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A comparative analysis of the effects of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) and hydroxyapatite (HA) for reinforcing chitosan (CS) is given here. Wet-spun CS nanocomposite fibres, blended with HA or POSS nanoparticles, at varying concentratio...

Toughening modification of epoxy resin (EP) matrices is important for advancing high-performance fiber-reinforced composites. A promising strategy involves the use of multi-component additive systems. However, synergistic effects in such additive sys...

In recent years, the increasing frequency of extreme weather events, the large-scale integration of distributed generation into distribution networks, and the widespread application of new power electronic devices have posed severe challenges to the...

The pyrolysis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is a popular strategy for the synthesis of nanoporous structures. Polymetallic oxides (POMs) are a class of polyhedral structural compounds with unique physicochemical properties. Little effort has bee...

Limited by the noise, missing data and varying sampling density of the point clouds, planar primitives are prone to be lost during plane segmentation, leading to topology errors when reconstructing complex building models. In this paper, a pipeline t...

Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are important type-II detoxification enzymes that protect DNA and proteins from damage and are often used as protein tags for the expression of fusion proteins. In the present work, octa-aminopropyl caged polyhedral...

Semiconducting clathrates have attracted considerable interest in the field of thermoelectric materials. We report here a computational study on the crystal structure, the enthalpy of formation, and the physical properties of the following type-I cla...

This paper presents the simulation results for dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) at atmospheric pressure in argon gas for different relative permittivity, granule shape, thickness layer, and granule diameter measurements for starch on the breakdown...

Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) harness their molecularly precise organic–inorganic hybrid cage architecture to deliver hardness, scratch resistance, and programmable functionality for next-generation transparent coatings. Tailorin...

Arsenic-containing acidic wastewater from nonferrous heavy smelting industry is a dangerous source of arsenic pollution due to its complex composition, high acidity, and strong toxicity. In this study, an environment-friendly strategy was proposed, i...

Handling uncertainty is important in decision making, especially for SDGs problems. Robust Optimization (RO) is an applied optimization method that can be employed to handle optimization under uncertain data. With SDGs problems, many uncertain data h...

Secondary aluminum dross (SAD) is regarded as a solid waste of aluminum recycling process that creates serious environmental and health concerns. However, SAD can also be used as a good source of aluminum, so that utilizing the SAD for the production...

Heavy rare-earth (HRE) elements are important for the preparation of high-coercivity permanent magnets. A further understanding of the thermodynamic properties of HRE phases, and the magnetization reversal mechanism of magnets are still critical issu...

LiMn2O4, a significant cathode material for lithium-ion batteries, has garnered considerable attention due to its low cost and environmental friendliness. However, its widespread application is constrained by its rapid capacity degradation and short...

The entomopathogenic Autographa californica (Speyer) nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) has been genetically modified to increase its speed of kill. The potential adverse effects of a recombinant AcMNPV (AcAaIT) as well as wild type AcMNPV and wild type S...

The growing penetration of renewable energy sources (RES) has exacerbated operational flexibility deficiencies in modern power systems under time-varying conditions. To address the limitations of existing flexibility management approaches, which ofte...

Fe-N-C materials have been regarded as one of the potential candidates to replace traditional noble-metal-based electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). It is believed that the structure of carbon support in Fe-N-C materials plays an...

Freeform carbon fibres were 3D-printed from CH3OH:H2O mixtures using hyperbaric-pressure laser chemical vapour deposition (HP-LCVD). The experiment overlapped a region of known diamond growth, with the objective of depositing diamond-like carbon with...

This work reports, for the first time, the synthesis of silver nanoparticles using extracts of the species of Sargassum natans and Sargassum fluitans (AgNPs-S). Their antibacterial and catalytic properties are compared with silver nanoparticles obtai...

Silica-based sorbents covalently modified with polyhedral boron clusters represent a promising platform for highly selective separation materials, yet robust and synthetically accessible immobilization protocols remain underdeveloped. In this work, n...

Driven by the “dual carbon” goal, virtual power plants (VPPs) are the core vehicle for integrating distributed energy resources, but the multiple uncertainties in wind power, electricity/heat load, and electricity price, coupled with the...

The advancement of overall water-splitting technologies relies on the development of earth-abundant electrocatalysts that efficiently produce H2 as a chemical fuel while offering high catalytic efficiency, structural robustness, and low-cost synthesi...

Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) is a pivotal material in engineering and biomedical applications due to its exceptional mechanical strength, wear resistance, and impact performance. However, its extreme melt viscosity, caused by ext...

Innovation in comminution is expected to continue unabated to address the inefficiencies that are inherent in comminution circuits. The rotary offset crusher (ROC) is a new comminution device with a promising performance potential in terms of through...

The application of CAD/CAM technologies in modern production has revolutionized manufacturing processes, leading to significant improvements in precision, efficiency, and flexibility. These technologies enable the design and manufacturing of complex...

Rice direct seeding for bunch planting is a sustainable agricultural production method that reduces production costs, improves rice lodging resistance, and conserves irrigation water in the field. However, there are notable differences in seed treatm...

Among the various available synthesis approaches, hydrolytic precipitation offers a simple, cost-effective, and scalable route for producing phase-pure NiO with a controlled morphology and crystallite size. However, the influence of calcination tempe...