A geopolymer is a low-carbon cementitious material, and its condensation process is akin to the formation of inorganic polymers. The crystal phase of synthesized geopolymers was identified using XRD; the scattering peaks of amorphous phases were anal...
N-Hydroxyurea (HU) is an important chemotherapeutic agent used as a first-line treatment in conditions such as sickle cell disease and
Interleukin-8 (CXCL8), a potent neutrophil-activating chemokine, exerts its function by activating the CXCR1 receptor that belongs to class A G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Receptor activation involves interactions between the CXCL8 N-terminal...
Neonicotinoid pesticides were initially designed in order to achieve species selectivity on insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). However, concerns arose when agonistic effects were also detected in human cells expressing nAChRs. In the...
Paraffin based nanofluids are widely used as thermal energy storage materials and hold many applications in the energy industry. In this work, equilibrium and nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations are employed to study the thermal properties...
The aggregation behavior of typical aromatic pollutants in the n-octanol phase and its influence on the n-octanol–air partition coefficient (KOA) were investigated using molecular dynamics simulation. The aggregate proportion of selected aromat...
Molecular photothermal conversion materials are recently attracting increasing attention for phototherapy applications. Herein we investigate the excitation and de-excitation processes of a photothermal molecule (C1TI) that is among the recently deve...
InGaN-based photovoltaic devices have attracted great attention due to their remarkable theoretical potential for high efficiency. In this paper, the influence of different distributions of step-gradient indium content within the intrinsic region on...
Tight oil reservoirs are characterized by poor petrophysical properties, ultra-low permeability, and limited pressure-transmission capacity. After hydraulic fracturing, retained fracturing fluid can accumulate near the fracture–matrix interface...
Leishmaniasis is a group of infectious diseases caused by Leishmania protozoa. The ineffectiveness, high toxicity, and/or parasite resistance of the currently available antileishmanial drugs has created an urgent need for safe and effective leishmani...
Chitinolytic β-N-acetyl-D-hexosaminidases, as a class of chitin hydrolysis enzyme in insects, are a potential species-specific target for developing environmentally-friendly pesticides. Until now, pesticides targeting chitinolytic β-N-acetyl-D-hexosa...
Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is a crucial component in carcinogenesis and serves as a molecular chaperone that facilitates protein maturation whilst protecting cells against temperature-induced stress. The function of Hsp90 is highly dependent on ad...
The compound CNI1, identified as a novel antitumor agent based on the cytisine N-isoflavones scaffold, and its series of cytisine N-isoflavones derivatives (CNI2, CNI3, and CNI4), were first isolated from bitter bean seeds, a traditional Chinese medi...
Nanotechnology based drug delivery systems for cancer therapy have been the topic of interest for many researchers and scientists. In this research, we have studied the pH sensitive co-adsorption and release of doxorubicin (DOX) and paclitaxel (PAX)...
In this paper, the impact of SiN passivation on dynamic-RON degradation of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs devices is put in evidence. To this end, samples showing different SiN passivation stoichiometry are considered, labeled as Sample A and Sample B. For dynamic-...
High-voltage GaN switches can offer tremendous advantages over silicon counterparts for the development of high-efficiency switching-mode power converters at high commutation frequency. Nonetheless, GaN devices are prone to charge-trapping effects th...
In this work, we present an analytical model of dynamic power losses for enhancement-mode AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistor power devices (eGaN HEMTs). To build this new model, the dynamic on-resistance (Rdson) is first accurately extracted...
In this paper, we compared the characteristics of normally-on/off AlGaN/GaN MISHEMTs passivated by an in situ/ex situ SiN layer. The devices passivated by the in situ SiN layer revealed enhanced DC characteristics, such as the drain current of 595 mA...
This study employs an innovative dynamic switching test system to investigate the dynamic switching characteristics of three p-GaN HEMT devices. The dynamic switching characteristics are different from the previous research on the dynamic resistance...
Hantaviruses are enveloped viruses that possess a tri-segmented, negative-sense RNA genome. The viral S-segment encodes the multifunctional nucleocapsid protein (N), which is involved in genome packaging, intracellular protein transport, immunoregula...
The excitation power and temperature dependence of the photoluminescence (PL) and electroluminescence (EL) spectra were studied in green InGaN/GaN multiple quantum well (MQW)-based light-emitting diodes (LED). An examination of the PL-325, PL-405, an...
In the case where an interstitial atom is located in a close-packed atomic row of the crystal lattice, it is called a crowdion. Crowdions play an important role in the processes of mass and energy transfer resulting from irradiation, severe plastic d...
Plant invasions play a significant role in global environmental change. Traditionally, it was believed that invasive plants absorb and utilize nitrogen (N) more efficiently than native plants by adjusting their preferred N forms in accordance with th...
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Charge-trapping mechanisms observed in high-voltage GaN switches are responsible for the degradation of power converter efficiency due to modulation of the effective dynamic ON-resistance (
Nano zero-valent iron (nZVI) technologies have gained recognition for the remediation of heavily contaminated sites and reused as backfilling soil. The moisture environment at these sites not only impacts the reactions and reactivity of nZVI but also...
