Influence of Concrete Sludge Addition in the Properties of Alkali-Activated and Non-Alkali-Activated Fly Ash-Based Mortars by Fotini Kesikidou, Stavroula Konopisi, Eleftherios K. Anastasiou

“…In the activated mortars, two fractions of concrete sludge were used, under 75 μm and 200 μm, due to different silicon oxide contents, while one mortar was cured at 40°C to investigate the effect of heating on alkali activation. …”
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Frost Resistance of Alkali-Activated Concrete with Different Compositions – Parametric Study by Bilek Vlastimil, Prochazka Lukas, Matyskova Katerina, Sucharda Oldrich

“…This paper focuses on the frost resistance of AAMs of different compositions – different amounts of activator and different ratios between alkali (R2O) and silicon oxide content. Sodium water glass was used as the activator and its silicate modulus was modified by the addition of KOH. …”
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Filtering the unfilterable: tuning the mesostructure of precipitating silica gels to improve the filterability of acidic lixiviation slurries by Manfoumbi, Christian, Roger, Kevin, Meireles, Martine

“…Silica precipitation is a ubiquitous but deleterious phenomenon occurring in many hydrometallurgical processes. Indeed, silicon is often released during the dissolution of minerals under acidic leaching conditions. …”
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Raman Spectroscopy Characterization of Dissolved Polysilicon Byproduct SiCl4 in Ionic Liquids by Cheng Cheng, Chenglong Zhang, Jiachao Jiang, En Ma, Jianfeng Bai, Jingwei Wang

“…Silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4) is the main byproducts of the polysilicon industries. …”
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A Systematic Review on the Mechanical, Tribological, and Corrosion Properties of Al 7075 Metal Matrix Composites Fabricated through Stir Casting Process by M. Sambathkumar, R. Gukendran, T. Mohanraj, D. K. Karupannasamy, N. Natarajan, David Santosh Christopher

“…This study focuses on the tribological, mechanical, and corrosion properties of Al 7075 metal matrix composites (MMCs) reinforced with one or more particulates such as aluminium oxide (Al2O3), boron carbide (B4C), titanium carbide (TiC), silicon carbide (SiC), titanium dioxide (TiO2), and titanium diboride (TiB2). …”
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Synthesis and Dielectric Studies of Monoclinic Nanosized Zirconia by I. Flavia Princess Nesamani, V. Lakshmi Prabha, Aswathy Paul, D. Nirmal

“…Zirconium dioxide is a prospective high-κ material that can replace silicon dioxide. Zirconium dioxide nanoparticle has been synthesized using sol-gel process at room temperature. …”
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Measurement of Adhesion of In Situ Electrospun Nanofibers on Different Substrates by a Direct Pulling Method by Bin Zhang, Xu Yan, Yuan Xu, Huai-Song Zhao, Miao Yu, Yun-Ze Long

“…., aluminium foil, wood pulp paper, and silicon paper) was also studied by this method. The adhesion was influenced by spinning voltage, electrical conductivity, and surface roughness of the substrates.…”
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Investigation of Mechanical Behavior and Microstructure Analysis of AA7075/SiC/B4C-Based Aluminium Hybrid Composites by HassabAlla M. A. Mahmoud, P. Satishkumar, Yenda Srinivasa Rao, Rohinikumar Chebolu, Rey Y. Capangpangan, Arnold C. Alguno, Mahesh Gopal, A. Firos, Murthi C. Saravana

“…The microstructure and mechanical properties of an MMC based on AA 7075 and strengthened through silicon carbide (SiC) as well as boron carbide (B4C) elements were studied. …”
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Unlocking High-Throughput Plasma-Catalytic Low-Temperature Oxidation of n‑Hexane over Single-Atom Ag1/MnO2 Catalysts by Zhiping Ye, Chuang Han, Shulin Yang, Yaolin Wang, Ke Wang, Anton Nikiforov, Jiade Wang, Rino Morent, Nathalie De Geyter, Xuming Zhang, Jun Chen, Mi Yan, Junhua Li, Xin Tu, Pengfei Xie

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Highly efficient polyethylene glycol‐functionalised gold nanorods for photothermal ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma cells by Xingyu Du, Wei‐Chih Lin, Hsing‐Hao Su

“…A thermal camera was used to scrutinise the temperature distribution and efficiency of the photothermal properties of the GNRs, which were irradiated by an 808 nm laser on a silicon chip. They observed that the GNRs provided about a 5°C temperature increase and produced hyperthermia efficiently. …”
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Large-Scale Atmospheric Step-and-Repeat UV Nanoimprinting by Kentaro Ishibashi, Hiroshi Goto, Jun Mizuno, Shuichi Shoji

