The work aims to numerically evaluate different injection configurations for the analysis of a two-phase flow behavior and evolution through a staggered Y-junction pipeline. To minimize agglomeration between inlets, the injection zones have a separat...
In recent studies, phase junctions constructed as photocatalysts have been found to possess great prospects for organic degradation with visible light. In this study, we designed an elaborate rhombohedral corundum/cubic In2O3 phase junction (named MI...
This study investigates the tidal discharge division and phase difference at branches connected to a channel junction. The tidal discharge at three branches (eastern, western, and northern branches) was continuously collected using the fluvial acoust...
Gas-liquid two-phase flow patterns and gas slug hydrodynamics were experimentally studied in three Y-junctions with different junction angles of 60°, 90° and 120°. Microbubbles were generated in the sodium alginate aqueous solution with t...
The development of WO3-based gas sensors for analysis of acetone in exhaled breath is significant for noninvasive diagnosis of diabetes. A series of Fe-doped hexagonal and monoclinic WO3 phase−junction (Fe−h/m−WO3) sensors were synt...
A novel Cu1.8Se/Cu3Se2 composite photocatalyst was prepared by the simple precipitation method. This composite possesses a wide photoabsorption until the range of near-infrared light, and exhibits significantly enhanced photocatalytic activity for me...
This paper investigates air–water two-phase flow regimes in a horizontal T-junction mini-channel with a 1 × 1 mm2 main mini-channel and a 0.3 × 0.3 mm2 side channel. The resulting cross-sectional area ratio of about 11:1 lies outsid...
We study the thermodynamic properties of a superconductor/normal metal/superconductor Josephson junction in the short limit. Owing to the proximity effect, such a junction constitutes a thermodynamic system where phase difference, supercurrent, tempe...
This study investigates the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of supercritical open channel junction flow using two different turbulence models: k-ω shear stress transport (SST) and k-ω SST scale-adaptive simulation (SAS), in co...
Josephson junctions (JJs) with Josephson energy
The dynamics of gas–liquid two-phase flow at fracture junctions are crucial for optimizing fluid transport in the complex fracture networks of coal seams, particularly for coalbed methane (CBM) extraction and gas hazard management. This study p...
Multitube T-junctions can be used as an oil-water-gas pre-separator in the oil and gas industry. In this paper, the mixture model, coupled with the k-ε turbulent model, was applied for a simulation of the oil-water-gas three-phase flow charac...
Microfluidics enables generating series of isolated droplets for high-throughput screening. As many biological/chemical solutions are of shear thinning non-Newtonian nature, we studied non-Newtonian droplet generation to improve the reliability of si...
Liquid–liquid two-phase flow in microchannels has attracted much attention, due to the superiority of mass transfer enhancement. One of the biggest unresolved challenges is the low mixing efficiency at the microscale. Suitable mixing efficiency...
The development and approbation of a superconducting local oscillator based on a long Josephson junction made it possible to create a fully superconducting integrated receiver in sub-terahertz frequency range, which was successfully tested both on bo...
As a highly regarded superconducting material with a concise layered structure, MgB2 has attracted significant scientific attention and holds vast potential for applications. However, its limited current-carrying capacity under high magnetic fields h...
Motivated by the increasing need of optimised micro-devices for droplet production in medical and biological applications, this paper introduces an integrated approach for the study of the liquid–liquid droplet creation in flow-focusing micro c...
Employing charge–flux duality for Josephson junctions and superconducting nanowires, we predict a novel effect of fluxon cotunneling in SQUID-like nanorings. This process is strictly dual to that of Cooper pair cotunneling in superconducting tr...
Increasing and improving the critical transition temperature (TC), current density (JC) and the Meissner effect (HC) of conventional superconductors are the most important problems in superconductivity research, but progress has been slow for many ye...
This study numerically investigated the symmetric breakup of bubble within a heated microfluidic Y-junction. The established three-dimensional model was verified with the results in the literature. Two crucial variables, Reynolds number (Re) and heat...
Superconducting materials exhibit unique physical properties and have great scientific value and vast industrial application prospects. However, due to limitations, such as the critical temperature (TC) and critical current density (JC), the large-sc...
We review the topological gauge theory description of Josephson junction arrays (JJA), fabricated systems which exhibit the superconductor-to-insulator transition (SIT). This description revealed the topological nature of the phases around the SIT an...
Bidirectional Interleaved Converters (BICs) are widely used in Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESSs) due to their modular structure, high efficiency, and reduced current ripple. However, under partial-load operation, conventional control strategies...
The dc Josephson current is generated from phase difference between two superconductors separated by a mesoscopic thin film (Josephson junction) without external bias voltage. In the presence of a temperature gradient across the superconductors, a th...
An increasing share of fluctuating and intermittent renewable energy sources can cause over-currents (OCs) in the power system. The heat generated during OCs increases the junction temperature of semiconductor devices and could even lead to thermal r...
