Stress-tolerant sulfur cathode with a super-stretchable polymer coating via initiated chemical vapor deposition by Jinhong Lee, Myung Seok Oh, Sejin Kim, Ilju Kim, Kyu-Nam Jung, Myung Hyun Ryu, Gisu Doo, Jinkwan Jung, Sung Gap Im, Hee-Tak Kim

“…Herein, we present a stress-tolerant sulfur cathode by conformally coating the surface with a super-stretchable thin polymer layer via an initiated chemical vapor deposition method. …”
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Stress Analysis and Stiffness Degradation of Open Cracks Composite Laminates Subjected to External Loads by Zhicheng Huang, Shengyun Su, Xingguo Wang, Fulei Chu

“…Thereafter, the reduction in cross-layer shear modulus was assessed by employing the principle of complementary energy minimization. …”
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Temperature and salinity distribution of sea ice cover according to experimental and model data (case study of Novik Bay of the Sea of Japan) by A. N. Chetyrbotsky, A. U. Lazaryuk

“…Analysis of sample distributions of temperature and salinity within depths of sea ice allowed revealing a high negative correlation between temperature of the surface air layer and the salinity vertical distribution across the ice thickness. …”
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Textural and Structural Modification of Homo-Ionic Montmorillonite by Mervat S. Hassan

“…The CEC values showed that the layer charge of the homo-ionic montmorillonite decreased with increasing thermal treatment time and that the amounts of fixed cations were in the order: Li + > Na + > Ca 2+ . …”
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Energy storage modification of coal gangue and its application in high-specific-energy batteries by Zhihui SUN, Yunbo WANG, Shuxuan MA, Meng LI

“…The results indicate that: After modification treatment, a layer of amorphous nano particle Al2O3 activation layer was formed on the surface of coal gangue, effectively reducing energy loss during the electrode reaction process; The surface of modified coal gangue is rich in highly active electrocatalytic sites such as oxygen-containing functional groups and oxygen vacancies, significantly reducing the activation energy of surface reactions. …”
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Infrared Drying of Seeds in a Fluidized Bed by Ya. P. Lobachevsky, S. A. Pavlov

“…It has been established that the exposure of combined drying is 12 percent lower than that of convective drying due to the process intensification with full preservation of the quality parameters of seeds. (Conclusions) The surface temperature and power of an IR emitter have been calculated as a function of the layer height, physical-and-mechanical and radiological properties of seeds, permissible heat content and heat spent on the evaporation of moisture. …”
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WAYS OF IMPROVING THE SPECIFICITY OF THE LATEX AGGLUTINATION REACTION by A. V. Sandzhieva, A. V. Bakhtina, А. А. Sivaev, L. Yu. Basyreva, S. A. Gusev, I. A. Gritskova

“…Besides, they must be characterized by aggregative stability in water and buffer solutions and be contained functional groups in the surface layer for linking with the functional groups of the protein. …”
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Optimization of Magnetic Field-Assisted Laser Cladding Based on Hierarchical Analysis and Gray Correlation Method by Long Jiang, Kang Qi, Haitao Zhang, Youliang Yu, Qinpeng Sun

“…Based on orthogonal test data, the correlation coefficients of the process parameters with the single objective function and the correlation degree of the multi-objective function were calculated by using the gray theory. …”
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Theoretical study of soil water balance and process of soil moisture evaporation by Yu. A. Savel'ev, Yu. M. Dobrynin, P. A. Ishkin

“…The authors researched soil water balance theoretically and determined the functional dependences of moisture loss on evaporation. …”
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MIXTURES OF NON-IONIC SURFACTANTS FOR CLEANING COMPOSITIONS by E. F. Bukanova, V. M. Filippenkov, Y. Revina

“…In solutions of mixtures of nonionic surfactants, the critical concentration of micelle formation is reduced, surface activity is increased, the values of maximum adsorption in the surface layers become higher, and the area occupied by the surfactant molecules in a saturated adsorption layer (smol) is reduced as compared to the individual surfactants. …”
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Mussel periostracum protects against shell dissolution. by Alisha M Saley, Aaron T Ninokawa, Abigail Doan, Brian Gaylord

“…Many molluscs have an external organic layer (the periostracum) that limits exposure of underlying shell to the outside environment, which could potentially help combat shell dissolution under corrosive seawater conditions. …”
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Unlocking the potential of low-dimensional MoS2 as a smart nanoplatform for environmental technologies, therapeutic strategies, and biomedical sensing by Smriti Gaba, Mridul Sahu, Nidhi Chauhan, Utkarsh Jain

