Scottish softwood biochar for water remediation targeting selected persistent organic pollutants by Mohammad Umair Jamal, Ashleigh Fletcher, Alan Baby, Isaac Maso, Lidija Šiller

“…Morphological analysis revealed a layered carbon structure and spectroscopic analysis showed the presence of oxygen and nitrogen-based functionalities alongside 80% atomic carbon. …”
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Stretched-exponential stress dynamics in chain of springs and masses model of crystals: analytical results and MD simulations by Zbigniew Kozioł

“…The model of a chain of springs and masses (CSM), originating from the works of Schrödinger (1914), and Pater (1974), is found suitable as an analytical description of the dynamics of layers in orientated FCC crystals. An analytical extension of that model has been developed for the case of linear-in-time ramp pressure applied to a sample surface. …”
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Bi4Ti3O12 Ferroelectric Nanomaterials on Volatile Substances of Acrylic Pigment Diluted Coatings by Pei Lu

“…The presence of oxygen-containing functional groups increased the distance between the graphitic layers to 0.713 nm. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Computation of Delamination Factor of Hybrid Composite Laminates using Soft Computing Technique by M.P. Jenarthanan, M. Karthikeyan, K. Begum Ghousiya

“…In this study, a statistical model for delamination during drilling is created using the Response Surface Methodology (RSM), with a core composite design which has two elements and three layers and it is also examined how the input parameters (spindle speed and feed rate) affect the output response (delamination) when working with fiber-metal laminates. …”
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Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Bacterial Community Assembly and Co-Occurrence Patterns in Biological Soil Crusts of Desert Ecosystems by Runze Bao, Kai Tang, Yanfu Ji, Shengnan Zhang, Chunying Wang, Yungang Liang, Xiujuan Zhao, Jianyu Meng

“…A β-nearest taxon index (βNTI) analysis indicated that stochastic processes were dominant in surface BSC samples, while environmental selection played a stronger role in deeper layers. …”
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Broadband metamaterial absorber with enhanced angular stability using characteristic mode analysis by Junfei Gao, Xiaojun Huang, Qi Xue, Lina Gao, Yutao Ma, Linyan Guo

“…This study introduces a novel design approach utilizing characteristic mode (CM) analysis, enabling intuitive and efficient optimization of frequency-selective surfaces (FSSs) at the absorber’s top layer. Four distinct FSS configurations were developed, achieving over 90 % absorption in specific bands: 8.22 – 16.79 GHz, 8.24 – 17.90 GHz, 6.35 – 19.0 GHz, and 6.22 – 21.10 GHz. …”
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La teoría del rayo paraxial en la sismica de pozo: Aproximación de segundo orden en los tiempos de tránsito by Montes Vides Luis Alfredo

“…One of them is the characteristic travel time function which estimates the travel times of reflecting events in a vertical seismic profile configuration with sources placed in surface in the vicinity of the boreholes´s top. …”
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Progress and prospect of flexible MXene‐based energy storage by Hongxin Yuan, Jianxin Hua, Wei Wei, Miao Zhang, Yue Hao, Jingjing Chang

“…MXenes—a family of two‐dimensional nanomaterials—are a promising solution because of their unique properties, including a large surface area, excellent electrical conductivity, numerous functional groups, and distinctive layered structures. …”
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Mechanical Behavior of Plasma-Treated Metal–Rubber Assemblies by Lazhar Benyahia, Marisol Ji, Fabienne Poncin-Epaillard

“…Metal–elastomer assemblies, such as aluminum–NBR and stainless steel–FKM, widely used for sealing or damping functions in various fields, are currently prepared with highly toxic bonding agents. …”
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A self-sensing HTPB liner for non-destructive monitoring nitroglycerin (NG) migration at the interface between double base propellant and the HTPB liner by Jie Wang, Bo Liu, Yanchun Li, Mengqi Chen, Qian Guo, Dongming Song, Aifeng Jiang

