We have developed an optical feedback control system with synchronous control of active particles to study collective motion in nature. Fish-like vortex is observed within a circular confined geometry based on the par...
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We discuss the role of atomic coordination in dictating the vibrational characteristics and thermal conductivity in amorphous *** systematic atomistic simulations on amorphous carbon structures at varying mass densiti...
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We discuss the role of atomic coordination in dictating the vibrational characteristics and thermal conductivity in amorphous *** systematic atomistic simulations on amorphous carbon structures at varying mass densities show the significant role played by the ratio of sp2 to sp3 hybridized bonds in dictating the contributions from propagating(phonon-like)and non-propagating vibrational modes and their influence on the overall thermal conductivities of the ***,our results show that as the concentration of sp3-bonded carbon atoms increases,the thermal conductivity can be increased by four fold,which is attributed to enhanced contributions from propagating modes in these amorphous *** results shed more light into the role of atomic coordination on dictating heat transfer mechanisms in amorphous materials,and also provide a deeper understanding of the ability to tune the thermal conductivity of amorphous carbon structures through the control of the local atomic coordination.
The potential for magnesium storage batteries to become the next generation of rechargeable batteries is high. This is largely due to the abundance of magnesium metal resources and their high safety and electric capac...
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Benefits of RE addition on Mg alloys strength and corrosion resistance are widely reported but their effects on biodegradability and biocompatibility are still of *** paper investigates the effect of RE additions on b...
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Benefits of RE addition on Mg alloys strength and corrosion resistance are widely reported but their effects on biodegradability and biocompatibility are still of *** paper investigates the effect of RE additions on biodegradability of Mg-Zn alloys under simulated physiological *** this context,two commercial Mg-Zn-Zr-RE alloys,namely ZE41 and EZ33,with same RE addition but different concentrations are studied in Hank’s Balanced Salt Solution(HBSS)at 37℃and with pH of ***-loss,hydrogen evolution,real-time insitu drop test,electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS)and potentiodynamic polarization are deployed to study corrosion *** mechanical integrity of both alloys is assessed by mechanical testing post ***,in vitro biocompatibility is evaluated by indirect cytotoxicity tests using NIH3T3 *** reveal that although both alloys showed similar microstructure,size and distribution of precipitates played a significant role on its corrosion *** and open circuit potential results show stable film formation on EZ33,while ZE41 showed passive layer formation followed by its deterioration,over the analyzed time *** real-time drop test,it was shown in ZE41 alloy that both T-phase and Zr-rich precipitates acted as micro cathodes,resulting in an unstable surface *** EZ33,Zr-rich regions did not influence corrosion response,resulting in better corrosion resistance that was corroborated by post-immersion surface morphology *** higher degradation observed in ZE41 alloy resulted in higher drop in flexural and tensile strength compared to EZ33 *** addition,cytotoxicity tests on NIH3T3 cells revealed that cell viability of EZ33 increased with increasing incubation time,contrary to ZE41,owing to its lower biodegradation behavior and despite higher concentrations of *** results show that an increase in RE concentration in EZ33,relative to ZE41,had a positive effect on
The small water supply systems aim at supplying safe drinking water to small communities in remote areas. This study applies an automatic small water supply system comprising 20 plasma-grafted poly(tetrafluoroethylene...
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Estimating visual-tactile models of deformable objects is challenging because vision suffers from occlusion, while touch data is sparse and noisy. We propose a novel data-efficient method for dense heterogeneous model...
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In order to maintain the optimal operating temperature of the battery surface and meet the demand for thermal storage technology,battery thermal management system based on phase change materials has attracted increasi...
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In order to maintain the optimal operating temperature of the battery surface and meet the demand for thermal storage technology,battery thermal management system based on phase change materials has attracted increasing *** this work,a kind of core-shell structured microcapsule was synthesized by an in-situ polymerization,where paraffin was used as the core,while methanol was applied to mod-ify the melamine-formaldehyde shell to reduce toxicity and improve thermal ***,three different types of heat conductive fillers with the same content of 10 wt.%,i.e.,nano-Al_(2)O_(3),nano-ZnO and carbon nanotubes were added,generating *** microcapsules were uniform,and were not affected by the thermal fillers,which were evenly dispersed *** composite sample with carbon nanotubes(10 wt.%)showed the highest thermal conductivity of 0.50 W/(m K)and latent heat of 139.64 J/***,according to the leakage testing and battery charge/discharge experiments,compared with Al_(2)O_(3)and ZnO,the addition of carbon nanotubes remarkably enhances the heat storage ability as latent heat from 126.98 J/g for the prepared sample with Al_(2)O_(3)and 125.86 J/g for the one with ZnO,then to 139.64 J/g,as well as dissipation performance as a cooling effect by decreasing the sur-face temperature of battery from 2%to 12%of microcapsule,composite sample with carbon nanotubes presents a broad application prospect in battery thermal management system and energy storage field.
Zn content is one of the most concerned factors in the development of next generation ultra-strength Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys owing to its essential role in precipitation *** the present work,the underlying functions of Zn ...
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Zn content is one of the most concerned factors in the development of next generation ultra-strength Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys owing to its essential role in precipitation *** the present work,the underlying functions of Zn content in precipitation evolution and strengthening function of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys were systematically investigated by combining multiple experiments and an integrated internalstate-variable *** experimental results indicated that the increased Zn content in Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys would promote the development of precipitates and enhance aging *** diffusion flux of soluble Zn and the coordination of Mg atom controlled the crystallographic microstructures evolution during precipitates nucleation,growth and transition *** integrating precipitation development with electrical resistivity and hardness evolutions,an improved internal-state-variable physical model was then developed for the aging responses of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu *** unified model considered the intrinsic characteristics of precipitates such as crystallographic orientation,morphology,component,and *** specific improvements were to balance the combined functions of Zn element and Mg element and consider the plate-like morphology and directed growth as indicated by *** model was also adaptive to heat-treatment variables and chemical compositions,and owned the notable advantages to simultaneously rationalize the observed microstructural characteristics,mechanical and electrical properties following artificial aging of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu *** addition,a preliminary model framework between electrical resistivity and hardness for Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys was established.
*** The lasting drive for improved energy efficiency in power gen-eration encourages the innovative design of advanced structural materials with superb mechanical properties[1-6].Among these materials,ordered intermet...
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*** The lasting drive for improved energy efficiency in power gen-eration encourages the innovative design of advanced structural materials with superb mechanical properties[1-6].Among these materials,ordered intermetallic alloys[7-9],as a unique class of metallic materials,have drawn increasing concern from both the scientific and industrial communities due to their intriguing high-temperature properties,strong chemical binding,and low atomic mobility[10,11].However,in light of the insufficient number of slip systems and/or intrinsically weak grain boundary(GB),they are usually brittle at ambient temperature,severely hindering their practical use in engineering systems[12].Previous studies reported that the change in alloy stoichiometry has a significant beneficial effect on the ductility of intermetallic *** instance,Liu et al.
This paper presents a biologically inspired control system developed for maintaining balance in a simulated human atop an oscillating platform. This work advances our previous research by adapting a human balance cont...
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