Influence of the Mesoscopic Viscoelastic Contact Model on Characterizing the Rheological Behavior of Asphalt Concrete in the DEM Simulation by Jiaolong Ren, Zhe Liu, Jinshun Xue, Yinshan Xu

“…The numerical simulation based on the discrete element method (DEM) is popular to analyze the material behavior of asphalt concrete in recent years because of the advantage of the DEM in characterizing the heterogeneous microstructures. As a type of viscoelastic material, the rheological behavior of asphalt concrete is represented depending on the mesoscopic viscoelastic contact model between two particles in a contact in DEM simulations. …”
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High-thermal free vibration analysis of functionally graded microplates using a new finite element formulation based on TSDT and MSCT by Huu Trong Dang, Nhan Thinh Hoang, Quoc Hoa Pham, Trung Thanh Tran, Huy Gia Luong

“…Recent advancements in additive manufacturing (AM) have revolutionized the design and production of complex engineering microstructures. Despite these advancements, their mathematical modeling and computational analysis remain significant challenges. …”
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Effect of Heat Input on Tin Bronze-Induced Intergranular Cracks During Arc Cladding Process by Chen Chen, Wenjing Li, Fuqiang Tu, Tao Qin

“…A statistical method was adopted to analyze the severity of intergranular cracks. Microstructures and intergranular cracks were characterized by SEM and TEM. …”
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An Analysis of Arrays with Irregular Apertures in MEMS Smart Glasses for the Improvement of Clear View by Roland Donatiello, Mustaqim Siddi Que Iskhandar, Md Kamrul Hasan, Philipp Kästner, Muhammad Hasnain Qasim, Jiahao Chen, Shilby Baby, Basma Elsaka, Guilin Xu, Hartmut Hillmer

“…When light interacts with a glass substrate that has regular, repetitive patterning at the microscopic scale on its surface, these microstructures can cause the diffraction of the transmitted light, resulting in the potential deterioration of the view quality through the smart glass. …”
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Research Progress of Abrasive Groups Ordered Grinding Wheels by Ye Guo, Bing Chen, Zihao Liu, Shiwei Sun, Guoyue Liu, Bing Guo

“…Abstract Because the grinding temperature is high when grinding using conventional disordered grinding wheels, the grinding quality improvement is limited when using single abrasive ordered grinding wheels, and the wheel preparation process is complex and costly when using microstructured grinding wheels, abrasive groups ordered grinding wheels are widely investigated. …”
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The Effects of Tea Polyphenols on the Emulsifying and Gelling Properties of Minced Lamb After Repeated Freeze–Thaw Cycles by Xueyan Yun, Ganqi Yang, Limin Li, Ying Wu, Xujin Yang, Aiwu Gao

“…Furthermore, the incorporation of a minimal quantity of tea polyphenols (0.01%) resulted in enhanced emulsification stability, water retention, textural properties, and microstructures in minced lamb. This suggests that tea polyphenols have the potential to improve the quality of minced lamb following freezing and thawing processes.…”
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Turning the optical properties of microcrystalline diamond films by boron ion implantation and annealing by Dan Dai, Jiale Wang, Chengke Chen, Haitao Ye, Nianhua Peng, Jinping Pan, Xiaojun Hu

“…We investigated the correlation between microstructures and optical properties of boron ion implanted microcrystalline diamond (B-MCD) thin films annealed at different temperatures. …”
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New constitutive model and hot processing map for A100 steel based on high-temperature flow behavior by Chaoyuan Sun, Yi Qin, Yang Liu, Guiqian Xiao, Jie Zhou, Jiansheng Zhang

“…The unstable regions primarily occur in high strain rate and low-temperature zones, where the microstructures are typically coarse and elongated. This structural characteristic adversely affects the mechanical properties. …”
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Transition Metal (Co, Ni, Fe) Selenides by Selenization of Gallic Acid based MOFs used as Na‐Ion Battery Anodes by Meral Aydin, Thomas Devic, Ali Şems Ahsen, Nicolas Gautier, Rezan Demir‐Cakan

“…As the powders undergo selenization, the resulting MSex particles are encapsulated within the amorphous carbon network formed by the decomposition of the gallate ligand. The microstructures are examined by HR‐TEM analyses and the characteristic interplanar spacing of each transition metal selenide is measured and found to coincide with the XRD pattern. …”
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A bio-inspired screwed small-diameter vascular graft for endotheliazation and arterial regeneration by Qi Huang, Ke Hu, Chao Xu, Yixia Chen, Linlin Guo, Yuqi Liu, Lixing Bian, Chunlin Wen, Weici Wang, Weilin Xu, Hongjun Yang

