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Silver nanowire/graphene oxide electrode for electrochemical detection of lead ions
A new approach for fabricating high-performance electrochemical sensors for lead ion detection using the square-wave anodic strip** voltammetry method was developed. The sensor consisted of a working electro...
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Improved Photovoltaic Performance of Ternary All-Polymer Solar Cells by Incorporating a New Y6-based Polymer Acceptor and PC61BM
Recently, all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) have realized significantly improved power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) through the development of various high-performance polymer donors and polymer acceptors. ...
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Open AccessDeep learning for development of organic optoelectronic devices: efficient prescreening of hosts and emitters in deep-blue fluorescent OLEDs
The highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energies, which are key factors in optoelectronic devices, must be accurately estimated for newly designed materials...
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Open AccessMap** the broadband circular dichroism of copolymer films with supramolecular chirality in time and space
Measurements of the electronic circular dichroism (CD) are highly sensitive to the absolute configuration and conformation of chiral molecules and supramolecular assemblies and have therefore found widespread ...
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Measuring Three-Dimensional Surface Deformations of Skin Using a Stereoscopic System and Intrinsic Features
Measurement of three-dimensional (3D) surface deformations is an important step in characterising mechanical properties and develo** computational models . Compared to two-dimensional , the ability to acqu...
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Numerical Automated Stiffness Optimization of a Thin Television Back-Cover Module: Research on the Industrial Problem
This paper proposes a global optimization method to ensure maximum stiffness and minimum material cost without deforming the thin organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV module when electrogalvanized and galvan...
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Effect of Fused Thiophene Bridges on the Efficiency of Non-Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells made with Conjugated Donor Copolymers Containing Alkyl Thiophene-3-Carboxylate
New wide-bandgap donor-acceptor-π type conjugated polymers, PBTTT and PBTDTT, containing different π-extended conjugated bridges between benzodithiophene (BDT) as a donating unit and 3-carboxylthiophene (3CT) as ...
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Optimal Design of PEDOT:PSS Polymer-Based Silver Nanowire Electrodes for Realization of Flexible Polymer Solar Cells
In this study, polyethylene 2,6-naphthalate (PEN) was selected as a substrate to fabricate a flexible conducting electrode through the solution process. The sandwiched silver nanowire (AgNW) electrode between ...
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Open AccessThe Dynamic Response of Sweat Chloride to Changes in Exercise Load Measured by a Wearable Sweat Sensor
Wearable sensors enable the monitoring of an individual’s sweat composition in real time. In this work, we recorded real-time sweat chloride concentration for 12 healthy subjects in three different protocols i...
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Open AccessOut-of-clinic measurement of sweat chloride using a wearable sensor during low-intensity exercise
Wearable sensors have the potential to enable measurement of sweat chloride outside the clinic. Here we assess the feasibility of mild exercise as an alternative to pilocarpine iontophoresis for sweat generati...
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Synthesis of gold nanoparticles supported at graphene derivatives using green reductants and evaluation of their catalytic activity in 4-nitrophenol reduction
In this study, gold nanoparticles were supported at graphene derivatives (AuNPs@GDs) from chloroauric acid and graphene oxide (GO) by using sodium citrate, L-ascorbic acid, and 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazinee...
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Open AccessTwo Distinct Types of Sweat Profile in Healthy Subjects While Exercising at Constant Power Output Measured by a Wearable Sweat Sensor
Wearable sweat sensors have enabled real-time monitoring of sweat profiles (sweat concentration versus time) and could enable monitoring of electrolyte loss during exercise or for individuals working in extrem...
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Robust design optimization of an angular contact ball bearing under manufacturing tolerance
The performances of an angular contact ball bearing (ACBB) are influenced by its geometric dimensions that can have uncertainty due to manufacturing tolerances. Uncertainty of these geometric dimensions result...
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Efficient progressive polynomial approximate optimization
This study proposes efficient progressive polynomial approximate optimization (ePPAO) which is a new function-based sequential approximate optimization algorithm. ePPAO finds an improved design than an initial...
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Synthesis of Conjugated Wide-Bandgap Copolymers Bearing Ladder-Type Donating Units and Their Application to Non-Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells
Two new wide-bandgap conjugated copolymers, T-3MT and 2T-3MT, containing methyl-3-thiophenecarboxylate (3MT) as a weak accepting unit and indacenodithiophene (IDT) or indacenodithienothiophene (IDTT) as ladder-ty...
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Neuroprotective effect of treadmill exercise possibly via regulation of lysosomal degradation molecules in mice with pharmacologically induced Parkinson’s disease
Dysfunction of mitophagy, which is a selective degradation of defective mitochondria for quality control, is known to be implicated in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, how treadmill exerc...
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Surrogate-based global optimization using an adaptive switching infill sampling criterion for expensive black-box functions
Surrogate-based global optimization algorithms use a surrogate model along with a sampling criterion. The AMP-SBGO algorithm sequentially samples points to gradually find the global optimum. The sampling crite...
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Surrogate Based Global Optimization Using Adaptive Switching Infill Sampling Criterion
A novel infill sampling criterion is proposed for a surrogate based global optimization algorithm. Due to the extensive amount of calculations required for the meta-heuristic global optimization methods, a sur...
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Simulation-based turbofan shape optimization for reducing power consumption and noise of a bladeless circular ceiling air conditioner
Typical ceiling air conditioners are rectangular shaped with four air flow outlets placed orthogonally to each other. Such configuration has its disadvantages as it creates an air flow deadzone where the air c...
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Comparison study of sampling methods for computer experiments using various performance measures
This study compares the performance of popular sampling methods for computer experiments using various performance measures to compare them. It is well known that the sample points, in the design space located...
