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A 2-D simulation of off-state breakdown voltage (VBD) for AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) with multi field-plates (FPs) is presented in this paper. The effect of geometrical variables of FP and insulator layer on electric field d...

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  • Open Access
32 Citations
7,818 Views
10 Pages

Optimization AlGaN/GaN HEMT with Field Plate Structures

  • Ningping Shi,
  • Kejia Wang,
  • Bing Zhou,
  • Jiafu Weng and
  • Zhiyuan Cheng

29 April 2022

AlGaN/GaN HEMTs with several different designs of field plate structure are studied for device optimization purposes. To increase device breakdown voltage, optimal dimensions of field plates were first investigated using Silvaco TCAD software, and th...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,433 Views
16 Pages

Sub-Wavelength Focusing in Inhomogeneous Media with a Metasurface Near Field Plate

  • Andrew C. Strikwerda,
  • Timothy Sleasman,
  • William Anderson and
  • Ra’id Awadallah

18 October 2019

Overcoming the diffraction limit, which enables focusing much less than the wavelength, requires tailoring the evanescent spectrum of an aperture’s field distribution. We model and simulate a corrugated near field plate, which can generate a su...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,630 Views
16 Pages

Magnetometer Calibration and Field Mapping through Thin Plate Splines

  • Marco Muraccini,
  • Anna Lisa Mangia,
  • Maurizio Lannocca and
  • Angelo Cappello

11 January 2019

While the undisturbed Earth’s magnetic field represents a fundamental information source for orientation purposes, magnetic distortions have been mostly considered as a source of error. However, when distortions are temporally stable and spatia...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
932 Views
19 Pages

10 November 2024

The presented problem considers the static temperature analysis of a three-layered, annular plate with heterogeneous facings made of material with radially variable parameters. They are defined by the accepted exponent functions. The plate is compose...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,523 Views
22 Pages

23 February 2022

A magnetorheological (MR) multi-plate clutch was proposed with both mechanical friction mode and magnetic field control modes. The magnetic field control mode was based on an MR fluid coupler that changed its viscous properties according to the densi...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,178 Views
12 Pages

Three-Dimensionally Printed Metal-Coated Flow-Field Plate for Lightweight Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells

  • Dasol Kim,
  • Geonhwi Kim,
  • Juho Na,
  • Hyeok Kim,
  • Jaeyeon Kim,
  • Guyoung Cho and
  • Taehyun Park

20 March 2025

This study investigates the potential for affordable and lightweight polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) using lightweight flow-field plates, also referred to as bipolar plates. A comparative analysis was conducted on the performance of...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,841 Views
16 Pages

Based on the enormous application potential of GaN-based high electron mobility transistors (HEMT) in high-frequency and high-power scenarios, this article focuses mainly on the study of the Gunn oscillation effect of GaN-based HEMT devices. From the...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,241 Views
10 Pages

26 May 2023

This study investigated several AlGaN/GaN Schottky Barrier Diodes (SBDs) with different designs to achieve device optimization. First, the optimal electrode spacing, etching depth, and field plate size of the devices were measured using Technology Co...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,238 Views
14 Pages

26 October 2023

Metamaterial-based quarter-wave plates (QWPs) have emerged as promising candidates for advanced polarization control in a variety of optical applications, owing to their unique properties, such as ultra-thin profiles and tailored spectral responses....

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
7,693 Views
13 Pages

22 October 2018

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...

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  • Open Access
30 Citations
8,311 Views
14 Pages

Operational Improvement of AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistor by an Inner Field-Plate Structure

  • Hyeon-Tak Kwak,
  • Seung-Bo Chang,
  • Hyun-Jung Kim,
  • Kyu-Won Jang,
  • Hyung Sup Yoon,
  • Sang-Heung Lee,
  • Jong-Won Lim and
  • Hyun-Seok Kim

14 June 2018

In this study, a high-performance AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) is presented to improve its electrical operation by employing an inner field-plate (IFP) structure. Prior to the IFP structure analysis, we compared the measured and...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
995 Views
23 Pages

Reconstruction of Multi-Load Strain Field of Ship Stiffened Plate Based on iFEM and Analysis of Influencing Factors of Reconstruction Accuracy

  • Guocai Chen,
  • Xueliang Wang,
  • Quanhua Zhu,
  • Huawei Yang,
  • Zhentao Jiang,
  • Hao Xu,
  • Mengdan Sun,
  • Wei Chen,
  • Haozheng Chen and
  • Tao Zhang
  • + 1 author

14 February 2025

This study utilizes the inverse finite element method (iFEM) to investigate the strain field reconstruction of ship stiffened plates under multiple loading conditions. The aim is to enhance the monitoring, safety, and reliability of ship structures t...

