A thin-film strain micro-sensor is a cutting force sensor that can be integrated with tools. Its elastic substrate is an important intermediate to transfer the strain generated by the tools during cutting to the resistance-grid-sensitive layer. In th...
Ceramic-Al substrates with co-continuous ceramic and metal phases, which exhibit high thermal conductivity and compatible coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), have been widely investigated through the process of die-casting. In this research, a ki...
The effects of processing conditions and holding time on the direct bonding (DBC) of lotus-type porous copper to alumina substrates were systematically investigated. The evolution of copper morphology and the resulting shear strength were evaluated u...
Thermomechanical characteristics are highly dependent on the deposition strategy of the directed energy deposition (DED) process, including the deposition path, the interpass time, the deposition volume, etc., as well as the preheating condition of t...
Background/Objectives: Auditory processing disorders (APDs), defined as impaired neural processing of acoustic stimuli despite normal peripheral hearing, often co-occur with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) and may contribute to language, attentio...
The development of printing technologies has enabled the realization of electric circuit fabrication on a flexible substrate. However, the current technique remains restricted to single-layer patterning. In this paper, we demonstrate a fully solution...
In silicon carbide processing, the surface and subsurface damage caused by fixed abrasive grinding significantly affects the allowance of the next polishing process. A novel grinding wheel with a soft and hard composite structure was fabricated for t...
This study investigates the thermal decomposition behavior of GaN-based epilayers on patterned sapphire substrates (GaN-epi/PSSs) in a quartz furnace tube under a hydrogen atmosphere. The GaN-epi/PSS was decomposed under different hydrogen flow rates...
Endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) must dynamically adapt to cellular protein-folding demands, yet mechanisms regulating ERAD-associated adaptors remain incompletely defined. Here, we identify the E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF5 as a regula...
In this study, two pollution-free approaches were used to improve the processing efficiency of mechanical chemical polishing (MCP) for sapphire substrates. The first was dedicated to polishing using synthetic silica abrasives with high reactivity as...
Selecting proper mechanical processing can improve performance of miscanthus substrates. We studied the effects of mechanical processing methods on substrate morphology, hydrological properties, pH, and nitrogen immobilization. Miscanthus × gig...
Effective thermal management is essential in metal additive manufacturing to ensure process stability and desirable material properties. Directed energy deposition using a laser beam and wire (DED-LB/w) enables the production of large, high-performan...
Background: The residues of Camphora officinarum c.t. borneol after essential oil extraction are often discarded, causing resource waste and environmental pollution, while the edible fungi industry is facing a shortage of traditional cultivation subs...
Sewage sludge, characterized by its high organic matter and nutrient content, as well as the presence of microbial pathogens and other contaminants, requires proper management due to its significant generation rate. The table olive sector, which is h...
Both CuI and CuI:Zn semiconductor thin films, along with MSM-structured UV photodetectors, were prepared on flexible mica substrates at low temperature (150 °C) by a wet chemical method. The two CuI-based films exhibited a polycrystalline phase w...
This study focuses on the pre-treatment cleaning technology for the polyimide (PI) substrate of flexible nine-in-one microsensors. The environmentally friendly cleaning agent B, developed by Sea Energe, was innovatively used to replace traditional or...
Accumulation of β-amyloid (Aβ) in the brain has been implicated in the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Aβ is produced from the Aβ precursor protein (APP) through the amyloidogenic pathway by β-, and γ-secre...
In this paper, we discuss a method for fabricating an ultrathin polymer substrate with one-dimensional nanograting patterns to improve the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of ultrathin polymer solar cells (PSCs) and suppress the dependence on the in...
Garlic (Allium sativum) contains secondary compounds that are known to modify rumen fermentation parameters and decrease methane (CH4) emissions. The objective was to evaluate the effects of increasing the inclusion levels and processing methods of g...
As LED devices continue to advance toward miniaturization and higher power density, heat dissipation has become a critical factor constraining their reliability and service life. Molybdenum is widely employed as a substrate material in LED devices ow...
Scleroglucan is the extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) produced by Sclerotium rolfsii (S. rolfsii). The low EPS titer and limited substrate utilization of S. rolfsii present significant challenges in the fermentation process, restricting industrial a...
The common products of acidogenesis, the key stage in the process of anaerobic digestion, are lactate, butyrate, propionate, and acetate. They were decomposed in the Up-flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket bioreactors working in continuous-flow open systems...
Achieving enzymatic food processing at high substrate concentrations can significantly enhance production efficiency; however, related studies are notably insufficient. This study focused on the enzymatic synthesis of fructooligosaccharides (FOS) at...
Four decades of proteasome research have yielded extensive information on ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis. The archetype of proteasomes is a 20S barrel-shaped complex that does not rely on ubiquitin as a degradation signal but can degrade substrates...
Seaweeds are gaining momentum as novel and functional food and feed products. From whole consumption to small bioactive compounds, seaweeds have remarkable flexibility in their applicability, ranging from food production to fertilizers or usages in c...
