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  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,321 Views
19 Pages

1 March 2023

We consider the initial-boundary value problem of reaction-diffusion-advection that has a solution of a front form. The statement comes from the theory of wave physics. We study the question of the solution stabilizing to the stationary one. Proof of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,819 Views
22 Pages

26 July 2023

An algorithm is presented for the construction of an asymptotic approximation of a stable stationary solution to a diffusion equation system in a two-dimensional domain with a smooth boundary and a source function that is discontinuous along some smo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,734 Views
22 Pages

28 June 2020

The present paper deals with an original way to reduce the environmental damage caused to land and air resources by surface coal mines with external dumping, due to the transition to internal dumping with filling the worked out space of the surface m...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,961 Views
10 Pages

19 June 2012

Internal bond strength testing is a widely used approach for testing quality traits of wood based panels. Generally, failure of internal bond specimens is due to adhesion and/or wood failure in the specimen. It has been reported that a composite prod...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,551 Views
12 Pages

27 July 2020

Flow and heat transfer in a horizontal porous layer subjected to internal heat generation and g-jitter is considered for the Dirichlet thermal boundary condition. A linear stability analysis is used to determine the convection threshold in terms of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
863 Views
18 Pages

Structural Mechanics Calculations of SiC/Mo-Re Composites with Improved High Temperature Creep Properties

  • Ke Li,
  • Egor Kashkarov,
  • Hailiang Ma,
  • Ping Fan,
  • Qiaoli Zhang,
  • Andrey Lider and
  • Daqing Yuan

23 July 2025

In the present work, we design a laminated composite composed of molybdenum–rhenium alloy and silicon carbide ceramics for use in space reactors as a candidate structural material with neutron spectral shift properties. The influence of the int...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
939 Views
11 Pages

10 September 2025

Bamboo cracking is primarily attributed to the influence of moisture on its structure. Natural-speckle digital image correlation (DIC) was employed to characterize tangential shrinkage in cross-sections, using parenchyma cells as intrinsic speckle pa...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,405 Views
35 Pages

22 May 2023

Multilayer networks represent multiple types of connections between the same set of nodes. Clearly, a multilayer description of a system adds value only if the multiplex does not merely consist of independent layers. In real-world multiplexes, it is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,418 Views
29 Pages

Meteorological Influences on Trace Gas Transport along the North Atlantic Coast during ICARTT 2004

  • Shannon R. Davis,
  • Robert Talbot,
  • Huiting Mao and
  • Jonathan A. Neuman

4 December 2014

An analysis of coastal meteorological mechanisms facilitating the transit pollution plumes emitted from sources in the Northeastern U.S. was based on observations from the International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformat...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,086 Views
13 Pages

Improved Ionosonde Monitoring of the Sporadic E Layer Using the Frequency Domain Interferometry Technique

  • Tongxin Liu,
  • Guobin Yang,
  • Chen Zhou,
  • Chunhua Jiang,
  • Wei Xu,
  • Binbin Ni and
  • Zhengyu Zhao

15 April 2022

The sporadic E (Es) layer is a thin layer of ion plasma enhancement in the E-region ionosphere, typically at altitudes of 90–120 km with vertical and horizontal extent of several or several tens of kilometers. As the transition region between t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,739 Views
11 Pages

This study explores the impact of a dual-charge layer structure on the performance of InGaAs/InAlAs avalanche photodiodes (APDs) with a separate absorption, charge, multiplication, charge, and transit (SACMCT) structure. The dual-charge layer, consis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,913 Views
14 Pages

Study of the Shear Strength Model of Unsaturated Soil in the Benggang Area of Southern China

  • Maojin Yang,
  • Nanbo Cen,
  • Zumei Wang,
  • Bifei Huang,
  • Jinshi Lin,
  • Fangshi Jiang,
  • Yanhe Huang and
  • Yue Zhang

7 December 2024

Benggangs are a unique type of soil erosion commonly found in southern China, with the gully wall being the most dynamic component of the Benggang system and is crucial for assessing its overall progression. The unsaturated shear strength of soil in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,783 Views
18 Pages

23 January 2024

As protective coatings for the thermal parts of aero-engines, AlCoCrFeNi coatings have good application prospects. In this study, atmospheric plasma spraying (APS) was used to prepare AlCoCrFeNi high-entropy coatings (HECs), which were oxidized from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
521 Views
12 Pages

Growth Process and Formation Mechanism of Oxide Films for FSX-414 Alloy: Comparing External Surface and Narrow Crevice During Long-Term Oxidation at 900 °C

  • Junjie Wu,
  • Changlin Yang,
  • Fan Zhao,
  • Yi Zeng,
  • Jianping Lai,
  • Jiaxin Yu,
  • Yingbo Guan,
  • Zhenhuan Gao and
  • Xiufang Gong

