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Liu, D. (author), Tito, Nicholas B. (author), Broer, Dirk J. (author)Coatings with a dynamic surface topography are of interest for applications in haptics, soft robotics, cell growth in biology, hydro- and air dynamics and tribology. Here we propose a design for creating oscillating surface topographies in thin liquid crystal polymer network coatings under an electric field. By applying an alternating...journal article 2017
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Jacobse, P. H. (author), Kimouche, A. (author), Gebraad, T. (author), Ervasti, M. M. (author), Thijssen, J.M. (author), Liljeroth, P (author), Swart, I. (author)The use of graphene in electronic devices requires a band gap, which can be achieved by creating nanostructures such as graphene nanoribbons. A wide variety of atomically precise graphene nanoribbons can be prepared through on-surface synthesis, bringing the concept of graphene nanoribbon electronics closer to reality. For future applications...journal article 2017
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Fortunato, J. (author), Anand, C. (author), Braga, Daniel F.O. (author), Groves, R.M. (author), Moreira, P. M.G.P. (author), Infante, V (author)Weight reduction is an important driver of the aerospace industry, which encourages the development of lightweight joining techniques to substitute rivet joints. Friction stir welding (FSW) is a solid-state process that enables the production of lighter joints with a small performance reduction compared to the base material properties....journal article 2017
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Langford, N.K. (author), Sagastizabal, R.E. (author), Kounalakis, M. (author), Dickel, C. (author), Bruno, A. (author), Lüthi, F. (author), Thoen, David (author), Endo, A. (author), DiCarlo, L. (author)The quantum Rabi model describing the fundamental interaction between light and matter is a cornerstone of quantum physics. It predicts exotic phenomena like quantum phase transitions and ground-state entanglement in ultrastrong and deep-strong coupling regimes, where coupling strengths are comparable to or larger than subsystem energies....journal article 2017
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Oi, Daniel K.L. (author), Ling, Alex (author), Vallone, Giuseppe (author), Villoresi, Paolo (author), Greenland, Steve (author), Kerr, Emma (author), Macdonald, Malcolm (author), Weinfurter, Harald (author), Kuiper, J.M. (author), Charbon-Iwasaki-Charbon, E. (author), Ursin, Rupert (author)Quantum communication is a prime space technology application and offers near-term possibilities for long-distance quantum key distribution (QKD) and experimental tests of quantum entanglement. However, there exists considerable developmental risks and subsequent costs and time required to raise the technological readiness level of...journal article 2017
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Abushaban, Almotasembellah (author), Mangal, M.N. (author), Salinas-Rodriguez, Sergio G. (author), Nnebuo, Chidiebere (author), Mondal, Subhanjan (author), Goueli, Said A. (author), Schippers, Jan C. (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author)The use of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to monitor bacterial growth potential of seawater is currently not possible as ATP cannot be accurately measured at low concentration in seawater using commercially available luciferase-based ATP detection. The limitation is due to interference of salt with the luciferin–luciferase reaction, which...journal article 2017
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Gelvez Rueda, M.C. (author), Hutter, E.M. (author), Cao, Duyen H. (author), Renaud, N. (author), Stoumpos, Constantinos C. (author), Hupp, Joseph T. (author), Savenije, T.J. (author), Kanatzidis, Mercouri G. (author), Grozema, F.C. (author)The optoelectronic properties of hybrid perovskites can be easily tailored by varying their components. Specifically, mixing the common short organic cation (methylammonium (MA)) with a larger one (e.g., butyl ammonium (BA)) results in 2-dimensional perovskites with varying thicknesses of inorganic layers separated by the large organic cation...journal article 2017
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Frieler, Katja (author), Lange, Stefan (author), Piontek, Franziska (author), Reyer, Christopher P.O. (author), Schewe, Jacob (author), Warszawski, Lila (author), Zhao, Fang (author), Chini, Louise (author), Denvil, Sebastien (author), Emanuel, Kerry (author), Geiger, Tobias (author), Halladay, Kate (author), Hurtt, George (author), Mengel, Matthias (author), Murakami, Daisgbre (author), Ostberg, Sebastian (author), Popp, Alexander (author), Riva, R.E.M. (author), Stevanovic, Miodrag (author), SuzGBRi, Tatsuo (author), Volkholz, Jan (author), Burke, Eleanor (author), Ciais, Philippe (author), Ebi, Kristie (author), Eddy, Tyler D. (author), Elliott, Joshua (author), Galbraith, Eric (author), Gosling, Simon N. (author), Hattermann, Fred (author), Hickler, Thomas (author), Hinkel, Jochen (author), Hof, Christian (author), Huber, Veronika (author), Jägermeyr, Jonas (author), Krysanova, Valentina (author), Marcé, Rafael (author), Müller Schmied, Hannes (author), Mouratiadou, Ioanna (author), Pierson, Don (author), Tittensor, Derek P. (author), Vautard, Robert (author), Van Vliet, Michelle (author), Biber, Matthias F. (author), Betts, Richard A. (author), Leon Bodirsky, Benjamin (author), Deryng, Delphine (author), Frolking, Steve (author), Jones, Chris D. (author), Lotze, Heike K. (author), Lotze-Campen, Hermann (author), Sahajpal, Ritvik (author), Thonicke, Kirsten (author), Tian, Hanqin (author), Yamagata, Yoshiki (author)In Paris, France, December 2015, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) invited the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to provide a <q>special report in 2018 on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global...journal article 2017
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Moreno Rodenas, A. (author), Cecinati, Francesca (author), Langeveld, J.G. (author), Clemens, F.H.L.R. (author)Integrated Catchment Modelling aims to simulate jointly urban drainage systems, wastewater treatment plant and rivers. The effect of rainfall input uncertainties in the modelling of individual urban drainage systems has been discussed in several studies already. However, this influence changes when simultaneously simulating several urban...journal article 2017
