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  • Open Access
3 Citations
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11 May 2016

This paper proposes, for low buildings, an integrated wall structure of a brick-stem-insulating layer, which plays a major part in both heat preservation and force bearing. The research team has tested the thermal performance of the structure, the re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,042 Views
16 Pages

Soft magnetic composites (SMCs) such as FeNi50 are indispensable in modern electronics due to their high magnetic permeability and low-loss characteristics, meeting the requirements for miniaturization and high-frequency operation. However, the integ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,305 Views
11 Pages

Low Core Losses of Fe-Based Soft Magnetic Composites with an Zn-O-Si Insulating Layer Obtained by Coupling Synergistic Photodecomposition

  • Siyuan Wang,
  • Jingwu Zheng,
  • Danni Zheng,
  • Liang Qiao,
  • Yao Ying,
  • Yiping Tang,
  • Wei Cai,
  • Wangchang Li,
  • Jing Yu and
  • Shenglei Che
  • + 1 author

5 December 2022

The major method used to reduce the magnetic loss of soft magnetic composites (SMCs) is to coat the magnetic powder with an insulating layer, but the permeability is usually sacrificed in the process. In order to achieve a better balance between low...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,208 Views
14 Pages

Effect of Crosslinking Temperature on the Insulation Performance of XLPE Secondary Crosslinking Insulation Interface Layer

  • Ming Hu,
  • Hongliang Zhang,
  • Xufei Ge,
  • Xiping Hu,
  • Zehao Zhang,
  • Xiaoyan Cao,
  • Zerui Li and
  • Wenbo Huo

30 March 2025

To investigate the impact of temperature variations during the secondary crosslinking of cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) on the insulation performance of the interface layer, commercial XLPE cable pellets were subjected to flat hot pressing at 140 &...

  • Article
  • Open Access
314 Views
12 Pages

The Effect of a Teflon Insulation Layer Installed Inside the Pump on the Insulation of a Centrifugal Pump for Transporting Liquid Hydrogen

  • Jeong-Eui Yun,
  • Joon-Young Shin,
  • Cartur Harsito,
  • Won-Sik Kim,
  • Hong-Sik Moon and
  • Sang-Seon Lee

4 December 2025

One of the most important goals in developing centrifugal pumps for liquid hydrogen transport is to minimize the temperature rise of the working fluid caused by internal and external heat sources during operation. In this paper, as part of our evalua...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,275 Views
15 Pages

11 December 2017

The authors develop slim and light-weight vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) by producing vacuum layers with spacers and plastic plates. The developed VIPs have the advantages of a low cost and easy installation, thus facilitating retrofitting insulatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
1,958 Views
21 Pages

30 March 2023

The unreasonable setting of thermal insulation layer in high cold tunnels not only increases the maintenance cost of tunnels, but also weakens the anti-freezing and cold resistance of the tunnels. In order to optimize the setting of thermal insulatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
806 Views
18 Pages

A Novel High-Precision Imaging Radar for Quality Inspection of Building Insulation Layers

  • Dandan Cheng,
  • Zhaofa Zeng,
  • Wei Ge,
  • Yuemeng Yin,
  • Chenghao Wang and
  • Shaolong Li

26 May 2025

In recent years, the building insulation layer peeling caused by quality problems has brought about safety hazards to human life. Existing means of non-destructive testing of building insulation layers, including laser scanning, infrared thermal imag...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,337 Views
19 Pages

11 October 2022

In this work, numerical simulation and experimental research were carried out on ablation mechanism of the first pulse (I pulse) insulation layer in a double-pulse solid rocket motor (SRM). Firstly, based on the internal thermal environment of the ty...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,133 Views
16 Pages

3 February 2022

Stratospheric airships with a solar array have demonstrated overwhelming superiority in many aspects, such as earth observation, meteorological survey, and communication relay. The solar array supplies sufficient power for the airship to be in flight...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
5,841 Views
22 Pages

1 July 2017

In cold regions, heat-insulating layers play a crucial role in frost prevention in tunnels. This paper presents a numerical study on the anti-freezing behavior of a cold region tunnel (the Dege tunnel) with heat-insulating layers. A numerical model b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,920 Views
15 Pages

Thermal-Insulation Fillers’ Influences on the Heating Resistance of PDMS-Based Aerogel Layer

  • Linlin Liu,
  • Xinyi Zhang,
  • Weizhen Li,
  • Shuchuan Wang,
  • Jihu Wang,
  • Shirong Wang and
  • Jingxia Yang

2 August 2024

PDMS-based aerogel layers were synthesized as insulation layers by adopting mullite fiber (MF), hollow glass microspheres (HGM) and silica aerogel (SA) as the main fillers, and their loading amounts and content ratios were checked to investigate thei...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,879 Views
12 Pages

