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Selection and ranking of rail vehicle components for optimal lightweighting using composite materials (2020)
Journal Article

Current performance requirements for the global rail industry demand that trains are more reliable, efficient and can accommodate an increased capacity for more passengers. Lightweight construction of rail vehicles is thus required to meet these requ... Read More about Selection and ranking of rail vehicle components for optimal lightweighting using composite materials.

Influence of Insulation Thermal Aging on the Temperature Assessment in Electrical Machines (2020)
Journal Article

Thermal modeling and temperature assessment of electrical machines often rely on the use of lumped-parameter thermal networks. A historic limitation of analytical thermal models is their need for an experimental fine-tuning, necessary for selecting t... Read More about Influence of Insulation Thermal Aging on the Temperature Assessment in Electrical Machines.

Intradermal Delivery of an Immunomodulator for Basal Cell Carcinoma; Expanding the Mechanistic Insight into Solid Microneedle-Enhanced Delivery of Hydrophobic Molecules (2020)
Journal Article

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common cutaneous malignancy in humans. One of the most efficacious drugs used in the management of BCC is the immunomodulator, imiquimod. However, imiquimod has physiochemical properties that limit its permeatio... Read More about Intradermal Delivery of an Immunomodulator for Basal Cell Carcinoma; Expanding the Mechanistic Insight into Solid Microneedle-Enhanced Delivery of Hydrophobic Molecules.

Synergistic heat treatment derived hollow-mesoporous-microporous Fe–N–C-SHT electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 Exploring an economical and efficient oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an essential but challenging field of study. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as promising candidates for the preparation of porous catalysts. Here we propose... Read More about Synergistic heat treatment derived hollow-mesoporous-microporous Fe–N–C-SHT electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction.

Numerical modelling of tsunamis generated by iceberg calving validated with large-scale laboratory experiments (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd When calving icebergs interact with water, waves of tens of meters in height, so-called iceberg-tsunamis (IBTs), may be generated. Recent examples include an IBT which reached an amplitude of 45 to 50 m in Eqip Sermia, Greenland,... Read More about Numerical modelling of tsunamis generated by iceberg calving validated with large-scale laboratory experiments.

Investigation the Stability of Water in Oil Biofuel Emulsions Using Sunflower Oil (2020)
Journal Article

Targets to reduce CO2 emissions by 75% and NOx emissions by 90% by 2050 in aviation have been set by The Advisory Council for Aviation Research and Innovation in Europe. Sustainable fuels, e.g., emulsified biofuel, have demonstrated promise in reduci... Read More about Investigation the Stability of Water in Oil Biofuel Emulsions Using Sunflower Oil.

The vulnerability of homes to overheating in Myanmar today and in the future: A heat index analysis of measured and simulated data (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 The integration of vernacular strategies in Myanmar housing seems to have remained remarkably resilient and is still the norm even in modern dwellings. However, no regard is given to the possible impact of climate change. Using one-year monito... Read More about The vulnerability of homes to overheating in Myanmar today and in the future: A heat index analysis of measured and simulated data.

Investigation of surface integrity in laser-assisted machining of nickel based superalloy (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 The Authors While laser-assisted machining can significantly improve the machinability of nickel-based superalloy, the mechanism of surface integrity evolution and its influence on the material functional performance is still not clear. The pr... Read More about Investigation of surface integrity in laser-assisted machining of nickel based superalloy.

Scalability Analysis of Programmable Metasurfaces for Beam Steering (2020)
Journal Article

Programmable metasurfaces have garnered significant attention as they confer unprecedented control over the electromagnetic (EM) response of any surface. Such feature has given rise to novel design paradigms such as Software-Defined Metamaterials (SD... Read More about Scalability Analysis of Programmable Metasurfaces for Beam Steering.

Soil aggregates by design: Manufactured aggregates with defined microbial composition for interrogating microbial activities in soil microhabitats (2020)
Journal Article

Differences in the structure of microbial communities are reported to exist between the inside and outside of soil aggregates, but the impacts of soil aggregation on microbial activity in soils, essential for soil health, have proven difficult to stu... Read More about Soil aggregates by design: Manufactured aggregates with defined microbial composition for interrogating microbial activities in soil microhabitats.

