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Wang, Xueling (author), Wang, Man (author), Chen, M. (author), Zhang, Yatao (author)Ceramic membranes have been increasingly employed in water treatment owing to their merits such as high-stability, anti-oxidation, long lifespan and environmental friendliness. The application of ceramic membranes mainly focuses on microfiltration and ultrafiltration processes, and some precise separation can be achieved by introducing novel...journal article 2023
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Zhang, Xinqi (author), Shi, Jihao (author), Yang, M. (author), Huang, Xinyan (author), Usmani, Asif Sohail (author), Chen, Guoming (author), Fu, Jianmin (author), Huang, Jiawei (author), Li, Junjie (author)Long short-term memory (LSTM) has been widely applied to real-time automated natural gas leak detection and localization. However, LSTM approach could not provide the interpretation that this leak position is localized instead of other positions. This study proposes a leakage detection and localization approach by integrating the attention...journal article 2023
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Zhang, R. (author), Chen, Y. (author), Lei, Jiaxin (author), Zhou, Xin (author), Yao, P. (author), Stive, M.J.F. (author)Mangroves can function as a ‘bio-shield’ to protect coastal communities from harsh environments because of their strong ability to attenuate wave energy. However, as mangroves are usually oversimplified as rigid cylinders in antecedent studies, the effects of complex mangrove morphology on wave attenuation have not been well researched....journal article 2023
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Chen, Wei (author), Yan, Xuyang (author), Ibrahim, Mesfin S. (author), Meda, Abdulmelik H. (author), Fan, X. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Fan, J. (author)As the next generation of semiconductor devices, SiC MOSFETs have demonstrated significant performance improvements in switching loss, switching frequency, and high-temperature operation compared to Si-based MOSFETs. However, the long-term reliability of such devices and their packaging continues to be a major concern. Towards addressing this...conference paper 2023
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Chen, Yuanyuan (author), Dai, Hanqing (author), Hu, Zhe (author), Wei, Jinxin (author), Zhou, Wenjie (author), Duan, Zhongtao (author), Cui, Zhongjie (author), Wei, Wei (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Hydrogel materials have biocompatibility, flexibility, transparency, self-healing ability, adhesion with various substrates, anti-freeze ability, and high-temperature resistance. However, the existing hydrogel devices cannot continue to operate in the case of damage, and they cannot work during the repair period, which brings great challenges...journal article 2023
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Qiao, Li (author), Luo, Zhiyuan (author), Chen, Haomin (author), Zhang, Pengfei (author), Wang, Anming (author), Sheldon, R.A. (author)The use of engineered ketoreductases (KREDS), both as whole microbial cells and isolated enzymes, in the highly enantiospecific reduction of prochiral ketones is reviewed. The homochiral alcohol products are key intermediates in, for example, pharmaceuticals synthesis. The application of sophisticated protein engineering and enzyme...journal article 2023
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Wu, Huan (author), Luo, Houcai (author), Zhang, Jingping (author), Zheng, Bofeng (author), Lang, Lei (author), Wang, Zeping (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Chen, Xianping (author)To investigate the unclamped inductive switch (UIS) characteristics, 1200 V silicon carbide (SiC) planar MOSFETs with four cell topologies of linear, current sharing linear, square, and hexagon are designed and manufactured. The experimental platform was built and tested. The results show that the single pulse avalanche energy density of the...journal article 2023
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Zhao, Changjiu (author), Zhang, Wenjun (author), Chen, C.Y. (author), Yang, Xue (author), Yue, Jingwen (author), Han, Bing (author)In the maritime industry, unsafe behaviors exhibited by crew members are a significant factor contributing to shipping and occupational accidents. Among these behaviors, unsafe operation of mooring lines is particularly prone to causing severe accidents. Video-based monitoring has been demonstrated as an effective means of detecting these...journal article 2023
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Hong, H. (author), Wei, Jiangtao (author), Lei, Xin (author), Chen, Haiyun (author), Sarro, Pasqualina M (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Liu, Zewen (author)The application of single-crystal silicon (SCS) nanopore structures in single-molecule-based analytical devices is an emerging approach for the separation and analysis of nanoparticles. The key challenge is to fabricate individual SCS nanopores with precise sizes in a controllable and reproducible way. This paper introduces a fast-stop ionic...journal article 2023
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Yu, Haoyuan (author), Zhang, Hanwen (author), Wang, Yanbo (author), Qin, Z. (author), Chen, Zhe (author), Bauer, P. (author)This article investigates the stability of triple active bridge (TAB) converter with different types of loads. In this paper, port2 of TAB converter adopts voltage control to supply a constant power load (CPL), and port3 uses voltage control to supply a resistor or uses current control to supply a battery. Then, an extra element theorem-based ...conference paper 2023
