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Open AccessSimilar experimental study on retaining waterproof coal pillar in composite strata mining
Numerous field examples of coal seam mining show that when coal seams under confined water are mined close to faults, water inrush effects on complex mining surfaces occur. Obeying similarity rules, physical s...
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An efficient micromixer combining oscillatory flow and divergent circular chambers
Oscillatory/pulsatile flow is an important approach for mixing enhancement at micro scales. Here we report a micromixer that consists of a microfluidic oscillator and divergent chambers. The oscillator autonom...
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Improvement of nucleation and electrical properties of Bi3.15Nd0.85Ti2.99Mn0.01O12 thin films with an upper Bi4Ti3O12 buffer layer
A highly (117)-preferred Bi3.15Nd0.85Ti2.99Mn0.01O12 (BNTM) thin film with an upper Bi4Ti3O12 (BTO) buffer layer was fabricated on Pt(111)/Ti/SiO2/Si(100) substrates by a sol–gel method. The effects of the added ...
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Open AccessDroplet Merging on a Lab-on-a-Chip Platform by Uniform Magnetic Fields
Droplet microfluidics offers a range of Lab-on-a-chip (LoC) applications. However, wireless and programmable manipulation of such droplets is a challenge. We address this challenge by experimental and modellin...
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Open AccessMagnetic Trap** of Bacteria at Low Magnetic Fields
A suspension of non-magnetic entities in a ferrofluid is referred to as an inverse ferrofluid. Current research to trap non-magnetic entities in an inverse ferrofluid focuses on using large permanent magnets t...
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High-temperature phase transition and local structure of a hydrous anorthoclase
The in situ Raman spectra of a hydrous anorthoclase at temperatures of 20–800 °C have been measured using a LABRAM-HR spectrometer and Linkam TS 1500 heating stage. The frequencies of modes at 54, 99, 130 and...
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Anti-solvent precipitation of solid lipid nanoparticles using a microfluidic oscillator mixer
The mixing process is critical in the anti-solvent precipitation process of micro-/nanoparticles. It may directly determine the quality of particles, especially the size and uniformity. In this study, a previ...
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Fundamental semilattices of semigroups
We introduce the notion of a fundamental semilattice of semigroups, which is a special case of a semilattice of semigroups and a generalization of a strong semilattice of semigroups. The relations among fundam...
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Engineering microfluidic concentration gradient generators for biological applications
This paper reviews the latest developments in the design and fabrication of concentration gradient generators for microfluidics-based biological applications. New gradient generator designs and their underlyin...
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Hydrogenic impurity bound polaron in a quantum dot quantum well structure
A variational approach is used within the framework of effective mass approximation to study the binding energy of the hydrogenic impurity in a spherical quantum dot quantum well (QDQW) structure. The electron...
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Investigation of wax and paper materials for the fabrication of paper-based microfluidic devices
Paper-based microfluidic devices hold great potential in today’s microfluidic applications. They offer low costs, simple and quick fabrication processes, ease of uses, etc. In this work, several wax and paper ...
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Continuous-wave and passively Q-switched Nd:LYSO lasers
Continuous-wave (CW) and passively Q-switched performance of a Nd-doped oyorthosilicate mixing crystal, (Nd0.005Lu0.4975Y0.4975)2SiO5 (Nd:LYSO), were reported. As a result, new dual-wavelength all-solid-state las...
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Large-scale synthesis of hierarchical alpha-FeOOH flowers by ultrasonic-assisted hydrothermal route
In this paper, we report a facile, an environmental friendly ultrasonic-assisted hydrothermal route for preparation of goethite flower structures using Fe nanopowders at low temperature (85°C). The flower stru...
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Photoluminescence Studies of [(CdSe)1(ZnSe)2]9-ZnSeTe Multiple Quantum Wells Under High Pressure
We have performed photoluminescence (PL) measurements at liquid nitrogen temperature under high pressure up to 5.5 GPa and in the temperature range 10-300 K at atmospheric pressure on (ZnSe)30(ZnSe0.92Te0.08)30(Z...
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Exploration of dynamical regimes of irradiated small protonated water clusters
We explore from a theoretical perspective the dynamical response of small water clusters, (H2O)nH3O+ with n=1,2,3, to a short laser pulse for various frequencies, from infrared (IR) to ultra-violet (UV) and inten...
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Diode-end-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:LuVO4 laser with a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror
A diode pumped passively mode-locked Nd:LuVO4 laser with a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror (SESAM) is demonstrated. The mode-locked pulses have a pulse duration of about 8.8 ps and a repetition rate of 15...
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Polaron effects on excitons in parabolic quantum wells: fractional-dimension variational approach
Polaron effects on excitons in parabolic quantum wells are studied theoretically by using a variational approach with the so-called fractional dimension model. The numerical results for the exciton binding ...
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Corrosion wear behavior of Al-bronzes in 3.5% NaCl solution
The corrosion wear behaviors of two aluminum bronzes, Cu-14Al-X and QAl9-4, in 3.5% NaCl solution were investigated on a pin-on-block reciprocating tester. It was found that the wear loss of the bronzes in 3.5...
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Effects of Organic and N Fertilizers on Methane Production Potential in a Chinese Rice Soil and its Microbiological Aspect
An incubation experiment to determine the effects of organic and chemical N fertilizers on methane (CH4) production potential in a Chinese flooded rice soil was conducted. Organic matter, added as rice straw and ...
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Effects of organic and N fertilizers on methane production potential in a Chinese rice soil and its microbiological aspect
An incubation experiment to determine the effects of organic and chemical N fertilizers on methane (CH4) production potential in a Chinese flooded rice soil was conducted. Organic matter, added as rice straw and ...