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8 Citations
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Determination of Solar-Surface-Area-to-Volume Ratio: Early Design Stage Solar Performance Assessment of Buildings

  • Roman Hajtmanek,
  • Peter Morgenstein,
  • Tomáš Hubinský,
  • Ján Legény and
  • Robert Špaček

19 January 2023

One of the main targets of globally aimed strategies such as the UN-supported Race to Zero campaign or the European Green Deal is the decarbonisation of the building sector. The implementation of renewable energy sources in new urban structures, as w...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,529 Views
12 Pages

Surface-to-Volume Ratio Affects the Toxicity of Nanoinks in Daphnids

  • Dimitrios Kakavas,
  • Konstantinos Panagiotidis,
  • Keith D. Rochfort and
  • Konstantinos Grintzalis

7 June 2023

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has set widely used guidelines that are used as a standardized approach for assessing toxicity in a number of species. Given that various studies use different experimental setups, it...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,530 Views
12 Pages

7 October 2014

The droplet evaporation method (DEM) is increasingly used for assessing various characteristics of water. In our research we tried to use DEM to detect a possible self-ordering capability of (spring) water that would be similar to the already found a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Entropy and EZ-Water)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,018 Views
11 Pages

1 August 2025

Porous materials are characterized by the pore surface area (S) and volume (V) accessible to a confined fluid. For mesoporous materials NMR measurements of diffusion are used to assess the S/V ratio, because at short times, only the diffusivity of mo...

(This article belongs to the Section Carbon Cycle, Capture and Storage)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,704 Views
15 Pages

10 July 2022

To explore the influence of the volume-to-surface area ratio (V/S) on the creep of ceramsite concrete beams, the creep performance of ceramsite concrete beams with different V/S was studied through a long-term deformation observation test, theoretica...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Current Research in Cement and Building Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,080 Views
16 Pages

18 June 2017

Surface NO2 volume mixing ratio (VMR) at a specific time (13:45 Local time) (NO2 VMRST) and monthly mean surface NO2 VMR (NO2 VMRM) are estimated for the first time using three regression models with Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data in four met...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Pollution)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,223 Views
19 Pages

Influence of Ceramic Particles Size and Ratio on Surface—Volume Features of the Naturally Derived HA-Reinforced Filaments for Biomedical Applications

  • Aura-Cătălina Mocanu,
  • Florin Miculescu,
  • Cătălina-Andreea Dascălu,
  • Ștefan Ioan Voicu,
  • Mădălina-Andreea Pandele,
  • Robert-Cătălin Ciocoiu,
  • Dan Batalu,
  • Sorina Dondea,
  • Valentina Mitran and
  • Lucian-Toma Ciocan

The intersection of the bone tissue reconstruction and additive manufacturing fields promoted the advancement to a prerequisite and new feedstock resource for high-performance bone-like-scaffolds manufacturing. In this paper, the proposed strategy wa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bioceramics and Bioactive Glass-Based Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,510 Views
14 Pages

Effect of Liquid-Solid Volume Ratio and Surface Treatment on Microstructure and Properties of Cu/Al Bimetallic Composite

  • Zhiyuan Wu,
  • Lijie Zuo,
  • Hongliang Zhang,
  • Yiqiang He,
  • Chengwen Liu,
  • Hongmiao Yu,
  • Yuze Wang and
  • Wen Feng

9 May 2023

Due to exceptional conductivity, lightweight nature, corrosion resistance, and various other advantages, Cu/Al bimetallic composites are extensively utilized in the fields of communication, new energy, electronics, and other industries. To solve the...

