This experimental study investigates the effects of the aggregate surface conditions on the compressive strength of quick-converting track concrete (QTC). The compressive strength of QTC and interfacial fracture toughness (IFT) were investigated by c...
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is highly dependent on the adsorption of target molecules onto metallic surfaces, such as colloidal metallic nanoparticles. The selection of suitable substrates is crucial for optimizing SERS performance. Here...
This study compared the physical properties and mechanical strength development of PCBAs with water, sealed, standard, and open ambient air curing over 28 days to find a suitable curing method for the production of phosphogypsum-based cold-bonded agg...
The influence of organic additives (Sasobit and RH) and water on the adhesion of the asphalt-aggregate interface was studied according to the surface free energy theory. Two asphalt binders (SK-70 and SK-90), and two aggregate types (limestone and ba...
The structure of biofilms in drinking water systems is influenced by the interplay between biological and physical processes. Bacterial aggregates in bulk fluid are important in seeding biofilm formation on surfaces. In simple pure and co-cultures, c...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of aggregate surface adsorbed water on the adhesive capacity and nanostructure of asphalt-aggregate interfaces at the atomic scale. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation was performed to measure an...
Pavement raveling is one of the predominant distresses in the United States that impacts roadway safety and driver comfort on open-graded friction course (OGFC) pavements. Raveling specific treatments, such as fog seal and micro-milling the OGFC laye...
Remote sensing has shown its potential to assess soil properties and is a fast and non-destructive method for monitoring soil surface changes. In this paper, we monitor soil aggregate breakdown under natural conditions. From November 2014 to February...
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) dispersed in aqueous media have many potential applications in chemistry, biology and medicine. To disperse SWCNTs into aqueous media, it is often necessary to modify the surface of SWCNTs by either covalent or...
To enhance the moisture damage performance of hot mix asphalt (HMA), treating the aggregate surface with a suitable additive was a more convenient approach. In this research, two types of aggregate modifiers were used to study the effect of moisture...
The application of brick–concrete recycled aggregates can alleviate the problem of increasing construction waste and increasing scarcity of natural aggregates. The different moisture condition of coarse aggregates can significantly affect the p...
Extensive expansion of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for cell-based therapies remains challenging since long-term cultivation and excessive passaging in two-dimensional conditions result in a loss of essential stem cell properties. Indeed, low surviv...
Rigid pavements at military airfields experience surface deterioration within 6–18 months of construction. The cause of this degradation is mainly due to combined exposure to repeated heat shocks from jet engine exhaust and spilled aviation oil...
Population balance and computational fluid dynamics models are built and integrated to carry out a simulation study of the reactive crystallisation process in a confined jet mixer (CJM) for the continuous flow synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles at a sup...
This study investigated how the surface characteristics of photocatalytic cementitious composites influenced the effectiveness of air purification from nitrogen oxides (NOx), with a particular focus on the impact of coarse aggregate exposure on the p...
Fine particles in the presence of flotation reagents exhibit different dispersion and aggregation behaviors in a mineral suspension, and affect the flotation separation processes. In this study, the effects of three quaternary ammonium salts (i.e., d...
The modifications of the microstructure of myoglobin deposited onto SERS-active Ag-based substrates by drying a drop of aqueous solution with and without laser irradiation and the corresponding surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectra are stu...
With increasing interest in the use of additive manufacturing techniques in the construction industry, static rheological properties of fresh concrete have necessarily come into focus. In particular, the knowledge and control of static yield stress (...
In order to eliminate the negative effects caused by traditional pavements, permeable pavements are gradually being used in road construction. In recent years, polyurethane (PU) has been used as a new binder in permeable pavement mixtures. However, c...
The currently available point-of-care hemostasis tests are burdened by criticisms concerning the use of different activators and inhibitors and the lack of dynamic flow. These operating conditions may constitute an impediment to the determination of...
The alternating magnetic field was discovered to be capable of inducing the fibrous aggregation of magnetic nanoparticles. However, this anisotropic aggregation may be unfavorable for practical applications. Here, we reported that the adsorption of B...
In this research, the durability of skid resistance during the ice melting process with temperature increasing from −5 °C to 10 °C was characterized by means of a British Pendulum Skid Tester. Four types of pavement surfaces were prepar...
The permeable pavement is one of Low Impact Development technics that allows stormwater to infiltrate through the pavement surface and the underlying base layer, thereby reducing surface runoff and preventing water contamination. For permeable base l...
Humic substances have a potential role in the fate and transport of toxic metal ions in the environment due to their colloidal characteristics and abundant surface functional groups. Batch techniques (DLS, EPM, FT-IR and fluorescence EEM) were develo...
This study evaluates crushed bamboo as a coarse aggregate for structural–thermal wall composites, comparing its performance against mixes with wood sawdust and rice husk. Crushed bamboo was used in both smooth and surface-roughened conditions,...
