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Real-time embedded pressure and flow rate sensor in polydimethylsiloxane-based microchannel using fiber Bragg grating technique (2024)
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Zhang, Z., Hou, T., Ren, Y., Wang, C., Wang, Z., Pan, H., …Wang, J. (2024). Real-time embedded pressure and flow rate sensor in polydimethylsiloxane-based microchannel using fiber Bragg grating technique. Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 96, Article 102551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2024.102551

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) has attracted huge interest as the soft material for microchannel fabrication, due to its high biocompatibility, durability and low cost. The rheological properties of the fluid and the deformable properties of PDMS substr... Read More about Real-time embedded pressure and flow rate sensor in polydimethylsiloxane-based microchannel using fiber Bragg grating technique.

Charging and discharging in thermal energy storage unit with fin-stone hybrid structure for enhancing heat transfer of phase change materials (2024)
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Zhang, S., Yan, Y., Cheng, Z., & Wang, F. (2024). Charging and discharging in thermal energy storage unit with fin-stone hybrid structure for enhancing heat transfer of phase change materials. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 224, Article 125325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2024.125325

This work proposes a fin-stone hybrid structure integrating fins (popular thermal enhancers) and natural stones (widely used sensible heat storage media) to enhance the heat transfer of phase change materials for on-site thermal energy storage applic... Read More about Charging and discharging in thermal energy storage unit with fin-stone hybrid structure for enhancing heat transfer of phase change materials.

Design and Analysis of Reconfigurable Resonant Converter with Ultra Wide Output Voltage Range (2024)
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Qazi, S., Venugopal, P., Watson, A. J., Wheeler, P., & Soeiro, T. B. (2024). Design and Analysis of Reconfigurable Resonant Converter with Ultra Wide Output Voltage Range. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 39(5), 5750-5763. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2024.3365391

In this article, a reconfigurable isolated dc/dc converter is proposed suitable for a wide output voltage range of 180–1500 V for efficient onshore charging in maritime applications. The proposed circuit concept can also fulfill the requirements of o... Read More about Design and Analysis of Reconfigurable Resonant Converter with Ultra Wide Output Voltage Range.

Lattice strain enhanced phase transformation of NaYbF4: 2% Er3+ upconverting nanoparticles by tuning the molar ratio of Na+/Yb3+ (2024)
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Xiao, W., Chen, J., Wang, F., Luan, W., Wu, Y., & Turyanska, L. (2024). Lattice strain enhanced phase transformation of NaYbF4: 2% Er3+ upconverting nanoparticles by tuning the molar ratio of Na+/Yb3+. Advanced Optical Materials, 12(16), Article 2303132. https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202303132

NaYbF4 upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) have enhanced optical properties compared to the NaYF4 UCNPs. However, synthesis of monodisperse NaYbF4 with controllable size and optical properties poses challenges, and the mechanism of phase transformatio... Read More about Lattice strain enhanced phase transformation of NaYbF4: 2% Er3+ upconverting nanoparticles by tuning the molar ratio of Na+/Yb3+.

Deploying a Building Information Modelling (BIM)-Based Construction Safety Risk Library for Industry: Lessons Learned and Future Directions (2024)
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Collinge, W. H., & Osorio-Sandoval, C. (2024). Deploying a Building Information Modelling (BIM)-Based Construction Safety Risk Library for Industry: Lessons Learned and Future Directions. Buildings, 14(2), Article 500. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14020500

A continuing need to improve health, safety and wellbeing in construction has led to multiple research projects and technological innovations. One such innovation is the Safety Risk Library: a repository of data that functions in BIM environments to... Read More about Deploying a Building Information Modelling (BIM)-Based Construction Safety Risk Library for Industry: Lessons Learned and Future Directions.

Interfacial characteristics between bitumen and corrosion products on steel slag surface from molecular scale (2024)
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Xu, H., Zou, Y., Airey, G., Wang, H., Zhang, H., Wu, S., …Liang, Y. (2024). Interfacial characteristics between bitumen and corrosion products on steel slag surface from molecular scale. Construction and Building Materials, 417, Article 135324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135324

Corrosion commonly happened on the surface of steel slag during the weathering and accumulation process, whose products would form weak points and affect the interface between bitumen and steel slag. To clear its characteristics in the atomic scales,... Read More about Interfacial characteristics between bitumen and corrosion products on steel slag surface from molecular scale.

