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Open AccessUltraviolet light blocking optically clear adhesives for foldable displays via highly efficient visible-light curing
In develo** an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel for a foldable smartphone (specifically, a color filter on encapsulation) aimed at reducing power consumption, the use of a new optically clear adhesi...
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Inorganic Oxide Semiconductors for Environmental Photocatalysis
Organic and inorganic sensitizers convert the energy of the incident photons into chemical energy, thus oxidatively transforming aquatic contaminants upon light irradiation under ambient conditions. Among phot...
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Open AccessThorn-like TiO2 nanoarrays with broad spectrum antimicrobial activity through physical puncture and photocatalytic action
To overcome the conventional limitation of TiO2 disinfection being ineffective under light-free conditions, TiO2 nanowire films (TNWs) were prepared and applied to bacterial disinfection under dark and UV illumin...
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Open AccessHot excited state management for long-lived blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes
Since their introduction over 15 years ago, the operational lifetime of blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (PHOLEDs) has remained insufficient for their practical use in displays and lighting. T...
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Deep blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes with very high brightness and efficiency
The combination of both very high brightness and deep blue emission from phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (PHOLED) is required for both display and lighting applications, yet so far has not been re...
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TiO2 nanoparticle sorption to sand in the presence of natural organic matter
The sorption properties of TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) on sand were investigated in the presence of Suwannee River humic acid (SRHA) as a surrogate for natural organic matter. SRHA drastically reduced the sorption p...
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Open AccessTransforming the cost of solar-to-electrical energy conversion: Integrating thin-film GaAs solar cells with non-tracking mini-concentrators
Practical solar energy solutions must not only reduce the cost of the module, but also address the substantial balance of system costs. Here, we demonstrate a counter-intuitive approach based on gallium arseni...
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Tenfold increase in the lifetime of blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes
Organic light-emitting diodes are a major driving force of the current information display revolution due to their low power consumption and potentially long operational lifetime. Although electrophosphorescen...
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Open AccessAn electrophosphorescent organic light emitting concentrator
We demonstrate threefold directional light concentration from an organic light-emitting diode luminaire for use in spot lighting and other applications where high intensity illumination is required. The concen...
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Nanomaterials in Civil Engineering
Manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs) with unique physical and chemical properties have attracted a great deal of attention as key materials to underpin future scientific and technological advancements. Applica...
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Effects of a SiO2 buffer layer on the flatband voltage shift of La2O3 gate dielectric grown by using remote plasma atomic layer deposition
In this study, the physical and the electrical properties of La2O3 with and without a SiO2 buffer layer deposited by using remote plasma atomic layer deposition were investigated. A 1-nm-thick SiO2 buffer layer w...
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Development of the NaviGator for the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge
This chapter describes the system design developed for Team Gator Nation’s submission to the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge. In this event, vehicles had to navigate on city streets while obeying basic traffic laws...
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Effects of an Al2O3 cap** layer on La2O3 deposited by remote plasma atomic layer deposition
The physical and electrical properties of La2O3 with and without an Al2O3 cap** layer deposited by remote plasma atomic layer deposition were investigated. The electrical properties of the La2O3 films degraded ...
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Epitaxial CoSi2 formation using an oxynitride buffer layer
We investigated the epitaxial growth of CoSi2 (100) on an Si (100) substrate using a modified oxide mediated epitaxy (OME) method to overcome the disadvantages of the OME method. These disadvantages are sensitivi...
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Team CIMAR’s NaviGATOR: An Unmanned Ground Vehicle for the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge
This paper describes the development of an autonomous vehicle system that participated in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge event. After a brief description of the event, the architecture, based on version 3.2 of...
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A New Dedicated 256-Bit Hash Function: FORK-256
This paper describes a new software-efficient 256-bit hash function, FORK-256. Recently proposed attacks on MD5 and SHA-1 motivate a new hash function design. It is designed not only to have higher security bu...
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Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of tetramethylammonium on silica-loaded titania
Photocatalytic degradation (PCD) of tetramethylammonium (TMA) in water was studied using both pure TiO2 and silica-loaded TiO2 (Si–TiO2). Use of Si–TiO2 catalyst prepared from commercial TiO2 powder by a simple m...
