Plasmonic nanostructures have attracted intensive attention for many applications in recent years because of the field enhancement at the metal/dielectric interface. First, this strong field enhancement makes it possible to break the diffraction limi...
Metasurfaces acting on electromagnetic fields have emerged as powerful tools that can address all the wave’s degrees of freedom: amplitude, phase and polarization. It is especially with respect to polarization that their role is steadily growin...
28 June 2023
Electrostatic charging of powders becomes important, when particles become smaller, especially for fine powders at micron or sub-micron size. Charging of powders causes strong particle adhesion and consequently difficulties in processes such as blend...
Several types of silicon-nanowire-based optical demultiplexers (DeMUXs) for use in short-reach targeted datacenter applications were proposed and their spectral responses were experimentally verified. First, a novel 100-GHz-spaced 16λ polariza...
The present work is motivated by the necessity of handling and controlling three-dimensional polarization states, whose appropriate preparation has increasing interest in areas like nanotechnologies, quantum computing and near-field phenomena. By vir...
We present a new fiber-based polarization diversity detection (PDD) scheme for polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography (PSOCT). This implementation uses a new custom miniaturized polarization-maintaining fiber coupler with single mode (SM...
An experimentally obtained polarization curve for the hydrogen evolution reaction on silver in a 0.5 mol dm−3 solution was investigated using an electrochemical curve technique named the differential polarization method (DPM). The exchange current de...
The K-nearest neighbor (KNN) algorithm is one of the most extensively used classification algorithms, while its high time complexity limits its performance in the era of big data. The quantum K-nearest neighbor (QKNN) algorithm can handle the above p...
To address the significant degradation of image visibility and contrast in turbid media, this paper proposes an enhanced image dehazing algorithm. Unlike traditional polarimetric dehazing methods that exclusively attribute polarization information to...
When events occur in everyday life, it is sometimes advantageous to approach them in two directions to find a solution for them. As a mathematical tool to handle these things, we can consider the intuitionistic fuzzy set. However, when events are com...
Polar performance diagrams are commonly used to predict the performance of a sailing vessel under given wind conditions. They are, in particular, an essential part of robotic sailing vessels and a basis for weather routing algorithms. In this paper w...
Anti-resonant hollow-core fibers have exhibited excellent performance in applications such as high-power pulse transmission, network communication, space exploration, and precise sensing. Employing anti-resonant hollow-core fibers instead of light gu...
This paper presents a novel high-power rotary waveguide phase shifter based on circular polarizers specifically engineered for high-power microwave (HPM) applications. The phase shifter is capable of performing a precise 360° linear phase shift t...
The dynamic illumination conditions in the Moon’s polar region present challenges for future rover explorations, which require enhanced efficiency and intelligent data preprocessing for Sun-synchronous path planning. Within the Chang’E-7 polar explor...
The fuzzy linguistic approach provides favorable outputs in several areas, whose description is relatively qualitative. The encouragement for the utilization of sentences or words instead of numbers is that linguistic characterizations or classificat...
This experiment is the first ultraviolet radiance assimilation for atmospheric ozone in the troposphere and stratosphere. The experiment has provided better understanding of which observations need to be assimilated, what bias correction scheme may b...
Due to the complexity of underwater conditions, achieving stable long-endurance autonomous underwater navigation has always been a challenging issue. Polarized light navigation, which utilizes the polarization field in the underwater downward radiati...
2 March 2023
Since early 2020, the rapid expansion of COVID-19 has raised concerns about vaccine safety and the government’s handling of it. Particularly notable and concerning has been a growing number of people who oppose vaccines, as this opposition pose...
With the rapid development of the one-stationary bistatic forward-looking synthetic aperture radar (OS-BFSAR) technology, the huge amount of the remote sensing data presents challenges for real-time imaging processing. In this paper, an efficient tim...
Polarized hyperspectral images can reflect the rich physicochemical characteristics of targets. Meanwhile, the contained plentiful information also brings great challenges to signal processing. Although compressive sensing theory provides a good idea...
Vertical incidence pulsed ionospheric radar (VIPIR) has been operated to observe the polar ionosphere with Dynasonde analysis software at Jang Bogo Station (JBS), Antarctica, since 2017. The JBS-VIPIR-Dynasonde (JVD) provides ionospheric parameters s...
In this study, the fluorescence (FL) behavior of a fluorenone derivative (FDMFA) in four chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents was investigated. While all four solvents have low polarities, their proticities are considerably different. Therefore, the FL p...
The handling of metallic nanoparticles often requires their dispersion into several polar and nonpolar solvents. Solid-phase stages or polymer-based ligands are commonly required to complete the transfer. The construction of a thiol ligand based in o...
In recent years, polarization on social media has risen significantly. Social platforms often feature a range of topics that give rise to communities of users with diametrically opposed views, who tend to avoid engaging with others having different p...
One of the most studied problems among researchers in recent years is how individuals form their opinions. This problem has become more urgent with the advent of social networks, which can easily influence a huge number of followers and have become i...