An Enhanced Second Carrier Harmonic Cancellation Technique for Dual-Channel Enhanced Power Generation Centre Applications in More-Electric Aircraft (2020)
Journal Article

The more-electric aircraft concept has made extraction of electrical power from both high-pressure and low-pressure shaft of an aircraft engine essential for future aircraft. With each shaft driving one electrical generation channel, an advanced dual... Read More about An Enhanced Second Carrier Harmonic Cancellation Technique for Dual-Channel Enhanced Power Generation Centre Applications in More-Electric Aircraft.

Impact of In-Situ Radome Lightning Diverter Strips on Antenna Performance (2020)
Journal Article

Lightning diverter strips are commonly used to protect the antenna and sensitive equipment within an airborne radome. This paper compares the impact of solid metallic and segmented diverter strips on the radiation properties of the enclosed antenna.... Read More about Impact of In-Situ Radome Lightning Diverter Strips on Antenna Performance.

Core/Shell Perovskite Nanocrystals: Synthesis of Highly Efficient and Environmentally Stable FAPbBr3/CsPbBr3 for LED Applications (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (PeNCs) are promising materials for applications in optoelectronics. However, their environmental instability remains to be addressed to... Read More about Core/Shell Perovskite Nanocrystals: Synthesis of Highly Efficient and Environmentally Stable FAPbBr3/CsPbBr3 for LED Applications.

A Sustainable Chemicals Manufacturing Paradigm Using CO2 and Renewable H2 (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 The Author(s) The chemical industry must decarbonize to align with UN Sustainable Development Goals. A shift toward circular economies makes CO2 an attractive feedstock for producing chemicals, provided renewable H2 is available through techno... Read More about A Sustainable Chemicals Manufacturing Paradigm Using CO2 and Renewable H2.

Dual wavelength spread-spectrum time-resolved diffuse optical instrument for the measurement of human brain functional responses (2020)
Journal Article

Near-infrared spectroscopy has proven to be a valuable method to monitor tissue oxygenation and haemodynamics non-invasively and in real-time. Quantification of such parameters requires measurements of the time-of-flight of light through tissue, typi... Read More about Dual wavelength spread-spectrum time-resolved diffuse optical instrument for the measurement of human brain functional responses.

Resistance of velocity slip flow in pipe/channel with a sudden contraction (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 Author(s). A novel approach based on the local entropy generation rate, also known as the second law analysis (SLA), is proposed to compute and visualize the flow resistance in mass transfer through a pipe/channel with a sudden contraction com... Read More about Resistance of velocity slip flow in pipe/channel with a sudden contraction.

Discovery of (meth)acrylate polymers that resist colonization by fungi associated with pathogenesis and biodeterioration (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 The Authors. Fungi have major, negative socioeconomic impacts, but control with bioactive agents is increasingly restricted, while resistance is growing. Here, we describe an alternative fungal control strategy via materials operating passivel... Read More about Discovery of (meth)acrylate polymers that resist colonization by fungi associated with pathogenesis and biodeterioration.

Experimental Demonstration of a Mode Shape-Based Scour-Monitoring Method for Multispan Bridges with Shallow Foundations (2020)
Journal Article

A vibration-based scour monitoring approach applicable to bridges with multiple simply supported spans on shallow foundations is experimentally investigated in this paper. A monitoring strategy based on the relative changes in pier mode shape amplitu... Read More about Experimental Demonstration of a Mode Shape-Based Scour-Monitoring Method for Multispan Bridges with Shallow Foundations.

Migrant urbanism in gulf citie: S a reality without vision? (2020)
Book Chapter

To a large extent recent urbanization in the Gulf region has been shaped by the distinctive roles of local governance and extensive international migration. New models of governance, such as urban entrepreneurialism and various forms of public-privat... Read More about Migrant urbanism in gulf citie: S a reality without vision?.

Boron-doped rutile TiO2/ anatase TiO2/ ZrTiO4 ternary heterojunction photocatalyst with optimized phase interface and band structure (2020)
Journal Article

To improve the photocatalytic performance of TiO2-based heterostructures, Z-scheme/Ⅱ-type rutile TiO2 (R)/anatase TiO2 (A)/ZrTiO4 ternary heterojunction photocatalyst was designed and prepared via a facile one-step calcining strategy. Phase interface... Read More about Boron-doped rutile TiO2/ anatase TiO2/ ZrTiO4 ternary heterojunction photocatalyst with optimized phase interface and band structure.