“…By three months after implantation, both the endothelial and smooth muscle layers are regenerated, developing hierarchical microstructures and compositions similar to those of native vessels. …”
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Investigation of CuTi Alloy for Applications as Non-Sparking Material by Alin-Marian Cazac, Romeo Gabriel Chelariu, Ramona Cimpoesu, Mihai Adrian Bernevig, Marcelin Benchea, Adrian Marius Jurca, Ancuța Mirela Radu, Gabriel Dragos Vasilescu, Bogdan Garaliu-Busoi, Fabian Cezar Lupu, Gheorghe Badarau, Costica Bejinariu

“…The material was investigated as hot-rolled plates (600 s at 950 °C and 10% reduction). The microstructures and surface of the wear test samples were investigated by light optical microscopy (LOM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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An Acoustofluidic Device for Sample Preparation and Detection of Small Extracellular Vesicles by Jessica F. Liu, Jianping Xia, Joseph Rich, Shuaiguo Zhao, Kaichun Yang, Brandon Lu, Ying Chen, Tiffany Wen Ye, Tony Jun Huang

“…Our approach utilizes acoustically activated sharp-edge microstructures to concentrate bead-bound sEVs within the microfluidic device, facilitating immediate visualization by fluorescence microscopy. …”
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Comprehensive, experimental–simulative structure–property relation investigation of heterogeneous interface bonding by interlocks by Jiajin Li, Yidi Li, Guoqiang Luo, Ruizhi Zhang, Gang Yang, Jianian Hu

“…Contact parameters were applied in RVE models to equate the nanostructures generated on the aluminum surface with meso/microstructures, verifying the superimposed contribution of nanoscale features on the bonding property. c. …”
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Liquid Crystalline Self‐Assembly with Accelerated Kinetics and Higher Structural Orderliness in Centrifugal Acceleration Fields Beyond 7251 Times Gravity of Earth by Lingyan Xu, Hongbo Zhao, Pei‐Xi Wang

“…Through non‐ionic in situ free‐radical polymerization initiated by time‐controllable oxidation–reduction reactions between tert‐butyl hydroperoxide (oxidants) and thiourea (thiocarbamide, reductants) at room temperature (298 kelvins), ordered soft microstructures formed by entropy‐driven self‐assembly are immobilized within crosslinked polyacrylamide matrixes at various evolution stages (e.g., after 10, 30, or 60 min) in centrifuge tubes. …”
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3D-Printed Multi-Axis Alignment Airgap Dielectric Layer for Flexible Capacitive Pressure Sensor by Jeong-Beom Ko, Soo-Wan Kim, Hyeon-Beom Kim, Hyeon-Yun Jeong, Su-Yeong Moon, Young-Jin Yang

“…Introducing surface microstructures can notably enhance sensitivity; however, the pressure response range remains constrained by the limited volume of the compressible structure. …”
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Cellular automaton modeling of the local corrosion of ZrO2-C refractories at slag/metal interfaces by Shigefumi Matsumoto, Katsumi Morikawa, Koji Goda, Kiyoshi Goto, Hiroyuki Fukuyama

“…To elucidate these interactions, we developed a model focused on the slag/metal interface, incorporating a two-dimensional cellular automaton (CA) method. Using actual ZG microstructures, the CA simulation visualized corrosion behavior, revealing new insights. …”
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Evaluation of Fabrication Process for Molybdenum Disulfide Quantum Dots in Organic Solvents Using Ultrasonic and Thermal Exfoliation by Hon-Pan Yiu, Cheng-Jun Wu, Chuan Li, Cho-Yin Lee

“…Results from different experiments were cross-examined and analyzed to understand the relation among different syntheses, microstructures, and optical properties of MoS₂ QDs. …”
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Pottery Sand as Fine Aggregate for Preparing Alkali-Activated Slag Mortar by Zhenzhen Jiao, Ying Wang, Wenzhong Zheng, Wenxuan Huang

“…Optimum compressive strength was achieved at 93 and 123 MPa after 1 d and 28 d, respectively, using a silicate modulus of 1.2 and Na2O content of 8%. The microstructures of mortars were characterized using scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectrometric (SEM/EDS) and mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP). …”
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Further Investigations into Emission Components of PSR B0950+08 and Correlations between Them with Single Pulses by Jie Liu, Zhen Yan, Hao Tong, Hong-Guang Wang, Zhi-Qiang Shen, Rui Wang, Xiao-Wei Wang, Zhi-Peng Huang

“…Such a modulation is related to the microstructures of the single pulses and may ultimately imply that the Lorentz factors of the charged particles in the pulsar magnetosphere are highly similar along the line of sight trajectory. …”
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Fiber deviation and optimized toolpath strategies in melt electrowriting of tubular scaffolds by Benno Neuhaus, Sebastian Loewner, Henrik Heymann, Fritz Webering, Judith Synofzik, Holger Blume, Cornelia Blume

“…Melt electrowriting (MEW) onto a rotating cylindrical mandrel enables the fabrication of tubular scaffolds for tissue engineering, such as vascular grafts, with microstructures that support cellular ingrowth and customizable biomechanical properties. …”
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