The compressor is the primary source of noise in a refrigeration system. Most compressors are wrapped with multi-layer sound insulation cotton for noise reduction and sound insulation. We explore the sound insulation law of different polyvinyl chlori...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,056 Views
26 Pages

15 January 2025

Adverse climatic conditions, particularly excessive water and frost, necessitate the design of thick protective sub-ballast layers when dealing with frost-susceptible subgrade surfaces, especially when using standard natural materials (crushed aggreg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,231 Views
14 Pages

Experimental Study on the Insulation Layer Thickness of a Novel Ice Coring Device in Loose Sandstone-Type Uranium Deposits

  • Chaoyang Huang,
  • Jianming Peng,
  • Yanliang Li,
  • Moke Lian,
  • Chao Guo,
  • Yongjiang Luo and
  • Kun Bo

8 November 2021

The target strata of sandstone-type uranium deposits are usually located in the fragile and loose strata, which makes it difficult to obtain core samples; consequently, a novel ice coring device for loose sandstone-type uranium deposits is proposed t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,618 Views
18 Pages

27 January 2025

This article presents the results of a study on the impact of selected parameters of a building’s ground-floor zone (the junction of the external and foundation walls, the ground floor slab, and the ground itself) on the temperature field withi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,239 Views
13 Pages

12 June 2020

This paper presents the measurement results of the thermal insulation of the outer shell, thermal inserts, and clothing systems, as well as a comparative analysis of the thermal insulation of multi-layer thermal inserts in a thermal jacket intended f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,039 Views
12 Pages

Superficial defects in the insulation layers of aviation cables can cause serious failures of and disasters for aircraft. Considering the critical importance of safety for aircraft, there is a need to develop a nondestructive technique to detect thes...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,712 Views
15 Pages

3 May 2023

For liquid hydrogen transportation, thermal insulation materials that are lightweight, compact and exhibit high-performance have been pursued for several decades, and variable density multi-layer insulation (VD-MLI) has been regarded as a promising c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,749 Views
13 Pages

23 December 2016

A thin, insulating layer with high electrical resistivity is vital to achieving high performance of powder magnetic cores. Using layer-by-layer deposition of silica nanosheets or colloidal silica over insulating layers composed of strontium phosphate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,414 Views
11 Pages

Influence of Thermal Aging on Dielectric Properties of High Voltage Cable Insulation Layer

  • Boyuan Liang,
  • Rui Lan,
  • Qian Zang,
  • Zhen Liu,
  • Lin Tian,
  • Zhaochen Wang and
  • Guochang Li

27 February 2023

Thermal aging is one of the main reasons for the degradation of insulation properties of high voltage cable. Dielectric properties and breakdown strength are important parameters to reflect the insulation performance of the cable insulation materials...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,700 Views
55 Pages

26 February 2021

One of the strategies to improve the energy performance of buildings may be the use of passive solar systems with transparent insulation. In the article, a numerical model of solar wall (SW) with transparent insulation (TI) obtained using the method...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,536 Views
18 Pages

28 August 2024

In this paper, the instability of two layers of insulating and conducting immiscible liquids separated by a deformable interface and subjected to unipolar injection is examined. Taking into account the slight deformation of the interface between the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,986 Views
10 Pages

Graphene as a Buffer Layer for Silicon Carbide-on-Insulator Structures

  • Budi Astuti,
  • Masahiro Tanikawa,
  • Shaharin Fadzli Abd Rahman,
  • Kanji Yasui and
  • Abdul Manaf Hashim

9 November 2012

We report an innovative technique for growing the silicon carbide-on-insulator (SiCOI) structure by utilizing polycrystalline single layer graphene (SLG) as a buffer layer. The epitaxial growth was carried out using a hot-mesh chemical vapor depositi...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,620 Views
20 Pages

Atomic Layer Deposition of High-k Insulators on Epitaxial Graphene: A Review

  • Filippo Giannazzo,
  • Emanuela Schilirò,
  • Raffaella Lo Nigro,
  • Fabrizio Roccaforte and
  • Rositsa Yakimova

3 April 2020

Due to its excellent physical properties and availability directly on a semiconductor substrate, epitaxial graphene (EG) grown on the (0001) face of hexagonal silicon carbide is a material of choice for advanced applications in electronics, metrology...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,003 Views
19 Pages

11 November 2022

The double-layer plate structure in passive sound insulation systems can improve the high-frequency sound insulation performance, but it is still not ideal in the low-frequency region. The actuator of the active sound insulation system can adjust the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,779 Views
17 Pages

Image Representation Method Based on Relative Layer Entropy for Insulator Recognition