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Chen, Minggang (author), Zhang, H. (author), Fan, Q. (author)Silicon MOSFETs-based medium-power (< 50W) Class-D amplifiers (CDAs) switching in the MHz range have gained popularity in recent years, which achieves better linearity thanks to a higher loop gain in the audio band while enabling the use of LC filters with higher cut-off frequencies. However, for high-power (>100 W) CDAs, such switching...conference paper 2023
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Zhang, Xinqi (author), Shi, Jihao (author), Huang, Xinyan (author), Xiao, Fu (author), Yang, M. (author), Huang, Jiawei (author), Yin, Xiaokang (author), Sohail Usmani, Asif (author), Chen, Guoming (author)Deep learning has been widely applied to automated leakage detection and location of natural gas pipe networks. Prevalent deep learning approaches do not consider the spatial dependency of sensors, which limits leakage detection performance. Graph deep learning is a promising alternative to prevailing approaches as it can model spatial...journal article 2023
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Chen, Y. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), He, S. (author), Liang, X. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Copuroglu, Oguzhan (author)In 3D concrete printing, fast structuration is a prerequisite for ideal buildability. This paper aims to study the impact of inorganic additives, i.e., CaCl<sub>2</sub> and gypsum, on structural build-up and very early-age hydration of limestone-calcined clay-cement (LC3) pastes within the first 70–80 min. Results show that, increasing the...journal article 2023
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Wang, Xinyue (author), Yang, Zhoudong (author), Wang, Boya (author), Chen, Wei (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Zhang, Jing (author), Fan, J. (author), Liu, P. (author)Power modules applied in offshore applications are facing risks of corrosion failures on die-attach materials due to high humidity and H<sub>2</sub>S exposure. To investigate such corrosion behavior for sintered die-attach materials, we conducted a study with four groups of samples fabricated using copper and silver metal particles under...journal article 2023
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Chen, Haixue (author), Wang, Xinyue (author), Zeng, Zejun (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Zhang, Jing (author), Liu, Pan (author)With the development of electronic technology towards high power, miniaturization, and system integration, power electronic packaging is facing increasing challenges, especially for die attachment. This research aims to explore silver-coated copper (Cu@Ag) paste with sufficient mechanical properties and high-temperature reliability, as an...journal article 2023
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Liang, M. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), He, S. (author), Chen, Y. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Šavija, B. (author)This study investigated the evolution process of high-volume slag cement (HVSC) paste from a chemo-mechanical standpoint. HVSC specimens with a 70 w.t. % slag replacement rate were studied at various ages. Evolution of phase assemblage, microstructure development, and micromechanical properties were analyzed using TGA/XRD/MIP/SEM-EDS and nano...journal article 2023
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Chen, Yangkun (author), Yu, Chenghui (author), Zhu, Hengman (author), Liu, Shuai (author), Zhang, Yibing (author), Suarez, Joseph (author), Zhao, Liang (author), He, J. (author), Chen, Jiaxin (author)We present the results of the second Neural MMO challenge, hosted at IJCAI 2022, which received 1600+ submissions. This competition targets robustness and generalization in multi-agent systems: participants train teams of agents to complete a multi-task objective against opponents not seen during training. We summarize the competition design...journal article 2023
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Chen, B. (author), Zuo, Yibing (author), Zhang, Shizhe (author), Miranda de Lima Junior, L.C. (author), Liang, X. (author), Chen, Y. (author), van Zijl, Marc Brito (author), Ye, G. (author)This work evaluated the reactivity and leaching potential of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash as supplementary cementitious material (SCM) and precursor for alkali-activated materials (AAM). The chemical composition of the amorphous phase in MSWI bottom ash was found to be in the same range as that of Class F coal fly ash....journal article 2023
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Xue, Li Hua (author), Xiao, Jun Hua (author), Zhang, De (author), Guo, Y. (author), Chen, Bing Wen (author)Particle shape plays an essential role in deformation characteristics of railway ballast bed. The numerical reconstruction of ballast morphological features, including overall shape and angular distribution, remains a hot issue in research on ballast mechanical behavior simulation. A novel shape reconstruction method was adopted to generate...journal article 2023
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Dai, Hanqing (author), Dai, Wenqing (author), Chen, Yuanyuan (author), Yan, Yukun (author), Zuo, Guangzheng (author), Hu, Zhe (author), Wei, Jinxin (author), Zhou, Wenjie (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Sulfide minerals hold significant importance in both fundamental science and industrial advancement. However, certain natural sulfide minerals, such as NaFe<sub>3</sub>S<sub>5</sub>·2H<sub>2</sub>O (NFS), pose great challenges for exploitation and synthesis due to their high susceptibility to oxidation. To date, no successful precedent exists...journal article 2023