19 January 2026

Welding repair of cracks in FSX-414 cobalt-based alloy, used in high-temperature components, poses significant challenges due to the presence of surface oxide films within the cracks. By comparing the formation of oxide films on the external surface...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
4,733 Views
7 Pages

8 February 2019

In this study the microstructure and mechanical properties of stainless steel clad plate are researched. Due to element diffusion (Fe, Cr, Ni, Mn), a 20 μm thick diffusion layer is formed between stainless steel and carbon steel clad plate. The di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,238 Views
28 Pages

Gas Kinetic Scheme Coupled with High-Speed Modifications for Hypersonic Transition Flow Simulations

  • Chengrui Li,
  • Wenwen Zhao,
  • Hualin Liu,
  • Youtao Xue,
  • Yuxin Yang and
  • Weifang Chen

18 February 2024

The issue of hypersonic boundary layer transition prediction is a critical aerodynamic concern that must be addressed during the aerodynamic design process of high-speed vehicles. In this context, we propose an advanced mesoscopic method that couples...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,753 Views
15 Pages

Biochemical Change at the Setting-up of the Crossed-Lamellar Layer in Nerita undata Shell (Mollusca, Gastropoda)

  • Julius Nouet,
  • Marine Cotte,
  • Jean-Pierre Cuif,
  • Yannicke Dauphin and
  • Murielle Salomé

29 March 2012

Nerita undata is a marine gastropod, the shell of which consists of an external layer composed of very fine, long and undulating calcite prisms, and of an internal aragonite crossed-lamellar layer. As for any Ca-carbonate shell, both layers are compo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,566 Views
15 Pages

Sensitivity Enhancement of Hybrid Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials-Based Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor

  • Nurzad Zakirov,
  • Shaodi Zhu,
  • Aurélien Bruyant,
  • Gilles Lérondel,
  • Renaud Bachelot and
  • Shuwen Zeng

30 September 2022

In this work, we designed structures based on copper nanosubstrate with graphene and two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) in order to achieve an ultrasensitive surface plasmon resonance biosensor. This system contains seven compone...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,919 Views
9 Pages

TEM Investigation of Asymmetric Deposition-Driven Crystalline-to-Amorphous Transition in Silicon Nanowires

  • Yuan Zang,
  • Lianbi Li,
  • Jichao Hu,
  • Lei Li,
  • Zelong Li,
  • Zebin Li,
  • Song Feng,
  • Guoqing Zhang,
  • Caijuan Xia and
  • Hongbin Pu

12 October 2022

Controlling the shape and internal strain of nanowires (NWs) is critical for their safe and reliable use and for the exploration of novel functionalities of nanodevices. In this work, transmission electron microscopy was employed to examine bent Si N...

  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
6,919 Views
17 Pages

From the Outside to the Inside: New Insights on the Main Factors That Guide Seed Dormancy and Germination

  • Chiara Longo,
  • Soyanni Holness,
  • Veronica De Angelis,
  • Andrea Lepri,
  • Sara Occhigrossi,
  • Veronica Ruta and
  • Paola Vittorioso

31 December 2020

The transition from a dormant to a germinating seed represents a crucial developmental switch in the life cycle of a plant. Subsequent transition from a germinating seed to an autotrophic organism also requires a robust and multi-layered control. See...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,005 Views
15 Pages

9 July 2025

This work presents a novel approach to investigating epitaxial GaAsN layers and GaAsN-based p-i-n solar cell structures using light-assisted scanning capacitance microscopy (SCM) and spectroscopy. Due to the technological challenges in growing high-q...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,464 Views
11 Pages

Piezoelectric Response and Cycling Fatigue Resistance of Low-Temperature Sintered PZT-Based Ceramics

  • Zirui Lin,
  • Zhe Zhu,
  • Zhonghua Yao,
  • Hao Zhang,
  • Hua Hao,
  • Minghe Cao and
  • Hanxing Liu

17 February 2023

The preparation of low-cost multilayer piezoelectric devices requires using cheap internal electrodes between the dielectric layers. A general strategy is to reduce the sintering temperature Ts of the ceramic layer by sintering aids which can form a...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
11,774 Views
21 Pages

Layered lithium transition metal (TM) oxides LiTMO2 (TM = Ni, Co, Mn, Al, etc.) are the most promising cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries because of their high energy density, good rate capability and moderate cost. However, the safety issue...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,620 Views
15 Pages

Microstructure and Wear Performance of TaC and Ta/TaC Coatings on 30CrNi2MoVA Steel

  • Kai Yang,
  • Xuming Lv,
  • Bo Dang,
  • Zhuoyan Lai,
  • Xiaohu Chen,
  • Dongbo Wei,
  • Shuqin Li and
  • Pingze Zhang

15 August 2024

To enhance the wear resistance of artillery barrels in harsh environments, TaC and Ta/TaC coatings were prepared on 30CrNi2MoVA steel using double-glow plasma surface metallurgy technology. These coatings, of which their surfaces consisted of almost...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
4,702 Views
12 Pages

The crystal phases and surface states of TiO2 can intrinsically determine its performance in the applications of photocatalysis. Here, we prepared TiO2 nanofibers with different crystal phase contents by electrospinning followed via calcination at di...

