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Anharmonic quantum thermal transport across a van der Waals interface
We investigate the anharmonic phonon scattering across a weakly interacting interface by develo** a quantum mechanics-based theory. We find that the contribution from anharmonic three-phonon scatterings to i...
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Open AccessTransport in electron-photon systems
We review the description and modeling of transport phenomena among the electron systems coupled via scalar or vector photons. It consists of three parts. The first part is about scalar photons, i.e., Coulomb ...
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Construction of TiO2-pillared multilayer graphene nanocomposites as efficient photocatalysts for ciprofloxacin degradation
We successfully constructed TiO2-pillared multilayer graphene nanocomposites (T-MLGs) via a facile method as follows: dodecanediamine pre-pillaring, ion exchange (Ti4+ pillaring), and interlayer in-situ formation...
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Open AccessExternal beam radiotherapy with or without californium-252 neutron brachytherapy for treatment of recurrence after definitive chemoradiotherapy
We aimed to evaluate the application of external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) combined with californium-252 (252Cf) neutron intraluminal brachytherapy (NBT) in patients with local recurrent esophageal cancer after de...
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Open AccessImpatiens wuyiensis (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Fujian of Southeast China, based on morphological and molecular evidences
Southeast Asia, together with tropical Africa, Madagascar, South India and Sri Lanka, and the eastern Himalayas, are the five primary hotspots of species diversity of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae). China is also rich...
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Geometric effect on near-field heat transfer analysis using efficient graphene and nanotube models
Following the recent research enthusiasm on the effect of geometry on near-field heat transfer (NFHT) enhancement, we present an analysis based on simplified yet highly efficient graphene and nanotube models....
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Open AccessEPIC STAR: a reliable and efficient approach for phonon- and impurity-limited charge transport calculations
A computationally efficient first-principles approach to predict intrinsic semiconductor charge transport properties is proposed. By using a generalized Eliashberg function for short-range electron–phonon scat...
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Open AccessIdentification of QTLs associated with curd architecture in cauliflower
Curd architecture is one of the most important characters determining the curd morphology of cauliflower. However, the genetic mechanism dissection of this complex trait at molecular level is lacking. Genes/QT...
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Open AccessGenome wide analysis of MADS-box gene family in Brassica oleracea reveals conservation and variation in flower development
MADS-box genes play important roles in vegetative growth and reproductive development and are essential for the correct development of plants (particularly inflorescences, flowers, and fruits). However, this g...
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Open AccessIdentification of co-expression modules and pathways correlated with osteosarcoma and its metastasis
Osteosarcoma is the most common bone tumor that occurs in children.
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Three-terminal normal-superconductor junction as thermal transistor
We propose a thermal transistor based on a three-terminal normal-superconductor junction with superconductor terminal acting as the base. The emergence of heat amplification is due to the negative differentia...
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Core collection of ramie comprising 1151 germplasms based on simple sequence repeats and phenotypic markers
There are more than 2000 ramie germplasms in the Changsha Field GenBank of Ramie, China. Effective conservation, management, evaluation, and utilization of genetic resources are made difficult by redundancy, w...
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Strong electron–phonon interaction and colossal magnetoresistance in EuTiO3
At low temperatures, EuTiO3 system has very large resistivities and exhibits colossal magnetoresistance. Based on a first principle calculation and the dynamical mean-field theory for small polaron we have calcu...
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Genetic Diversity in Various Accessions of Pineapple [Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.] Using ISSR and SSR Markers
Inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) and simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers were used to assess the genetic diversity of 36 pineapple accessions that were introduced from 10 countries/regions. Thirteen ISSR p...
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Chaotic dynamic characteristics of pressure fluctuation signals in hydro-turbine
The pressure fluctuation characteristics in a Francis hydro-turbine running at partial flow conditions were studied based on the chaotic dynamic methods. Firstly, the experimental data of pressure fluctuations...
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Inter-granular exchange coupling and magnetic anisotropy of Ta/Ru/Co-23 at%Pt perpendicular thin films with different Ru underlayer thicknesses
In the present work, a series of Ta/Ru/Co-23 at%Pt thin films with varied Ru underlayer thicknesses were fabricated by magnetron sputtering. All of the films show c-axis preferred orientation perpendicular to the...
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Open AccessBoosting thermoelectric efficiency using time-dependent control
Thermoelectric efficiency is defined as the ratio of power delivered to the load of a device to the rate of heat flow from the source. Till date, it has been studied in presence of thermodynamic constraints se...
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Nonequilibrium Green’s function method for quantum thermal transport
This review deals with the nonequilibrium Green’s function (NEGF) method applied to the problems of energy transport due to atomic vibrations (phonons), primarily for small junction systems. We present a pedag...
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Cumulants of heat transfer across nonlinear quantum systems
We consider thermal conduction across a general nonlinear phononic junction. Based on two-time observation protocol and the nonequilibrium Green’s function method, heat transfer in steady-state regimes is stu...
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Open AccessFluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and chemotherapy-related tumor marker expression in non-small cell lung cancer
The chemotherapy resistance of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains a clinic challenge and is closely associated with several biomarkers including epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) ( Drugs 72(Suppl...
