This work presents a complete energy model for graphene flakes’ growth with the fewest possible dangling bonds. The model is based on a simple equation that describes the binding energy of graphene flakes consisting of up to 10,000 carbon atoms...
Metallic injection molding combines aluminum flake metallic pigments with polymers to directly produce components with metallic luster, improving production efficiency and reducing environmental impact. However, flake line defects that occur in regio...
FLake has been one of the most extensively used lake models in many studies for lake thermal structure simulations. However, due to the scarcity of lake temperature observations, its applicability and performance on lakes over the Tibetan Plateau are...
The objective of this work was to study climate variability and its impacts on the temperature of Sobradinho Lake in Northeast Brazil. Surface weather station data and lake measurements were used in this study. The model applied in this work is FLake...
Lakes are sensitive indicators of climate change and exhibit distinct responses to climatic variability. Using in situ eddy covariance and meteorological observations from Nam Co (“large lake”) and a small lake (“small lake”)...
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) space mission will map surface area and water level changes in lakes at the global scale. Such new data are of great interest to better understand and model lake dynamics as well as to improve water manag...
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of free or immobilized Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus OLXAL-1 cells on oat flakes on the gut microbiota and metabolic and inflammatory markers in a streptozotocin (STZ)-induced Type-1 Diabetes Mellitus (T...
Recent trends in cereal chemistry emphasize sustainable food systems and functional fortification through upcycling and gluten reduction. This study addresses the challenges of reformulating wheat bakery products with four technologically distinct oa...
We present a novel method for the determination of the lateral dimensions of thin rectangular flakes, as they exist randomly dispersed in flake composites. Knowledge of flake size and shape is essential for the correct prediction of the mechanical, e...
The performance development of rGO-FET biosensors by analyzing the influence of GO flake size on biosensing efficacy. GO flakes of varying sizes, from 1 µm to 20 µm, were prepared under controlled conditions, followed by characterization...
The majority of food packaging materials are petroleum-based polymers, which are neither easily recyclable nor ecologically friendly. Packaging films should preferably be transparent, light in weight, and easy to process, as well as mechanically flex...
The Qingchayuan flake graphite deposit is located in the Huangling Dome, which represents a part of the Yangtze Block in South China. This deposit is a major and highly typical flake graphite deposit within this metallogenic region. The graphite ores...
Flake graphite is a natural non-metallic material with excellent electrical and thermal conductivity and good lubricity. This study proposed a multi-stage friction–shear cavitating waterjet method to enhance the liberation of flake graphite fro...
Hemostatic particles have specific advantages when applied to narrow and complicated bleeding sites with convenient usage compared to other types of hemostatic agents such as fabrics, foams, and pastes. However, powdery hemostatic agents are easy to...
The possibility of graphene synthesis (the bottom-up approach) in plasma and the effective control of the morphology and electrical properties of graphene-based layers were demonstrated. Graphene flakes were grown in a plasma jet generated by a direc...
A flake is a crack that is induced by trapped hydrogen within steel. To study its formation mechanism, previous studies mostly focused on the formation process and magnitude of hydrogen pressure in hydrogen traps such as cavities and cracks. However,...
Considering that two-dimensional (2D) molybdenum trioxide has acquired more attention in the last few years, it is relevant to speed up thickness identification of this material. We provide two fast and non-destructive methods to evaluate the thickne...
In this study, three SnS2 samples with different morphologies were synthesized using a one-step hydrothermal method, and the effect and mechanism of morphology on their adsorption ability toward methylene blue (MB) were studied. XRD and SEM revealed...
In this work, we employ fully atomistic molecular dynamics simulations to elucidate the effects of the oxidation pattern and of the water content on the organization of graphene sheets in aqueous dispersions and on the dynamic properties of the diffe...
Using nylon bag techniques, Cornell net carbohydrates and protein systems (CNCPS), and scanning electron microscopy, the authors examined the digestibility and structure of Vicia ervilia (ervil, bitter vetch) after steam flaking, roasting, and microw...
Continuous Integration pipelines rely on large-scale automated testing to support rapid releases. However, flaky tests exhibit non-deterministic outcomes under an identical code and configuration, substantially increasing rerun costs and hindering fa...
Propofol belongs to a class of molecules that are known to block learning and memory in mammals, including rodents and humans. Interestingly, learning and memory are not tied to the presence of a nervous system. There are several lines of evidence in...
The etiopathogenesis and treatment response of sensitive skin remain poorly understood. We used 4-tert-butylcyclohexanol (4-TBLH) and 1% pimecrolimus ointment to treat sensitive skin in mice models constructed using tape stripping, propylene glycol,...
In this study, we benchmark various machine learning techniques against a synthetic but physically based reference time series (model-simulated (ERA5-Land/FLake) bottom-temperature series) and assess whether decomposition methods (VMD and EMD) improv...
Corrosion resistance coating is fabricated using epoxy/glass flake (E/GF) composites and is utilized to prolong the lifespan of cold-rolled steel (CRS) metal substrates. An in situ synthesis approach was adopted to prepare the composite coating at di...