  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
33 Citations
10,170 Views
18 Pages

Stories are an essential mode, not only of human communication—but also of thinking. This paper reflects on the internalization of stories from a cognitive perspective and outlines a visualization framework for supporting the analysis of narrative ge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,307 Views
13 Pages

13 March 2024

Herein, we report the thermal transitions and structural properties of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene/cucurbit[7]uril) pseudopolyrotaxane (PEDOT∙CB7-PS) and polyrotaxane (PEDOT∙CB7-PR) thin films compared with those of pristine PEDOT. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,443 Views
14 Pages

4 December 2021

The cushion of a geomembrane surface barrier of a high rockfill dam built on deep overburden is prone to crack and fail because of excessive flexural deformation. This study proposes a geomembrane surface barrier for a high rockfill dam on deep overb...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,814 Views
20 Pages

Corrosion Behavior of Alumina-Forming Austenitic Steel in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Conditions: Effects of Nb Content and Temperature

  • Zhaodandan Ma,
  • Shuo Cong,
  • Huan Chen,
  • Zhu Liu,
  • Yuanyuan Dong,
  • Rui Tang,
  • Tian Qiu,
  • Yong Chen and
  • Xianglong Guo

30 May 2023

The corrosion behavior of alumina-forming austenitic (AFA) stainless steels with different Nb additions in a supercritical carbon dioxide environment at 500 °C, 600 °C, and 20 MPa was investigated. The steels with low Nb content were found to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,813 Views
18 Pages

12 January 2024

Five thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), namely TBC-1 (YSZ), TBC-2 (CeYSZ), TBC-3 (YSZ:CeYSZ = 1:2), TBC-4 (YSZ:CeYSZ = 1:1), and TBC-5 (YSZ:CeYSZ = 2:1), were fabricated using the atmospheric plasma spraying (APS) method. Their oxidation behaviors at 1...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,378 Views
17 Pages

14 December 2021

Marine clay has been attracting in-depth research on its mechanical behavior and internal structure evolution, which are crucial to marine infrastructure safety. In the formation process of marine clay, including the sedimentation and consolidation s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,119 Views
13 Pages

Structure and Tribological Properties of AlCrN + CrCN Coating

  • Krzysztof Lukaszkowicz,
  • Jozef Sondor,
  • Agnieszka Paradecka,
  • Mirosława Pawlyta,
  • Bartosz Chmiela,
  • Mieczysław Pancielejko,
  • Bożena Szczucka-Lasota,
  • Tomasz Węgrzyn and
  • Tomasz Tański

11 November 2020

The paper presents results of the investigation of the AlCrN and AlCrN + CrCN coatings, deposited by arc evaporation method on the austenitic steel substrate. Topography studies performed with the use of AFM showed that the roughness value was 24 nm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,215 Views
13 Pages

That the Drancy transit and internment camp—the main camp from which Jews were deported from France—is currently inhabited, having reverted to its pre-war name ‘La Muette’ and initial function as a housing estate at the end of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,409 Views
22 Pages

EOSOLAR Project: Assessment of Wind Resources of a Coastal Equatorial Region of Brazil—Overview and Preliminary Results

  • Arcilan T. Assireu,
  • Felipe M. Pimenta,
  • Ramon M. de Freitas,
  • Osvaldo R. Saavedra,
  • Francisco L. A. Neto,
  • Audálio R. Torres Júnior,
  • Clóvis B. M. Oliveira,
  • Denivaldo C. P. Lopes,
  • Shigeaki L. de Lima and
  • Denisson Q. Oliveira
  • + 3 authors

23 March 2022

The EOSOLAR project was designed to investigate the structure of the atmospheric boundary layer in an equatorial coastal zone, where the discontinuity of surface conditions induces non-stationarity gradients of wind speeds and the development of inte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,360 Views
19 Pages

3D Printing Cellulose Hydrogels Using LASER Induced Thermal Gelation

  • Tim Huber,
  • Don Clucas,
  • Mathieu Vilmay,
  • Birte Pupkes,
  • James Stuart,
  • Simone Dimartino and
  • Conan Fee

A 3D printer was developed for the 3D printing of cellulose hydrogels using open source software and simple 3D printer hardware. Using a temperature-based sol-gel transition of cellulose dissolved in aqueous solutions of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and u...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
1,859 Views
22 Pages

