sanchez, Ana Martínez

“…In this study we performed a Density Functional Theory study of polystyrene (PS, a common non-biodegradable thermoplastic polymer) and polylactic acid (PLA, a biodegradable polymer) to understand the capacity to react of these two nanoplastics. …”
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Tribological Properties of Carbon Nanotube and Carbon Nanofiber Blended Polyvinylidene Fluoride Sheets Laminated on Steel Substrates by M. S. Nisha, S. Mullai Venthan, P. Senthil Kumar, Dalbir Singh

“…Nanostructured carbon dispersed polymer nanocomposites are promising materials for tribological applications. …”
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Classical Polymerization of the Schwarzschild Metric by Babak Vakili

“…We show that the usual Schwarzschild metric can be extracted from a Hamiltonian function which in turn gets modifications due to the classical polymerization. …”
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Hybrid Photonic Integrated Circuits for Wireless Transceivers by Tianwen Qian, Ben Schuler, Y. Durvasa Gupta, Milan Deumer, Efstathios Andrianopoulos, Nikolaos K. Lyras, Martin Kresse, Madeleine Weigel, Jakob Reck, Klara Mihov, Philipp Winklhofer, Csongor Keuer, Laurids von Emden, Marcel Amberg, Crispin Zawadzki, Moritz Kleinert, Simon Nellen, Davide de Felipe, Hercules Avramopoulos, Robert B. Kohlhaas, Norbert Keil, Martin Schell

“…This work leverages hybrid integration technology, which combines indium phosphide (InP) active elements, silicon nitride (Si₃N₄) low-loss waveguides, and high-efficient thermal-optical tunable polymers with micro-optical functions to achieve fully integrated wireless transceivers. …”
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A new process for producing of commercial nitrocellulose with chipping technology of sheet wood pulp by Ali Khalili Gashtroudkhani, Mohammad Dahmardeh ghalehno, Saeed Soltan Abadi, Maryam Pouyani, Ali Salimi

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Pathology-inspired collagen-binding thermosensitive micelle drops enable prolonged and efficient treatment of fungal keratitis by Maoyu Cai, Haiping Zhong, Xindi Wang, Liangpin Li, Xueyan Zhou, Yan Wang, Xia Hua, Shutao Guo, Xiaoyong Yuan

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Optimization of the Rheological Properties of Fat Replacers Based on Inulin at Different Degrees of Polymerization and Their Application in Beef Burgers by Michela Pia Totaro, Mariana Miccolis, Davide De Angelis, Giuseppe Natrella, Francesco Caponio, Carmine Summo, Michele Faccia

“…However, growing awareness of the link between diet and disease has stimulated research on fat replacers that can replicate these functional properties. Inulin, a β-D-fructose polymer available in various degrees of polymerization (DP), is promising as a fat replacer due to its gel-forming ability in aqueous systems and its neutral sensory profile. …”
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Thermal Decomposition of Calcium Carbonate at Multiple Heating Rates in Different Atmospheres Using the Techniques of TG, DTG, and DSC by Dingxiang Zhuang, Zhengzheng Chen, Bin Sun

“…Kinetic parameters of the thermal decomposition and the most probable mechanism function were determined in two different atmospheres. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Acrylamide-Based Anionic Copolymer and Investigation of Solution Properties by H. Jamshidi, A. Rabiee

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Analysis of Different Formulations of Cellulose-grafted Hydrogels in the Dehydration of Biodiesel by Giovana Almenara, Bianca Estevam, Isadora Perez, Patricia Fregolente, Maria Regina Wolf Maciel, Leonardo Fregolente

“…FTIR and SEM analyses of these hydrogels revealed rough and non-porous surfaces with functional groups mainly originating from the crosslinked polymer. …”
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Molecularly Imprinted Nanozymes for Selective Hydrolysis of Aromatic Carbonates Under Mild Conditions by Tien Tan Bui, Yan Zhao

“…The catalyst is prepared through molecular imprinting of cross-linkable micelles in a one-pot reaction using a thiourea template and a zinc-containing functional monomer. The resulting water-soluble nanoparticle resembles a hydrolytic metalloenzyme to bind the appropriately shaped aromatic carbonate substrate in the active site, with the nearby zinc acting as a cofactor to activate a water molecule for the nucleophilic attack on the carbonate. …”
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Progress of Laser Processing Technology in Ferroelectric Nanocomposites by Haijuan Ding, Yaping Fan, Hairong Dong, Chengtao Zhao, Debiao Zhao

“…Although polymer-based nanocomposites have great application potential in many fields, compared with the application of ferroelectric nanocomposites in functional microscale structures and devices, especially in the field of photonics microdevices fabricated by laser processing, the development of polymer-based nanocomposites is relatively lagging behind. …”
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ECM-mimicking composite hydrogel for accelerated vascularized bone regeneration by Guanglong Li, Fei Gao, Donglei Yang, Lu Lin, Weijun Yu, Jiaqi Tang, Ruhan Yang, Min Jin, Yuting Gu, Pengfei Wang, Eryi Lu

“…However, fabrication of functional hydrogels that mimic the natural bone extracellular matrix (ECM) remains a challenge, because they need to provide mechanical support and embody physiological cues for angiogenesis and osteogenesis. …”
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