Novel waterproof ambient cured geopolymer concrete using integral crystalline waterproofing admixture by Japneet Sidhu, Pardeep Kumar

“…Additionally, scanning electron microscopy analysis is performed on the GC samples to understand the changes in the microstructure of GC mixes with various dosages of the crystalline waterproofing agent added to them.…”
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Scale‐free Spatio‐temporal Correlations in Conformational Fluctuations of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins by Haoyu Song, Jian Cui, Guorong Hu, Long Xiong, Yanee Wutthinitikornkit, Hai Lei, Jingyuan Li

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Advances in the Additive Manufacturing of Superalloys by Antonio del Bosque, Pablo Fernández-Arias, Diego Vergara

“…Key research areas include process optimization, microstructural evolution and control, mechanical property assessment, and defect minimization. …”
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Loading of a porous rock with constant micro-seismic event rate suppresses seismicity and promotes subcritical failure by Maria-Daphne Mangriotis, Alexis Cartwright-Taylor, Ian G. Main, Andrew Curtis, Andrew F. Bell, Ian B. Butler, Florian Fusseis

“…We develop a new model that explains this observation, based on the observed evolution of microstructural damage and the fracture mechanics of subcritical crack growth. …”
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Effect of Ti addition and cast part size on solidification structure and mechanical properties of medium carbon, low alloy cast steel by Nicolás Emanuel Tenaglia, Diego Fernandino, Alejandro Daniel Basso

“…Then, the solidification macrostructure (dendritic pattern and grain size) and microstructure were characterized by using conventional and specific metallographic techniques. …”
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Antifungal mechanism of carvacrol and osthole can disrupt cell structure integrity and interfere with energy metabolism in Neopestalotiopsis ellipsospora by Huifang Liu, Jianmei Yao, Rongxiu Yin, Chiyu Ma, Lulu Li, Wen Yang, Zhiwei Lei

“…Plants are rich in bioactive compounds that are safe, non-toxic, and biodegradable. In this study, we evaluated the antifungal activities and mechanisms of 11 plant extracts against N. ellipsospora.MethodsThis study evaluated the antifungal activity of 11 plant extracts against N. ellipsospora of tea gray blight disease and systematically examined the impacts of osthole and carvacrol on the mycelial morphology, mycelial weight, cell microstructure, membrane permeability, various biochemical substrate levels and related gene expression levels of N. ellipsospora.ResultsThe results showed that carvacrol and osthole exhibited significant antifungal effects among 11 plant extracts with EC50 values of 24.40 and 9.38 mg/L, respectively. …”
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Mold Design for Injection Molding Machine Using Recycled Aluminum by Amadeus Renaldy, Risa Nurin Baiti, I Putu Gede Sopan Rahtika

“…Metallographic testing was carried out to evaluate the microstructure of the material resulting from the smelting of scrap aluminum using sand molds. …”
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Influence of white etching layer on rolling contact behavior at wheel-rail interface by Qinglin Lian, Guanyu Deng, Hongtao Zhu, Huijun Li, Xi Wang, Zhiming Liu

“…Stress changes along the rail depth matched with the previously reported microstructure evolutions. The current work revealed that the maximum difference in contact stress between the wheel passages of rail matrix and the WEL region (noted as stress variation) rises with the increase of loading pressure, the value of a/b, and Sr; but drops with the friction coefficient (μ). …”
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Seismic Velocities of Subducted Serpentinites Through the Lizardite‐Antigorite Transition by He‐Ming Wang, Mai‐Linh Doan, Anne‐Line Auzende, Stéphane Schwartz, Samuel Chapman, Jérôme Fortin, Xiao‐Ming Tang

“…To understand the effects of the metamorphic conditions and the associated microstructural evolution on the serpentinite velocity, we collected seven natural serpentinite rocks with different metamorphic imprints in the Western Alps, from blueschists to eclogite facies conditions. …”
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Understanding the post-curing behaviors of polymethylacrylimide: Curing kinetics and molecular mobility by Yuan Chen, Xiaolian Qiang, Yaping Zhang, Ningning Song, Lixian Guo, Siyuan Zhang, Chunrong Tian, Keping Chen

