Hexagonal network cat paw-inspired iongel composites improve tribological properties by Khan Rajib Hossain, Xinle Yao, M. Abdul Jalil, Xiaolong Wang

“…Traditional microfabrication techniques face difficulties due to the intricacy of hexagonal microstructures. We successfully developed a bioinspired surface pattern resembling cat paws using innovative 3D laser lithography. …”
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Temperature-regulated ammonium carbonate curing of steel slag: Enhanced carbonation, strength, and CO2 mineralization for sustainable building materials by Ziping Pan, Jiajie Li, Xingtong Yue, Zeping Wu, Dongdong Zhang, Yingxi Hu, Wen Ni, Michael Hitch

“…Comprehensive characterizations—including uniaxial compression, total carbon analysis, XRD, TG-DTG, FT-IR, and SEM—indicate that higher temperatures promote Ca2+ dissolution, increase calcium carbonate crystallinity, and encourage the development of denser microstructures. The addition of ammonium carbonate not only aids mass transfer and Ca2+ extraction but also introduces a new mineralization pathway involving carbamate ions. …”
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Study of Thermal Deformation Behavior of Uranium-molybdenum Alloys by Compression Experiments by HU Bingkun1, 2, LI Mingyang1, 2, HE Yabin1, 2, DU Yanhua1, 2

“…At the same time, the microstructures of uranium-molybdenum alloys were analyzed after thermal deformation, and the constitutive equations of the uranium-molybdenum alloys and the processing map were established. …”
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Enhancement of thermoelectric properties of p-type bismuth telluride bulk composites with AgTiO2 nano particles via spray coating and hot deformation process by Anil Kumar, Saurabh Thoravat, Hong Jong Jin, Junyoung Park, Hyungyu Jin, Pooja Rawat, Jong-Soo Rhyee

“…Hot deformation (HD) was employed to induce multi-scale microstructures in these high-performance p-type TE materials, affecting electrical and thermal transport properties through improved textures and donor-like effects. …”
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Findings and perspectives of β-Ti alloys with biomedical applications: Exploring beyond biomechanical and biofunctional behaviour by Amir A. Elhadad, L. Romero-Resendiz, M.C. Rossi, L.M. Rodríguez-Albelo, Sheila Lascano, Conrado R.M. Afonso, A. Alcudia, V. Amigó, Y. Torres

“…A review with a novel multidisciplinary perspective is proposed in this work, which considers recent developments of β-Titanium alloys and new trends in novel microstructures, processing techniques, properties of dense and porous substrates, as well as the relationship between all these aspects and performance in service, in terms of improved its biomechanical and bio-functional balance. …”
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From the hills to the sea: Mineralogical and chemical characterization of a roof tile assemblage from the Byzantine church at Ashdod-Yam (Israel) by Philip Ebeling, Liora Bouzaglou, Dana Ashkenazi, Johannes H. Sterba, Alexander Fantalkin

“…Additionally, fragments of painted ceramic roof tiles were tested using scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) to assess the composition of the pigments, examine their microstructures, and understand the manufacturing technologies used. …”
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Omniphobic Photoresist‐Assisted Patterning of Porous Polymethacrylate Films by Dmitrii D. Kartsev, Ilia M. Lukianov, Eduard G. Sharapenkov, Artur Yu. Prilepskii, Pavel A. Levkin

“…Nevertheless, only wettability microstructuring has been highlighted for these materials thus far. …”
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Evaluation of Shear Dilation Capability/Potential and Permeability Changes in Karamay Oil Sands under Water Injection by Yanfang Gao, Huiwen Pang, Yan Jin, Mian Chen

“…The mathematical models based on Karamay oil sand microstructures derived from ESEM (environmental scanning electron microscope) are established to predict the shear dilation effects based on the particle packing theory. …”
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F4‐TCNQ as an Additive to Impart Stretchable Semiconductors with High Mobility and Stability by Jaewan Mun, Jiheong Kang, Yu Zheng, Shaochuan Luo, Yilei Wu, Huaxin Gong, Jian‐Cheng Lai, Hung‐Chin Wu, Gi Xue, Jeffrey B.‐H. Tok, Zhenan Bao

“…Specifically, the addition of F4‐TCNQ is observed to improve the ductility of the semiconductor by altering the polymer’s microstructures and dynamic motions. As a p‐type dopant additive, F4‐TCNQ can also effectively enhance the mobility and stability of the semiconductor through changing the host polymer’s packing structures and charge trap passivation. …”
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A novel hybrid additive and subtractive manufacturing method of carbon fiber reinforced peek with enhanced strength by Taijun He, Dong Yang, Han Chen, Xuezhi Fu, Lu Yang, Yu Tao, Ji Xiong, Junbo Liu

“…The types of coated tools, their microstructures, properties, as well as the surface conditions, morphologies, and properties of the machined CFRP were investigated. …”
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An extinct clade of the basal Epitheliozoa: phylogenetic position and implication of the enigmatic Cambrian chancelloriids by Hao Yun, Xingliang Zhang, Glenn A. Brock, Jian Han, Luoyang Li, Bing Pan, Guoxiang Li, Joachim Reitner

