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Ring opening polymerisation of ɛ-caprolactone with novel microwave magnetic heating and cyto-compatible catalyst (2023)
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Wang, K., Ni, M., Dundas, A. A., Dimitrakis, G., & Irvine, D. J. (2023). Ring opening polymerisation of ɛ-caprolactone with novel microwave magnetic heating and cyto-compatible catalyst. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 11, Article 1123477. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1123477

We report on the ring-opening polymerization of ɛ-caprolactone incorporated with a magnetic susceptible catalyst, FeCl3, via the use of microwave magnetic heating (HH) which primarily heats the bulk with a magnetic field (H-field) from an electromagn... Read More about Ring opening polymerisation of ɛ-caprolactone with novel microwave magnetic heating and cyto-compatible catalyst.

Efficient All-Perovskite White Light-Emitting Diodes Made of In Situ Grown Perovskite-Mesoporous Silica Nanocomposites (2023)
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Fan, M., Huang, J., Turyanska, L., Bian, Z., Wang, L., Xu, C., Liu, N., Li, H., Zhang, X., Zhang, C., & Yang, X. (2023). Efficient All-Perovskite White Light-Emitting Diodes Made of In Situ Grown Perovskite-Mesoporous Silica Nanocomposites. Advanced Functional Materials, 33(19), Article 2215032. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202215032

Metal halide perovskite quantum dots (QDs) have emerged as potential materials for high brightness, wide color gamut, and cost-effective backlight emission due to their high photoluminescence quantum yields, narrow emission linewidths, and tunable ba... Read More about Efficient All-Perovskite White Light-Emitting Diodes Made of In Situ Grown Perovskite-Mesoporous Silica Nanocomposites.

Modelling and performance evaluation of a direct steam generation solar power system coupled with steam accumulator to meet electricity demands for a hospital under typical climate conditions in Libya (2023)
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Ehtiwesh, A., Kutlu, C., Su, Y., & Riffat, S. (2023). Modelling and performance evaluation of a direct steam generation solar power system coupled with steam accumulator to meet electricity demands for a hospital under typical climate conditions in Libya. Renewable Energy, 206, 795-807. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.02.075

This study aims to build a dynamic model of a direct steam generation (DSG) solar power system coupled with a steam accumulator to meet electricity demands for a hospital under transient environmental conditions in Libya. The main components of the s... Read More about Modelling and performance evaluation of a direct steam generation solar power system coupled with steam accumulator to meet electricity demands for a hospital under typical climate conditions in Libya.

Enhanced Starting Control Scheme for PMM-Based Starter/Generator System for MEA (2023)
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Mohamed, M. A. A., Shen Yeoh, S., Atkin, J., Diab, A. M., Khalaf, M., & Bozhko, S. (2023). Enhanced Starting Control Scheme for PMM-Based Starter/Generator System for MEA. Aerospace, 10(2), Article 168. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace10020168

A control approach for aircraft Starter/Generator (S/G) with Permanent Magnet Machine (PMM) operating in Flux Weakening (FW) mode is presented. The proposed strategy helps the previous approaches which are adopted for the Variable Voltage Bus (VVB) o... Read More about Enhanced Starting Control Scheme for PMM-Based Starter/Generator System for MEA.

Mechanical properties of high strength steels and weld metals at arctic low temperatures (2023)
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Chen, M. T., Cai, A., Pandey, M., Shen, C., Zhang, Y., & Hu, L. (2023). Mechanical properties of high strength steels and weld metals at arctic low temperatures. Thin-Walled Structures, 185, Article 110543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2023.110543

This paper attempts to acquire fundamental knowledge on the mechanical properties of high strength steels and the corresponding high strength weld metals at arctic low temperatures. Two types of high strength steels (Q890, Q960) and three types of hi... Read More about Mechanical properties of high strength steels and weld metals at arctic low temperatures.

Intelligent Beam Steering for Wireless Communication Using Programmable Metasurfaces (2023)
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Ashraf, N., Saeed, T., Taghvaee, H., Abadal, S., Vassiliou, V., Liaskos, C., Pitsillides, A., & Lestas, M. (2023). Intelligent Beam Steering for Wireless Communication Using Programmable Metasurfaces. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24(5), 4848-4861. https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2023.3241214

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) are well established as a promising solution to the blockage problem in millimeter-wave (mm-wave) and terahertz (THz) communications, envisioned to serve demanding networking applications, such as 6G and vehi... Read More about Intelligent Beam Steering for Wireless Communication Using Programmable Metasurfaces.

Correction: Atomically flat semiconductor nanoplatelets for light-emitting applications (2023)
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Bai, B., Zhang, C., Dou, Y., Kong, L., Wang, S., Li, J., Zhou, Y., Liu, L., Liu, B., Zhang, X., Hadar, I., Bekenstein, Y., Wang, A., Yin, Z., Turyanska, L., Feldmann, J., Yang, X., & Jia, G. (2023). Correction: Atomically flat semiconductor nanoplatelets for light-emitting applications. Chemical Society Reviews, 52(4), 1519. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cs90022c

Correction for ‘Atomically flat semiconductor nanoplatelets for light-emitting applications’ by Bing Bai et al., Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, 52, 318–360, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CS00130F.

The authors regret that there was an error in the spelling of... Read More about Correction: Atomically flat semiconductor nanoplatelets for light-emitting applications.

Recent enterprises in high-rate monolithic photo-electrochemical energy harvest and storage devices (2023)
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Turner, D., Li, M., Grant, D., & Ola, O. (2023). Recent enterprises in high-rate monolithic photo-electrochemical energy harvest and storage devices. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 38, Article 101243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2023.101243

Solar energy is set to play a major role in decarbonising the economy and creating a zero-emissions future. However, there is a need to store this abundant energy and, in many instances, supply that energy at a high rate. With large expense and effic... Read More about Recent enterprises in high-rate monolithic photo-electrochemical energy harvest and storage devices.

Thermal and electrical contact resistances of thermoelectric generator: Experimental study and artificial neural network modelling (2023)
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Li, Y., Shi, Y., Wang, X., Luo, D., & Yan, Y. (2023). Thermal and electrical contact resistances of thermoelectric generator: Experimental study and artificial neural network modelling. Applied Thermal Engineering, 225, Article 120154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.120154

Thermal and electrical contact resistances (TCR and ECR) of thermoelectric generator (TEG) exert essential impacts on its performance. In this study, through a series of experiments these two important properties have been estimated in a wide range o... Read More about Thermal and electrical contact resistances of thermoelectric generator: Experimental study and artificial neural network modelling.

A rational approach to beam path planning in additive manufacturing: the inverse heat placement problem (2023)
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Yang, Y., Billingham, J., Axinte, D., & Liao, Z. (2023). A rational approach to beam path planning in additive manufacturing: the inverse heat placement problem. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 479(2270), Article 20220386. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2022.0386

High demand for components with complex geometries at macro and micro levels drives the development of additive manufacturing (AM). However, the scientific basis for designing energy beam scanning strategies (e.g. beam scanning speed, beam path, beam... Read More about A rational approach to beam path planning in additive manufacturing: the inverse heat placement problem.