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Adsorption of dyes with different molecular properties on activated carbons prepared from lignocellulosic wastes by Taguchi method (2014)
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Durán-Jiménez, G., Hernández-Montoya, V., Montes-Morán, M. A., Bonilla-Petriciolet, A., & Rangel-Vázquez, N. A. (2014). Adsorption of dyes with different molecular properties on activated carbons prepared from lignocellulosic wastes by Taguchi method. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 199, 99-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2014.08.013

A design of experiments based in the Taguchi method was used to prepare activated carbons from different lignocellulosic residues with optimum properties for the removal of food and textile dyes (food yellow 4, food yellow 3, food red 17 and acid blu... Read More about Adsorption of dyes with different molecular properties on activated carbons prepared from lignocellulosic wastes by Taguchi method.

Driving forces for the self-assembly of graphene oxide on organic monolayers (2014)
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Kirschner, J., JAEGER, C., Wang, Z., Eigler, S., Steinrück, H.-P., Clark, T., Hirschbcm, A., & Halik, M. (2014). Driving forces for the self-assembly of graphene oxide on organic monolayers. Nanoscale, 6(19), 11344-11350. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4nr02527j

Graphene oxide (GO) flakes were self-assembled from solution on surfaces of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs), varying in the chemical structure of their head groups. The coverage density of GO relates to strength of attractive interaction, which is l... Read More about Driving forces for the self-assembly of graphene oxide on organic monolayers.

Experimental investigation of direct injection charge cooling in optical GDI engine using tracer-based PLIF technique (2014)
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Anbari Attar, M., Reza Herfatmanesh, M., Zhao, H., & Cairns, A. (2014). Experimental investigation of direct injection charge cooling in optical GDI engine using tracer-based PLIF technique. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 59, 96-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2014.07.020

Investigation of direct injection charge cooling effects is indispensable in design and development of new combustion systems for Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) engines. The charge cooling can be utilized to increase engine volumetric efficiency or... Read More about Experimental investigation of direct injection charge cooling in optical GDI engine using tracer-based PLIF technique.

Turbulent boundary-layer control with plasma spanwise travelling waves (2014)
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Choi, K.-S., & Whalley, R. (2014). Turbulent boundary-layer control with plasma spanwise travelling waves. Experiments in Fluids, 55(8), Article 1796. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-014-1796-3

Arrays of dielectric-barrier-discharge plasma actuators have been designed to generate spanwise travelling waves in the turbulent boundary layer for possible skin-friction drag reductions. Particle image velocimetry was used to elucidate the modifica... Read More about Turbulent boundary-layer control with plasma spanwise travelling waves.

Electrodialytic remediation of polychlorinated biphenyls contaminated soil with iron nanoparticles and two different surfactants (2014)
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Gomes, H. I., Dias-Ferreira, C., Ottosen, L. M., & Ribeiro, A. B. (2014). Electrodialytic remediation of polychlorinated biphenyls contaminated soil with iron nanoparticles and two different surfactants. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 433, 189-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2014.07.022

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) are persistent organic pollutants (POP) that strongly adsorb in soils and sediments. There is a need to develop new and cost-effective solutions for the remediation of PCB contaminated soils. The suspended electrodialy... Read More about Electrodialytic remediation of polychlorinated biphenyls contaminated soil with iron nanoparticles and two different surfactants.

Safety in systems-of-systems: ten key challenges (2014)
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Harvey, C., & Stanton, N. A. (2014). Safety in systems-of-systems: ten key challenges. Safety Science, 70, 358-366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2014.07.009

A System-of-Systems (SoS) describes a large and distributed network of component subsystems which are themselves complex and autonomous. The goals of a SoS can only be achieved by the interactions of the subsystems and not by any subsystem in isolati... Read More about Safety in systems-of-systems: ten key challenges.

Tool Wear Identification in Turning Titanium Alloy Based on SVM (2014)
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Liao, Z. R., Li, S. M., Lu, Y., & Gao, D. (2014). Tool Wear Identification in Turning Titanium Alloy Based on SVM. Materials Science Forum, 800-801, 446-450. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.800-801.446

Titanium alloy is difficult cutting materials, the samples of toolwear features are hard to acquire because of short tool life. In terms of the characteristic, Support Vector Machine (SVM) is proposed in this paper to monitor tool condition, the ener... Read More about Tool Wear Identification in Turning Titanium Alloy Based on SVM.

Cutting Force Analysis in Tool Condition Monitoring of Difficult to Cut Materials (2014)
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Liao, Z. R., Gao, D., & Lu, Y. (2014). Cutting Force Analysis in Tool Condition Monitoring of Difficult to Cut Materials. Materials Science Forum, 800-801, 175-179. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.800-801.175

Tool wear condition monitoring has been an effective method in improving the production efficiency and process automation. In this paper, to analysis the cutting force features in tool wear condition monitoring of difficult to cut materials, we first... Read More about Cutting Force Analysis in Tool Condition Monitoring of Difficult to Cut Materials.

Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation to 12.5μm in large NA chalcogenide step-index fibres pumped at 4.5μm (2014)
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Kubat, I., Agger, C. S., Møller, U., Seddon, A. B., Tang, Z., Sujecki, S., Benson, T. M., Furniss, D., Lamrini, S., Scholle, K., Fuhrberg, P., Napier, B., Farries, M., Ward, J., Moselund, P. M., & Bang, O. (2014). Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation to 12.5μm in large NA chalcogenide step-index fibres pumped at 4.5μm. Optics Express, 22(16), 19169-19182. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.22.019169

We present numerical modeling of mid-infrared (MIR) supercontinuum generation (SCG) in dispersion-optimized chalcogenide (CHALC) step-index fibres (SIFs) with exceptionally high numerical aperture (NA) around one, pumped with mode-locked praseodymium... Read More about Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation to 12.5μm in large NA chalcogenide step-index fibres pumped at 4.5μm.

The formation of α + β microstructure in as-fabricated selective laser melting of Ti–6Al–4V (2014)
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Simonelli, M., Tse, Y. Y., & Tuck, C. (2014). The formation of α + β microstructure in as-fabricated selective laser melting of Ti–6Al–4V. Journal of Materials Research, 29(17), 2028-2035. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2014.166

Ti-6Al-4V parts made by the additive manufacturing (AM) technique selective laser melting (SLM) generally show poor ductility due to their fine martensitic microstructure. This study was designed to assess whether a more suitable microstructure can b... Read More about The formation of α + β microstructure in as-fabricated selective laser melting of Ti–6Al–4V.