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12 Pages

In this work, conventional and drain offset junctionless (JL) finlike thin-film transistors (FinTFTs) with and without extended gate field plate (E-GFP) are fabricated. Drain offset JL FinTFTs showed a higher breakdown voltage than that of the conven...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,277 Views
9 Pages

Effect of Source Field Plate Cracks on the Electrical Performance of AlGaN/GaN HEMT Devices

  • Ye-Nan Bie,
  • Cheng-Lin Du,
  • Xiao-Long Cai,
  • Ran Ye,
  • Hai-Jun Liu,
  • Yu Zhang,
  • Xiang-Yang Duan and
  • Jie-Jie Zhu

25 August 2022

In the current study, the effects of cracks in source field plates (SFPs) on the electrical performance of AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) are investigated systematically using numerical simulation. In detail, the influence of cr...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,256 Views
12 Pages

28 October 2023

In this study, we developed an analytic model to design a trench metal–insulator–semiconductor (MIS) field plate (FP) structure for the edge termination of a vertical GaN PN diode. The key parameters considered in the trench MIS FP struct...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,352 Views
8 Pages

Optimization of the Field Plate Design of a 1200 V p-GaN Power High-Electron-Mobility Transistor

  • Chia-Hao Liu,
  • Chong-Rong Huang,
  • Hsiang-Chun Wang,
  • Yi-Jie Kang,
  • Hsien-Chin Chiu,
  • Hsuan-Ling Kao,
  • Kuo-Hsiung Chu,
  • Hao-Chung Kuo,
  • Chih-Tien Chen and
  • Kuo-Jen Chang

19 September 2022

This study optimized the field plate (FP) design (i.e., the number and positions of FP layers) of p-GaN power high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) on the basic of simulations conducted using the technology computer-aided design software of Silv...

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  • Open Access
654 Views
27 Pages

This research employs a Caputo fractional-derivative model to investigate the effects of magnetic field inclination and thermal radiation on the unsteady flow of a Casson fluid over an inclined plate in a porous medium. The model incorporates memory...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,335 Views
10 Pages

Simulation of High Breakdown Voltage, Improved Current Collapse Suppression, and Enhanced Frequency Response AlGaN/GaN HEMT Using A Double Floating Field Plate

  • Peiran Wang,
  • Chenkai Deng,
  • Hongyu Cheng,
  • Weichih Cheng,
  • Fangzhou Du,
  • Chuying Tang,
  • Chunqi Geng,
  • Nick Tao,
  • Qing Wang and
  • Hongyu Yu

7 January 2023

In this paper, DC, transient, and RF performances among AlGaN/GaN HEMTs with a no field plate structure (basic), a conventional gate field plate structure (GFP), and a double floating field plate structure (2FFP) were studied by utilizing SILVACO ATL...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,391 Views
20 Pages

An Engineering Toolbox for the Evaluation of Metallic Flow Field Plates

  • Uwe Reimer,
  • Dieter Froning,
  • Gert Nelissen,
  • Leonard F. J. M. Raymakers,
  • Shidong Zhang,
  • Steven B. Beale and
  • Werner Lehnert

Metallic flow field plates, also called bipolar plates, are an important component of fuel cell stacks, electrolyzers, hydrogen purification and compression stacks. The manufacturing of these plates by means of stamping or hydroforming is highly suit...

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  • Open Access
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12 Pages

2 September 2025

In this study, we successfully prepared silver electrodes through a silver mirror reaction. By carefully regulating the amount of ammonia complexing agent in the silver–ammonia solution, we effectively suppressed the decomposition of the plating solu...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,510 Views
20 Pages

1 December 2022

In this paper, starting from a well-known nonlinear hyperbolic integro-differential model of the fourth order describing the dynamic behavior of an electrostatic MEMS with a parallel plate, the authors propose an upgrade of it by formulating an addit...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,635 Views
22 Pages

29 September 2024

A phase-field crack model is developed for numerical analysis of thermal buckling and postbuckling behavior of a functionally graded (FG) graphene platelet-reinforced composite (FG-GPLRC) plate with a central crack. The inclined central crack is repr...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,236 Views
16 Pages

25 January 2018

Cathode spot motion influences the physical characteristics of arc plasma and the related macroparticles (MPs) in resultant films; these MPs limit the application of arc ion plating (AIP). In this paper, a scanning radial magnetic field (SRMF) was ap...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,891 Views
12 Pages

12 August 2019

Ultrasonic testing is an important means to detect defacing defects, such as scratches and cracks, but when the size of these defects is smaller than the wavelength of ultrasonic waves, it is difficult to detect them using traditional methods like th...

