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Liu, C. (author), Xu, Y. (author), van Kampen, E. (author), de Croon, G.C.H.E. (author)In this paper, we propose an obstacle avoidance solution for a 34-gram quadcopter equipped with a monocular camera. The perception of obstacles is tackled by a lightweight convolutional neural network predicting a dense depth map from a captured grey-scale image. The depth network performs self-supervised learning and thus requires no ground...journal article 2023
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Xu, Yanghui (author), Ou, Q. (author), Li, Xiaoming (author), Wang, Xintu (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Liu, Gang (author)The transport and fate of nanoplastics (NPs) in aquatic environments are closely associated with their colloidal stability, which is affected by aging and natural organic matter (NOM) adsorption. This study systematically investigated the combined effects of photoaging and NOM (e.g. humic acids, HA; and a model protein, bovine serum albumin, BSA...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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Gan, Naifeng (author), Sun, S.Z. (author), Zhang, Zhaosheng (author), Xu, Shiqi (author), Liu, Peng (author), Qin, Z. (author)The overdischarge can significantly degrade a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery's lifetime. Therefore, it is important to detect the overdischarge and prevent severe damage of the Li-ion battery. Depending on the battery technology, there is a minimum voltage (cutoff voltage) that the battery is allowed to be discharged in common practice. Once the...journal article 2022
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Xu, K. (author), Liu, J. D. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author), Xu, W. (author), Li, J. G. (author)A universal numerical model based on the particle size distribution (PSD) approach has been developed for the simulation of precipitation kinetics in multicomponent alloys during isothermal ageing. Nucleation was implemented utilizing the classical nucleation theory (CNT). Growth and coarsening were modeled by a single growth kinetics...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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Ma, Xiaochuan (author), Wang, L. (author), Xu, Jinhui (author), Feng, Qingsong (author), Liu, Linya (author), Chen, Huapeng (author)Based on ordinary state-based peridynamic theory, a 2D peridynamic model has been established to investigate fatigue crack propagation in railheads. The proposed model is verified in terms of rail deformation under a quasi-static load and the ductile material-related fatigue failure model. Good agreements have been achieved between a finite...journal article 2022
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Liu, Chenxi (author), Xu, Yanlin (author), Liu, Hanqing (author), Lin, Mingtuan (author), Zha, Song (author)A terahertz metamaterial with switching characteristics from optical buffering to absorbing performance is realized by incorporating a phase-change film of vanadium dioxide. By introducing the electromagnetically induced transparency behavior based on simple strip pairs, the slow light effect with group delay up to 3.5 ps is obtained. When...journal article 2021
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Xu, S. (author), Liu, X. (author), Tabakovic, A. (author), Schlangen, E. (author)Microwave heating has been shown to be an effective method of heating asphalt concrete and in turn healing the damage. As such, microwave heating holds great potential in rapid (1–3 min) and effective damage healing, resulting in improvement in the service life, safety, and sustainability of asphalt pavement. This study focused on the microwave...journal article 2021
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Xu, S. (author), Liu, X. (author), Tabakovic, A. (author), Schlangen, E. (author)Self-healing asphalt, which is designed to achieve autonomic damage repair in asphalt pavement, offers a great life-extension prospect and therefore not only reduces pavement maintenance costs but also saves energy and reduces CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. The combined asphalt self-healing system, incorporating both encapsulated rejuvenator and...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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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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Xu, S. (author), Liu, X. (author), Tabakovic, A. (author), Lin, P. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Nahar, S. (author), Lommerts, B. J. (author), Schlangen, E. (author)Rejuvenator encapsulation technique showed great potential for extrinsic asphalt pavement damage healing. Once the capsules are embedded within asphalt pavement, the healing is activated on-demand via progressing microcrack. When the microcrack encounters the capsule, the fracture energy at the tip opens the capsule and releases the...journal article 2021
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Liu, Qingzhi (author), Cheng, Long (author), Alves, R.C.A. (author), Alves, Renan (author), Ozcelebi, Tanir (author), Kuipers, F.A. (author), Xu, Guixian (author), Lukkien, Johan (author), Chen, Shanzhi (author)Software-defined networking (SDN) is a cornerstone of next-generation networks and has already led to numerous advantages for data-center networks and wide-area networks. However, SDN is not widely adopted in constrained networks, such as Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), due to excessive control overhead, lossy medium, and in-band control...journal article 2021
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Ren, S. (author), Liu, X. (author), Xu, Jian (author), Lin, P. (author)Porous asphalt pavement is widely used due to its adequate water permeability, noise reduction and skid resistance. The study aims at exploring the potential of using the crumb rubber/styrene–butadienestyrene (CR/SBS) modified bitumen as high-viscosity binder for porous asphalt mixture, and investigating the effect of swelling and degradation...journal article 2021
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Ren, S. (author), Liu, X. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Lin, P. (author), Apostolidis, P. (author), Erkens, S. (author), Li, Mingliang (author), Xu, Jian (author)Lignin, as a major waste from biofuel and paper industries, could be utilized as a modifier to enhance the relevant performance of bitumen. However, the effects of lignin on the thermodynamics properties and molecular structure of bitumen are rarely studied. Meanwhile, the potential modification mechanism of lignin modified bitumen is still...journal article 2021
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Xu, Yanghui (author), Ou, Q. (author), Jiao, Meng (author), Liu, G. (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author)Nanoplastics (NPs) are currently considered an environmental pollutant of concern, but the actual extent of NP pollution in environmental water bodies remains unclear and there is not enough quantitative data to conduct proper risk assessments. In this study, a pretreatment method combining ultrafiltration (UF, 100 kDa) with hydrogen peroxide...journal article 2021
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Xu, S. (author), Liu, X. (author), Tabakovic, A. (author), Schlangen, E. (author)Self-healing asphalt, aimed to produce a sustainable asphalt pavement using green technology, has been studied in the past two decades. Technologies including encapsulated rejuvenator and induction heating have been proposed, demonstrated in the laboratory, and gradually evaluated in field application. This paper looks into the synergy effect...journal article 2020
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Ren, S. (author), Liu, X. (author), Li, Mingliang (author), Fan, Weiyu (author), Xu, Jian (author), Erkens, S. (author)It is well known that crumb rubber (CR) and styrene–butadienestyrene (SBS) composite modified asphalt has better rheological and engineering performance. However, it always presents very poor compatibility and storage stability. Meanwhile, Trans-polyoctenamer (TOR) can effectively improve the compatibility and thermal stability of rubber...journal article 2020
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Hu, Zhihui (author), Xu, Tao (author), Liu, Pengfei (author), Oeser, Markus (author), Wang, H. (author)To reduce the thermal-oxidative aging of asphalt and the release amount of harmful volatiles during the construction of asphalt pavement, a new composite anti-aging agent was developed. Since the volatiles were mainly released from saturates and aromatics during the thermal-oxidative aging of asphalt, expanded graphite (EG) was selected as a...journal article 2020