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Vertical dynamic measurements of a railway transition zone: a case study in Sweden

Unsiwilai, S. (author), Shen, C. (author), Zeng, Y. (author), Wang, L. (author), Nunez, Alfredo (author), Li, Z. (author)

This study presents a measuring framework for railway transition zones using a case study on the Swedish line between Boden and Murjek. The final goal is to better understand the vertical dynamics of transition zones using hammer tests, falling weight measurements, and axle box acceleration (ABA) measurements. Frequency response functions ...

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Numerical Study of Percolation and Seepage Behaviors in Ion-Adsorption-Type Rare Earth Ore Leaching Process

Dianyu, E. (author), Su, Zhongfang (author), Zeng, Jia (author), Yang, Liuyimei (author), Li, Jing (author), Xu, Qiang (author), Wang, L. (author), Cui, Jiaxin (author)

Ionic rare earth ore is a type of featured rare earth ore in China. Its mining process suffers from a long leaching cycle and considerable consumption of leaching agents. Improving mining efficiency requires a sound physical understanding of the leaching process. In this study, the CFD-based numerical model is used to analyze the physical...

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Identification and degradation of structural extracellular polymeric substances in waste activated sludge via a polygalacturonate-degrading consortium

Hu, Zhi Yi (author), Lin, Yi Peng (author), Wang, Qing Ting (author), Zhang, Yi Xin (author), Tang, Jie (author), Wang, Shuai (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Zeng, Raymond Jianxiong (author), Zhang, Fang (author)

By maintaining the cell integrity of waste activated sludge (WAS), structural extracellular polymeric substances (St-EPS) resist WAS anaerobic fermentation. This study investigates the occurrence of polygalacturonate in WAS St-EPS by combining chemical and metagenomic analyses that identify ∼22% of the bacteria, including Ferruginibacter and...

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A Self-Bias-Flip with Charge Recycle Interface Circuit with No External Energy Reservoir for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Array

Li, Zhen (author), Chen, Zhiyuan (author), Wang, Jing (author), Wang, Jiawei (author), Jiang, Junmin (author), Du, S. (author), Cheng, Xu (author), Zeng, Xiaoyang (author), Han, Jun (author)

This article presents a piezoelectric energy harvesting (PEH) interface circuit using a new self-bias-flip with the charge recycle (SBFR) technique without employing any additional energy reservoir. Traditional designs, including synchronous-switch harvesting on inductor (SSHI), synchronous-switch harvesting on capacitor (SSHC), synchronous...

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Self-Assembled Lenalidomide/AIE Prodrug Nanobomb for Tumor Imaging and Cancer Therapy

Mai, Zhijian (author), Cao, Nengjie (author), Cheng, Erzhuo (author), Zeng, Zhiwen (author), Feng, Yancong (author), Wang, Yao (author), French, P.J. (author), Lee, Yi Kuen (author), Yang, Haihong (author)

To develop multifunctional small-molecule prodrugs is highly desirable for cancer treatment but remains challenging in intrinsic traceability. As an acid-cleavable linkage, a Schiff bases benefiting from its distinctive fluorescence quenching ability was selected to prepare a small-molecule prodrug with cancer-targeted and self-indicating. In...

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A micro graphene high temperature sensor with a single Si₃N₄ protective layer

Tang, Chenggang (author), Zeng, Simei (author), Hong, H. (author), Fang, Yuan (author), Li, Yuning (author), Wang, Yuqiang (author), Zhu, Mingqiang (author), Sun, Jingye (author), Deng, Tao (author)

Temperature sensors are widely used in industrial production, national defense and military fields. The traditional temperature sensors normally operate in a limited temperature range no more than 200 °C, which cannot be used for extreme high temperature detections. In this paper, a thermal protection method for the sensing graphene membrane...

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Solvent modulation, microstructure evaluation, process optimization, and nanoindentation analysis of micro-Cu@Ag core–shell sintering paste for power electronics packaging

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...

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Deep Bayesian survival analysis of rail useful lifetime

Zeng, Cheng (author), Huang, Jinsong (author), Wang, H. (author), Xie, Jiawei (author), Zhang, Yuting (author)

Reliable estimation of rail useful lifetime can provide valuable information for predictive maintenance in railway systems. However, in most cases, lifetime data is incomplete because not all pieces of rail experience failure by the end of the study horizon, a problem known as censoring. Ignoring or otherwise mistreating the censored cases...

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Patching sulfur vacancies: A versatile approach for achieving ultrasensitive gas sensors based on transition metal dichalcogenides

Liu, Xiangcheng (author), Niu, Yue (author), Jin, Duo (author), Zeng, Junwei (author), Li, Wanjiang (author), Li, Hao (author), Lee, Yi Kuen (author), French, P.J. (author), Wang, Yao (author)

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) garner significant attention for their potential to create high-performance gas sensors. Despite their favorable properties such as tunable bandgap, high carrier mobility, and large surface-to-volume ratio, the performance of TMDCs devices is compromised by sulfur vacancies, which reduce carrier...

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A Novel High-temperature Pressure Sensor Based on Graphene Coated by Si3N4

Zeng, Simei (author), Tang, Chenggang (author), Hong, H. (author), Yuan, Fang (author), Li, Yuning (author), Wang, Yuqiang (author), Kong, Lingbing (author), Sun, Jingye (author), Zhu, Mingqiang (author), Deng, Tao (author)

The high-temperature pressure sensors have wide applications in aerospace, petroleum, geothermal exploration, automotive electronics, and other fields. However, the traditional silicon-based pressure sensors are restricted to pressure measurement under 120~{\circ }\text{C} and cannot be satisfied to measure the pressure of various gases or...