(This article belongs to the Topic Microstructure and Properties in Metals and Alloys)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,995 Views
16 Pages

Surface Area to Volume Ratio of Electrospun Polydioxanone Templates Regulates the Adsorption of Soluble Proteins from Human Serum

  • Allison E. Fetz,
  • Cristina A. Fantaziu,
  • Richard A. Smith,
  • Marko Z. Radic and
  • Gary L. Bowlin

Neutrophils, the first cells that interact with surface-adsorbed proteins on biomaterials, have been increasingly recognized as critical maestros in the foreign body response for guided tissue regeneration. Recent research has shown that small diamet...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,704 Views
16 Pages

Identification of the Olfactory Profile of Rapeseed Oil as a Function of Heating Time and Ratio of Volume and Surface Area of Contact with Oxygen Using an Electronic Nose

  • Robert Rusinek,
  • Dominik Kmiecik,
  • Marzena Gawrysiak-Witulska,
  • Urszula Malaga-Toboła,
  • Sylwester Tabor,
  • Pavol Findura,
  • Aleksander Siger and
  • Marek Gancarz

5 January 2021

The process of deep fat frying is the most common technological procedure applied to rapeseed oil. During heat treatment, oil loses its nutritional properties and its original consumer quality is lowered, which is often impossible to determine by org...

(This article belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
4,805 Views
14 Pages

12 December 2019

The aim of the study was to analyze the influence of the surface area to volume ratio of pressed and refined rapeseed oils on the changes in tocopherol content and polymerization of triacylglycerols during heating. In the study the pressed and refine...

(This article belongs to the Section Analytical Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
8,213 Views
17 Pages

19 December 2013

We formulated a latex ink for ink-jet deposition of viable Gram-negative bacterium Gluconobacter oxydans as a model adhesive, thin, highly bio-reactive microstructured microbial coating. Control of G. oxydans latex-based ink viscosity by dilution wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
74 Citations
8,860 Views
23 Pages

3D printing offers the advantage of being able to modify dosage form geometry, which can be exploited to modify release characteristics. In this study, we investigated the influence of the surface area to volume ratio (SA/V) to change and predict rel...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 3D-Printed Solid Pharmaceutical Formulations: Physicochemical Properties and Modified Release)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,780 Views
13 Pages

The three-dimensional free surface characteristics of flow around two equal diameter cylinders in a side-by-side arrangement were studied numerically. The flow fields were simulated with a three-dimensional finite volume method based on the RNG k-ɛ m...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,014 Views
25 Pages

A Sink Screening Approach for 1D Surface Network Simplification in Urban Flood Modelling

  • Guohan Zhao,
  • Ole Mark,
  • Thomas Balstrøm and
  • Marina B. Jensen

18 March 2022

Sinks configure the surface networks for overland flow processes representations during 1D hydrodynamic modelling. The excessive number of sinks detected from high-resolution DEMs can boost 1D computational costs significantly. To pursue optimal sink...

(This article belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,555 Views
20 Pages

Optimization of Tensile Strength and Young’s Modulus of CNT–CF/Epoxy Composites Using Response Surface Methodology (RSM)

  • Md. Rezaur Rahman,
  • Nur-Azzah Afifah Binti Taib,
  • Mohammed Mahbubul Matin,
  • Mohammed Muzibur Rahman,
  • Muhammad Khusairy Bin Bakri,
  • Taranenko Pavel Alexanrovich,
  • Sinitsin Vladimir Vladimirovich,
  • Khairuddin Sanaullah,
  • Diana Tazeddinova and
  • Afrasyab Khan

28 September 2022

Composites such as carbon fiber are used extensively by automotive, aerospace, marine, and energy industries due to their strong mechanical properties. However, there are still many areas it is lacking in testing, especially related to its electropho...

  • Article
  • Open Access
68 Citations
7,283 Views
15 Pages

31 August 2020

A new type of sheet porous structures with functionally gradients based on triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS) is proposed for designing bone scaffolds. The graded structures were generated by constructing branched features with different number...

