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Theoretical comparison of the energy conversion efficiencies of electrostatic energy harvesters
The characteristics of a new type of electrostatic energy harvesting device, called an out-of-plane overlap harvester, are analyzed for the first...
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Room-temperature embedment of anatase titania nanoparticles into porous cellulose aerogels
In this paper, a facile easy method for room-temperature embedment of anatase titania (TiO 2 ) nanoparticles into porous cellulose aerogels was...
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Conjugate Immunofluorescence—SEM Array Tomography for Studying Mammalian Synapses and Axons
Conjugate immunofluorescence—SEM array tomography enables the imaging of both the molecular content and the ultrastructure of tissues. The method is...
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Identification of the central compact object in the young supernova remnant 1E 0102.2–7219
Oxygen-rich young supernova remnants
1 are valuable objects for probing the outcome of nucleosynthetic processes in massive stars, as well as the...
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Transient Vibrations of a Half-Space Under a Massive Line Loading
Dynamic response of a half-space subjected to loads is of considerable practical interest for engineers and scientists. Recent investigations...
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The photoluminescence enhancement of Mn2+ ions and the crystal field in ZnS:Mn nanoparticles covered by polyvinyl alcohol
The polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-capped ZnS:Mn nanoparticles with Mn content of 8 mol% and different PVA mass (denoted as ZnS:Mn/PVA) are synthesized by...
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Nanoporous Thin Film VNx Hydrogen Absorbents: Method of Production, Structure Formation Mechanism, and Properties
Vanadium and its alloy-based hydrides are intensively studied at the moment with regard to their use as hydrogen absorbents. The ion beam-assisted...
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Fibre optics health monitoring for aeronautical applications
The detection of stress/strain field in structural components represents one of the cornerstones of continuous mechanics analysis of materials and...
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On the instability of offshore foundations: theory and mechanism
As the offshore engineering moving from shallow to deep waters, the foundation types for fixed and floating platforms have been gradually evolving to...
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Effect of Reinforced Concrete Deterioration and Damage on the Seismic Performance of Structures
The response of a system to dynamic excitation depends on the interaction between the forcing function and the system. In practice, change in...
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Mechanisms of wear of elastomers under direct impact of abrasive particles
The possibility of simulation of a single impact of an abrasive particle on the surface of an elastomer is shown. Experimental study of the direct...
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Effect of Groundwater Seepage on Uplift Resistance of Buried Pipelines
The uplift resistance of pipelines buried in sands, in the presence of inclined groundwater flow, considering both upward and downward flow...
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TEA CO2 laser machining of CFRP composite
Carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites have found wide applications in the aerospace, marine, sports and automotive industries owing to...
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Magnetic Nanoparticles and Granular Thin Films
Nanostructured materials are those with at least one dimension falling in the nanometer scale, such as nanoparticles (including quantum dots),...
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Electrospinning of silver nanoparticles loaded highly porous cellulose acetate nanofibrous membrane for treatment of dye wastewater
In this paper, silver nanoparticles (NPs) were reduced form silver nitrate. Morphology and distribution of the synthesized silver NPs were...
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Genesis of a Pythagorean Universe
The full-blown multiverse hypothesis, chaosogenesis, is refuted on the grounds of simplicity, the large scale and high precision of the already...
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Fractal Fatigue Analysis of Valve Units of Sucker Rod Pumps
The valves are designed for periodic isolation of the bottom of the borehole pump occupied by already received fluid from the pump-compressor tubing...
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Optical clearing of skin tissue ex vivo with polyethylene glycol
Alterations of the optical and structural (weight, thickness, and square) parameters of skin caused by polyethylene glycol (PEG) with molecular...
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Axisymmetric time-harmonic response of a surface-stiffened transversely isotropic half-space
This study deals with the elastodynamic response of a surface-stiffened transversely isotropic half-space subjected to a buried time-harmonic normal...
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Plastic deformation of rough surface by a sliding tool
Modeling is carried out of the discrete plastic deformation of the rough surface of a metal part by a sliding rigid tool with a circular profile....