“…As one of the representative layered transition metal dichalcogenides (LTMDC), molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) has been widely researched as a promising nanoplatform for biomedicine as well as green technologies. …”
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Effect of Ionic Charge on the Adsorption of Sodium-Palmitate and Sodium-Laurate onto Galena, Hematite and Cassiterite in Aqueous Solution by Millicent U. Ibezim-Ezeani, Alphonso C. I. Anusiem

“…The effect of ionic charge on the adsorption of sodium-palmitate and sodium-laurate onto galena, hematite and cassiterite surfaces in aqueous media was studied. The adsorption capacities were determined as a function of adsorbate concentration in the presence of various anions and cations at pH 7.31 and 29 °C. …”
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Ultrathin and Highly Conformal Self-Powered Sensors by Liquid-Phase Transferring by Xingyi Dai, Qihua Liang, Yinghui Wu, Jiaxin Han, Yajun Cao, Xuyang Zhang, Junhui Huang, Junle Qu, Long-Biao Huang, Jie Kong, Jianhua Hao

“…The sandwich-like sensor is spin-coated layer by layer on a water-soluble substrate. Upon immersion in water and complete dissolution of the sacrificial layer, the sensor can be transferred to a variety of surfaces with diverse morphologies. …”
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Morphometric and histological characteristics of the stomach and reproductive organs in Japanese quail by Dramou Foromo, Ezeldien Sahar, Ziad Ahmad Alabdallah, S.B. Seleznev

“…The rate of development of the inner layer of the muscular stomach varied from day 1 to day 720, increasing its surface area by 10.01 ± 0. …”
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Tribological properties of polymer like carbon coatings on NBG-18 nuclear graphite under nitrogen environment by HAN Hai, LIU Huichuan, CHENG Jinjuan, CHEN Xinchun, LIU Pengxiao, QI Wei, TANG Xian

“…This friction generates a considerable amount of graphite dust, which poses a risk to the proper functioning of nuclear reactors.PurposeThis study aims to address the issues of friction and wear experienced by nuclear graphite on the surface of spherical fuel elements in HTGR by utilizing surface modification technology to enhance the mechanical and tribological properties of NBG-18 nuclear graphite.MethodsFirstly, NBG-18 graphite, sourced from SGL Group-The Carbon Company, Germany, was cut into blocks with dimensions of 20 mm×20 mm×5 mm, and a polymer-like carbon (PLC) coating was applied to NBG-18 nuclear graphite using a high-energy ion beam deposition (IBD) process with preprocessing of cleaning, sample loading, vacuuming, transition layer deposition, functional layer deposition, and sampling, resulting in a total coating thickness of approximately 400 nm. …”
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Methods of Additive Manufacturing for Dental Co-Cr Alloys: Systematic Review by Evan Hussain Alwan, Sabiha Mahdi Kanaan

“…Qualities of additive aspects of production such component design flexibility, part complexity, light- weighting, component consolidation, and functional design are generating specific interest in the additive fabrication of metal for use in automotive, marine, oil & gas, and aerospace industries during powder bed fusion, each layer of the powder bed is only partially fused employing a laser or electron beam as an energy source, the recent and most promising additive manufacturing technologies utilized to produce intricate, low-volume, tiny metallic parts. …”
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An Interval Parameter Calculation Method of Asphalt Pavement Structure Design Based on Point Numerical Algorithm by Limin Tang, Xiuyan Zhao

“…The point numerical function algorithm of interval numbers is verified by design parameters and the calculation of asphalt pavement structure such as axle load conversion, cumulative equivalent axis calculation, calculation of foundation layer tensile stress of each structure layer, calculation of mixture penetration strength, fatigue cracking check of asphalt mixture layer, permanent deformation check, and vertical pressure strain test of roadbed top surface. …”
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MATERIAL DEPOSITION PROCESSES THROUGH ELECTRIC DISCHARGES - A REVIEW by Ana Cristina Iuga, Liviu Daniel Ghiculescu

“…An innovative method of surface modification, electrical discharge deposition (EDD) involves coating a layer of material on a part to improve its surface properties or develop new functions. …”
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Modeling of a cracked and repaired Al 2024T3 aircraft plate: effect of the composite patch shape on the repair performance by Mohammed Baghdadi, Boualem Serier, Mokadem Salem, Bouchra Zaoui, Khacem Kaddouri

“…Unlike all the works done conducted so far in this domain, this work proposed here, takes into account the reducing both, the stress intensity factor in repairing crack heads and the maximum shear stresses in the adhesive layer. This is the originality of this work. In function of the surface and the volume of the rectangular patch, three cases were taken into consideration: with conservation of the patches surface and its volume, with a reduction of the patches surface and its volumes, and in the end, with a reduction of the patches surface and conservation of its volume. …”
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