(This article belongs to the Section Biomaterials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
8,770 Views
14 Pages

11 June 2019

Tissue engineering has the potential for repairing large bone defects, which impose a heavy financial burden on the public health. However, difficulties with O2 delivery to the cells residing in the interior of tissue engineering scaffolds make it ch...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,908 Views
19 Pages

Effects of Various Ripening Media on the Mesoporous Structure and Morphology of Hydroxyapatite Powders

  • Margarita A. Goldberg,
  • Olga S. Antonova,
  • Nadezhda O. Donskaya,
  • Alexander S. Fomin,
  • Fadis F. Murzakhanov,
  • Marat R. Gafurov,
  • Anatoliy A. Konovalov,
  • Artem A. Kotyakov,
  • Alexander V. Leonov and
  • Vladimir S. Komlev
  • + 4 authors

19 January 2023

Mesoporous hydroxyapatite (HA) materials demonstrate advantages as catalysts and as support systems for catalysis, as adsorbent materials for removing contamination from soil and water, and as nanocarriers of functional agents for bone-related therap...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,272 Views
13 Pages

28 February 2023

The electrochromic (EC) performance of smart windows is highly dependent on the rate of ions insertion/extraction. A direct way to increase the ion exchange in EC device is to modify the structure of the EC electrodes. Structural changes also affect...

(This article belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,205 Views
19 Pages

30 April 2025

Freshwater scarcity demands innovative solutions, and Atmospheric Water Generation (AWG) technology offers a promising approach. This study applies a data-driven optimization methodology to enhance AWG efficiency by improving condensation surface des...

(This article belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,327 Views
15 Pages

12 January 2015

Many studies have investigated the accuracy of the numerical parameters in the application of the quasi steady-state calculation method. The aim of this study is to derive the reference numerical parameters of the ISO 13790 monthly method by reflecti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Green Building)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,169 Views
13 Pages

8 August 2024

Improving photobioreactor performance for microalgae cultivation has been the aim of many researchers over the past few years. One of the primary challenges associated with existing photobioreactors is light penetration. An effective photobioreactor...

(This article belongs to the Section Catalysis Enhanced Processes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,771 Views
20 Pages

Comparative Study of Computational Methods for Classifying Red Blood Cell Elasticity

  • Hynek Bachratý,
  • Peter Novotný,
  • Monika Smiešková,
  • Katarína Bachratá and
  • Samuel Molčan

12 October 2024

The elasticity of red blood cells (RBCs) is crucial for their ability to fulfill their role in the blood. Decreased RBC deformability is associated with various pathological conditions. This study explores the application of machine learning to predi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies in Biomedicine)
  • Review
  • Open Access
49 Citations
11,767 Views
14 Pages

13 November 2012

Recent developments in studies concerning cell-sized vesicles, such as liposomes with a lipid bilayer and water-in-oil droplets covered by a lipid monolayer, aim to realize the real-world modeling of living cells. Compartmentalization with a membrane...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Supported Lipid Membranes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
485 Views
21 Pages

6 July 2026

The fundamental issue in designing encapsulation-based self-healing concrete structures is the design of microcapsules. However there are few studies in the literature on this topic; not only is the fracture of microcapsules crucial for releasing the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability and Performance of Reinforced Concrete and Cement Composite)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
8,089 Views
14 Pages

Verification of Geometric Model-Based Plant Phenotyping Methods for Studies of Xerophytic Plants

  • Paweł Drapikowski,
  • Ewa Kazimierczak-Grygiel,
  • Dominik Korecki and
  • Justyna Wiland-Szymańska

27 June 2016

This paper presents the results of verification of certain non-contact measurement methods of plant scanning to estimate morphological parameters such as length, width, area, volume of leaves and/or stems on the basis of computer models. The best res...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensors for Agriculture)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,890 Views
12 Pages

Biodegradable Cell Microcarriers Based on Chitosan/Polyester Graft-Copolymers

  • Tatiana S. Demina,
  • Maria G. Drozdova,
  • Chantal Sevrin,
  • Philippe Compère,
  • Tatiana A. Akopova,
  • Elena Markvicheva and
  • Christian Grandfils

