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A new method for protein domain recognition
A fuzzy cluster method is presented to recognize protein domains. This algorithm can identify domains globally. A protein structure set was used to test the algorithm. Among 219 proteins, 66.7% yielded result...
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Negative Dielectrophoretic Force Assisted Construction of Ordered Neuronal Networks on Cell Positioning Bioelectronic Chips
Develo** new methods and technologies in order to pattern neurons into regular networks is of utmost scientific interest in the field of neurological research. An efficient method here is developed for trapp...
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Stretchable Dielectric Material for Conformable Bioelectronic Devices
We use a photo-patternable silicone polymer to fabricate an elastically deformable encapsulation film on stretchable gold lines that electrically conduct while stretched to >50strain. To detect bioelectrical s...
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Monitoring of Traumatically Injured Organotypic Hippocampal Cultures with Stretchable Microelectrode Arrays
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be caused by motor vehicle accidents, falls and firearms. Approximately 2of the US population lives with disabilities cause by TBI. To discover mechanisms of functional deficit...
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Microstructure and tribological behavior of Ti–Si eutectic alloys with Al addition
The effect of Al element alloying on the microstructure and tribological behavior of Ti–Si eutectic alloys has been studied. The experimental results show that Al element changes the microstructure from large ...
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Advances in Encapsulating Elastically Stretchable Microelectrode Arrays
Stretchable microelectrode arrays (SMEAs) that are fabricated on the compliant silicone poly dimethyl siloxane (PDMS) have potential applications for research on traumatic brain injury (TBI). Increasing the nu...
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Enhanced high-field performance in Fe-sheathed MgB2 tapes using inexpensive stearic acid additives
High performance Fe-cladded MgB2 taps were prepared by the in situ powder-in-tube method utilizing very cheap stearic acid (C18H36O2) as dopants. The amount of stearic acid was varied from 0 to 30 wt%. We found t...
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AlGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells grown by using atomic layer deposition technique
We report the successful growth of high quality ultraviolet (UV) AlGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs) structure using atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique. The AlGaN/GaN MQW sample grown on the sapphire ...
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Open AccessFabrication and Magnetic Properties of Fe65Co35–ZnO Nano-Granular Films
A series of nano-granular films composed of magnetic metal (Fe65Co35) granules with a few nanometers in size and semiconductor oxide (ZnO) have been fabricated by a magnetron sputtering method, and excellent soft...
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Preparation of P2O5-SiO2 hollow microspheres in the presence of phosphoric acid
Silica hollow microspheres containing phosphorous have been prepared by a sol-gel/emulsion method which uses tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) as the precursor for the SiO2 and phosphoric acid (H3PO4) as the precursor for...
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Transient Heat and Material Flow Modeling of Friction Stir Processing of Magnesium Alloy using Threaded Tool
A three-dimensional transient computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed to investigate the material flow and heat transfer during friction stir processing (FSP) in an AZ31B magnesium alloy. The ma...
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Integrated Tunable Optofluidics Optical Filter Based on MIM Side-Coupled-Cavity Waveguide
A tunable wavelength filter based on plasmonic metal–dielectric–metal waveguide with optofluidics pump system has been proposed and numerically investigated. The finite difference time domain method with perfe...
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Open AccessDirect-write, highly aligned chitosan-poly(ethylene oxide) nanofiber patterns for cell morphology and spreading control
Near-field electrospinning has been demonstrated to be able to achieve direct-write and highly aligned chitosan nanofibers (CNF) with prescribed positioning density. Cell spreading in preferential direction co...
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Interphase Strain Gradients in Multilayered Steel Composite from Microdiffraction
Multilayered steel composites consisting of alternating martensite and austenite layers and exhibiting a combination of high strength and ductility were successfully fabricated. To understand the microplastici...
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Singlet oxygen-generating from fluorescence probes based on denatured bovine serum albumin-conjugated CdTe quantum dots and photosensitizer Chlorin e6
Based on the excellent optical properties of quantum dots (QDs), a simple and efficient method was proposed and established to produce a singlet oxygen activating QDs-denatured Bovine Serum Albumin (dBSA)-Chlo...
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Dyeing bacterial cellulose pellicles for energetic heteroatom doped carbon nanofiber aerogels
The energy crisis and environmental pollution are serious challenges that humanity will face for the long-term. Despite tremendous efforts, the development of environmentally friendly methods to fabricate new ...
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Open AccessThe effect of free-standing GaN substrate on carrier localization in ultraviolet InGaN light-emitting diodes
In this study, we have grown 380-nm ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) based on InGaN/AlInGaN multiple quantum well (MQW) structures on free-standing GaN (FS-GaN) substrate by atmospheric pressure met...
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Friction Stir Welding of ODS and RAFM Steels
Advanced structural materials such as oxide dispersion strengthened steels and reduced-activation ferritic/martensitic steels are desired in fusion reactors as primary candidate materials for first wall and bl...
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A novel approach for MEMS with galvanic protection on SOI wafer
A novel SOI-MEMS process with galvanic protection technique is presented in this paper. After front-end-of-line processes and metallization with Au on SOI wafers, the moving structures and release trenches are...
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Open AccessEnhanced NH3-Sensitivity of Reduced Graphene Oxide Modified by Tetra-α-Iso-Pentyloxymetallophthalocyanine Derivatives
Three kinds of novel hybrid materials were prepared by noncovalent functionalized reduced graphene oxide (rGO) with tetra-α-iso-pentyloxyphthalocyanine copper (CuPc), tetra-α-iso-pentyloxyphthalocyanine nickel...