  • Zhenbing Zhao,
  • Hongyu Qi,
  • Xiaoqing Fan,
  • Guozhi Xu,
  • Yincheng Qi,
  • Yongjie Zhai and
  • Ke Zhang

8 April 2020

Deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) with alternating convolutional, pooling and decimation layers are widely used in computer vision, yet current works tend to focus on deeper networks with many layers and neurons, resulting in a high computat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,045 Views
10 Pages

Electric Double Layer Doping of Charge-Ordered Insulators α-(BEDT-TTF)2I3 and α-(BETS)2I3

  • Yoshitaka Kawasugi,
  • Hikaru Masuda,
  • Jiang Pu,
  • Taishi Takenobu,
  • Hiroshi M. Yamamoto,
  • Reizo Kato and
  • Naoya Tajima

7 July 2021

Field-effect transistors based on strongly correlated insulators are an excellent platform for studying the electronic phase transition and simultaneously developing phase transition transistors. Molecular conductors are suitable for phase transition...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,971 Views
12 Pages

Methyl-Trimethoxy-Siloxane-Modified Mg-Al-Layered Hydroxide Filler for Thermal-Insulation Coatings

  • Yanhua Zhao,
  • Guanhua Shen,
  • Yongli Wang,
  • Xiangying Hao and
  • Huining Li

19 June 2023

The development of high-performance insulation materials that facilitate the reduction in building energy consumption is of paramount significance. In this study, magnesium–aluminum-layered hydroxide (LDH) was prepared by the classical hydrothe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,115 Views
12 Pages

Soft magnetic composites (SMCs) are composed of alloy materials with the core and insulating layers as the shell. These composites exhibit high saturation magnetic sensitivity and low hysteresis loss, making them a promising material for various appl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
961 Views
19 Pages

Segmentation of 220 kV Cable Insulation Layers Using WGAN-GP-Based Data Augmentation and the TransUNet Model

  • Liang Luo,
  • Song Qing,
  • Yingjie Liu,
  • Guoyuan Lu,
  • Ziying Zhang,
  • Yuhang Xia,
  • Yi Ao,
  • Fanbo Wei and
  • Xingang Chen

2 September 2025

This study presents a segmentation framework for images of 220 kV cable insulation that addresses sample scarcity and blurred boundaries. The framework integrates data augmentation using the Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Network with Gradient Pe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,216 Views
14 Pages

Analysis for DC and RF Characteristics Recessed-Gate GaN MOSFET Using Stacked TiO2/Si3N4 Dual-Layer Insulator

  • So-Ra Min,
  • Min-Su Cho,
  • Sang-Ho Lee,
  • Jin Park,
  • Hee-Dae An,
  • Geon-Uk Kim,
  • Young-Jun Yoon,
  • Jae-Hwa Seo,
  • Jae-Won Jang and
  • In-Man Kang
  • + 2 authors

21 January 2022

The self-heating effects (SHEs) on the electrical characteristics of the GaN MOSFETs with a stacked TiO2/Si3N4 dual-layer insulator are investigated by using rigorous TCAD simulations. To accurately analyze them, the GaN MOSFETs with Si3N4 single-lay...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,398 Views
13 Pages

25 January 2022

The electroadhesion pad is mainly studied for applications, such as climbing robots and grippers. In this paper, we present our study with the confirmation of the adhesion properties of the electroadhesion pad with a double-insulating layer, pad mode...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,446 Views
14 Pages

Effect of the Insulating Layer on the Properties of SMC Inductors

  • Emir Pošković,
  • Fausto Franchini and
  • Luca Ferraris

31 August 2022

In inductor applications, different soft magnetic materials are used depending on the frequency range. Owing to powder metallurgy technology and to the increase in the implementation of innovative multifunctional materials, it is possible to find an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,294 Views
35 Pages

An Operando Study of the Thermal Reduction of BaTiO3 Crystals: The Nature of the Insulator–Metal Transition of the Surface Layer

  • Christian Rodenbücher,
  • Gustav Bihlmayer,
  • Carsten Korte,
  • Daniel Rytz,
  • Jacek Szade and
  • Kristof Szot

19 August 2023

The insulator-to-metal transition upon the thermal reduction of perovskites is a well-known yet not completely understood phenomenon. By combining different surface-sensitive analysis techniques, we analyze the electronic transport properties, electr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,638 Views
11 Pages

Here, we report an explorative study of an attempt to fabricate ultrathin aluminum oxide films on n-InP substrates by radio-frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering as a candidate for insulating layers in semiconductor lasers for optical communication. Fi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,798 Views
14 Pages

29 September 2023

High-mesa semi-insulating buried heterostructure (SIBH) lasers with InP: Fe have great potential in high-speed and high-power scenarios, but the leakage current problem under high current injections has always limited their application. In order to s...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,186 Views
12 Pages

