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3D-printed tough zwitterionic polycarbonate polyurethane meniscus substitute ameliorates cartilage abrasion
Develo** a meniscus substitute that meets high in vivo demands of toughness, anti-fatigue, and lubrication remains a great challenge. Herein, a zwitterionic polyurethane (PU) prepolymer is synthesized through t...
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Electron transfer photochromism of Ln-based (Ln = Dy, Tb) coordinated polymers for reversibly switching off/on single-molecule magnetic behavior
Switching on/off single-molecule magnets (SMMs) at room temperature is still a challenge in moleculebased magnets. Herein, two photochromic Ln-based (Ln = Dy, Tb) phosphonate coordinated polymers were synthesi...
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Highly Penetrable Silicone Emulsion for Water-Repellent Concrete with Reserved Surface Recoatability
Highly stable and permeable silicone emulsions were prepared by encapsulating N-octyl triethoaysilane microdroplets into micelles of NH2-PDMS/SiO2. The conversion of siloxane to sub-1 µm emulsions, on one hand, e...
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Point defect approach to enhance the thermoelectric performance of Zintl-phase BaAgSb
Zintl-phase compounds have great potential in thermoelectric applications owing to their “phonon glass-electron crystal” (PGEC) structures. In this paper, a new Zintl-phase thermoelectric material BaAgSb is re...
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Excellent thermoelectric performance of boron-doped n-type Mg3Sb2-based materials via the manipulation of grain boundary scattering and control of Mg content
Thermoelectric devices require thermoelectric materials with high figure-of-merit (ZT) values in the operating temperature range. In recent years, the Zintl phase compound, n-Mg3Sb2, has received much attention o...
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Influence of thermal ageing on oxidation performance and nanostructures of dry soot in diesel engine
Diesel soot subjected to high exhaust temperature suffers from thermal ageing, which is difficult to be removed by regeneration process. Based on the thermogravimetric (TG) analysis and images by high resoluti...
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A highly-efficient oxygen evolution electrode based on defective nickel-iron layered double hydroxide
Exploring efficient and cost-effective electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is critical to water splitting. While nickel-iron layered double hydroxide (NiFe LDH) has been long recognized as a p...
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A surface plasmon resonance imaging system for the stimulated living cell analysis
In this paper, a surface plasmon resonance imaging (SPRI) system for cell analysis is developed for obtaining the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) signal from the interactions between cells and different stimul...
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How to reduce the Al-texture in AlN films during film preparation
The preparation of aluminum nitrogen (AlN) film without Al texture is of great significance for the manufacture of high-performance surface acoustic wave (SAW) device. We research the process factors which bri...
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Integrated reliability of travel time and capacity of urban road network under ice and snowfall conditions
In order to evaluate and integrate travel time reliability and capacity reliability of a road network subjected to ice and snowfall conditions, the conceptions of travel time reliability and capacity reliabili...
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Isolation and characterization of acidophilic bacterium from Dongxiangshan Mine in **njiang Province, China
One bioleaching bacterium, named as strain DXS, was isolated from acid mine drainages (AMDs) of Dongxiangshan Mine of Hami, **njiang Province, China. The strain DXS is gram-negative and rod-shaped with a size ...
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Purification and characterization of extracellular chitinase from a novel strain Aspergillus fumigatus CS-01
Twelve samples derived from different locations in south central area of China are treated by enrichment and spread-plate technique for initial screening. Seven chitinase-producing strains are isolated. The ch...
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Synergistic extraction of praseodymium with 2-ethylhexyl phosphonic acid mono-2-ethylhexyl ester and 8-Hydroxyquinoline
The synergistic extraction of Pr3+ from hydrochloric medium using mixture of 2-ethylhexyl phosphonic acid mono-2-ethylhexyl ester (P507, HL) and 8-Hydroxyquinoline (HQ) in heptane was investigated. The effect of ...
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Effect of catalyst on structure of (PEO)8LiClO4-SiO2 composite polymer electrolyte films
(PEO)8LiClO4-SiO2 composite polymer electrolytes(CPEs) were prepared by in-situ reaction, in which ethyl-orthosilicate (TEOS) was catalyzed by HCl and NH3·H2O, respectively. The ionic conductivity, the contact an...
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Preparation and properties of PEO/LiClO4/KH560-SiO2 composite polymer electrolyte by sol-gel composite-in-situ method
Composite polymer electrolytes based on polyethylene oxide(PEO) were prepared by using LiClO4 as do** salt and silane-modified SiO2 as filler. SiO2 was formed in-situ in (PEO)8LiClO4 matrix by the hydrolysis an...
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Morphology and conductivity of in-situ PEO-LiClO4-TiO2 composite polymer electrolyte
PEO-LiClO4-TiO2 composite polymer electrolyte films were prepared. TiO2 was formed directly in matrix by hydrolysis and condensation reaction of tetrabutyl titanate. The crystallinity, morphology and ionic conduc...