Micro-arc oxidation (MAO) is a promising technology for enhancing the wear resistance of engine cylinders by growing a high hardness alumina ceramic film on the surface of light aluminum engine cylinders. However, the positive and negative pulse coor...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1,098 Views
10 Pages

24 April 2025

The crust and upper mantle structure of Mars is determined in the depth range of 0 to 100 km, by means of dispersion analysis and its inversion, which is performed for the surface waves present in the traces of the seismic event: S1094b. From these t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,771 Views
26 Pages

31 July 2025

As a key enabling technology for energy transition, the smart grid is propelling the global power system to evolve toward greater efficiency, reliability, and sustainability. Based on the three-dimensional analysis framework of “technology&ndas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,332 Views
13 Pages

Bioresorbable High-Strength HA/PLLA Composites for Internal Fracture Fixation

  • Jie Liu,
  • Mingtao Sun,
  • Yipeng He,
  • Weixia Yan,
  • Muhuo Yu and
  • Keqing Han

23 April 2025

In modern surgery, the internal fixation plates fabricated from hydroxyapatite/poly(L-lactide) (HA/PLLA) composites encounter clinical limitations in fracture treatment due to their inadequate mechanical properties. In this work, pressure-induced flo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,568 Views
13 Pages

Liquid Crystal Ordering in Densely Packed Colloidal Suspensions of Highly Anisotropic Monolayer Nanosheets

  • Yue Shi,
  • Min Shuai,
  • Yongqiang Shen,
  • Dong Chen,
  • Joseph E. Maclennan,
  • Zhengdong Cheng and
  • Noel A. Clark

6 November 2024

Monolayer nanosheets of zirconium phosphate in aqueous suspension exhibit short-range repulsion and long-range attraction, producing, at overall volume fractions larger than about half a percent, phase separation into higher-concentration liquid crys...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,268 Views
14 Pages

5 December 2025

This study analyzes the lifetime characteristics and degradation behavior of lithium-ion batteries under increasing charge–discharge cycles. The experiment focused on RE (Real Part), IM (Imaginary Part), and DCIR Degradation% (Direct Current In...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,240 Views
18 Pages

3 March 2025

Cylindrical shells are widely used in pipelines, pressure vessels, and aircraft fuselages due to their efficient internal pressure distribution. However, axial cracks caused by fatigue, environmental effects, or mechanical loading compromise structur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
269 Views
21 Pages

Comparative Selection of Staggered Jacking Schemes for a Large-Span Double-Layer Space Frame: A Case Study of the Han Culture Museum Grand Hall

  • Xiangwei Zhang,
  • Zheng Yang,
  • Jianbo Ren,
  • Yanchao Yue,
  • Yuanyuan Dong,
  • Jiaguo Zhang,
  • Haibin Guan,
  • Chenlu Liu,
  • Li Cui and
  • Jianjun Ma

14 February 2026

Focusing on the construction of a 58-m-diameter double-layer steel space frame dome at the Han Culture Museum Assembly Hall, this study addresses scheme selection and safety control challenges in staggered jacking of large-span spatial structures. A...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,487 Views
17 Pages

31 October 2021

In deep ocean transportation pipeline, the swirling internal flow has a significant impact on the marine minerals transportation efficiency and safety. Therefore, the present work investigates various swirl flow motions for the slurry transport chara...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,298 Views
18 Pages

17 July 2023

Crystalline admixture (CA) can be incorporated into concrete to achieve self-healing of concrete cracks. In this study, both CA and superabsorbent polymer (SAP) were used as self-healing agents to investigate the effects of CA on the self-healing per...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,724 Views
21 Pages

Accelerating the construction of a strong livestock industry is of great significance to better guarantee the supply of livestock products and improve the quality, efficiency and competitiveness of the industry. This study constructed an evaluation i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
4,734 Views
18 Pages

5 November 2022

To solve the maneuvering decision problem in air combat of unmanned combat aircraft vehicles (UCAVs), in this paper, an autonomous maneuver decision method is proposed for a UCAV based on deep reinforcement learning. Firstly, the UCAV flight maneuver...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,787 Views
15 Pages

25 July 2022

Unconventional superconductivity in heavily boron-doped nanocrystalline diamond films (HBDDF) produced a significant amount of interest. However, the exact pairing mechanism has not been understood due to a lack of understanding of crystal symmetry,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,315 Views
35 Pages

28 August 2025

Although numerous observational and theoretical studies have examined the mean and turbulent structure of the tropical cyclone boundary layer (TCBL) over the open ocean, there have been comparatively fewer studies that have examined the kinematic and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,608 Views
11 Pages

1 September 2021

The flow and heat transfer in a rotating vertical porous layer, placed far from the axis of rotation, and subjected to internal heat generation and centrifugal jitter, is considered. The linear stability theory is used to determine the convection thr...

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