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Sun, Yubo (author), Mohan, Manu K. (author), Tao, Yaxin (author), Zhang, Yi (author), Van Tittelboom, Kim (author), Ye, G. (author), De Schutter, Geert (author)To properly control the reaction kinetics and fresh properties evolution in conventional alkali-activated materials (AAMs), a conceptual design of two-stream AAMs has been proposed in this study. This is achieved by dividing the solid and liquid components in AAMs, including blast furnace slag (BFS) and electric arc furnace slag (EFS)...journal article 2024
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Sun, Y. (author), Chen, B. (author), Zhang, Shizhe (author), Blom, C.B.M. (author), Lukovic, M. (author), Ye, G. (author)With the development of waste recovery techniques, previous research has revealed that coarse fractions of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash (BA) after proper treatment could be applied in the construction sector, while the fines are seldom recovered in practice and normally landfilled. This study explores the potential...journal article 2024
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Yang, Huiru (author), Huang, Qianming (author), Wang, S. (author), Zong, Qihang (author), Tan, C. (author), Ye, H. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Flexible strain sensors play a crucial role in health monitoring, smart wearable devices, and human–machine interaction. Three-dimensional surface evaluation methods for strain sensors offer advantages by being closer to actual strain, featuring a larger working range, and being more suitable for multidirectional strain. In this study, a...journal article 2024
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Zhang, Shizhe (author), He, S. (author), Ghiassi, Bahman (author), van Breugel, K. (author), Ye, G. (author)This paper presents an experimental study on the interface bonding properties of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber in alkali-activated slag/fly ash (AASF) pastes. Three interface bonding properties (i.e., the chemical bonding energy Gd, the initial frictional bond strength τ0, and slip-hardening behavior) were determined using single-fiber pullout...journal article 2023
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Tan, C. (author), Wang, S. (author), Yang, Huiru (author), Huang, Qianming (author), Li, Shizhen (author), Liu, X. (author), Ye, H. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Short-wave ultraviolet (also called UVC) irradiation is a well-adopted method of viral inactivation due to its ability to damage genetic material. A fundamental problem with the UVC inactivation method is that its mechanism of action on viruses is still unknown at the molecular level. To address this problem, herein we investigate the...journal article 2023
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Sun, Yubo (author), Cheng, H. (author), Zhang, Shizhe (author), Mohan, Manu K. (author), Ye, G. (author), De Schutter, Geert (author)Alkali-activated concrete (AAC) is regarded as a promising alternative construction material to reduce the CO<sub>2</sub> emission induced by Portland cement (PC) concrete. Due to the diversity in raw materials and complexity of reaction mechanisms, a commonly applied design code is still absent to date. This study attempts to directly...journal article 2023
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Sheng, Yue (author), Jin, Sheng (author), Comeau, M.J. (author), Hou, Zengqian (author), Zhang, Letian (author), Wei, Wenbo (author), Ye, Gaofeng (author)The Dinggye region, in the central part of the Himalayan orogenic belt, includes the southern part of the Xainza-Dinggye rift and the Mabja Gneiss Dome with leucogranite cores. Previous studies of gneiss domes in this region report the existence of channel flow processes or tectonic exhumation, in addition to partial melting of orogenic mid...journal article 2023
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Tong, Liang-yu (author), Xiong, Qing Xiang (author), Zhang, Zhidong (author), Chen, Xiangsheng (author), Ye, G. (author), Liu, Qing feng (author)This paper develops a novel lattice diffusive model to quantitatively study the chloride diffusion coefficient in unsaturated cementitious materials, in which the pore voxels are redistributed to make a better representation of a real microstructure of hardened cement paste. Considering the hierarchical microstructure and different drying...journal article 2023
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Wang, S. (author), Yang, Huiru (author), Zong, Qihang (author), Huang, Qianming (author), Tan, C. (author), Gao, Chenshan (author), Li, Shizhen (author), Ye, H. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), French, P.J. (author)In recent years, metal crack-based stretchable flexible strain sensors have attracted significant attention in wearable device applications due to their extremely high sensitivity. However, the tradeoff between sensitivity and detection range has been an intractable dilemma, severely limiting their practical applications. Herein, we propose a...journal article 2023