“…The synergistic interaction between CNTs and GNP facilitates the formation of a tunneling conductive network that imparts electrical conductivity to the HTPB liner. To elucidate the functional relationship between conductivity and nitroglycerin (NG) migration, we applied the HTPB sensing liner onto double base propellant surfaces and measured both the conductivity of the sensing layer and NG migration during a 71 °C accelerated aging experiment. …”
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Design of the Supporting Structures for Large and Unusually Shaped Foundation Pit near the Yangtze River by Shulan Guo, Changhong Yan, Liangchen Yu, Yang You

“…After considering the engineering geological conditions, the function and shape of the foundation pits, we divided the soil layers of the foundation pits into two areas (the NW area and the SE area) and proposed the support scheme correspondingly. …”
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A Review on Multifunctional Polymer–MXene Hybrid Materials for Electronic Applications by Fatemeh Morshedi Dehaghi, Mohammad Aberoumand, Uttandaraman Sundararaj

“…MXenes, a family of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides, carbonitrides, and nitrides, have emerged as a promising class of nanomaterials for interdisciplinary applications due to their unique physiochemical properties. The large surface area, excellent electrical conductivity, superior mechanical properties, and abundant possible functional groups make this layered nanomaterial an ideal candidate for multifunctional hybrid materials for electronic applications. …”
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Molecular dynamic simulation of the [N(C4H9)4]BF4 / (110) α-Al2O3 interface by Igor Gainutdinov, Nikolay Uvarov

“…The radial distribution functions of the ions and their mean square displacements were analyzed as a function of the temperature during the cooling of the salt. …”
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THE USE OF THE FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD FOR CALCULATION OF ELECTRONIC STATES IN MIS-STRUCTURE WITH SINGLE DONOR 1 by E. A. Levchuk, S. V. Lemeshevskii, L. F. Makarenko

“…Difference scheme for the Schrödinger equation takes into account cusp condition for the wave function at the donor location. To solve the problem for the Laplace equation, asymptotic boundary conditions for approximating the external field potential at large distances from the gate in different layers are suggested. …”
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THERMAL SHOCK AND DYNAMIC THERMOELASTICITY by A. Yu. Strigunova, E. M. Kartashov

“…New functional structures were proposed as analytical solutions to the major dynamic problems of thermomechanics on the basis of the use of the Kar functions, which are relatively new.…”
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Impact of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide on Pore Structure and Gas Transport in Bituminous Coal: An Integrated Experiment and Simulation by Kui Dong, Zhiyu Niu, Shaoqi Kong, Bingyi Jia

“…The following results were found: Pore Structure Evolution: After ScCO₂ treatment, micropore volume increased by 19.1%, and specific surface area increased by 11.2%, while mesopore volume and specific surface area increased by 14.4% and 5.7%, respectively. …”
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Review and Study of Water Mills in Darreh Shahr City by Akbar Sharifinia

“…Investigating the architectural structure and discovering the hidden socio-economic layers and functions of Iran's water mills are of great importance in Iranian cultural and civilization studies owing to their direct connection to people's livelihood. …”
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Study of Na-Montmorillonite–Polyamide Fiber/Polypropylene Hybrid Composite Prepared by Reactive Melt Mixing by Samia Kerakra, Said Bouhelal, Marc Ponçot

“…An organic peroxide/sulfur mixture and tetramethylthiuram disulfide as an activator for sulfur were used to functionalize Na-MMT; on the other hand, the PAfs surface was treated using stearic acid. …”
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Regulation of retinoschisin secretion in Weri-Rb1 cells by the F-actin and microtubule cytoskeleton. by Eiko Kitamura, Yekaterina E Gribanova, Debora B Farber

“…Retinoschisin is encoded by the gene responsible for X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS), an early onset macular degeneration that results in a splitting of the inner layers of the retina and severe loss in vision. Retinoschisin is predominantly expressed and secreted from photoreceptor cells as a homo-oligomer protein; it then associates with the surface of retinal cells and maintains the retina cellular architecture. …”
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One-dimensional core/shell radial heterojunction with cascade type-II energy-band alignment for enhanced broadband photodetection by Yi Ma, Chunxiang Xu, Mengyang Wu, Fumeng Zhang, Xiaoxuan Wang, Jianqi Dong, Qiannan Cui, Zengliang Shi

“…The well-formed shell layers compensated for the defect states on the ZnO surface and extended the photoresponse range from ultraviolet to visible and near-infrared. …”
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