Talcose molybdenite resources are abundant but resource utilization is low. The floatation separation of molybdenite (MoS2) and talc is challenging due to their similar natural hydrophobicity and layered structures. This study investigates the surfac...
Asphalt mixture is a type of textured composite material made of aggregates and mastic part. Overall strength and failure behavior in such materials depends on the texture or heterogeneity of the mixture. In particular, the crack growth mechanism fro...
The primary purpose of the analysis presented here is to assess the feasibility of effectively predicting the aggregate luminance coefficient. Current road lighting standards and recommendations are based on assessing the level and distribution of lu...
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) naturally inhabits the organisms of honeybees and can exhibit adhesive properties that protect these insects against various pathogenic microorganisms. Thus, cell surface (auto-aggregation, co-aggregation, hydrophobicity) a...
In certain industrial processes, ice aggregations on surfaces can occur under almost vacuum conditions and at very low to cryogenic temperatures due to residual water molecules. This aggregation can affect the performance of the process and it is the...
We present photometric stereo algorithms robust to non-Lambertian reflection, which are based on a convolutional neural network in which surface normals of objects with complex geometry and surface reflectance are estimated from a given set of an arb...
Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis are common single- and polymicrobial urinary tract infections which can survive under various oxygen levels, including inside of stone matrices. Therefore, we aimed to investigate and compare the calcium oxalate...
Motivated by the potential of surface texturing to enhance the tribological performance of micro- and nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS), this study proposes a novel non-linear optimization approach for designing textured surfaces. This model...
This study evaluated the potential of incorporating TiO2 nanoparticles (NT) into cementitious composites to provide self-cleaning and self-sanitising properties, as well as the partial replacement of natural aggregates with recycled glass (RGA), cera...
Three-dimensional cell culture has become a reliable method for reproducing in vitro cellular growth in more realistic physiological conditions. The surface hydrophobicity strongly influences the promotion of cell aggregate formation. In particular,...
Recycled concrete aggregates (RCAs) have low quality when compared with natural or conventional aggregates as the paste adhering to it is the key aspect that affects its functionality. Since the adhering cementitious paste weakens the adhesion betwee...
Background: The impact and regulation of protein oxidative modification on protein functional properties is a research hotspot in food processing. This study aimed to clarify the mechanism of free radical oxidation on the structure and function of wi...
TiO2-based materials are of great practical interest in several technological areas. Both the size and the morphology of the TiO2 particles are of critical importance for their applications. The current study explores the effect of several factors on...
The aggregation and colloidal stability of three, commercially-available, gamma-aluminum oxide nanoparticles (γ-Al2O3 NPs) (nominally 5, 10, and 20–30 nm) were systematically examined as a function of pH, ionic strength, humic acid (HA) or clay miner...
Clay ball is a pavement surface defect which refers to a clump in which clay or dirt is mixed with hot asphalt mixture. Clay ball is typically caused by a combination of aggregate contamination of clay or soil, high aggregate moisture, and low produc...
This research optimizes the mix ratio of nano-TiO2/CaCO3 (NTC)-basalt fiber (BF) composite modified asphalt mixture. Based on the Box–Behnken method and the response surface method, a three-factor and three-level test was designed. The input indicato...
Cambodia’s transportation sector has exhibited tremendous growth in the past decades together with its economic advancement. However, these improvements are only focused on the national and provincial roads, leaving the rural roads underdevelop...
Stimuli-responsive polymers have attracted significant interest in the fields of advanced materials and biomaterials. Herein, temperature- and pH-responsive glycopolymers, which are composed of N-isopropylacrylamide, methacrylic acid, and an acrylami...
The low light conditions, abundant dust, and rocky terrain on the lunar surface pose challenges for scientific research. To effectively perceive the surrounding environment, lunar rovers are equipped with binocular cameras. In this paper, with the ai...
We studied silica suspensions with chitosan and biodegradable synthetic surfactant lauroyl ethyl arginate (LAE). Hydrophilic and negatively charged silica nanoparticles were neutralised due to the coating with chitosan. That presence of LAE led to th...
Efficient biomass harvesting remains one of the primary barriers to the commercial feasibility of large-scale microalgal production. This study investigates the effect of different culture media on the surface physicochemical properties of Tetradesmu...
Climate change is increasing the occurrence of extreme precipitation events and causing irregular precipitation patterns. This occurs in parallel with the degradation of crop fields, and triggers the occurrence of pluvial floods and droughts on the s...
The improved performance of recycled aggregate has an important impact on its use in engineering. In this study, to improve the weak surface properties, recycled aggregates were treated by nano-silica slurry and applied to concrete beam specimens. Un...
This paper presents the results of experimental research focused on the production of a cement composite in which natural aggregate was entirely replaced by recycled glass recovered from photovoltaic panels. The resulting cement composites were subje...
This paper examined three different types of recycled materials, such as beer green glass, waste tile, and asphalt, which will be used in different mixtures in order to prepare concrete specimens and, more specifically, their effect on concrete stren...
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