First-principles study of electronic and optical response properties of bimetallic-sulphide heterostructure supported dithiocarbonate complex for organic solar cells by David O. Idisi, Edson L. Meyer, Evans M. Benecha

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Titanium deoxidation mechanism probed using an electron beam melting method by Hyun chul Kim, Namhun Kwon, Jae-Hong Shin, Dong hyun Kim, Soong Ju Oh, Kyoung-Tae Park

“…Moreover, the mechanism of oxygen diffusion in titanium, which is affected by the positively charged surface layer generated by the electron beam, is evaluated by determining the corresponding activation energy using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. …”
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The Effects of Mixed <i>Robinia pseudoacacia</i> and <i>Quercus variabilis</i> Plantation on Soil Bacterial Community Structure and Nitrogen-Cycling Gene Abundance in the Southern... by Yi Yang, Jing Chen, Yiwei Zheng, Rui Jiang, Yuqiang Sang, Jinsong Zhang

“…<i>pseudoacacia</i> soils. Whether in surface or deeper soil layers, the abundance of AOB <i>amoA</i>, <i>nirS</i>, and <i>nirK</i> genes was typically highest in pure <i>R</i>. …”
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YOLOv8-UCB: Visual Detection of Pouch Battery Using Improved YOLOv8 by Hao Hao, Xiang Yu

“…Additionally, after each Concat layer in the head, we incorporated BiFormer attention mechanisms to enhance content-aware perception. …”
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Sorption of molecular hydrogen on the graphene-like matrix doped by N- and B-atoms by M. T. Kartel, V. V. Lobanov, E. M. Demyanenko, Wang Bo, A. G. Grebenyuk, O. S. Karpenko

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Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Quantitative Analysis Using a Bayesian Optimization-Based Tunable Softplus Backpropagation Neural Network by Xuesen Xu, Shijia Luo, Xuchen Zhang, Weiming Xu, Rong Shu, Jianyu Wang, Xiangfeng Liu, Ping Li, Changheng Li, Luning Li

“…Hence chemometrics based on artificial neural network (ANN) algorithms have become increasingly popular in LIBS analysis due to their extraordinary ability in nonlinear feature modeling. The hidden layer activation functions are key to ANN model performance, yet common activation functions usually suffer from problems such as gradient vanishing (e.g., Sigmoid and Tanh) and dying neurons (e.g., ReLU). …”
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Hydrolysis-Engineered Robust Porous Micron Silicon Anode for High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries by Mili Liu, Jiangwen Liu, Yunqi Jia, Chen Li, Anwei Zhang, Renzong Hu, Jun Liu, Chengyun Wang, Longtao Ma, Liuzhang Ouyang

“…Highlights There is a novel “hydrolysis-driven synthesis” approach for the preparation of a dual-surface functionalized micron-sized Si anode with a SiO x /C layer. …”
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Hydro-depositary and hydro-transmitting properties of soddy-podzolic soils in the course of simulating the water transfer by physically-grounded models by E. V. Shein, E. B. Skvortsova, S. S. Panina, A. B. Umarova, K. A. Romanenko

“…Both monoliths were simultaneously saturated with water: one of them was under a constant head of water in 5 cm, the other monolith was watered by fine-dispersed sprinkler without the formation of the water layer at the soil surface. The study was aimed at modeling the water movement under conditions of small headed infiltration and without the head of water as well as comparing the calculated and experimental data with the view of assessing the most adequate experimental provision of the model - the major hydrophysical characteristics obtained by empiric methods in the experiment or those calculated on the basis of hydrological constants and soil properties (pedo-transmitting functions). …”
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Atomic scale insight into the adsorption mechanism of aspartic acid on Ti-6Al-4V dental implants: a combination of DFT and AIMD by Yang Yang, Jiu-Ning Wang, Li-Xia Hu, Qasim Qasim, Xue-Cheng Liu, Wei Xu

