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Graphene, with its two linearly dispersing Dirac points with opposite windings, is the minimal topological nodal configuration in the hexagonal Brillouin zone. Topological semimetals with higher-order nodes be...
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A step towards the next generation of high-capacity, noise-resilient communication and computing technologies is a substantial increase in the dimensionality of information space and the synthesis of superposi...
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Transformation optics has formulated a versatile framework to mold the flow of light and tailor its spatial characteristics at will. Despite its huge success in bringing scientific fiction (such as invisibilit...
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This paper is to quantify the external wind effects on flame behavior evolutions inside and outside a compartment with opposing openings. Temperature profiles at the windward and leeward corners inside the com...
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The behaviors hot and toxic smoke in tunnel fires is important to the engineering applications of fire protection systems. The shapes of fire source may affect the characteristics of smoke movement in tunnels....
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