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Albina Scioti and Fabio Fatiguso
The construction industry involves some of the activities with the highest consumption of raw materials and significant waste production. According to the European Commission, it requires large quantities of resources, representing approximately 50% of a...
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Andrey A. Kistanov
Defects are an integral part of the structure of various two-dimensional materials (2D), including 2D transition-metal dichalcogenides. These defects usually govern their electronic properties. In this work, simulations based on the density functional th...
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Maria Cannio, Dino Norberto Boccaccini, Stefano Caporali and Rosa Taurino
Superhydrophobic materials, known for their exceptional water-repellent properties, have found widespread applications in diverse fields such as self-cleaning surfaces, anti-icing coatings, and water-resistant textiles. In recent years, researchers have ...
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Cen-Ying Liao, Lin Zhang, Si-Yu Hu, Shuai-Jie Xia and D. M. Li
Empowering materials with self-healing capabilities is an attractive approach for sustainable development. This strategy involves using different methods to automatically heal microcracks and damages that occur during the service life of materials or str...
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Roman Major, Maciej Gawlikowski, Marcin Surmiak, Karolina Janiczak, Justyna Wiecek, Przemyslaw Kurtyka, Martin Schwentenwein, Ewa Jasek-Gajda, Magdalena Kopernik and Juergen M. Lackner
A major medical problem of state-of-the-art heart ventricular assist devices (LVADs) is device-induced thrombus formation due to inadequate blood-flow dynamics generated by the blood pump rotor. The latter is a highly complex device, with difficulties du...
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Sholpan G. Giniyatova, Rafael I. Shakirzyanov, Yuriy A. Garanin, Nurzhan A. Sailaukhanov, Artem L. Kozlovskiy, Natalia O. Volodina, Dmitriy I. Shlimas and Daryn B. Borgekov
Ceramics based on zirconium dioxide are very important compounds for dental, implant, and structural material applications. Despite the fact that tetragonally stabilized YSZ has been well studied, the search for new compositions of zirconia-based ceramic...
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Juan Botero-Valencia, Erick Reyes-Vera, Elizabeth Ospina-Rojas and Flavio Prieto-Ortiz
In this study, a novel system was designed to enhance the efficiency of data acquisition in a portable and compact instrument dedicated to the spectral analysis of various surfaces, including plant leaves, and materials requiring characterization within ...
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Moruf Olalekan Yusuf
Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is a fast and simple technique for functional group identification. This work provides a review and insight into the application and interpretation of FTIR spectroscopy for cementitious binders that comprise...
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Pedro H. N. Cardoso, Carlos Yure B. Oliveira, Mylena Nunes, Ginetton F. Tavares, Pedro M. Faia and Evando S. Araújo
The importance of the Eudragit® E100 copolymer (E100) is recognized in the pharmaceutical industry as a pH-dependent coating material in conventional oral administration dosage applications, where a modified release profile is required. On the other hand...
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Rui Li, Dongdong Ye, Qiukun Zhang, Jianfei Xu and Jiabao Pan
Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) play a crucial role in safeguarding aero-engine blades from high-temperature environments and enhancing their performance and durability. Accurate evaluation of TBCs? porosity is of paramount importance for aerospace mater...
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