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  • Open Access
833 Views
26 Pages

25 July 2025

Aiming at the goal of preparing high-quality coatings, this paper reviews the progress on circular arc source structure and magnetic field arc controlling technology in arc ion plating (AIP), with a focus on design characteristics of the different st...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,875 Views
27 Pages

Finite Differences for Recovering the Plate Profile in Electrostatic MEMS with Fringing Field

  • Mario Versaci,
  • Luisa Fattorusso,
  • Alessandra Jannelli and
  • Paolo Di Barba

22 September 2022

Global existence and uniqueness conditions for a dimensionless fourth-order integro-differential model for an electrostatic-elastic MEMS device with parallel plates and fringing field contribution were recently achieved by the Authors. Moving from th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,042 Views
10 Pages

In this work, by employing field plate (FP) and N ion-implantation edge termination (NIET) structure, the electrical performance of the β-Ga2O3 Schottky barrier diode (SBD) was greatly improved. Ten samples of vertical SBDs were fabricated to in...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
7,133 Views
7 Pages

High-k Dielectric Passivation for GaN Diode with a Field Plate Termination

  • Michitaka Yoshino,
  • Fumimasa Horikiri,
  • Hiroshi Ohta,
  • Yasuhiro Yamamoto,
  • Tomoyoshi Mishima and
  • Tohru Nakamura

Vertical structured Gallium nitride (GaN) p-n junction diodes with improved breakdown properties have been demonstrated using high-k dielectric passivation underneath the field plate. Simulation results at a reverse voltage of 1 kV showed that the ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
8,078 Views
16 Pages

Assessment of the Dynamics Flow Field of Port Plate Pair of an Axial Piston Pump

  • Lingxiao Quan,
  • Haihai Gao,
  • Changhong Guo and
  • Shichao Che

8 January 2020

This paper aims at studying the dynamic fluid evolution process of port plate pair of an axial piston pump. First of all, The Renormalization Group k-ε model (RNG k-ε model) is implemented to simulate the dynamic flow distribution and...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,653 Views
16 Pages

Functionally Graded Plate Fracture Analysis Using the Field Boundary Element Method

  • Simone Palladino,
  • Luca Esposito,
  • Paolo Ferla,
  • Renato Zona and
  • Vincenzo Minutolo

12 September 2021

This paper describes the Field Boundary Element Method (FBEM) applied to the fracture analysis of a 2D rectangular plate made of Functionally Graded Material (FGM) to calculate Mode I Stress Intensity Factor (SIF). The case study of this Field Bounda...

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  • Open Access
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23 Pages

Research on Flow Field Characteristics of a Three-Plate Vertical Rotary Gate

  • Houyi Qi,
  • Xiao Zhang,
  • Yuxue Sun,
  • Xinyu Ji,
  • Dong Tian,
  • Chao Sun,
  • Zhenzhen Xue and
  • Yanshun Liu

6 February 2025

Steady-state and transient hydraulic characteristics of a novel three-plate vertical rotary gate were analysed through physical model experiments and numerical simulations. An experimental gate system was built to analyse the flow characteristics of...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,718 Views
16 Pages

3 November 2024

Cyclone separators are commonly employed in the mining, metallurgy and chemical industries due to their simple structure, easy maintenance and high recovery efficiency. However, with the wide application of cyclone separators, many problems have beco...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,989 Views
14 Pages

Evaluation of the Corrosion Resistance of 904L Composite Plate in a High-Temperature and High-Pressure Gas Field Environment

  • Shuai Wang,
  • Ping Mei,
  • Lijing Chang,
  • Chao Wu,
  • Shaoyun Chen,
  • Qingguo Chen and
  • Guangshan Li

29 October 2024

In order to study the corrosion resistance of 904L composite plate pressure vessels under a high-temperature and high-pressure gas field environment, the pitting corrosion and stress corrosion cracking resistance of a 904L composite plate body and we...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,602 Views
19 Pages

Effect of a Control Mechanism on the Interaction between a Rectangular Jet and a Slotted Plate: Experimental Study of the Aeroacoustic Field

  • Nour Eldin Afyouni,
  • Marwan Alkheir,
  • Hassan Assoum,
  • Bilal El Zohbi,
  • Kamel Abed-Meraim,
  • Anas Sakout and
  • Mouhammad El Hassan

28 November 2023

The aeroacoustic field of a rectangular subsonic jet impinging on a slotted plate was investigated experimentally using microphones and stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (S-PIV). The study was carried out with a Reynolds number of 6700 and an i...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
10,115 Views
11 Pages

Effect of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Stimulation on the Growth Plate of the Tibia Bone of Rats: An In Vivo Study

  • Yoon-Young Sung,
  • Jae-Woo Shin,
  • Won-Kyung Yang,
  • Min-Jin Kim,
  • Ja-Ik Koo,
  • Eun-Mi Noh,
  • Kyoung-Soo Min,
  • Mi-Young Yun and
  • Seung-Hyung Kim

