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Li, Z. (author), Zhang, Shizhe (author), Liang, X. (author), Kostiuchenko, A. (author), Ye, G. (author)Alkali activated concrete (AAC) has not received broader industry acceptance, one reason of which lies in the uncertainties in the durability against shrinkage and potential cracking. Many studies reported that AAC exhibit larger autogenous shrinkage than OPC concrete. However, it is unable to deduce that AAC should show higher cracking...book chapter 2021
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Li, Zhenming (author), Wyrzykowski, Mateusz (author), Dong, Hua (author), Zhang, Shizhe (author), Lura, Pietro (author), Ye, Guang (author)Alkali activated slag (AAS) has shown promising potential to replace ordinary Portland cement as a binder material. Synthesized from industrial by-products, AAS can show high strength, thermal resistance and good durability. However, AAS has been reported to exhibit high autogenous shrinkage. Autogenous shrinkage is a critical issue for building...conference paper 2021
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Chen, Yun (author), Dolado, Jorge S. (author), Yin, Suhong (author), Yu, Qijun (author), Kostiuchenko, Albina (author), Li, Zhenming (author), Ye, Guang (author)The understanding of sodium aluminosilicate hydrate (N-A-S-H) gel is still limited due to its complex and amorphous structure. Recently, molecular dynamics simulation has provided a unique opportunity to better understand the structure of N-A-S-H gel from nanoscale. In this work, the N-A-S-H gel structure was obtained by simulating the...conference paper 2021
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Liang, Xuhui (author), Dong, Hua (author), Li, Zhenming (author), van Zijl, Marc Brito (author), Ye, Guang (author)This paper investigated the feasibility of using biomass fly ash (BFA) to prepare alkaliactivated slag and fly ash paste. The reference mixture was alkali-activated slag and coal fly ash (CFA) paste with a slag-to-coal fly ash ratio of 50/50. In other mixtures, coal fly ash was replaced at 40% and 100% with BFA, respectively. The results showed...conference paper 2021
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Chen, Y. (author), Dolado, Jorge S. (author), Yin, Suhong (author), Yu, Qijun (author), Kostiuchenko, A. (author), Li, Z. (author), Ye, G. (author)The understanding of sodium aluminosilicate hydrate (N-A-S-H) gel is still limited due to its complex and amorphous structure. Recently, molecular dynamics simulation has provided a unique opportunity to better understand the structure of N-A-S-H gel from nanoscale. In this work, the N-A-S-H gel structure was obtained by simulating the...conference paper 2021
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Li, Z. (author), Wyrzykowski, Mateusz (author), Dong, H. (author), Zhang, Shizhe (author), Lura, Pietro (author), Ye, G. (author)Alkali activated slag (AAS) has shown promising potential to replace ordinary Portland cement as a binder material. Synthesized from industrial by-products, AAS can show high strength, thermal resistance and good durability. However, AAS has been reported to exhibit high autogenous shrinkage. Autogenous shrinkage is a critical issue for building...conference paper 2021
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Li, Z. (author), Ye, G. (author)Chemical deformation is an important material property which influences the autogenous deformation of the materials. While geopolymer is emerging as an eco-friendly alternative to ordinary Portland cement (OPC), few studies have been conducted on the chemical deformation of this material. In this paper, the chemical deformation of a metakaolin ...conference paper 2018
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Zhang, Shizhe (author), Zuo, Y. (author), Li, Z. (author), Ye, G. (author)Alkali-activated slag/fly ash (AASF) as an environmental-friendly binder system for construction materials has recently attracted great attention from both academic and industrial communities. Towards its wider engineering application, it is crucial to have a better understanding of the temperature induced effects by different curing regimes and...conference paper 2019
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Liang, X. (author), Dong, H. (author), Li, Z. (author), van Zijl, Marc Brito (author), Ye, G. (author)This paper investigated the feasibility of using biomass fly ash (BFA) to prepare alkaliactivated slag and fly ash paste. The reference mixture was alkali-activated slag and coal fly ash (CFA) paste with a slag-to-coal fly ash ratio of 50/50. In other mixtures, coal fly ash was replaced at 40% and 100% with BFA, respectively. The results showed...conference paper 2021
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Hong, H. (author), Ye, Li (author), Li, Ke (author), Sarro, Pasqualina M (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Liu, Zewen (author)In this paper, we report a modified three step anisotropic wet etching (TSWE) method to fabricate solid-state silicon nanoslits. The slit-opening process is performed by <111> crystal plane etching. The etching rate of the <111> crystal plane is reasonably slow as it is only 1/45 of the <100> etching rate, thus allowing and...conference paper 2021
