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Open AccessLiquid crystal-powered Mie resonators for electrically tunable photorealistic color gradients and dark blacks
Taking inspiration from beautiful colors in nature, structural colors produced from nanostructured metasurfaces have shown great promise as a platform for bright, highly saturated, and high-resolution colors. ...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Fouling behavior of wavy-patterned pore-filling membranes in reverse electrodialysis under natural seawater and sewage effluents
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Open AccessFouling behavior of wavy-patterned pore-filling membranes in reverse electrodialysis under natural seawater and sewage effluents
Reverse electrodialysis (RED) generates electricity from a mixture of seawater and river water. Herein, patterned membranes consisting of ultra-thin pore-filling membranes (16-μm thick) were used to determine ...
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Open AccessLaser-based three-dimensional manufacturing technologies for rechargeable batteries
Laser three-dimensional (3D) manufacturing technologies have gained substantial attention to fabricate 3D structured electrochemical rechargeable batteries. Laser 3D manufacturing techniques offer excellent 3D...
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Fouling Morphologies on Ion-Exchange Membranes in Reverse Electrodialysis with Effluent from Sewage Treatment Plant
Fouling occurred on the ion-exchange membranes under practical condition, Reversible fouling occurred on the CEM, Irreversible fouling occurred on the AEM.
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Adsorption and desorption dynamics of CF4 on activated carbon beds: Validity of the linear driving force approximation for pressure-changing steps
Adsorption and desorption dynamics of CF4 on an activated carbon bed were studied experimentally and theoretically, focusing on pressure-changing steps. The theoretical model used the ideal adsorbed solution (IAS...
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TiO2@SnO2@TiO2 triple-shell nanotube anode for high-performance lithium-ion batteries
TiO2@SnO2@TiO2 triple-shell nanotubes are fabricated using electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofiber template and plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD). The triple-shell nanotubes have a uniform dia...
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Meso-porous silicon-coated carbon nanotube as an anode for lithium-ion battery
Meso-porous Si-coated carbon nanotube (CNT) composite powders were prepared by combining a sol‒gel method and the magnesiothermic reduction process. Meso-porous Si-coated CNT electrodes exhibit excellent cycle...
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Open AccessA highly effective and versatile technology for the isolation of RNAs from grapevines and other woody perennials for use in virus diagnostics
Isolation of pure RNA from woody perennials, especially fruit crops such as grapevine rich in complex secondary metabolites, has remained very challenging. Lack of effective RNA isolation technology has result...
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SnO2@Co3O4 hollow nano-spheres for a Li-ion battery anode with extraordinary performance
SnO2@Co3O4 hollow nano-spheres have been prepared using the template-based sol-gel coating technique and their electrochemical performance as an anode for lithium-ion battery (LIB) was investigated. The size of s...
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Ga2O3/SnO2 core–shell nanowires were synthesized by combining thermal evaporation and atomic layer deposition (ALD), and nanowire network sensors were fabricated by directly depositing them on the substrate with ...
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Gas sensing properties of MoO3 nanoparticles synthesized by solvothermal method
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Erwinia amylovora: Modern Methods for Detection and Differentiation
Erwinia amylovora is the causative agent of fire blight, a very destructive disease of numerous members of the rosaceae. The primary route of infection for host species, including commercially grow...
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CO gas sensing properties in Pd-added ZnO sensors
Unadded and 0.5 mol% Pd-added ZnO bulk and thin films were prepared by sintering and sputtering, respectively, and their CO gas sensing properties were investigated. The effects of Pd addition, sensing tempera...
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CC-GiST: Cache Conscious-Generalized Search Tree for Supporting Various Fast Intelligent Applications
According to the advance of technologies, the speed gap between CPU and main memory is getting larger every year. Due to the speed gap, it was perceived important to make the most use of the cache residing bet...
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Performance Analysis of the Cache Conscious-Generalized Search Tree
Recently, a main memory index structure called the cache conscious-generalized search tree (CC-GiST) was proposed. The CC-GiST is such a novel index structure that it can be used for implementing all the exist...
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Design and Implementation of the KORI: Intelligent Teachable Agent and Its Application to Education
Most of the intelligent tutoring system (ITS) is used to deliver knowledge and train skills based on the expert model. According to the theories of leaning, learning by teaching method is more efficient for en...
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Design and Implementation of the Individualized Intelligent Teachable Agent
The traditional ITS have considered the learners as a knowledge receiver. The recent development of teachable agent make it possible to provide the learner with an active role as a knowledge constructor and to...
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Studies on the mechanism of the cardiovascular effect of intraventricular 5-hydroxytryptamine in rabbits
An attempt was made to investigate the effect of intracerebroventricular 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) on the cardiovascular system in urethane-anesthetized rabbits and to elucidate the mechanism of its action. 5...