18 August 2021

Currently, many children undergo precocious puberty, resulting in short stature due to premature closure of the growth plate. Pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) stimulation induces cell proliferation of articular chondrocytes. We developed a method...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,524 Views
20 Pages

29 January 2023

The push-plate kiln is a kind of kiln equipment widely used in the oxygen-free sintering of high-temperature alloy materials. Its flow field monitoring has an important application value for the manufacturing industry. However, traditional simulation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,200 Views
17 Pages

Water entry slamming is a complicated issue in marine engineering, characterized by significant impact loads and complex flow. This paper establishes a 3D numerical model of flat plate water entry slamming based on smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SP...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,279 Views
21 Pages

CFD Study of MHD and Elastic Wall Effects on the Nanofluid Convection Inside a Ventilated Cavity Including Perforated Porous Object

  • Lioua Kolsi,
  • Fatih Selimefendigil,
  • Mohamed Omri,
  • Hatem Rmili,
  • Badreddine Ayadi,
  • Chemseddine Maatki and
  • Badr M. Alshammari

30 January 2023

Cost-effective, lightweight design alternatives for the thermal management of heat transfer equipment are required. In this study, porous plate and perforated-porous plates are used for nanoliquid convection control in a flexible-walled vented cavity...

  • Feature Paper
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,121 Views
9 Pages

We present the design, fabrication, and experimental test of a THz all-dielectric phase shifter plate. The design consists of two wave plate zones coupled in a perpendicular orientation with respect to each other. A large surface area device is reali...

  • Feature Paper
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,978 Views
20 Pages

25 April 2024

This paper proposes a concept based on field plate (FP) integration inside printed circuit board (PCB)-embedded power modules. The goal is to reduce the electric field at their surface and thus increase the partial discharge inception voltage (PDIV)....

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,889 Views
13 Pages

Research on the Residual Stress Field of a Compression Bushing-Lug Plate in Cold Expansion Strengthening

  • Zhongliang Lin,
  • Qingshun Bai,
  • Hongfei Wang,
  • Baoquan Wu and
  • Wensheng Li

26 October 2023

The accurate acquisition of the residual stress field is the key to clarifying the cold expansion strengthening mechanism of compression bushings, optimizing the extrusion process parameters, and improving the structural fatigue life. In the actual c...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
1,429 Views
12 Pages

Modeling of the Temperature Regimes in a Layered Bimetallic Plate under Short-Term Induction Heating

  • Roman Musii,
  • Petro Pukach,
  • Nataliia Melnyk,
  • Myroslava Vovk and
  • L’udomír Šlahor

27 June 2023

A mathematical model for determining the temperature field of a bimetallic plate with plane-parallel boundaries during short-term induction heating by a non-stationary electromagnetic field is proposed. Initial boundary value problems for determining...

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  • Open Access
1,509 Views
18 Pages

22 July 2025

Vertical GaN P-i-N diodes exhibit excellent high-voltage performance, fast switching speed, and low conduction losses, making them highly attractive for power applications. However, their breakdown voltage is severely constrained by electric field cr...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,139 Views
14 Pages

2 June 2021

This paper designed and optimized a bidirectional three-port valve plate structure for solving the matching problem of flow rate and pressure in the aerospace pump-controlled differential hydraulic cylinder. This design aims to make the valve plate w...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,249 Views
17 Pages

16 June 2023

The main purpose of this work is to completely solve two motion problems of some differential type fluids when velocity or shear stress is given on the boundary. In order to do that, isothermal MHD motions of incompressible second grade fluids over a...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,427 Views
21 Pages

27 September 2022

In this paper, a series of numerical experiments are carried out on the anti-scour device combined with perforated baffle and ring-wing plate. In addition, the optimal dimensions and location of the combined device are obtained: The perforated ratio...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,341 Views
21 Pages

24 July 2020

Low-cost and high-efficiency circulating water channels are widely used in the hydrodynamic tests of an underwater device. The current research mainly focuses on obtaining a better velocity uniformity of the test section by optimizing the curve funct...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,590 Views
16 Pages

A Novel ANN-PSO Method for Optimizing a Small-Signal Equivalent Model of a Dual-Field-Plate GaN HEMT

  • Haowen Shen,
  • Wenyong Zhou,
  • Jinye Wang,
  • Hangjiang Jin,
  • Yifan Wu,
  • Junchao Wang and
  • Jun Liu

28 November 2024

This study introduces a novel method that integrates artificial neural networks (ANNs) with the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm to enhance the efficiency and precision of parameter optimization for the small-signal equivalent model of dua...

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4 Citations
2,658 Views
14 Pages

13 January 2023

ANSYS Maxwell was used to replicate the conditions of two potential electrospinning configurations: a needle–plate and a parallel-plate configuration. Simulations showed that the electric field generated within the parallel-plate configuration...

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