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Li, Shizhen (author), Liu, X. (author), Jiang, Jing (author), Tan, C. (author), Gao, Chenshan (author), Liu, Yang (author), Ye, H. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Cu-Ag core-shell (CS) nanoparticle (NP) is considered as a cost-effective alternative material to nano silver sintering material in die attachment application. To further reduce the cost, the thickness of the Ag shell can be adjusted. Whereas the shell thickness will also affect the thermal stability of the Cu-Ag CSNPs. In this study, molecular...conference paper 2022
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Li, Shizhen (author), Liu, X. (author), Fan, Jiajie (author), Tan, C. (author), Wang, S. (author), Xie, Bin (author), Ye, H. (author)The wide-bandgap semiconductors represented by GaN have a broad application prospect because of their high service temperature and high switch frequency. Quad-Flat-No-Lead (QFN) Package is currently one of the mainstream packaging methods due to its low cost and high efficiency. However, the low reliability of QFN used in GaN devices is still...conference paper 2022
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Li, Shizhen (author), Liu, X. (author), Gao, Chenshan (author), Wang, S. (author), Li, Jun (author), Ye, Huaiyu (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Wu, Shaohui (author)The significance of wafer bonding is fundamental to the progression of electronic systems. Common fabrication techniques for Cu pillars play a crucial role in establishing resilient and efficient interconnects within semiconductor devices. It is imperative to explore the potential of nano-copper as an alternative material to overcome limitations...conference paper 2024
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Wang, S. (author), Tan, Yanlong (author), Liu, Xu (author), Li, Shizhen (author), Liu, Ke (author), Yuan, Wucheng (author), Li, Tao (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), French, P.J. (author), Ye, Huaiyu (author), Tan, Chunjian (author)In this article, the avalanche withstand capability and transient failure model of commercial 1200 V asymmetric trench gate SiC MOSFETs are investigated by experiment and simulation under single-pulse unclamped inductive switching (UIS) conditions. The limiting avalanche current and limiting avalanche energy of the device are determined by...conference paper 2023
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Li, Shizhen (author), Jiang, Jing (author), Liu, X. (author), Wang, S. (author), Zhang, Zhonghua (author), Ye, Huaiyu (author)Substrate metallization is a crucial factor affecting the mechanical properties of sintered nanoparticles in microelectronics applications, as it is essential for ensuring good adhesion between the substrate and the sintered material. In this study, we investigated the influence of metallization on pressure-assisted nanocopper sintering and...conference paper 2023
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Khaliq, J. (author), Li, C. (author), Chen, K. (author), Shi, B. (author), Ye, H. (author), Grande, A.M. (author), Yan, H. (author), Reece, M.J. (author)The effect of substitution and oxidation-reduction on the thermal conductivity of perovskite-like layered structure (PLS) ceramics was investigated in relation to mass contrast and non-stoichiometry. Sr (acceptor) was substituted on the A site, while Ta (donor) was substituted on the B site of La2Ti2O7. Substitution in PLS materials creates...journal article 2015
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Zhou, J. (author), Qian, S. (author), Sierra Beltran, M.G. (author), Ye, G. (author), Van Breugel, K. (author), Li, V.C. (author)Nowadays limestone powder and blast furnace slag (BFS) are widely used in concrete as blended materials in cement. The replacement of Portland cement by limestone powder and BFS can lower the cost and enhance the greenness of concrete, since the production of these two materials needs less energy and causes less CO2 emission than Portland cement...journal article 2009
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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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Jin, C. (author), Li, B. (author), Ye, Zhaoying (author), Xiang, Pengcheng (author)In recent years, more and more construction enterprises are expanding into overseas markets, especially in underdeveloped regions such as Africa. Compared to domestic construction projects, international construction projects have been faced with more uncertainties and increased levels of safety risks to the employees in the context of political...journal article 2021
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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