22 April 2020

Self-stabilizing biodegradable microcarriers were produced via an oil/water solvent evaporation technique using amphiphilic chitosan-g-polyester copolymers as a core material in oil phase without the addition of any emulsifier in aqueous phase. The t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Chitin and Chitosan Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,781 Views
8 Pages

UV-Enhanced Ethanol Sensing Properties of RF Magnetron-Sputtered ZnO Film

  • Jinyu Huang,
  • Yu Du,
  • Quan Wang,
  • Hao Zhang,
  • Youfu Geng,
  • Xuejin Li and
  • Xiaoqing Tian

26 December 2017

ZnO film was deposited by the magnetron sputtering method. The thickness of ZnO film is approximately 2 μm. The influence of UV light illumination on C2H5OH sensing properties of ZnO film was investigated. Gas sensing results revealed that the UV-ill...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Gas Sensors based on Semiconducting Metal Oxides)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,837 Views
26 Pages

Study of the Oxidation Behavior of Fine-Grained Graphite ET-10 by Combining X-ray μCT with Mercury Porosimetry

  • Yumeng Zhao,
  • Yujie Dong,
  • Yangping Zhou,
  • Zhengcao Li,
  • Rui Yan and
  • Zuoyi Zhang

7 December 2022

By combining X-ray micro-computed tomography with mercury porosimetry, the evolution of the oxygen supply, porous structure, mass loss and oxidized compositions were investigated to characterize the oxidation behavior of fine-grained graphite ET-10,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Porous Carbon Nanomaterials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,334 Views
10 Pages

Elevated Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels Are Associated with Improved Bone Formation and Micro-Structural Measures in Elderly Hip Fracture Patients

  • Deepti K. Sharma,
  • Rebecca K. Sawyer,
  • Thomas S. Robertson,
  • Roumen Stamenkov,
  • Lucian B. Solomon,
  • Gerald J. Atkins,
  • Peter M. Clifton,
  • Howard A. Morris and
  • Paul H. Anderson

15 November 2019

Vitamin D, along with calcium, is generally considered necessary for bone health and reduction of fractures. However, he effects of improving vitamin D status have not always been observed to improve bone mineral density (BMD). We have investigated w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Orthopaedics: Medicine and Mechanisms)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,432 Views
14 Pages

Comparing Motor-Evoked Potential Characteristics of NEedle versus suRFACE Recording Electrodes during Spinal Cord Monitoring—The NERFACE Study Part I

  • Maria C. Gadella,
  • Sebastiaan E. Dulfer,
  • Anthony R. Absalom,
  • Fiete Lange,
  • Carola H. M. Scholtens-Henzen,
  • Rob J. M. Groen,
  • Frits H. Wapstra,
  • Christopher Faber,
  • Katalin Tamási and
  • Gea Drost
  • + 1 author

10 February 2023

Muscle-recorded transcranial electrical stimulation motor-evoked potentials (mTc-MEPs) are used to assess the spinal cord integrity. They are commonly recorded with subcutaneous needle or surface electrodes, but the different characteristics of mTc-M...

(This article belongs to the Section Clinical Neurology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,885 Views
16 Pages

20 February 2024

Graphene oxide (GO) nanoparticles, due to their favorable water solubility, compared to graphene (GA), are a hot research topic in biomedical and pharmaceutical research. However, GO clinical translation may be complicated by its high surface/volume...