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Liu, Ke (author), Tan, C. (author), Li, Shizhen (author), Yuan, Wucheng (author), Liu, X. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), French, P.J. (author), Ye, H. (author), Wang, S. (author)This paper proposes and simulates research on the reverse recovery characteristics of two novel superjunction (SJ) MOSFETs by adjusting the doping profile. In the manufacturing process of the SJ MOSFET using multilayer epitaxial deposition (MED), the position and concentration of each Boron bubble can be adjusted by designing different doping...journal article 2023
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Yang, Huiru (author), Wang, S. (author), Huang, Qianming (author), Tan, C. (author), Gao, Chenshan (author), Xu, Siyuan (author), Ye, Huaiyu (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Flexible strain sensors based on nanomaterials have sparked a lot of interest in the field of wearable smart electronics. Laser induced graphene (LIG) based sensors in particular stand out due to their straightforward fabrication procedure, three-dimensional porous structures, and exceptional electromechanical capabilities. Recent studies...journal article 2023
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Huang, Qian Ming (author), Yang, Huiru (author), Wang, S. (author), Liu, X. (author), Tan, C. (author), Luo, Anxin (author), Xu, Siyuan (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Ye, H. (author)Laser-induced graphene (LIG) has aroused a wide range of research interests ranging from micro-nano energy devices to the Internet of Things (IoT). Nevertheless, the non-degradability of most-used synthetic polymer carbon sources poses a serious threat to the environment. In this work, ecofriendly chitosan-based derivatives, including...journal article 2023
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Rapid Fabrication of High-Performance Flexible Pressure Sensors Using Laser Pyrolysis Direct WritingWang, S. (author), Zong, Qihang (author), Yang, Huiru (author), Tan, C. (author), Huang, Qianming (author), Liu, X. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), French, P.J. (author), Ye, H. (author)The fabrication of flexible pressure sensors with low cost, high scalability, and easy fabrication is an essential driving force in developing flexible electronics, especially for high-performance sensors that require precise surface microstructures. However, optimizing complex fabrication processes and expensive microfabrication methods...journal article 2023
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Xie, F. (author), Hao, Zhiguo (author), Ye, Dongmeng (author), Yang, Songhao (author), Li, Chuanxi (author), Dai, Guoan (author), Zhang, Baohui (author), Wang, Ting (author)The existing protection techniques for high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) grids suffer from several shortcomings such as high sampling frequency, poor robustness, and reliance on simulation for threshold setting. To solve these problems, this paper proposes a non-unit protection method for modular multilevel converter (MMC)-based HVDC grids...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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Jiang, Xi (author), Zhu, Hehua (author), Yan, Zhiguo (author), Zhang, Fengshou (author), Ye, Fei (author), Li, Peinan (author), Zhang, X. (author), Dai, Zhiren (author), Bai, Yun (author), Huang, Baoshan (author)Backfill grouting plays a vital role in shield tunneling. This paper aims to present a comprehensive review of the development and progress of backfill grouting materials specifically designed for shield tunneling. Initially, the various components of grouts, such as pozzolanic materials, filling fine aggregates, and chemical additives, are...journal article 2023
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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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Jiang, Jing (author), Wang, S. (author), Liu, X. (author), Liu, Jianhui (author), Li, Jun (author), Zhou, Dexiang (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Ye, H. (author), Tan, C. (author)High electric-field stress is an effective solution to the recovery of irradiated devices. In this paper, the dependence of the recovery level on the magnitude of gate voltage and duration is investigated. Compared with the scheme of high gate-bias voltage with a short stress time, the transfer characteristics are significantly recovered by...journal article 2022
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Zhang, Shizhe (author), Ye, G. (author), Lukovic, M. (author), Hendrik, H. (author), Scharringa, A. (author)In Nederland wordt veel aandacht besteed aan geopolymeerbeton als een van de mogelijkheden om de CO₂-voetafdruk van beton te verlagen. Hoewel dit materiaal op laboratoriumschaal uitgebreid is onderzocht, zijn praktische toepassingen en ervaringen nog maar beperkt beschikbaar. Bovendien bestaan er voor een brede en grootschalige constructieve...journal article 2022
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Liu, X. (author), Li, Shizhen (author), Tan, C. (author), Gao, Chenshan (author), Liu, Yang (author), Ye, H. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Nano copper sintering technology has great potential to be widely applied in the wide-bandgap semiconductor packaging. In order to investigate the coalescence kinetics of copper nano particles for this application, a molecular dynamic (MD) simulation was carried out at low temperature on a special model containing two substrate and multiple...journal article 2022