Fully angularly resolved 3D microrheology with optical tweezers (2024)
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Matheson, A. B., Mendonca, T., Smith, M. G., Sutcliffe, B., Fernandez, A. J., Paterson, L., …Tassieri, M. (2024). Fully angularly resolved 3D microrheology with optical tweezers. Rheologica Acta, 63(3), 205-217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-024-01435-1

Microrheology with optical tweezers (MOT) is an all-optical technique that allows the user to investigate a materials’ viscoelastic properties at microscopic scales, and is particularly useful for those materials that feature complex microstructures,... Read More about Fully angularly resolved 3D microrheology with optical tweezers.

Coupled atomistic–continuum simulations of nucleate boiling (2024)
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Gennari, G., Smith, E. R., Pringle, G. J., & Magnini, M. (2024). Coupled atomistic–continuum simulations of nucleate boiling. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 200, Article 108954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2024.108954

Boiling is a striking example of a multiscale process, where the dynamics of bubbles is governed by the interplay between the molecular interactions responsible for nucleation, and the macroscale hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layers. A complete d... Read More about Coupled atomistic–continuum simulations of nucleate boiling.

Short review and prospective: chalcogenide glass mid-infrared fibre lasers (2024)
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Seddon, A. B., Farries, M., Nunes, J. J., Xiao, B., Furniss, D., Barney, E., …Sujecki, S. (2024). Short review and prospective: chalcogenide glass mid-infrared fibre lasers. European Physical Journal Plus, 139(2), Article 142. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-04841-1

Rare-earth ion doped, silica glass, optical fibre amplifiers have transformed the world by enabling high speed communications and the Internet. Fibre lasers, based on rare-earth ion doped silica glass optical fibres, achieve high optical powers and a... Read More about Short review and prospective: chalcogenide glass mid-infrared fibre lasers.

An empirical critique of the low income low energy efficiency approach to measuring fuel poverty (2024)
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Semple, T., Rodrigues, L., Harvey, J., Figueredo, G., Nica-Avram, G., Gillott, M., …Goulding, J. (2024). An empirical critique of the low income low energy efficiency approach to measuring fuel poverty. Energy Policy, 186, Article 114014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114014

Fuel poverty is a complex socioenvironmental issue of increasing global significance. In England, fuel poverty is assessed via the Low Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE) indicator, yet concerns exist regarding the efficacy of this metric given its... Read More about An empirical critique of the low income low energy efficiency approach to measuring fuel poverty.

Numerical modelling of tsunami propagation in idealised converging water body geometries (2024)
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Chen, Z., Heller, V., & Briganti, R. (2024). Numerical modelling of tsunami propagation in idealised converging water body geometries. Coastal Engineering, 189, Article 104482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2024.104482

Tsunamis have caused many severe natural disasters in human history, such as in 2018 at Palu City located in a narrow bay resulting in over 4340 fatalities. The tsunami propagation characteristics are greatly affected by the water body geometry. For... Read More about Numerical modelling of tsunami propagation in idealised converging water body geometries.

A CFD study on the start-up hydrodynamics of fluid catalytic cracking regenerator integrated with chemical looping combustion (2024)
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Erdoğan, A., & Güleç, F. (in press). A CFD study on the start-up hydrodynamics of fluid catalytic cracking regenerator integrated with chemical looping combustion. Energy Sources, Part A, 46(1), 2941-2956. https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2024.2311327

The integration of chemical looping combustion with fluid catalytic cracking (CLC-FCC) is an innovative concept that serves as a cost-effective method for CO2 capture in refineries. This approach has the potential to reduce refinery CO2 emissions by... Read More about A CFD study on the start-up hydrodynamics of fluid catalytic cracking regenerator integrated with chemical looping combustion.

Wetting of bio-rejuvenator nanodroplets on bitumen: A molecular dynamics investigation (2024)
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Xu, H., Zou, Y., Airey, G., Wang, H., Zhang, H., Wu, S., & Chen, A. (2024). Wetting of bio-rejuvenator nanodroplets on bitumen: A molecular dynamics investigation. Journal of Cleaner Production, 444, Article 141140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141140

Wetting is the first step during the mix process between rejuvenator and bitumen, which is important for mix efficiency and performance recovery. The wetting of bio-rejuvenator nanodroplets on bitumen was investigated by molecular dynamics (MD) simul... Read More about Wetting of bio-rejuvenator nanodroplets on bitumen: A molecular dynamics investigation.

microbeMASST: a taxonomically informed mass spectrometry search tool for microbial metabolomics data (2024)
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Zuffa, S., Schmid, R., Bauermeister, A., Gomes, P. W. P., Caraballo-Rodriguez, A., Abiead, Y. E., …Dorrestein, P. (2024). microbeMASST: a taxonomically informed mass spectrometry search tool for microbial metabolomics data. Nature Microbiology, 9(2), 336-345. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-023-01575-9

microbeMASST, a taxonomically informed mass spectrometry (MS) search tool, tackles limited microbial metabolite annotation in untargeted metabolomics experiments. Leveraging a curated database of >60,000 microbial monocultures, users can search known... Read More about microbeMASST: a taxonomically informed mass spectrometry search tool for microbial metabolomics data.