To meet the demands of maritime transportation on ships, including satellite positioning, wireless communication, and radio frequency identification (RFID) for cargo handling management, a function reconfigurable antenna based on liquid metal is prop...
Greige cotton (GC) has attracted interest in recent years as an eco-friendly, functional fiber for use in nonwoven topsheet materials. GC imparts favorable fluid management and sensorial properties associated with urinary liquid transport and indices...
This paper studies the AWC (Active Wafer Centering) algorithm for the movement control and wafer calibration of the handling robot in semiconductor manufacturing to prevent wafer surface contact and contamination during the transfer process. The mech...
(1) Background: Eudraguard® Natural (EN) and Protect (EP) are polymers regulated for use in dietary supplements in the European Union and the United States to carry natural products, mask unpleasant smells and tastes, ameliorate product handling,...
Electrostatic discharge is a common phenomenon in daily life, and the electromagnetic pulse radiation generated during discharge can cause great harm to power, communication, sensing, and other equipment, resulting in systems not working properly. To...
CdTe/CZT based spectroscopic two-dimensional (2D)/three-dimensional (3D) imagers when operated in the Compton regime can work as high performance scattering polarimeters, for high-energy astrophysics. Polarimetry in high-energy astrophysics has been...
The fast-maturing photonic integration technology is calling for a versatile platform that supports both active and passive functions as well as high scalability through component miniaturization. Indium phosphide (InP) has long been recognized for i...
Membrane distillation (MD) technology has become an effective solution to freshwater scarcity due to its low energy consumption, high separation efficiency, and ability to handle highly concentrated saline wastewater. Nevertheless, issues such as mem...
Gas chromatography–coupled mass spectrometry (GC–MS) has been used in biomedical research to analyze volatile, non-polar, and polar metabolites in a wide array of sample types. Despite advances in technology, missing values are still comm...
Hollow-core anti-resonant fibers (HC-ARFs) have emerged as a promising platform for next-generation optical systems, offering attractive advantages in low-latency, low-nonlinearity, and high-power handling. However, the development of high-performanc...
Lunar optical and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery provide complementary information for characterizing the lunar surface. However, their joint use remains challenging because of substantial cross-modality differences and severe illumination co...
The metabolic profiling of a wide range of chemical classes relevant to understanding sarcopenia under conditions in which sample availability is limited, e.g., from mouse models, small muscles, or muscle biopsies, is desired. Several existing metabo...
This paper investigates a two-dimensional angle of arrival (2D AOA) estimation algorithm for the electromagnetic vector sensor (EMVS) array based on Type-2 block component decomposition (BCD) tensor modeling. Such a tensor decomposition method can ta...
This study presents a common recalibration method that has been applied to geostationary imagers’ infrared (IR) and water vapour (WV) channel measurements, referred to as the multi-sensor infrared channel calibration (MSICC) method. The method...
Long propagation delays, severe multipaths, and narrow bandwidths make feedback-based link adaptation impractical in UWA channels at kilometer ranges, so we replace the feedback step with a prediction step. The transmitter runs a two-layer coded OFDM...
A multifunctional microwave absorber with high thermal conductivity for 5G base station packaging comprising silylated GO/FeSiAl epoxy composites were fabricated by a simple solvent-handling method, and its microwave absorption properties and thermal...
Movie recommender expert systems are valuable tools to provide recommendation services to users. However, the existing movie recommenders are technically lacking in two areas: first, the available movie recommender systems give general recommendation...
CloudSim is a versatile simulation framework for modeling cloud infrastructure components that supports customizable and extensible application provisioning strategies, allowing for the simulation of cloud services. On the other hand, Distributed Aco...
Sarcasm is a language phrase that conveys the polar opposite of what is being said, generally something highly unpleasant to offend or mock somebody. Sarcasm is widely used on social media platforms every day. Because sarcasm may change the meaning o...
Adaptive design focuses on creating flexible products that meet evolving demands and enhance sustainability. However, evaluating adaptive design concepts poses significant challenges due to the dynamic nature of product features over time and the inh...
Ultrashort-chain (USC) per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are highly polar, mobile, and persistent emerging pollutants. While the environmental distribution of USC species is well-documented, their presence in widely consumed beverages remain...
Ultrashort-chain (USC) per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are increasingly detected in environmental and drinking water systems, yet information regarding their occurrence in alcoholic beverages remains limited. The analysis of USC PFAS in wi...
As a continuation of Schneider et al., Atoms 2022 10, 26, we report recent progress in the development and deployment of the interface between the computational codes B-Spline R-matrix (BSR) and R-Matrix with Time dependence (RMT). These advance...
The ion depletion zone of ion concentration polarization has a strong potential to act as an immaterial barrier, separating delicate submicron substances, including biomolecules, without causing physical damage. However, the detailed mechanisms of th...
This study evaluates the bioadsorption efficiency of sugarcane bagasse (SCB) for removing pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs—such as acetaminophen, atenolol, caffeine, carbamazepine, diclofenac, orphenadrine, losartan, enalapril, citalopram, coc...
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