“…Fabrication of 165 dies was successfully demonstrated in a 130×130 mm2 area on an 8 in silicon substrate by step-and-repeat UV nanoimprinting under atmospheric pressure using high-viscosity photocurable resin. …”
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The Conceptual Integration of Quality Function Deployment and Value Engineering for Product Development: A Case Study of Water Dispenser by Rosnani Ginting, Rinaldi Silalahi, M. Alwi Marunduri

“…Then, based on the results of the QFD, improvements were made with VE, resulting in a type of water dispenser hose that was originally silicon that was substituted for polyethylene with a savings of 0.25 USD and a type of thermostat that initially reset KSD 301 that was substituted for a bakelite thermostat with a savings of 0.14 USD. …”
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Enhancement of Electrical Parameter Extraction from Solar Cells Using a Hybrid Genetic Algorithm with the Levenberg-Marquardt Method by Herbazi Rachid, Amechnoue Khalid, Chahboun Adil

“…The performance of the proposed GALM method is validated using experimental data from a 57-mm silicon solar cell from R.T.C. France. Results indicate that the GALM method achieves one of the lowest RMSE values compared to other optimization techniques, demonstrating its effectiveness in accurately extracting solar cell parameters and closely matching the experimental I-V data. …”
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Dual subwavelength-grating topology for building polarization beam splitters by Chia-Chih Huang

“…Here, we propose a compact and easy-to-fabricate PBS based on a dual subwavelength-grating (DSWG) structure positioned between two Si waveguides on a silicon-on-insulator platform. The coupling strengths of the transverse-electric (TE) and transverse-magnetic (TM) modes were selectively modified, with TE mode suppression and TM mode enhancement. …”
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Effects of Gate Stack Structural and Process Defectivity on High-k Dielectric Dependence of NBTI Reliability in 32 nm Technology Node PMOSFETs by H. Hussin, N. Soin, M. F. Bukhori, S. Wan Muhamad Hatta, Y. Abdul Wahab

“…By varying the physical thicknesses of the interface silicon dioxide (SiO2) and hafnium oxide (HfO2) layers, we investigate how the variation in thickness affects hole trapping/detrapping at different stress temperatures. …”
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MWCNT/SiO2 Hybrid Nano‐PCM for Ultrafast Solar Cookers: An Experimental Study by T. Sathish, Jayant Giri, R. Saravanan, Zafar Said, Moaz Al‐lehaibi

“…Specifically, multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and silicon oxide (SiO2) nanoparticles were incorporated into the PCM at a 2% concentration, with 1% each of MWCNT and SiO2. …”
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Application of Supply-Demand-Based Optimization for Parameter Extraction of Solar Photovoltaic Models by Guojiang Xiong, Jing Zhang, Dongyuan Shi, Xufeng Yuan

“…To validate the feasibility and effectiveness of SDO, four PV models with diverse characteristics including RTC France silicon solar cell, PVM 752 GaAs thin film cell, STM6-40/36 monocrystalline module, and STP6-120/36 polycrystalline module are employed. …”
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Dependence of Performance of Si Nanowire Solar Cells on Geometry of the Nanowires by Firoz Khan, Seong-Ho Baek, Jae Hyun Kim

“…The dependence of performance of silicon nanowires (SiNWs) solar cells on the growth condition of the SiNWs has been described. …”
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The Promotion/Inhibition of the Seepage Transport of Copper Ions by Suspension-Colloidal Particles with Wide Size Gradation by Qingke Nie, Huawei Li, Haipeng Yang, Tengfei Ni, Sichen Jiang

“…Sand column tests were conducted to investigate the seepage transport of silicon powders (SPs) with two wide particle size ranges (30-2000 nm and 2-70 μm), including the cotransport of SPs and copper ions. …”
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Profil Morfologi dan Difraksi Arang Hasil Pirolisis Beberapa Jenis Kayu Lokal Provinsi Bengkulu, Indonesia by Ria Nurwidiyani, Deni Agus Triawan, Arief Aulia Rahman, Sal Prima Yudha

“…The composition of charcoal resulting from pyrolysis shows that the largest component of charcoal is carbon with a percentage of 45.4-56%, calcium with a percentage of 10-15.2%, and oxygen with a percentage of 22.5-38.4%, with minor components in the form of aluminum, boron, silicon, and potassium.…”
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