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Navigation in terrains mixture of rigid support and granular media is associated with slippage. It is important to find the optimal path because slippage implies the possibility of a mobile robot being stuck i...
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Open AccessEmpirical optimization of an angled spoke paddling wheel with self-rotating mechanism
The development of the maritime industry has led to a corresponding increase in maritime accidents. Maritime accidents are major events that are costly to recover and can cause casualties. Moreover, individual...
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Open AccessFacile fabrication of flexible metal grid transparent electrode using inkjet-printed dot array as sacrificial layer
In this study, we introduce a flexible metal grid transparent electrode fabricated using a lift-off process. This transparent electrode consisting of metal thin film with punched-like pattern by hole array was...
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Influence of Fundamental Parameters on the Intrinsic Voltage Gain of Organic Thin Film Transistors
The intrinsic gain is a key metric in analog electronics, it is the highest gain that can be obtained for an amplifier in the transistor configuration. However, there lack the demonstration of the intrinsic ga...
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An increase in the Efficiency of AlGaAs/GaAs Double Junction Solar Cell on Si substrate due to Electron Beam Treatment
We have studied the dependence of the growth of GaAs on Si substrate on the flow rate of the source for GaAs seed layer. GaAs buffer with different growth conditions of the inserted GaAs seed has been grown on...
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Effect of Minor Alloying Elements on the Oxidation Behavior of Ni-Base Alloys in a High-Temperature Steam Environment
Model alloys based on Alloy 617 were fabricated with modified minor alloying elements for improvement in oxidation resistance in high-temperature steam environments. Model alloys were grouped as one with Ti an...
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Integrity of Alumina Catalytic Support Prepared by Anodization in a High Temperature Steam Environment
As a catalytic support for passive autocatalytic recombiner in nuclear power plants, anodic alumina layer was formed on stainless steel 304 by applying either Al or NiAl diffusion coatings on 304SS, followed b...
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Analysis of charge injection and contact resistance as a function of electrode surface treatment in ambipolar polymer transistors
Ambipolar organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) have both of hole and electron enhancements in charge transport. The characteristics of conjugated diketopyrrolopyrrole ambipolar OFETs depend on the metal-co...
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Corrosion and Carburization Behaviour of Ni-Cr-Mo-Nb Superalloys in a High Temperature Supercritical-CO2 Environment
Two (Alloy 625 and ) were corroded in high supercritical-CO2 (S-CO2) at 700 ℃ (20 MPa) for 500 h and compared in terms of and behavior. A continuous chromia (Cr2O3) layer was formed on the surface of All...
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Synthesis of new diorganodiselenides from organic halides: their antiproliferative effects against human breast cancer MCF-7 cells
A new series of bis(aryl or aralkyl) diselenides 5a–5q was synthesized by selenylation from aryl halide (or aralkyl halide) for development of new anticancer agents. The process involves the reaction of aryl hali...
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Discovery and synthesis of novel allylthioaralkylthiopyridazines: their antiproliferative activity against MCF-7 and Hep3B cells
A new series of 6-allylthio-3-aralkylthio-4,5-dimethylpyridazines 5a–5k and 1-allylthio-4-alkylthio-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrophthalazine 6a–6j was synthesized from maleic anhydride derivatives for development of new ant...
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Hybrid dielectric layer for low operating voltages of transparent and flexible organic complementary inverter
Although flexibility and transparency are considered advantages of organic electronic devices along with low processing cost and the possibility of large-area production, high operating voltages and metallic c...
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A new series of 3-allylseleno-6-alkylthiopyridazines 6a–6g was synthesized by two synthetic routes from 3,6-dichloropyridazine to develop new anticancer agents. These new compounds showed antiproliferative activi...