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Rail break prediction and cause analysis using imbalanced in-service train data

Zeng, Cheng (author), Huang, Jinsong (author), Wang, H. (author), Xie, Jiawei (author), Huang, Shan (author)

Timely detection and identification of rail breaks are crucial for safety and reliability of railway networks. This paper proposes a new deep learning-based approach using the daily monitoring data from in-service trains. A time-series generative adversarial network (TimeGAN) is employed to mitigate the problem of data imbalance and preserve the...

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FMCW Radar-Based Hand Gesture Recognition using Spatiotemporal Deformable and Context-Aware Convolutional 5D Feature Representation

Dong, Xichao (author), Zhao, Zewei (author), Wang, Yupei (author), Zeng, Tao (author), Wang, J. (author), Sui, Yi (author)

Recently, frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar-based hand gesture recognition (HGR) using deep learning has achieved favorable performance. However, many existing methods use extracted features separately, i.e., using one of the range, Doppler, azimuth, or elevation angle information, or a combination of any two, to train...

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Chemoenzymatic intermolecular haloether synthesis

Chen, Shaohang (author), Zhang, Jiaan (author), Zeng, Zhigang (author), Dai, Zongjie (author), Wang, Qinhong (author), Wever, Ron (author), Hollmann, F. (author), Zhang, W. (author)

A chemoenzymatic method for the synthesis of haloethers is presented. A combination of enzymatic hypohalite synthesis with spontaneous oxidation of alkenes and nucleophilic attack by various alcohols enabled the synthesis of a wide range of haloethers. The reaction system has been characterised and current imitations have been worked out. In...

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River, tide and morphology interaction in a macro-tidal estuary with active morphological evolutions

Xie, Dongfeng (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author), Huang, Junbao (author), Zeng, Jian (author)

Understanding tidal dynamics in estuaries is essential for tidal predictions and assessments of sediment transport and associated morphological changes. Most studies on river-tide interaction ignored the influences of morphological evolutions under natural conditions such as the seasonal and interannual variations of river discharge. This...

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The field-free Josephson diode in a van der Waals heterostructure

Wu, H. (author), Wang, Y. (author), Xu, Y. (author), Sivakumar, Pranava K. (author), Pasco, Chris (author), Filippozzi, U. (author), Parkin, Stuart S.P. (author), Zeng, Y. (author), McQueen, Tyrel (author), Ali, M.N. (author)

The superconducting analogue to the semiconducting diode, the Josephson diode, has long been sought with multiple avenues to realization being proposed by theorists^1–3. Showing magnetic-field-free, single-directional superconductivity with Josephson coupling, it would serve as the building block for next-generation superconducting...

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Decentralized coordination for truck platooning

Zeng, Yikai (author), Wang, M. (author), Rajan, R.T. (author)

Coordination for truck platooning refers to the active formation of a group of heavy-duty vehicles traveling at close spacing to reduce the overall truck operations costs. Conventionally, this coordination is achieved by optimizing various truck-related parameters, such as schedules, velocities, and routes, based on an objective function that...

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Tomographic SAR imaging with large elevation aperture: a P-band small UAV demonstration

Zeng, Tao (author), Liu, Minkun (author), Wang, Yan (author), Ding, Zegang (author), Li, Linghao (author), Wang, Zhen (author), Wei, Yangkai (author), Wang, J. (author)

Elevation resolution is an important indicator in tomographic SAR imaging as it represents the ability to discriminate closed targets in elevation. In general, the elevation resolution is proportional to the length of the elevation aperture. However, as the elevation aperture increases, the geometric consistency of the image will undesirably...

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Joint Analysis and Reliability Test of Epoxy-Based Nano Silver Paste Under Different Pressure-Less Sintering Processes

Wang, Xinyue (author), Zeng, Zejun (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Zhang, Jing (author), Liu, Pan (author)

Recent years, the sintered silver paste was introduced and further developed for power electronics packaging due to low processing temperature and high working temperature. The pressure-less sintering technology reduces the stress damage caused by the pressure to the chip, improves reliability, and is widely applied in manufacturing....

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A numerical Bayesian-calibrated characterization method for multiscale prepreg preforming simulations with tension-shear coupling

Zhang, Weizhao (author), Bostanabad, Ramin (author), Liang, Biao (author), Su, Xuming (author), Zeng, Danielle (author), Bessa, M.A. (author), Wang, Yanchao (author), Chen, Wei (author), Cao, Jian (author)

Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRPs) are attracting growing attention in industry because of their enhanced properties. Preforming of thermoset carbon fiber prepregs is one of the most common production techniques of CFRPs. To simulate preforming, several computational methods have been developed. Most of these methods, however, obtain...

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Interface-Engineered Li₇La₃Zr₂O₁₂-Based Garnet Solid Electrolytes with Suppressed Li-Dendrite Formation and Enhanced Electrochemical Performance

Zhang, Zhaoshuai (author), Zhang, Long (author), Liu, Yanyan (author), Wang, Hongqiang (author), Yu, C. (author), Zeng, Hong (author), Wang, L. (author), Xu, B. (author)

High grain-boundary resistance, Li-dendrite formation, and electrode/Li interfacial resistance are three major issues facing garnet-based solid electrolytes. Herein, interfacial architecture engineering by incorporating 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide (BMP-TFSI) ionic liquid into a garnet oxide is proposed....

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