“…Abstract Aspartic acid (Asp) serves as a critical component in surface modification strategies for Ti-6Al-4V dental implants, although the adsorption mechanisms of Asp on Ti-6Al-4V oxide layers remain unclear. …”
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Adaptive-optical 3D microscopy for microfluidic multiphase flows by Clemens Bilsing, Erik Nützenadel, Sebastian Burgmann, Jürgen Czarske, Lars Büttner

“…Three-dimensional flow measurements are achieved by using a double-helix point spread function. We measure the flow inside a sessile, oscillating 50-μl droplet on an opaque gas diffusion layer for fuel cells and show that the temporally varying refraction at the droplet surface causes a systematic underestimation of the flow field magnitude corresponding to the first droplet eigenmode which plays a major role in their detachment mechanism. …”
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Analytical Modeling of a Heat Source under Welding of a Steel Sleeve by the Centrifugal Method Using an Axisymmetric Electric Arc by S. P. Glushko

“…Direct control of the temperature at the interface between the base material and the deposited layer is difficult, but it is possible to carry out indirect control using the temperature of the outer surface. …”
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Mechanochemical control of graphene etching along zigzag and armchair edge directions by Yilong Jiang, Chuan Tang, Chao Chen, Yangqin Liu, Yang Wang, Seong H. Kim, Junhui Sun, Linmao Qian, Lei Chen

“…Density functional theory (DFT) calculations revealed that the dissociation of C‒C bonds by the SPL probe is mediated by the formation of interfacial bridge bonds between the graphene edge and the reactive silica surface. …”
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Thickness dependent oxidation in CrCl3: a scanning X-ray photoemission and Kelvin probe microscopies study by Shafaq Kazim, Rahul Parmar, Maryam Azizinia, Matteo Amati, Muhammad Rauf, Andrea Di Cicco, Seyed Javid Rezvani, Dario Mastrippolito, Luca Ottaviano, Tomasz Klimczuk, Luca Gregoratti, Roberto Gunnella

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Characterization of the Neurospora crassa GH72 family of Laminarin/Lichenin transferases and their roles in cell wall biogenesis by Apurva Chatrath, Pavan Patel, Protyusha Dey, Stephen J. Free

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Tailoring ETL/HTL combinations for high-performance ITO/i-ZnO/ZnS/SnSe/SnTe solar cells: A simulation approach by Mohanad Q. Kareem, Shaheen S. Alimardan, Wlla M. Mohammad, Intisar M. Khudhair

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Recent advances in diamond MOSFETs with normally off characteristics by Mingkun Li, Xueqia Zhang, Shuopei Jiao, Yanrong Wang, Shuhua Wei, Jiang Yan, Jing Zhang, Xufang Zhang

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Multi-axis stress sensing of bending and torsion using nano-diamond NVC fixed on a Si cantilever by Kanta Yamakawa, Yuta Ochiai, Takahito Ono, Masaya Toda

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Ultrafast laser nanostructuring and its application in electrochemical deposition of metal microstructures with high density and robust bonding strength by Jinlong Xu, Wanfei Ren, Aobo Zhang, Fuliang Wang, Jinkai Xu, Guodong Zhang, Guanghua Cheng

“…In this study, we investigate the potential application of laser nanostructuring for surface functionalization and therefore localized electrochemical deposition. …”
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Comparative studies of Taguchi dynamic analysis, statistical, and artificial neural networks for low-carbon steel corrosion inhibition in acidic media by Aprael S. Yaro, Anees A. Khadom, Saeed Rajab Yassen

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Interfacial positioning of LiI-doped PEDOT:PSS in homojunction bilayer towards hole extraction and perovskite growth for solar cells by Chien-Tsung Wang, Kuo-Sheng Chung

“…With this restructuring, LiI-doped PEDOT:PSS film exhibits a higher electrical conductivity and lower work function, and its surface becomes smoother and less hydrophilic. …”
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