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Polarization Dependence of Terahertz Fabry–Pérot Resonance in Flexible Complementary Metamaterials
A terahertz (THz) extraordinary transmission from a complementary circular split-ring resonance (CSRR) on polyimide film is investigated via THz time-domain spectroscopy. A distinct single-peak resonance is ob...
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Effects of Two-Stage Cold Rolling Schedule on Microstructure and Texture Evolution of Strip Casting Grain-Oriented Silicon Steel with Extra-Low Carbon
A 0.27 mm-thick grain-oriented silicon steel sheet with extra-low carbon was successfully produced by a novel processing route including strip casting, normalizing, two-stage cold rolling with an intermediate ...
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Influence of Heat Treatments on the Microstructural Evolution and Resultant Mechanical Properties in a Low Carbon Medium Mn Heavy Steel Plate
In this study, the microstructural evolution and resultant mechanical properties in a low carbon medium Mn heavy steel plate were investigated in detail. The results show that the introduction of medium mangan...
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Improvement of Surface Ridging Resistance of an Ultra-purified Ferritic Stainless Steel by Optimizing Hot Rolling Condition
The effects of the finisher entry temperatures (FETs) on the surface ridging behavior for an ultra-purified 21%Cr ferritic stainless steel have been investigated. The results indicate that decreasing the FET f...
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Synthesis and catalytic performance of SiO2@Ni and hollow Ni microspheres
Nickel (Ni) catalyst has been widely used in catalytic reducing reactions such as catalytic hydrogenation of organic compounds and catalytic reduction of organic dyes. However, the catalytic efficiency of pure...
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Evolution of Dislocation Loops in AL-6XN Stainless Steels Irradiated by Hydrogen Ions
AL-6XN stainless steels, one of the candidate structure materials for supercritical water-cooled reactor, were irradiated from 0.5 to 5 dpa using 100 keV H2 + ions at 290 and 380 °C. Micro...
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Novel shock wave excitation method for dynamic characterization of microstructures
A novel shock wave excitation method for dynamic characterization of MEMS microstructures was proposed. A typical shock wave excitation device mainly includes a needle electrode, a plate electrode, a high-volt...
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Correlations of Ni Contents, Formation of Reversed Austenite and Toughness for Ni-Containing Cryogenic Steels
It has been widely demonstrated that addition of Ni in low-carbon steels can effectively improve the cryogenic toughness, but the mechanism behind it has yet to be clarified. In the present work, the evolution...
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Photoelectrochemical sensing of hydrogen peroxide at zero working potential using a fluorine-doped tin oxide electrode modified with BiVO4 microrods
The authors describe a highly efficient photoelectrochemical (PEC) scheme for the determination of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). BiVO4 microrods were hydrothermally synthesized and deposited on fluorine - doped tin o...
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The Role of Retained Austenite on the Mechanical Properties of a Low Carbon 3Mn-1.5Ni Steel
The present studies focus on the correlation between retained austenite characteristics and the cryogenic temperature Charpy impact toughness, strength, and plasticity. The steels with different volume fractio...
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Origin of Insignificant Strengthening Effect of CNTs in T6-Treated CNT/6061Al Composites
Carbon nanotube (CNT)-reinforced 6061Al (CNT/6061Al) composites were fabricated via powder metallurgy combined with friction stir processing (FSP). CNTs were dispersed after FSP and accelerated the precipitati...
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Microstructure Evolution and Strain-Dependent Constitutive Modeling to Predict the Flow Behavior of 20Cr–24Ni–6Mo Super-Austenitic Stainless Steel During Hot Deformation
Hot compression tests were carried out with specimens of 20Cr–24Ni–6Mo super-austenitic stainless steel at strain rate from 0.01 to 10 s−1 in the temperature range from 950 to 1150 °C, and flow behavior was analy...
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The time-dependent cellular response mechanism upon exposure to zinc oxide nanoparticles
Zinc oxide nanoparticle is one of the nanomaterials people engaged most in their life and its health effect has been taken into concern. In this work, A549 cell line was used as cell model, and the cytotoxicit...
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Use of X-ray Computed Tomography to Investigate Rolling Contact Cracks in Plasma Sprayed Fe–Cr–B–Si Coating
Rolling contact fatigue (RCF) crack behavior within plasma sprayed coating is investigated. RCF experiments of coatings are conducted under rolling contact. Acoustic emission (AE) is used to monitor the on-lin...
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Enhancement on deformation uniformity of the target sheet by bulging process with magnetic medium and overlap** sheet
In the field of sheet forming, how to improve its performance is one of long-term goals. It is also an important basis for determining the quality and reliability of sheet forming. In this paper, the influence...
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Open AccessAtomic Layer-Deposited HfAlOx-Based RRAM with Low Operating Voltage for Computing In-Memory Applications
With Moore’s law closing to its physical limit, traditional von Neumann architecture is facing a challenge. It is expected that the computing in-memory architecture-based resistive random access memory (RRAM) ...
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Open AccessAtomic Layer Deposited Hf0.5Zr0.5O2-based Flexible Memristor with Short/Long-Term Synaptic Plasticity
Artificial synapses are the fundamental of building a neuron network for neuromorphic computing to overcome the bottleneck of the von Neumann system. Based on a low-temperature atomic layer deposition process,...
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Evolution Mechanism of Inclusions in Medium-Manganese Steel by Mg Treatment with Different Aluminum Contents
To investigate the effect of magnesium addition on the evolution of inclusions in medium-manganese steel with different aluminum contents, both thermodynamic calculation and high-temperature simulation experim...
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Flame-retardant quasi-solid polymer electrolyte enabling sodium metal batteries with highly safe characteristic and superior cycling stability
Conventional liquid electrolytes based sodium metal batteries suffer from severe safety hazards owing to electrolyte leakage, inflammability and dendritic sodium deposition. Herein, we report a flame-retardant...
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Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Nickel-Base Superalloy Brazed Joints Using a MPCA Filler
A new multi-principal-component alloy (MPCA) filler metal with the composition Fe5Co20Ni20Mn35Cu20 was designed for brazing Ni-base Alloy 600 (Ni-Cr-Fe). Thermodynamic calculations, including atomic size differen...