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Zhang, Z. (author), Wu, Chenming (author), Dai, C. (author), Shi, Qingqing (author), Fang, G. (author), Xie, Dongfang (author), Zhao, Xiangjie (author), Liu, Yong Jin (author), Wang, C.C. (author), Wang, Xiu Jie (author)Despite the recent advances in artificial tissue and organ engineering, how to generate large size viable and functional complex organs still remains as a grand challenge for regenerative medicine. Three-dimensional bioprinting has demonstrated its advantages as one of the major methods in fabricating simple tissues, yet it still faces...journal article 2022
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Zhang, Yuquan W. (author), Geng, Yong (author), Zhang, Bin (author), Yang, Shaohua (author), Izikowitz, David V. (author), Yin, Haitao (author), Wu, F. (author), Yu, Haishan (author), Liu, Huiwen (author), Zhou, Weiduo (author)Very few developed economies have a full free trade agreement (FTA) with China. This study employs one GTAP model and builds an extended environmental multi-region input–output model to investigate a hypothetical China-UK FTA, concerning embodied industrial emissions of SO2, PM2.5, NOX, and NH3. The economic sectors are also classified based on...journal article 2022
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Yi, Jinming (author), Feng, Jianlin (author), Li, Yuanyuan (author), Bai, Tao (author), Chen, Anqi (author), Gao, Y. (author), Wu, Fan (author), Wu, Shaopeng (author), Liu, Quantao (author), Li, Chuangmin (author)To meet the needs of the road industry for maintenance operations, a new cement emulsified bitumen mixture (CEBM) with early-strength, self-compacting, and room-temperature construction characteristics was designed. The strength formation mechanism of CEBM was revealed with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and the surface free energy (SFE...journal article 2022
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Li, J. (author), Zhou, Yangxiao (author), Wang, Wenke (author), Liu, S. (author), Li, Ying (author), Wu, Ping (author)The sustainable development of groundwater resources in arid and semi-arid regions is a challenging task hindered by climate change and human activities. The rational utilization and management of groundwater resources is, therefore, dependent on an understanding of the influences of human and climatic factors on the spatial distribution of...journal article 2022
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Liu, Qi (author), Li, Z. (author), Li, Xueyuan (author), Wu, Jingda (author), Yuan, Shihua (author)A reliable multi-agent decision-making system is highly demanded for safe and efficient operations of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs). In order to represent the mutual effects between vehicles and model the dynamic traffic environments, this research proposes an integrated and open-source framework to realize different Graph...conference paper 2022
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Lv, Guoping (author), Yan, Haidong (author), Yan, Haidong (author), Yang, Daoguo (author), Wu, Xinke (author), Sheng, Kuang (author), Liu, Chaohui (author), Zhang, Yakun (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)As a key heat-dissipating and electrical interconnecting component in high-temperature power modules, die-attach and substrate-attach layers play an important role in effectively reducing the thermal resistance and improving the long-term reliability. Traditional substrate-attach materials limit the high-temperature applications of packaging...conference paper 2022
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Zhang, Wen (author), Liu, Wei (author), Wu, Yingyee (author), Ma, Chenlu (author), Xiao, Xiyao (author), Zhang, Xichao (author)In times of uncertainty, such as during COVID-19, many organizations experience profit decline, and employees develop a fear of external threats, such as organizational layoffs. However, most of the literature focuses on how people’s fear influences their well-being. Less is known about how employees’ fear of external threats influences their...journal article 2022
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Hao, Xiaodi (author), Wu, Daoqi (author), Li, Ji (author), Liu, Ranbin (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author)Entropy is a concept defined by the second law of thermodynamics. Applying this concept to the world we live in, entropy production must be minimized and negentropy (negative entropy production) should be accelerated, in order to produce a healthy and stable ecological system. The present wastewater treatment, however, contributes to entropy...journal article 2022
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Li, Mingliang (author), Ren, S. (author), Liu, X. (author), Wu, Zhe (author), Zhang, Haopeng (author), Fan, Weiyu (author), Lin, P. (author), Xu, Jian (author)This study aims to comprehensively investigate the rejuvenation efficiency of various self-developed compound rejuvenators on the physical, mechanical, and aging properties of aged bitumen, asphalt mortar, and mixture. The results revealed that the restoration capacity of vacuum distilled-oil rejuvenators on high-and-low temperature performance...journal article 2022
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Hua, Zhongsheng (author), Wu, Xiaobin (author), Zhu, Zengli (author), He, Jiwen (author), He, Shiwei (author), Liu, Huan (author), Xu, Liang (author), Yang, Y. (author), Zhao, Zhuo (author)Exploring more efficient and low-cost electrocatalysts to replace platinum (Pt) is highly desired to promote the practical hydrogen production through water splitting. Herein, a facile and effective strategy is proposed to fabricate self-standing Al<sub>3</sub>Ni<sub>2</sub>/Ni electrode with controlled phase composition and surface...journal article 2022