Thermal performance of an advanced smart fenestration systems for low-energy buildings (2024)
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Ming, Y., Sun, Y., Liu, X., Liu, X., & Wu, Y. (2024). Thermal performance of an advanced smart fenestration systems for low-energy buildings. Applied Thermal Engineering, 244, Article 122610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.122610

Windows significantly influence a building's indoor environment and energy consumption due to their high optical transmittance and low thermal resistance comparing with walls, affecting both indoor daylight comfort and heat gain or loss. Thermotropic... Read More about Thermal performance of an advanced smart fenestration systems for low-energy buildings.

Building information modeling (BIM) in project management: A bibliometric and science mapping review (2024)
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Ye, Z., Antwi-Afari, M. F., Tezel, A., & Manu, P. (in press). Building information modeling (BIM) in project management: A bibliometric and science mapping review. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/ecam-04-2023-0355

Purpose: The impact of building information modeling (BIM) on various aspects of project management has attracted much attention in the past decade. However, previous studies have focused on a particular facet of project management (e.g., safety, qua... Read More about Building information modeling (BIM) in project management: A bibliometric and science mapping review.

Comprehensive investigation of a building integrated crossed compound parabolic concentrator photovoltaic window system: Thermal, optical and electrical performance (2024)
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Li, X., Li, K., Sun, Y., Wilson, R., Peng, J., Shanks, K., …Wu, Y. (2024). Comprehensive investigation of a building integrated crossed compound parabolic concentrator photovoltaic window system: Thermal, optical and electrical performance. Renewable Energy, 223, Article 119791. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.119791

Integrating PV solar cells with concentrators into window systems can not only generate electricity for a building, but also has the potential to enhance the thermal resistance of the building's windows without a significant sacrifi... Read More about Comprehensive investigation of a building integrated crossed compound parabolic concentrator photovoltaic window system: Thermal, optical and electrical performance.

A fast ceramic mixed OH−/H+ ionic conductor for low temperature fuel cells (2024)
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Zou, P., Iuga, D., Ling, S., Brown, A. J., Chen, S., Zhang, M., …Tao, S. (2024). A fast ceramic mixed OH−/H+ ionic conductor for low temperature fuel cells. Nature Communications, 15(1), Article 909. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45060-1

Low temperature ionic conducting materials such as OH− and H+ ionic conductors are important electrolytes for electrochemical devices. Here we show the discovery of mixed OH−/H+ conduction in ceramic materials. SrZr0.8Y0.2O3-δ exhibits a high ionic c... Read More about A fast ceramic mixed OH−/H+ ionic conductor for low temperature fuel cells.

SLAMB&MAI: a comprehensive methodology for SLAM benchmark and map accuracy improvement (2024)
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Liu, S., Sun, E., & Dong, X. (2024). SLAMB&MAI: a comprehensive methodology for SLAM benchmark and map accuracy improvement. Robotica, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263574724000079

SLAM Benchmark plays a pivotal role in the field by providing a common ground for performance evaluation. In this paper, a novel methodology of simultaneous localization and mapping benchmark and map accuracy improvement (SLAMB&MAI) is introduced. It... Read More about SLAMB&MAI: a comprehensive methodology for SLAM benchmark and map accuracy improvement.

Propagation of extended fractures by local nucleation and rapid transverse expansion of crack-front distortion (2024)
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Cochard, T., Svetlizky, I., Albertini, G., Viesca, R. C., Rubinstein, S., Spaepen, F., …Weitz, D. (2024). Propagation of extended fractures by local nucleation and rapid transverse expansion of crack-front distortion. Nature Physics, 20(4), 660–665. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02365-0

Fractures are ubiquitous and can lead to the catastrophic material failure of materials. Although fracturing in a two-dimensional plane is well understood, all fractures are extended in and propagate through three-dimensional space. Moreover, their b... Read More about Propagation of extended fractures by local nucleation and rapid transverse expansion of crack-front distortion.