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Zhang, Canlin (author), Dong, Hongjun (author), Yan, Zhengli (author), Yu, Meng (author), Wang, Ting (author), Xu, S. (author), Jiang, Zhenliang (author), Hu, Changbin (author)SBS-modified bitumen (SMB) is susceptible to aging, which seriously influences its service performance and life. In order to strengthen the anti-aging ability of SMB, triethoxyvinylsilane was designed to organically modify layered double hydroxides (LDHs) and was applied to modify SMB. The dispersibility and storage stability of LDHs in SMB...journal article 2021
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Chen, Jiaqi (author), Dan, Hancheng (author), Ding, Yongjie (author), Gao, Y. (author), Guo, Meng (author), Guo, Shuaicheng (author), Han, Bingye (author), Hong, Bin (author), Hou, Yue (author), Hu, Chichun (author), Hu, Jing (author), Huyan, Ju (author), Jiang, Jiwang (author), Jiang, Wei (author), Li, Cheng (author), Liu, Pengfei (author), Liu, Yu (author), Liu, Zhuangzhuang (author), Lu, Guoyang (author), Ouyang, Jian (author), Qu, Xin (author), Ren, Dongya (author), Wang, Chao (author), Wang, Chaohui (author), Wang, Dawei (author), Wang, Di (author), Wang, Hainian (author), Wang, Haopeng (author), Xiao, Yue (author), Xing, Chao (author), Xu, Huining (author), Yan, Yu (author), Yang, Xu (author), You, Lingyun (author), You, Zhanping (author), Yu, Bin (author), Yu, Huayang (author), Yu, Huanan (author), Zhang, Henglong (author), Zhang, Jizhe (author), Zhou, Changhong (author), Zhou, Changjun (author), Zhu, Xingyi (author)Sustainable and resilient pavement infrastructure is critical for current economic and environmental challenges. In the past 10 years, the pavement infrastructure strongly supports the rapid development of the global social economy. New theories, new methods, new technologies and new materials related to pavement engineering are emerging....review 2021
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Li, Z. (author), Chang, Weiwei (author), Cui, Tianyu (author), Xu, Dake (author), Zhang, Dawei (author), Lou, Yuntian (author), Qian, Hongchang (author), Song, Hao (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Cao, Fahe (author), Gu, Tingyue (author), Li, Xiaogang (author)Microbiologically influenced corrosion of metals is prevalent in both natural and industrial environments, causing enormous structural damage and economic loss. Exactly how microbes influence corrosion remains controversial. Here, we show that the pitting corrosion of stainless steel is accelerated in the presence of Shewanella oneidensis MR...journal article 2021
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Zou, Yingxue (author), Amirkhanian, Serji (author), Xu, S. (author), Li, Yuanyuan (author), Wang, Yafei (author), Zhang, Jianwei (author)Aqueous solution is one of the main factors of asphalt pavement disease. However, the physicochemical changes of asphalt are ambiguous during immersion in different aqueous solutions. This study evaluated the physicochemical properties of asphalt under the action of different aqueous solutions to further understand the mechanism of moisture...journal article 2021
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Li, Ye (author), Mirza Gheytaghi, Amir (author), Trifunovic, M. (author), Xu, Yuanxing (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Ishihara, R. (author)3D integration has well-developed for traditional CMOS technology operating at room temperature, but few studies have been performed for cryogenic applications such as quantum computers. In this paper, a wafer-to-wafer bonding of superconductive joints based on niobium nitride (NbN) is performed to demonstrate the possibility of 3D...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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Xu, Y. (author), Zhang, H. (author), Gan, Y. (author), Šavija, B. (author)Cementitious materials are widely used in construction. For their low ductility, they typically need to be reinforced by steel rebars, which cause potential corrosion problems. Polymeric reinforcement, which does not have corrosion problems, has been used to replace steel rebars. However, a relatively high reinforcing ratio is usually...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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Early dengue outbreak detection modeling based on dengue incidences in Singapore during 2012 to 2017Chen, P. (author), Fu, Xiuju (author), Ma, Stefan (author), Xu, Hai Yan (author), Zhang, Wanbing (author), Xiao, Gaoxi (author), Siow Mong Goh, Rick (author), Xu, George (author), Ching Ng, Lee (author)Dengue has been as an endemic with year-round presence in Singapore. In the recent years 2013, 2014, and 2016, there were several severe dengue outbreaks, posing serious threat to the public health. To proactively control and mitigate the disease spread, early warnings of dengue outbreaks, at which there are rapid and large-scale spread of...journal article 2020
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Lan, Lan (author), Xu, Jingwei (author), Liao, Guisheng (author), Zhang, Yuhong (author), Fioranelli, F. (author), Cheung So, Hing (author)Suppression of radar-to-radar jammers, especially the mainbeam jammers, has been an urgent demand in vehicular sensing systems with the expected increased number of vehicles equipped with radar systems. This paper deals with the suppression of mainbeam deceptive jammers with frequency diverse array (FDA)-multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)...journal article 2020