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Tan, C. (author), Zhou, Quan (author), Liu, X. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Ye, H. (author), Wu, Qibao (author)Combining the first principles calculations and the non-equilibrium Green’s function formalisms, we decipher the structural, electronic, and transport properties of boron phosphide (BP) with hydrogenation. Hydrogenated BP monolayer is an indirect semiconductor with a wide-bandgap of 3.76 eV that is favorable in power devices. We find that the...journal article 2022
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He, Zhibo (author), Liu, Chenguang (author), Chu, Xiumin (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Wu, Qing (author)For the complex multi-ship encounter scenarios, this article proposes a dynamic collision avoidance path planning algorithm based on the A-star algorithm and ship navigation rules, namely Dynamic Anti-collision A-star (DAA-star) algorithm. A dynamic search mechanism of the DAA-star algorithm considering time factors is designed to enable the...journal article 2022
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Wu, Xintong (author), Huang, Haoliang (author), Liu, Hao (author), Hu, Jie (author), Wei, Jiangxiong (author), Yu, Qijun (author)In this study, a new concept on self healing of cracks that the ingressive ions in the crack is chemically bound to improve the self-healing efficiency was proposed for cracked cementitious materials in a marine environment. Thermodynamic modeling was performed to determine the appropriate masses and ratio of Ca2+ and Al3+ provided by chemical...conference paper 2021
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Wu, Dequan (author), Ma, Lingwei (author), Liu, Bei (author), Zhang, Dawei (author), Minhas, Badar (author), Qian, Hongchang (author), Terryn, H.A. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author)This study investigated the deterioration of a lubricant-infused anodic aluminium oxide surface in a 1 M NaCl solution for ∼200 days. Direct observation by cryo-SEM and quantitative analyses by UV spectroscopy and EIS revealed that the long-term deterioration of the lubricant-infused surface was divided into two stages: the surface-adhered...journal article 2021
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Liu, Y. (author), Ferrari, Riccardo M.G. (author), Wu, Ping (author), Jiang, X. (author), Li, Sunwei (author), van Wingerden, J.W. (author)Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWTs) operate in the harsh marine environment with limited accessibility and maintainability. Not only failures are more likely to occur than in land-based turbines, but also corrective maintenance is more expensive. In the present study, a mixed model and signal-based Fault Diagnosis (FD) architecture is...journal article 2021
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Liu, Guoshuai (author), Zhu, Yukun (author), Yan, Qun (author), Wang, Han (author), Wu, Peng (author), Shen, Yaoliang (author), Doekhi-Bennani, Y. (author)Removal of bromate (BrO<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup>) has gained increasing attention in drinking water treatment process. Photocatalysis technology is an effective strategy for bromate removal. During the photocatalytic reduction of bromate process, the photo-generated electrons are reductive species toward bromate reduction and photo-generated...journal article 2021
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Sun, Y. (author), Kang, Xuanwu (author), Deng, Shixiong (author), Zheng, Yingkui (author), Wei, Ke (author), Xu, Linwang (author), Wu, Hao (author), Liu, Xinyu (author)We report a high-performance GaN Schottky barrier diode (SBD) on a sapphire substrate with a novel post-mesa nitridation technique and its application in a high-power microwave detection circuit. The fabricated SBD achieved a very high forward current density of 9.19 kA cm-2 at 3 V, a low specific on-resistance (RON,sp) of 0.22 mO cm2 and...journal article 2021
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Kang, Xuanwu (author), Sun, Y. (author), Zheng, Yingkui (author), Wei, Ke (author), Wu, Hao (author), Zhao, Yuanyuan (author), Liu, Xinyu (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)In this brief, a high-performance quasi-vertical GaN Schottky barrier diode (SBD) on sapphire substrate with post-mesa nitridation process is reported, featuring a low damaged sidewall with extremely low leakage current. The fabricated SBD with a drift layer of 1 μm has achieved a very high ON/OFF current ratio (Iscriptscriptstyle ON...journal article 2021
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Sun, Y. (author), Kang, Xuanwu (author), Deng, Shixiong (author), Zheng, Yingkui (author), Wei, Ke (author), Xu, Linwang (author), Wu, Hao (author), Liu, Xinyu (author)Gallium nitride (GaN) has attracted increased attention because of superior material properties, such as high electron saturation velocity and high electrical field strength, which are promising for high-power microwave applications. We report on a high-performance vertical GaN-based Schottky barrier diode (SBD) and its demonstration in a...journal article 2021
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Liu, Y. (author), Frederik, J.A. (author), Ferrari, Riccardo M.G. (author), Wu, P. (author), Li, Sunwei (author), van Wingerden, J.W. (author)Individual pitch control (IPC) is an effective and widely used strategy to mitigate blade loads in wind turbines. However, conventional IPC fails to cope with blade and actuator faults, and this situation may lead to an emergency shutdown and increased maintenance costs. In this paper, a fault-tolerant individual pitch control (FTIPC) scheme...journal article 2021