  • Review
  • Open Access
534 Citations
32,830 Views
27 Pages

A Critical Review of Glucose Biosensors Based on Carbon Nanomaterials: Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene

  • Zhigang Zhu,
  • Luis Garcia-Gancedo,
  • Andrew J. Flewitt,
  • Huaqing Xie,
  • Francis Moussy and
  • William I. Milne

10 May 2012

There has been an explosion of research into the physical and chemical properties of carbon-based nanomaterials, since the discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by Iijima in 1991. Carbon nanomaterials offer unique advantages in several areas, like hig...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensing at the Nano-Scale: Chemical and Bio-Sensing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
8,266 Views
13 Pages

2 November 2012

A core/sheath nanofiber membrane with poly[bis(p-methylphenoxy)]phospha-zene (PMPPh) as the sheath and easily spinnable polyacrylonitrile (PAN) as the core was prepared via a coaxial electrospinning process. Field-emission scanning electron microscop...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Enzyme Optimization and Immobilization)
  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,707 Views
22 Pages

Role of AuNPs in Active Food Packaging Improvement: A Review

  • Hamed Ahari,
  • Mostafa Fakhrabadipour,
  • Saeed Paidari,
  • Gulden Goksen and
  • Baojun Xu

18 November 2022

There is a worldwide concern about food loss due to reduced shelf life among food science researchers. Hence, it seems that any techniques contributing to improved food packaging are most welcome in the food sector. It has been demonstrated that the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Nanocomposites: Preparation, Characterization, Properties and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,760 Views
19 Pages

Development of Self-Cured Sustainable Concrete Using Local Water-Entrainment Aggregates of Vesicular Basalt

  • Mohd. Ahmed,
  • Saeed AlQadhi,
  • Saleh Alsulamy,
  • Saiful Islam,
  • Roohul A. Khan and
  • Mohd. Danish

15 June 2021

The environmental and economic concerns pertaining to the construction industry have necessitated the development of sustainable concrete. Durability and strength are the two primary properties which determine the sustainability of concrete. This stu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Materials, Manufacturing and Design)
  • Review
  • Open Access
80 Citations
6,931 Views
30 Pages

Functional Nanohybrids and Nanocomposites Development for the Removal of Environmental Pollutants and Bioremediation

  • Giulia Rando,
  • Silvia Sfameni,
  • Maurilio Galletta,
  • Dario Drommi,
  • Simone Cappello and
  • Maria Rosaria Plutino

29 July 2022

World population growth, with the consequent consumption of primary resources and production of waste, is progressively and seriously increasing the impact of anthropic activities on the environment and ecosystems. Environmental pollution deriving fr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Materials for Healthcare)
  • Review
  • Open Access
60 Citations
12,578 Views
26 Pages

Tumor Microenvironment Modulation via Gold Nanoparticles Targeting Malicious Exosomes: Implications for Cancer Diagnostics and Therapy

  • Catarina Roma-Rodrigues,
  • Luís R. Raposo,
  • Rita Cabral,
  • Fabiana Paradinha,
  • Pedro V. Baptista and
  • Alexandra R. Fernandes

Exosomes are nanovesicles formed in the endosomal pathway with an important role in paracrine and autocrine cell communication. Exosomes secreted by cancer cells, malicious exosomes, have important roles in tumor microenvironment maturation and cance...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tumor Microenvironment and Metabolism)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,944 Views
18 Pages

Application of Absorption Systems Powered by Solar Ponds in Warm Climates for the Air Conditioning in Residential Buildings

  • Ferdinando Salata,
  • Anna Tarsitano,
  • Iacopo Golasi,
  • Emanuele De Lieto Vollaro,
  • Massimo Coppi and
  • Andrea De Lieto Vollaro

14 October 2016

The increasing importance of a significant reduction of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere asks the scientific community to find other solutions than fossil fuels with respect to the air conditioning of indoor environments. Nowadays, a priority is repre...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 16th CIRIAF National Congress – Sustainable Development, Environment and Human Health Protection)
  • Review
  • Open Access
90 Citations
8,127 Views
22 Pages

A Review on the Progress of Optoelectronic Devices Based on TiO2 Thin Films and Nanomaterials