Tight junctions (TJ) are cell–cell adhesive structures that define the permeability of barrier-forming epithelia and endothelia. In contrast to this seemingly static function, TJs display a surprisingly high molecular complexity and unexpected...
The formation of microparticles (MPs) of biocompatible and biodegradable hydrogels such as polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEGDA) utilizing microfluidic devices is an attractive option for entrapment and encapsulation of active principles and microor...
The concept of bandgap science of organic semiconductor films for use in photovoltaic cells, namely, high-purification, pn-control by doping, and design of the built-in potential based on precisely-evaluated doping parameters, is summarized. The prin...
Efforts to improve the prognosis for patients with locally advanced esophageal or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma have focused on neoadjuvant approaches to increase the pathological complete response (pathCR) rate, improve surgical res...
We study the influence of dissipative frustration on the one dimensional Josephson junction chain. In particular we analyze the dissipative quantum phase transition between the chain being superconducting or insulating, the purity as a measure of qua...
Advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction (gastric/GOJ) adenocarcinomas have poor outcomes, and the benefit of immune checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) remains limited. Bavituximab is a phosphatidylserine-targeting monoclonal antibody that modulates...
The demand on fast and high-bandwidth data transmission is in continuous increase. These demands are highly dependent on optical signal manipulation, including switching, modulation, and routing. We demonstrate a two-port silicon optical router based...
The photon storage time in a superconducting coplanar waveguide (CPW) resonator is contingent on the loaded quality factor, primarily dictated by the input and output capacitance of the resonator. The phase-slip based superconducting quantum interfer...
Background/Objectives: Immunotherapy (IO) has demonstrated survival benefits in metastatic gastroesophageal cancers, and current data supports perioperative IO in localized adenocarcinomas. Radiation may further enhance IO response through immunologi...
Two-phase flows are found in several industrial systems/applications, including boilers and condensers, which are used in power generation or refrigeration, steam generators, oil/gas extraction wells and refineries, flame stabilizers, safety valves,...
Evidence is reported that topological effects in graph-shaped arrays of superconducting islands can condition superconducting energy gap and transition temperature. The carriers giving rise to the new phase are couples of electrons (Cooper pairs) whi...
To achieve a transition from conventional liquid-junction reference electrodes (LJF REs) to their all-solid-state alternatives, organic electrolytes are often introduced into the polymeric electrode membranes. In this article, we implement a theoreti...
At a former uranium pilot mill in Grand Junction, Colorado, mine tailings and some subpile sediments were excavated to various depths to meet surface radiological standards, but residual solid-phase uranium below these excavation depths still occurs...
In the photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting (WS) reactions, a photon is absorbed by a semiconductor, generating electron-hole pairs which are transferred across the semiconductor/electrolyte interface to reduce or oxidize water into oxygen or h...
Immiscible liquid–liquid flows in microchannels are used extensively in various chemical and biological lab-on-a-chip systems when it is very important to predict the expected flow pattern for a variety of fluids and channel geometries. Commonly, bio...
Nivolumab (NIVO) plus low-dose ipilimumab (IPI) has shown a promising survival benefit in first-line treatment of microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) colorectal cancer. We hypothesized that this regimen might also be beneficial for MSI-H gastric...
In resectable gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer (GC/GEJC), the powerful positive prognostic effect and the potential predictive value for a lack of benefit from the combination of adjuvant/peri-operative chemotherapy for the MSI-high status...
Ferroelectric (FE) Hf1−xZrxO2 is a potential candidate for emerging memory in artificial intelligence (AI) and neuromorphic computation due to its non-volatility for data storage with natural bi-stable characteristics. This study experimentally chara...
T-junctions are important structures used in a number of industries to separate gas and liquid. This work studied the effect of the orientation of the side arm on the separation efficiency using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach, and a ne...
Purpose: We conducted a phase II study evaluating chemoradiotherapy in patients with advanced esophageal cancer, using the docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil (DCF) regimen followed by surgery. The primary purposes of this clinical trial were to...
This study investigates the stochastic variation in droplet size generated within a microfluidic flow-focusing cross-junction. A commercial micro cross-junction was used to experimentally analyze droplet formation under fixed flow rate conditions. An...
Ramucirumab (anti-VEGFR2) plus pembrolizumab (anti-PD1) demonstrated promising antitumor activity and tolerability among patients with previously treated advanced cancers, supporting growing evidence that combination therapies modulating the tumor mi...
The major issues confronting the performance of deep-UV (DUV) laser diodes (LDs) are reviewed along with the different approaches aimed at performance improvement. The impact of threading dislocations on the laser threshold current, limitations on he...
In this paper, we present a theoretical study of electronic transport in planar Josephson Superconductor–Normal Metal–Superconductor (SN-N-NS) bridges with arbitrary transparency of the SN interfaces. We formulate and solve the two-dimens...
This paper proposes a lifespan extension technique for three-phase voltage inverters using hybrid offset voltage. The proposed method lengthens the inverter lifetime by independently adjusting the switching frequency of the three phases in accordance...
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