Bioenergy production from waste is one of the emerging and viable routes from renewable resources (in addition to wind and solar energy). Many developing countries can benefit from this as they are trying to solve the large amounts of unattended garb...
(1) Background: Processivity is common among enzymes and mechanochemical motors that synthesize, degrade, modify or move along polymeric substrates, such as DNA, RNA, polysaccharides or proteins. Processive enzymes can make multiple rounds of modific...
The influence of both mixing pressure and substrate temperature on the structure and properties of spray polyurethane foams produced with a high content (80%) of tall oil-based polyol was investigated. The use of a renewable feedstock such as tall oi...
In this study, we propose the fabrication of sol-gel composite-based flexible and transparent synaptic transistors on polyimide (PI) substrates. Because a low thermal budget process is essential for the implementation of high-performance synaptic tra...
With the recent significant advances in micro- and nanoscale fabrication techniques, deposition of diamond-like carbon films on stainless steel substrates has been experimentally achieved. However, the underlying mechanism for the formation of film m...
The fish processing sector contributes serious organic pollution loads and high salinity to receiving waters. This research aimed to study the effect of salt (NaCl) concentration on the treatment efficiency of fish processing wastewater in a continuo...
Graphene and its derivatives have many superior electrical, thermal, mechanical, chemical, and structural properties, and promise for many applications. One of the issues for scalable applications is the lack of a simple, reliable method that allows...
ZnO film is widely used in the field of health monitoring sensors, which has high requirements for the piezoelectric coefficient and film-to-substrate adhesion of the ZnO film. In this study, ZnO thin films were grown on a GH4169 superalloy steel (GS...
The TriplexPro™-210 plasma spray torch (Oerlikon Metco) is a three-cathode plasma generator. It became a kind of workhorse for the wide range of tasks handled at the Jülich Thermal Spray Center (JTSC). Compared to conventional single-catho...
This publication presents an analysis of the possibilities for home biogas production using an original method. The assumptions for a biogas-generating system and key principles for the methane fermentation process are outlined. Research on the metha...
Three-dimensional (3D) plasmonic metamaterials have become a trend in the application of nanophotonic devices. In this paper, a convenient and inexpensive method for the design of 3D multilayer plasmonic metamaterials is constructed using a one-step...
This perspective examines the role of chemistry and molecular biology for a science of consciousness. Opposed to the consensus view, we argue that the molecular organization of biological systems is key to arrive at a thorough understanding of the dy...
Anaerobic digestion (AD) of poultry manure often faces ammonia inhibition due to its high nitrogen content. This study investigated a combined strategy involving mild thermal hydrolysis pretreatment and bioaugmentation with ammonia-acclimatised inocu...
Highly bismuth-substituted iron garnet thin films are prepared on quartz substrates by using a radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering technique. We study the factors (process parameters associated with the RF magnetron sputter deposition technique...
The proteolytic active sites of the 26S proteasome are sequestered within the catalytic chamber of its 20S core particle (CP). Access to this chamber is through a narrow channel defined by the seven outer α subunits. In the resting state, the N...
The results of magnetoresistance (MR) and resistance relaxation of nanostructured La1−xSrxMnyO3 (LSMO) films with different film thicknesses (60–480 nm) grown on Si/SiO2 substrate by the pulsed-injection MOCVD technique are presented and...
A coating with thermochromic and photochromic microcapsules can enhance a product’s attractiveness. Different coating processes may affect the performance of coatings. Therefore, the micromorphology, chemical composition, chromatic difference,...
Thermal annealing is performed as a post treatment to tune the color generated by pulsed laser processing of a titanium substrate surface. A comparison of the reflectance spectra before and after thermal annealing shows the peak shift, as well as an...
In this study, we developed a method for fabricating ultrathin polymer substrates that can be used in ultra-flexible organic photovoltaics (OPVs) via a non-vacuum process using cyclic transparent optical polymer. In addition, a Ag nanowire network la...
This paper compares two laser-assisted processes developed by the authors for the fabrication of microwave devices based on nanowire arrays loaded inside porous alumina templates. Pros and cons of each process are discussed in terms of accuracy, repr...
In this paper, we present narrow-band substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) millimeter wave band-pass filters, designed using cyclo-olefin polymers (COP). The structures were molded, drilled, and metalized with a laser direct structuring (LDS) process...
Valorization of lignocellulosic biomass, such as Spent Mushroom Substrate (SMS), as an alternative substrate for biogas production could meet the increasing demand for energy. In view of this, the present study aimed at the biotechnological valorizat...
The integration of block copolymer (BCP) self-assembled nanopattern formation as an alternative lithographic tool for nanoelectronic device fabrication faces a number of challenges such as defect densities, feature size, pattern transfer, etc. Key ba...
This study presents unique polymeric materials applicable to plastic substrates for use in flexible-display devices that overcome the trade-off between low linear coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE) and low thickness-direction birefringence (&Del...
Laminate substrates in advanced IC packages serve as not only the principal heat dissipation pathway but also the critical component governing the thermomechanical performance of advanced packaging technologies. A solid and profound grasp of their th...
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