  • Shunhao Ge,
  • Dandan Sang,
  • Liangrui Zou,
  • Yu Yao,
  • Chuandong Zhou,
  • Hailong Fu,
  • Hongzhu Xi,
  • Jianchao Fan,
  • Lijian Meng and
  • Cong Wang

23 March 2023

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a kind of wide-bandgap semiconductor. Nano-TiO2 devices exhibit size-dependent and novel photoelectric performance due to their quantum limiting effect, high absorption coefficient, high surface-volume ratio, adjustable ban...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Theoretical, Computational, and Experimental Advances in Nanostructures for Energy Conversion and Storage)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,477 Views
18 Pages

2D Numerical Simulation of Auxetic Metamaterials Based on Force and Deformation Consistency

  • Antonina Roth,
  • Georg Ganzenmüller,
  • Florian Gutmann,
  • Puneeth Jakkula,
  • François Hild,
  • Aron Pfaff,
  • Kaiyang Yin,
  • Chris Eberl and
  • Stefan Hiermaier

25 June 2022

This work showcases a novel phenomenological method to create predictive simulations of metallic lattice structures. The samples were manufactured via laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). Simulating LPBF-manufactured metamaterials accurately presents a ch...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,267 Views
19 Pages

7 August 2024

With regard to the heating technology of small test specimens (D < 1 inch, i.e., 25.4 mm), only a limited amount of data and literature are available for making adequate technological decisions. Heating time of small geometric shapes is influenced...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,159 Views
15 Pages

20 October 2023

Raman microspectroscopy and X-ray microcomputed tomography (micro-CT) were used for assessment of the quality of the femur and tibia bones in apolipoprotein-deficient mice compared to control littermates. The cortical and trabecular bone was investig...

(This article belongs to the Section Analytical Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
8,045 Views
21 Pages

28 June 2018

A micro heat pipe array is desirable owing to its high heat transfer capacity, compact size, and high surface–volume ratio compared with conventional heat pipes. In this study, micro flat aluminium heat pipe arrays (MF-AHPA) were developed and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Heating and Cooling Concepts)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,801 Views
16 Pages

Micro-carriers, thanks to high surface/volume ratio, are widely studied as mesenchymal stem cell (MSCs) in vitro substrate for proliferation at clinical rate. In particular, Ca-alginate-based biomaterials (sodium alginate crosslinked with CaCl2) are...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced 3D Cell Culture Technologies and Formats)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
1,950 Views
24 Pages

16 January 2026

Triply Periodic Minimal Surface (TPMS) structures, with their zero average curvature, excellent energy absorption properties, high specific strength and high surface-to-volume ratio, could be used in a wide range of applications, such as the creation...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Additive Manufacturing of Polymer Based Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,049 Views
11 Pages

23 March 2021

The discovery of topological insulators (TIs) has motivated detailed studies on their physical properties, especially on their novel surface states via strong spin–orbit interactions. However, surface-state-related thermoelectric properties are rarel...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Transport Properties of Nanowires)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,149 Views
12 Pages

25 April 2020

Charge separation is the most important factor in determining the photocatalytic activity of a 2D/2D heterostructure. Despite the exclusive advantages of 2D/2D heterostructure semiconductor systems such as large surface/volume ratios, their use in ph...

(This article belongs to the Section Catalytic Materials)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,913 Views
14 Pages

Are Fruit Surface Differences in Two Blueberry Cultivars Major Drivers of Contrasting Postharvest Dynamics?

  • Claudia Moggia,
  • Isabel Lara,
  • Jordi Graell,
  • Guillermo Schmeda-Hirschmann,
  • Samanta Thomas-Valdés and
  • Gustavo A. Lobos

Fresh blueberries are prone to softening and dehydration during postharvest, which limits their competitiveness when reaching the final markets. Commercial cultivars ‘Duke’ and ‘Brigitta’ exhibit contrasting softening patterns...

(This article belongs to the Section Postharvest Biology, Quality, Safety, and Technology)

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