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Zhang, W. (author), Burek, Bastien O. (author), Fernandez Fueyo, E. (author), Alcalde, Miguel (author), Bloh, Jonathan Z. (author), Hollmann, F. (author)Selective oxyfunctionalizations of inert C−H bonds can be achieved under mild conditions by using peroxygenases. This approach, however, suffers from the poor robustness of these enzymes in the presence of hydrogen peroxide as the stoichiometric oxidant. Herein, we demonstrate that inorganic photocatalysts such as gold–titanium dioxide...journal article 2017
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Xu, Xiaosi (author), Konijnenberg, A.P. (author), Pereira, S.F. (author), Urbach, Paul (author)Coherent Fourier scatterometry is an optical metrology technique that utilizes the measured intensity of the scattered optical field to reconstruct certain parameters of test structures written on a wafer with nano-scale accuracy. The intensity of the scattered field is recorded with a camera and this information is used to retrieve the...journal article 2017
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Gnanasundaram, Nirmala (author), Venugopal, Aswin (author), Katragadda, Y. (author), Ullas, Gokul (author)Circulating fluidized beds (CFB) play a major role in the chemical industry especially as heterogeneous catalytic reactors. Research on hydrodynamic properties of Liquid - Solid CFBs (LSCFB) is significantly under-reported as compared to Gas - Solid CFBs (GSCFB). Steadily, prominent research is being established in fields like food industry ...journal article 2017
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Mirzaei, B. (author), Silva, J. R.G. (author), Hayton, D (author), Groppi, C (author), Kao, T. Y. (author), Hu, Q. (author), Reno, John L. (author), Gao, J.R. (author)We present an 8-beam local oscillator (LO) for the astronomically significant [OI] line at 4.7 THz. The beams are generated using a quantum cascade laser (QCL) in combination with a Fourier phase grating. The grating is fully characterized using a third order distributed feedback (DFB) QCL with a single mode emission at 4.7 THz as the input....journal article 2017
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Shekhar, A. (author), Feng, Xianyong (author), Gattozzi, Angelo (author), Hebner, Robert E. (author), Wardell, Douglas (author), Strank, Shannon (author), Mor, A. R. (author), Ramirez Elizondo, L.M. (author), Bauer, P. (author)A scientific consensus is emerging on the benefits of direct current (DC) distribution in medium voltage (MV) power systems of ships and cities. At least 50% space savings and increased power transfer capacity are estimated with enhanced voltage DC operation of electric cables. The goal of this research is to contribute to developing the...journal article 2017
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Valliappan, Valliappan (author), Remmers, J. J.C. (author), Barnhoorn, A. (author), Smeulders, D.M.J. (author)In this paper, we present a two-dimensional numerical model for modelling of hydraulic fracturing in anisotropic media. The numerical model is based on extended finite element method. The saturated porous medium is modelled using Biot’s theory of poroelasticity. An enhanced local pressure model is used for modelling the pressure within the...journal article 2017
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Wang, Haoyu (author), Silvast, Mika (author), Markine, V.L. (author), Wiljanen, Bruce (author)Transition zones in railway tracks are the locations with considerable changes in vertical support structures, e.g., near bridges. Due to possible water flow constrictions in transition zone structures, there is frequently an increased moisture level in the ballast/subballast layers, which is a potential source of track degradation. This paper...journal article 2017
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Bagulya, A. (author), Brown, J.M.C. (author), Burkhardt, H. (author), Grichine, V. (author), Guatelli, S. (author), Incerti, S. (author), Ivanchenko, V. N. (author), Kadri, O. (author), Karamitros, M. (author), Maire, M. (author), Mashtakov, K. (author), Novak, M (author), Pandola, L. (author), Rancoita, P. G. (author), Sawkey, D. (author), Tacconi, M. (author), Urban, L. (author)We report on the recent progress within the Geant4 electromagnetic physics subpackages. Several new interfaces and models recently introduced are already used in LHC applications and may be useful for any type of simulation. Significant developments were carried out to improve the user interface, develop models of single and multiple...journal article 2017
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Frederikse, T. (author), Riva, R.E.M. (author), King, A. Matt (author)Present-day mass redistribution increases the total ocean mass and, on average, causes the ocean bottom to subside elastically. Therefore, barystatic sea level rise is larger than the resulting global mean geocentric sea level rise, observed by satellite altimetry and GPS-corrected tide gauges. We use realistic estimates of mass...journal article 2017
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de Angelis, L. (author), Alpeggiani, F. (author), Di Falco, Andrea (author), Kuipers, L. (author)Phase singularities are locations where light is twisted like a corkscrew, with positive or negative topological charge depending on the twisting direction. Among the multitude of singularities arising in random wave fields, some can be found at the same location, but only when they exhibit opposite topological charge, which results in their...journal article 2017
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Markey, Karen (author), Krüger, Martin (author), Seidler, Tomasz (author), Reinsch, Helge (author), Verbiest, Thierry (author), De Vos, Dirk E. (author), Champagne, Benoît (author), Stock, Norbert (author), van der Veen, M.A. (author)p-Nitroaniline presents the typical motif of a second-order nonlinear optically (NLO) active molecule. However, because of its crystallization in an antiparallel and hence centrosymmetric structure, the NLO activity is lost. In this contribution, the p-nitroaniline motif was built successfully into the MIL-53 metal-organic framework. More...journal article 2017