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Xu, Y. (author), Zhang, H. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Lukovic, M. (author), Šavija, B. (author)Auxetic behavior refers to material with negative Poisson's ratio. In this research, a new type of cementitious auxetic material is developed. A novel crack bridging auxetic mechanism is discovered which is in contrast with a local buckling mechanism commonly employed to trigger auxetic behavior. Taking advantage of 3D printing techniques,...journal article 2020
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Zhang, H. (author), Xu, Y. (author), Gan, Y. (author), Chang, Z. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Šavija, B. (author)Application of micromechanical modelling of hydrated cement paste (HCP) gains more and more interests in the field of cementitious materials. One of the most promising approaches is the use of so-called microstructure informed micromechanical models, which provides a direct link between microstructure and mechanical properties. In order to...journal article 2020
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Zhang, H. (author), Xu, Y. (author), Gan, Y. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Šavija, B. (author)This paper presents a validation process of the developed multi-scale modelling scheme on mortar composites. Special attention was paid to make the material structure of real and virtual mortar specimens comparable at the meso-scale. The input mechanical parameters of cement paste (both bulk cement paste and interfacial transition zone) at the...journal article 2020
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op het Veld, R.L.M. (author), Xu, D. (author), Schaller, V. (author), Wang, Q. (author), de Moor, M.W.A. (author), Vermeulen, K.J. (author), Bommer, J.D.S. (author), Kouwenhoven, Leo P. (author), Zhang, H. (author)Strong spin–orbit semiconductor nanowires coupled to a superconductor are predicted to host Majorana zero modes. Exchange (braiding) operations of Majorana modes form the logical gates of a topological quantum computer and require a network of nanowires. Here, we utilize an in-plane selective area growth technique for InSb–Al semiconductor...journal article 2020
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Dai, Hanqing (author), Xu, Wenqian (author), Hu, Zhe (author), Chen, Yuanyuan (author), Wei, Xian (author), Yang, Bobo (author), Chen, Zhihao (author), Gu, Jing (author), Yang, Dan (author), Xie, Fengxian (author), Zhang, Wanlu (author), Guo, Ruiqian (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Wei, Wei (author)All-solid-state sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) possess the advantages of rich resources, low price, and high security, which are one of the best alternatives for large-scale energy storage systems in the future. Also, the chalcogenide solid electrolytes (CSEs) of SIBs have the characteristics of excellent room-temperature ionic conductivity (10...review 2020
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Wang, Yiming (author), Xu, Zhi (author), Lovrak, M. (author), le Sage, V.A.A. (author), Zhang, K. (author), Guo, Xuhong (author), Eelkema, R. (author), Mendes, E. (author), van Esch, J.H. (author)Supramolecular structures with strain-stiffening properties are ubiquitous in nature but remain rare in the lab. Herein, we report on strain-stiffening supramolecular hydrogels that are entirely produced through the self-assembly of synthetic molecular gelators. The involved gelators self-assemble into semi-flexible fibers, which thereby...journal article 2020
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Miao, Xuefei (author), Gong, Yong (author), Caron, Luana (author), You, Yurong (author), Xu, Guizhou (author), Sheptyakov, Denis (author), Manuel, Pascal (author), Qian, Fengjiao (author), Zhang, Yujing (author), Xu, Feng (author), van Dijk, N.H. (author), Brück, E.H. (author)We performed neutron-diffraction experiments and density functional theory calculations to study the magnetostructural coupling in MnCoGeBx (x=0, 0.01, and 0.05) alloys. By varying the amount of boron addition, we are able to freely switch the magnetostructural coupling on and off in the MnCoGe alloys. It is found that the boron addition...journal article 2020
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Xu, Y. (author), Zhang, H. (author), Šavija, B. (author), Chaves Figueiredo, S. (author), Schlangen, E. (author)A method is presented to model deformation and fracture behavior of 3D printed disordered lattice materials under uniaxial tensile load. A lattice model was used to predict crack pattern and load-displacement response of the printed lattice materials. To include the influence of typical layered structures of 3D printed materials in the...journal article 2019
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Zhang, H. (author), Xu, Y. (author), Gan, Y. (author), Chang, Z. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Šavija, B. (author)The aim of this work is to investigate the mechanical performance of hardened cement paste (HCP) under compression at the micrometre length scale. In order to achieve this, both experimental and numerical approaches were applied. In the experimental part, micrometre sized HCP specimens were fabricated and subjected to uniaxial compression by...journal article 2019
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Chen, Xiaomin (author), Xu, Gaohong (author), Zhang, Wanshun (author), Peng, Hong (author), Xia, Han (author), Zhang, Xiao (author), Ke, Q. (author), Wan, Jing (author)The Three Gorges Project (TGP) has greatly enhanced the heterogeneity of the underlying surface in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area (TGRA), thereby affecting the hydrologic processes and water quality. However, the influence of the differences of underlying surfaces on the hydrologic processes and water quality in the TGRA has not been studied...journal article 2019