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Yu** Zhou
Materials Science
Nanoscale Science and Technology
Nanotechnology
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Designing Waterborne Protective Coatings Through Manipulating the Nanostructure of Acrylic-Based Nanocomposites
Waterborne coatings with intended functionalities have been designed by manipulating acrylic-based nanocomposites with different nanostructures. Taking advantage of the favorable structure of acrylic copolymer...
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Thermal Transfer Effects of CRTS II Slab Track Under Various Meteorological Conditions
With the evolution of climate change, the thermal transfer effects of ballastless track in high-speed railways under complicated environmental conditions becomes increasingly important, governed by a number of...
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Life Cycle Assessment of the Environmental Impacts of Virgin Concrete Replacement by CO2 Concrete in a Residential Building
Concrete is one of the most consumed materials in construction, with 25 billion tons produced globally per year.
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Nonlinear Wind-Induced Vibration Behaviors of Multi-tower Suspension Bridges Under Strong Wind Conditions
The aerodynamic characteristics of a multispan suspension bridge differ from those of a two-span suspension bridge. In this study we investigated the nonlinear aerodynamic characteristics of the Maanshan Bridg...
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Synthesis of Silver and Copper Nanowires and Their Application for Transparent Conductors
Silver and copper nanowires have been used in many areas, like sensors, catalysis, optoelectronics, etc. They are well-known by the excellent optoelectronic and chemical properties. Here in this chapter, some ...
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Towards active self-assembly through DNA nanotechnology
Self-assembly, which is ubiquitous in living systems, also stimulates countless synthetic molecular self-assembling systems. Most synthetic self-assemblies are realized by passive processes, going from high-en...
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In Situ Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy for Gold and Silver Nanoparticles
Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) spectroscopy of metallic nanoparticles (NPs) is a powerful technique for chemical and biological sensing experiments. LSPR is responsible for the electromagnetic fiel...
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Carbon Nanomaterials Derived from Graphene and Graphene Oxide Nanosheets
This chapter is aimed to overview the recent progress in the development and characterization of a new group of nanomaterials, in free-standing forms, such as fiber/yarns (1D), paper/sheet (2D), and bulk (3D),...
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Carbon Nanotube Field-Emission X-Ray-Based Micro-computed Tomography for Biomedical Imaging
Conventional X-ray sources face limitations due to their reliance upon thermionic emission for electron generation. A recently developed X-ray source avoids this problem by using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as a c...
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Co-electrospun Brain Mimetic Hollow Microfibres Fibres for Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) provides a non-invasive tool to explore biological tissues, including brain with its highly organised hierarchical fibrous structures. An MR phantom is a test object...
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Strain Glass as a Novel Multi-functional Material
Strain glass is a frozen disordered state of local lattice strains (nano-martensite domains), which is the third state of the martensitic/ferroelastic system in addition to parent phase and martensite. In this...