“…Here we show new exceptionally-preserved fossils from the 518-million-year-old Chengjiang biota of China, which corroborate the unique bauplan pattern of chancelloriids, and reveal exquisite integument microstructures including tiny protuberances and associated wrinkle-like structures that are interpreted to be related to epithelial contractions. …”
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Biofabricating Three-Dimensional Bacterial Cellulose Composites Using Waste-Derived Scaffolds by Jula Kniep, Manu Thundathil, Kurosch Rezwan, Ali Reza Nazmi

“…Membranes with different microstructures were found in sheep wool and cotton, randomly oriented between the scaffold fibre, resulting in a high surface area. …”
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Achieving High Alignment of Conjugated Polymers by Controlled Dip‐Coating by Qi‐Yi Li, Ze‐Fan Yao, Yang Lu, Song Zhang, Zachary Ahmad, Jie‐Yu Wang, Xiaodan Gu, Jian Pei

“…Abstract Realizing high polymer chain orientation and ordered thin‐film microstructures is beneficial for efficient charge transport of conjugated polymers. …”
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Effect of nanostructured MgO directly grown on pure magnesium substrate on its in vitro corrosion and bioactivity behaviour by Majid Shahsanaei, Masoud Atapour, Morteza Shamanian, Nastaran Farahbakhsh, Swathi N.V. Raghu, Torsten Kowald, Sybille Krauß, Seyedsina Hejazi, Shiva Mohajernia, Manuela S. Killian

“…Biomineralization studies demonstrated the uniform formation of apatite with a Ca/P ratio of 1.35 on the nanostructured surface after 14 days in simulated body fluid (SBF), surpassing that of microstructured MgO. Hydrogen evolution decreased from 912±38 µL cm-2 for untreated Mg to 615±32 µL cm-2 for the Mg/MgO nanostructure and 545±29 µL cm-2 for the Mg/MgO/HA sample. …”
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Non-Destructive Testing by Magnetic Noise Method of the Quality of Heat Treatment of Steel Samples Obtained by Additive Technology by V. N. Busko, A. P. Kren, G. A. Lanzman

“…Compared to the hardness measurement method, which is mainly associated with phase-structural changes, the magnetic noise method due to selectivity to other controlled parameters is additionally sensitive to cast samples (at the same time the microstructures of cast and normalized three-dimensional samples are close to each other according to X-ray data).The magnetic noise method can be used as one of the physical methods for evaluation the quality and control of the heat treatment of 3D samples at the manufacturing stage when testing their types and modes, as well as sorting samples.…”
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Interface dipole evolution from the hybrid coupling between nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots and polyethylenimine featuring the electron transport thin layer at Al/Si interfaces by Sasimontra Timjan, Ta-Cheng Wei, Kuan-Han Lin, Yi-Ting Li, Po-Hsuan Hsiao, Chia-Yun Chen

“…In this work, the hybrid design of ETL, obtained from the solution-processed nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots (NCQDs) incorporated with organic polyethylenimine (PEI) demonstrates the feasible contact characteristics for the modification of Si/Al contacts, which greatly facilitates the transport and collection of photoexcited electrons in the Si-based optoelectronics. The aspects of microstructures, functional groups, chemical features, interfacial characteristics and band structures of NCQD/PEI are explicated, visualizing that the evolution of interface dipoles mediated by the overall outcome of physisorption and chemisorption effects, modifies the surface potential difference and results in the explicit reduction of the Al work function from 4.3 eV for pristine Al to 3.23 eV based on the optimized constitutional design (0.10 % NCQD in PEI). …”
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Analyzing the Reproductive Characteristics of the Naked Carp Gymnocypris Przewalskii (Kessler) Based on the Oxygen Isotopes of Otolith Core Using SHRIMP by Ling ZHOU, Linbo QIAN, Sumei ZHAO, Xiulan ZHANG, Yinglie LIU, Qiaoling TANG, Jie YUAN

“…Tatsuya et al.[13] conducted otolith δ18O and microstructure analyses to investigate nursery habitat temperatures and early life growth rates. …”
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Fractional-statistics-induced entanglement from Andreev-like tunneling by Gu Zhang, Pierre Glidic, Frédéric Pierre, Igor Gornyi, Yuval Gefen

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A comparative morphology of trichobothrial bases in araneoid spiders and its significance for the phylogeny and system of the superfamily Araneoidea (Arachnida, Araneae) by Kirill Y. Eskov, Yuri M. Marusik

“…Only three taxa have been proposed earlier as the sister group of the superfamily Araneoidea: Nicodamoidea, Deinopoidea, and Leptonetoidea; morphology of bothria, as well as other cuticular microstructures, clearly supports the araneoid-nicodamoid relationship hypothesis, purely ‘molecular’ to date. …”
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Research status of reversed austenite in martensite: review by Juhao Shao, Shiqing Wang, Fangpo Li

“…For example, layered quenching and tempering yield more reversed austenite compared to simple tempering, resulting in finer microstructures at room temperature. The paper analyzes how different reversed austenite contents affect the strength, ductility, and hardness of martensitic stainless steels, as well as the impact on pitting, intergranular, hydrogen, and stress corrosion. …”
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