Effect of Various Metal Oxide Insulating Layers on the Magnetic Properties of Fe-Si-Cr Systems

  • Zhenyi Huang,
  • Huaqin Huang,
  • Hao He,
  • Zhaoyang Wu,
  • Xuesong Wang and
  • Rui Wang

20 April 2023

Iron-based soft magnetic composites (SMCs) are the key components of high-frequency electromagnetic systems. Selecting a suitable insulating oxide layer and ensuring the integrity and homogeneity of the heterogeneous core–shell structure of SMC...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,616 Views
18 Pages

3 July 2023

The constantly increasing energy demand in aged households of urban areas highlights the need for effective renovation solutions towards nZEB to meet the European Commission’s energy reduction and decarbonization targets. To address these targe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,988 Views
15 Pages

3 February 2019

To achieve the purposes of storing industry solid wastes and enhancing subgrade stability in seasonally frozen regions, Structure III, which utilized the modified silty clay (SC) and extruded polystyrene (XPS) board as a novel subgrade thermal insula...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,135 Views
19 Pages

24 March 2022

As the world’s hydrocarbon supplies are gradually being depleted, the search for alternative energy sources with acceptably low emissions of environmentally harmful pollutants is a growing concern. Hydrogen has been proposed by numerous researc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,433 Views
13 Pages

16 September 2021

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) as a high sensitivity analytical method for molecule detection has attracted much attention in recent research. In this work, we demonstrated an improved SERS substrate, which has the gold nanoparticles random...

  • Article
  • Open Access
787 Views
18 Pages

25 March 2025

This study establishes a numerical simulation model based on heat and mass transfer theory to reflect the variations in temperature and humidity conditions within a tunnel. It analyzes the impact of high-temperature fissure water, humid porous media,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,034 Views
14 Pages

21 March 2019

Low density polyethylene (LDPE) doped with inorganic nano-MMT and nano-ZnO particles improved the dielectric properties of the cable insulation layer. In this article, nano-MMT/LDPE and nano-ZnO/LDPE composites were prepared by polymer intercalation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,954 Views
15 Pages

3 February 2023

The basic intention of the present work is to analyze the influence of the incorporated microporous membrane and the technology of the needling process on the functional properties of nonwovens designed as an insulating layer for protective gloves fo...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,585 Views
15 Pages

28 December 2021

The physics of quantum many-body systems have been studied using bulk correlated materials, and recently, moiré superlattices formed by atomic bilayers have appeared as a novel platform in which the carrier concentration and the band structure...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
4,238 Views
10 Pages

Enhanced Magnetic Properties of FeSiAl Soft Magnetic Composites Prepared by Utilizing PSA as Resin Insulating Layer

  • Hao Lu,
  • Yaqiang Dong,
  • Xincai Liu,
  • Zhonghao Liu,
  • Yue Wu,
  • Haijie Zhang,
  • Aina He,
  • Jiawei Li and
  • Xinmin Wang

21 April 2021

Thermosetting organic resins are widely applied as insulating coatings for soft magnetic powder cores (SMPCs) because of their high electrical resistivity. However, their poor thermal stability and thermal decomposition lead to a decrease in electric...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,538 Views
12 Pages

β-Ga2O3 Schottky Barrier Diode with Ion Beam Sputter-Deposited Semi-Insulating Layer

  • Nikita N. Yakovlev,
  • Aleksei V. Almaev,
  • Bogdan O. Kushnarev,
  • Maksim G. Verkholetov,
  • Maksim V. Poliakov and
  • Mikhail M. Zinovev

26 January 2024

Vertical Schottky barrier diodes based on an ion beam sputter (IBS)-deposited β-Ga2O3 film on a single-crystalline (2¯01) unintentionally doped (UID) β-Ga2O3 with a Ni contact were developed. To form ohmic Ti/Ni contacts, the IBS-Ga2O3...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,639 Views
4 Pages

Numerical Analysis of a Super-Insulated Pipe for the Transportation of Liquid Nitrogen (LN2)

  • Danish Bin Nisar,
  • Maaz Ahmed,
  • Ali Mohsin Hussain,
  • Muzaffar Ali and
  • Hafiz Sohaib Muhammad

11 October 2023

In this study, a super-insulated pipe incorporating Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) and vacuum is numerically analyzed to overcome the challenges faced during the transportation of cryogenic fluids like nitrogen. A super-insulated pipe incorporating an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,996 Views
15 Pages

This study proposes the thermal decomposition of salt compounds and doping of carbonyl iron powders (CIPs) to optimize the preparation of an insulating layer through the solid-phase interface reaction. First, (Fe–Si–Cr + CIPs)/ZnSO4 compo...

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