The inclusion complexes of cucurbit[n]uril, CB[n] (n = 6–8), with poly aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) Benzo(a)Pyrene (BaP), and fluoranthene (FLT) were investigated carefully in aqueous media. Fluorescence and 1H NMR spectroscopy were used to chara...
The growth of AlGaN has been extensively studied, but corresponding research related to the effect of AlN substrate surface has rarely been reported in literature. In this article, the effects of AlN substrate surface on deposition of AlGaN films wer...
In this work, to investigate the physical vapor deposition (PVD)-deposited TiN coating on the TiN(001) substrate, the process was simulated using the molecular dynamics (MD) method with the 2NN-MEAM (nearest-neighbor modified embedded atom method) po...
Although the properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are very well-known and are still extensively studied, a thorough understanding of other carbon-based nanomaterials such as C3N nanotubes (C3NNTs) is still missing. In this article, we used molecular...
The efficient handling of nitrogen has become a critical issue in modern agriculture, from a financial standpoint, as well as in regard to reducing the environmental impacts of using an excessive amount of nitrogen fertilizer. Manure compost is usefu...
Freshwater sediments play a central role in regulating methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O) dynamics, yet the biogeochemical constraints shaping their short-term responses to redox change remain poorly resolved. Here, we used c...
We studied a class of generalized n-species non-autonomous cooperative Lotka–Volterra (L-V) systems with time delays. We obtained new criteria on the dynamic properties of the systems. First, we obtained the boundedness and permanence of the sy...
The dynamic on-resistance (RON) behavior of one commercial GaN HEMT device with p-GaN gate is investigated under hard-switching conditions. The non-monotonic performance of dynamic RON with off-state voltage ranging from 50 to 400 V is ascribed to th...
To investigate the multifactor coupling mechanisms in roadway tunnel fire accidents, this study develops a quantitative risk analysis framework integrating the N-K model and a dynamic Bayesian network (DBN). Historical accident statistics are analyze...
Variable illumination, severe occlusion, and the small scale of pest instances in complex forest environments significantly compromise the accuracy of automated forest pest detection. Existing deep learning-based detection models often face challenge...
Because deep foundation pits and tunnels are deformation-sensitive structures, the safety of these projects is generally affected by coupled risks. In deep foundation pit construction, if the existing tunnel structure adjacent to the deposit is damag...
Carbon-nitride nanosheets have attracted remarkable attention in recent years due to their outstanding physical properties.
Control of flavonoid derivatives inhibitors release through the inhibition of neuraminidase has been identified as a potential target for the treatment of H1N1 influenza disease. We have employed molecular dynamics simulation techniques to optimize t...
The application of compost to soil is a common fertilization practice for improving soil quality and crop growth. The isotopic labeling technique is mostly used to investigate the contribution of compost N to crop uptake. However, compost N includes...
Elucidating the effects of nitrogen and water addition on N2O dynamics is critical, as N2O is a key driver of climate change (including nitrogen deposition and shifting precipitation patterns) and stratospheric ozone depletion. The temperate steppe i...
The diffusion characteristics of CH4, CO2, and N2 in coal are important for the study of CO2-enhanced coalbed methane (CO2-ECBM) recovery, which has become the most potential method for carbon sequestration and natural gas recovery. However, quantita...
We conducted systematic glycomic and glycoproteomic profiling to characterize the dynamic N-glycosylation landscape of rat serum, with particular focus on sex- and time-dependent variations. MALDI-TOF-MS analysis revealed that rat serum N-glycans are...
A p-GaN HEMT with an AlGaN cap layer was grown on a low resistance SiC substrate. The AlGaN cap layer had a wide band gap which can effectively suppress hole injection and improve gate reliability. In addition, we selected a 0° angle and low resi...
The B3-GaN thin film was investigated by performing large-scale molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of nanoindentation. Its plastic behavior and the corresponding mechanism were studied. Based on the analysis on indentation curve, dislocation density,...
In order to model GaN-HEMT switching transients and determine power losses, a compact model including dynamic
Fluorous solvents are deputed as prominent solvent systems owing to their salient features, unique physical properties, and ecological importance. In this study, the temperature- and composition-dependence of physical properties, density (ρ/g&mid...
We explore the possibility that Dark Matter (DM) may be explained by a nonuniform background of approximately stellar mass clusters of Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) by simulating the evolution from recombination to the present with over 5000 realisat...
Mycorrhizal symbiosis has been the focus of research for more than a century due to the positive effect of fungi on the growth of the majority of woody plants. The extramatrical mycelium (EMM) of ectomycorrhiza (EMR) accounts for up to one-third of t...
Light-nuclei production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions is simulated within an updated Three-fluid Hydrodynamics-based Event Simulator Extended by UrQMD (Ultra-relativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics) final State interactions (THESEUS). The simu...
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