“…Those changes of microstructures agreed well with the evolution of compressive properties. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Fatigue Crack Propagation in Surface-Hardened Layer of High-Speed Train Axles by Chun Gao, Zhengwei Yu, Yuanyuan Zhang, Tao Fan, Bo Zhang, Huajian Song, Hang Su

“…This study examines fatigue crack growth behavior in induction-hardened S38C axle steel with a gradient microstructure. High-frequency three-point bending fatigue tests were conducted to evaluate crack growth rates (d<i>a</i>/d<i>N</i>) across three depth-defined regions: a hardened layer, a heterogeneous transition zone, and a normalized core. …”
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Fractal Model for Acoustic Absorbing of Porous Fibrous Metal Materials by Weihua Chen, Tianning Chen, Xiaopeng Wang, Jiuhui Wu, Suobin Li

“…However, it is quite difficult to evaluate the static flow resistivity from the microstructure of the PFMM because of a large number of disordered pores. …”
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Fatigue Life Analysis of Traditional and Annealed AISI 304L Specimens by Thermographic Methods by Davide Crisafulli, Michal Jambor, Miroslav Šmíd, Dario Santonocito, Giacomo Risitano

“…In this work, fatigue properties were evaluated on AISI304L specimens having two different microstructural states, one in the as-received condition and the other one after solution annealing. …”
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Upcycling of Eggshell Waste into Calcium Phosphates for Use in Sustainable Biomedical Engineering Applications by Nikolaos Pagonis, Dimitrios Flegkas, Aikaterini Itziou, Konstantinos Kountouras, Adam Stimoniaris, Petros Samaras, Vayos Karayannis

“…The precipitate in powder form underwent X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analysis to evaluate its microstructure, and elemental and phase composition. …”
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Noninvasive assessment of liver inflammation in metabolic dysfunction associated steatohepatitis using MR cytometry by Xiaoyu Jiang, Mary Kay Washington, Manhal J. Izzy, Gracie Piantek, Ming Lu, Xinqiang Yan, John C. Gore, Junzhong Xu

“…An in vivo feasibility study, conducted on healthy subjects (n = 5) and MASH patients (n = 5) using a clinical 3 T MRI system, further showcased the potential of MR cytometry to characterize pathological changes in liver microstructure.…”
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Effect of TUG-BACK on tightness of filling root canal apex by I. O. Larichkin, E. V. Chestnykh, A. I. Ivanova, E. P. Zinkovskaya, I. Yu. Kuritsyna, D. V. Medvedev, N. V. Shedyakova, E. L. Zakharova, M. V. Yusufova, K. V. Kulikova

“…AIM. To evaluate the effect of tug-back on the apical seal of root canal fillings. …”
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Water-based 8YSZ electrolyte suspension optimised by design of experiments by Bernardo Jordão Moreira Sarruf, Laura Buccoli, Zoé Barbry

“…The impedance data were deconvoluted into grain bulk and grain boundary contributions, enabling further refinement of the sintering temperature and subsequent microstructure.…”
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A Study on Rotary Friction Welding of Titanium Alloy (Ti6Al4V) by Ho Thi My Nu, Truyen The Le, Luu Phuong Minh, Nguyen Huu Loc

“…The performances of the welded joints are evaluated by conducting microstructure studies and Vickers hardness at the joints. …”
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Influence of Nanoparticle Content and Cross-Linking Degree on Functional Attributes of Calcium Alginate-ZnO Nanocomposite Wound Dressings by Sergio Henrique Toledo e Silva, Andrea Cristiane Krause Bierhalz, Ângela Maria Moraes

“…The increase in cross-linking degree, on the other hand, altered the microstructure of the membranes, increased the tensile strength and reduced the water vapor permeability of the nanocomposite membranes. …”
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Grain disintegration and dynamic recrystallization during impact tests of additively manufactured nickel-based alloy 718 by Anjali Sankar, Manjaiah M, Thomas McCarthy, Jubert Pasco, Stan Kristian Ejera, Clodualdo Aranas

“…Phenomenological material constitutive models, such as the modified versions of Johnson-Cook and Hensel-Spittel models, were developed based on the SHPB test results. Analysis of microstructural evolution under impact conditions highlighted that columnar grains with high Schmid factors tend to undergo preferential activation and dislocation pile-up. …”
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