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Kiho Nishihara, Kei-ichi Okuyama, Rafael Rodriguez and Isai Fajardo
In this study, we focus on 3D-printed PEEK/CFRTP (Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastic) and PEEK (Polyether Ether Ketone) materials as new space materials. In space, there are intense ultraviolet (UV) rays that are weakened by the atmosphere on Earth, s...
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Izabela M. Domanska, Ramona Figat, Aldona Zalewska, Krystyna Ciesla, Sebastian Kowalczyk, Karolina Kedra and Marcin Sobczak
The effect of ionizing radiation (?-rays and electron beam) on anticancer drug delivery systems (DDSs) properties was evaluated concerning potential sterilization. For this purpose, paclitaxel (PTX)-loaded nanoparticles were obtained using a biodegradabl...
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Yansen Wu, Ke Li, Anmin Zhao, Haobo Liu, Yuangan Li and Dongsheng Wen
Endurance is a critical factor for solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicles (SUAVs). Taking inspiration from birds, SUAVs have the ability to harvest extra energy from atmospheric thermal updrafts to extend their endurance. Though recent research has mainl...
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Christos Sammoutos, Angeliki Kitsopoulou, Panagiotis Lykas, Evangelos Bellos and Christos Tzivanidis
The exploitation of solar irradiation is a critical weapon for facing the energy crisis and critical environmental problems. One of the most emerging solar technologies is the use of solar towers (or central receiver systems) coupled with high-performanc...
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Shunyao Lu, Xiaoqing Huang, Tao Chen and Zhengzhi Wang
The accurate distribution of solar energy on indoor walls is the basis of simulating the indoor thermal environment, and its specific distribution changes all the time due to the influence of solar azimuth and altitude angle. By analyzing the assumptions...
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Stefan Scharring and Jürgen Kästel
Ground-based high-power lasers are, in principle, able to de-orbit any kind of space debris object from the low Earth orbit (LEO) by remotely inducing laser-ablative momentum. However, the assessment of efficiency and operational safety depends on many f...
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Lianfei Kuang, Lipeng Sun, Dongxu Yu, Yijiang Wang, Zhaoxiang Chu and Jo Darkwa
Efficient fracturing is the key issue for the exploitation of geothermal energy in a Hot Dry Rock reservoir. By using the laser irradiation cracking method, this study investigates the changes in uniaxial compressive strength, ultrasonic characteristics ...
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Zhiying Xia, Bin Ni, Ruijie Hou, Yang Zhang, Lianping Hou, Jamie Jiangmin Hou, John H. Marsh, Xuefeng Liu and Jichuan Xiong
Materials such as silicon, copper, gold, and aluminum exhibit strong absorption and scattering characterization under short-pulsed laser irradiation. Due to the photoelastic effect and thermoelastic relaxation, the focal area may induce a local modulatio...
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Alice Sorrenti, Santo Fabio Corsino, Francesco Traina, Gaspare Viviani and Michele Torregrossa
This work reports the results obtained with an innovative configuration of a closed-static solar greenhouse for sludge drying. The novelty of the solar greenhouse configuration consisted in using a forced ventilation system to provide hot air for sludge ...
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Ayan Barbora, Shailendra Rajput, Konstantin Komoshvili, Jacob Levitan, Asher Yahalom and Stella Liberman-Aronov
Non-ionizing millimeter-waves (MMW) interact with cells in a variety of ways. Here the inhibited cell division effect was investigated using 85?105 GHz MMW irradiation within the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) non-...
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