This work is aimed at the development of finite element models and prediction of the mechanical behavior of MXene nanosheets. Using LS-Dyna Explicit software, a finite element model was designed to simulate the nanoindentation process of a two-dimens...
Two-dimensional (2D) materials are regarded as key foundational materials for next-generation optoelectronic devices. As a promising new type of 2D layered semiconductor, Bi2O2Se has emerged as a strong candidate for high-performance opto-electronic...
Bacterial vaginosis is an infectious disease that has significantly affected women’s health. Metronidazole has been widely used as a drug for treating bacterial vaginosis. Nevertheless, the currently available therapies have been found to be in...
The mechanical performance of cast iron is strongly governed by the morphology of its graphite phase, yet establishing a quantitative link between microstructure and macroscopic properties remains a challenge. In this study, a three-dimensional finit...
This article presents the results of the cross-linking of oxidized flake graphene (GO) using hydrazine at room temperature. Conducting the process at temperatures up to 30 °C allowed to eliminate the phenomenon of thermal GO reduction to its non-...
The adhesive properties of new materials quasi-2D Mo2C, Ti2C, and V2C MXene flakes play a crucial role (1) in the formation of highly efficient lubricants; (2) in the development of highly sensitive gas sensors. This paper reports DFT modeling of ads...
Interatomic interaction potentials are compared using a molecular dynamics modeling method to choose the simplest, but most effective, model to describe the interaction of copper nanoparticles and graphene flakes. Three potentials are considered: (1)...
We conducted a large set of ab initio density functional theory computations to model a variety of hammer-terminated graphene nanoflakes—finite counterparts of armchair graphene nanoribbons. We focused on the relationships among the length and...
We show—to our own surprise—that total electronic energies for a family of m × n rectangular graphene flakes can be very accurately represented by a simple function of the structural parameters m and n with errors not exceeding 1 kc...
A new class of 2D materials named “MXene” has recently received significant research interest as they have demonstrated great potential for the applications in batteries, supercapacitors, and electronic devices. However, the research on t...
This paper presents numerical studies of the viscous droplet impact on dry and wetted solid walls for spray painting applications, focusing on air entrapment, film structure, and flake (flat pigment) orientation. The results were compared with experi...
Nowadays, computer simulation is being used to develop new materials. Many of them are dispersed media (e.g., paints, and 3D printer inks). Modern automotive paints are of great interest in research works. They contain colorant particles and thin fla...
CrSBr is a recently discovered two-dimensional anti-ferromagnet. It has attracted much attention due to its superior properties for potential optoelectronic and spintronic applications. However, its complex refractive index with layer dependence has...
The graphene oxide (GO) membrane holds great promise in desalination and green energy fields due to its naturally occurring nanochannels, which provide significant advantages in gas and ion filtration. In this study, the sizes and distributions of na...
Mo disulfide overlayers with the thickness exceeding 1.77 nm were obtained on Si substrates through mechanical exfoliation. The resulting Mo disulfide flakes were then analyzed ex situ using combination of Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), elastic-p...
In this study, effective solutions for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling based on hyperspectral imaging (HSI) coupled with variable selection method, were developed and optimized. Hyperspectral images of post-consumer plastic flakes, compose...
A rapid degradation of wet adhesion is the key factor controlling coating lifetime, for the organic coatings under marine hydrostatic pressure. The mathematical models of wet adhesion have been studied by Grey System Theory (GST). Grey models (GM) (1...
Indium selenide (InSe) is an emerging van der Waals material, which exhibits the potential to serve in excellent electronic and optoelectronic devices. One of the advantages of layered materials is their application to flexible devices. How strain al...
Sustainable production in dental and orthodontic 3D printing has gained increasing attention due to environmental concerns and the need for cost-effective and resource-saving solutions. This study presents a proof of concept for using recycled polyme...
Seven wild-type lactic acid bacteria, belonging to Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Lactococcus cremoris species, were isolated from beetroots and white mushrooms and evaluated for their safety and functional profile. Lc. cremoris isolates were...
In recycling of plastic packaging, the deinking of post-consumer waste (PCW) is a key technology to achieve high-quality recyclates that can be used in demanding applications. Removing printing inks minimises the contamination in the mechanical recyc...
This study aims to clarify the influence mechanism of air–water–mineral three-phase flow behavior on separation efficiency in a graphite flotation column, addressing the issues of over-breaking of coarse graphite flakes and low recovery o...
This paper describes the combined detection of coating and rust damages on painted metal structures through the multiclass image segmentation technique. Our prior works were focused solely on the localization of rust damages and rust segmentation und...
Atomically thin molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is a two-dimensional semiconductor with versatile applications. The recent adoption of liquid molybdenum precursors in chemical vapor deposition has contributed significantly to the reproducible wafer-scale...
Increasing air temperature is a significant feature of climate warming, and is cause for some concern, particularly on the Tibetan Plateau (TP). A lack of observations means that the impact of rising air temperatures on TP lakes has received little a...
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