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Liu, Minne (author), Li, Wenyu (author), Chen, Wei (author), Ibrahim, Mesfin S. (author), Xiong, Jingkang (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Fan, Jiajie (author)During the operation of an LED array, its thermal and optical performances are always not equal to the superposition of the individual LED's characteristics because of a significant thermal coupling effect between the arrays. Based on this, this paper proposes an electrical–photo-thermal model, with considering both junction temperature and...journal article 2024
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Liu, Tong (author), Chen, Zhuoyao (author), Yang, Jingzhi (author), Ma, Lingwei (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Zhang, Dawei (author)Machine learning is a powerful means for the rapid development of high-performance functional materials. In this study, we presented a machine learning workflow for predicting the corrosion resistance of a self-healing epoxy coating containing ZIF-8@Ca microfillers. The orthogonal Latin square method was used to investigate the effects of the...journal article 2024
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Splitthoff, L.J. (author), Wesdorp, J.J. (author), Pita-Vidal, Marta (author), Bargerbos, A. (author), Liu, Yu (author), Andersen, C.K. (author)Superconducting parametric amplifiers play a crucial role in the preparation and readout of quantum states at microwave frequencies, enabling high-fidelity measurements of superconducting qubits. Most existing implementations of these amplifiers rely on the nonlinearity from Josephson junctions, superconducting quantum interference devices,...journal article 2024
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Chen, Wei (author), Liu, Xu (author), Hu, D. (author), Liu, X. (author), Zhu, Xi (author), Fan, Xuejun (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Fan, J. (author)During operation in environments containing hydrogen sulfide (H<sub>2</sub>S), such as in offshore and coastal environments, sintered nanoCu in power electronics is susceptible to degradation caused by corrosion. In this study, experimental and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation analyses were conducted to investigate the evolution and...journal article 2024
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Deng, Shaoyu (author), Liu, J. (author), Yang, Xiaofan (author), Sun, Dezhi (author), Wang, Aijie (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Cheng, Xiang (author)The accumulation of phosphorus in activated sludge in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) provides potential for phosphorus recovery from sewage. This study delves into the potential for releasing phosphorus from waste activated sludge through two distinct treatment methods—thermal hydrolysis and pH adjustment. The investigation was conducted...journal article 2024
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Gao, Y. (author), Liu, X. (author), Ren, S. (author), Assaf Martinez-Streignard, E.I. (author), Liu, Pengfei (author), Zhang, Yuqing (author)Bitumen fatigue resistance is critical to determine the overall fatigue performance and service life of asphalt pavements. However, the mechanisms responsible for fatigue damage of bitumen have previously not been well understood. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation has recently emerged as a powerful computer-aided numerical technique to model...journal article 2024
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Assaf Martinez-Streignard, E.I. (author), Liu, X. (author), Lin, P. (author), Erkens, S. (author)This paper presents a United Atom (UA) force field for simulating hydrocarbon molecules in bituminous materials, integrating explicit hydrogens into beads with their parent atom. This method simplifies all-atom molecular models, significantly accelerating Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations of bitumen by 10 to 100 times. Key advantages...journal article 2024
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Zhang, Zhenya (author), Mao, Jia (author), Liu, Zhengxuan (author)In response to the growing global demand for clean and sustainable energy solutions, proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have emerged as vital components in diverse decarbonization strategies. Despite their increasing importance, a comprehensive synthesis of recent advancements, challenges, and future prospects in thermal and water...journal article 2024
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Wang, C. (author), Liu, M. (author), Bannenberg, L.J. (author), Zhao, C. (author), Thijs, M.A. (author), Boshuizen, B. (author), Ganapathy, S. (author), Wagemaker, M. (author)Lithium metal with its high theoretical capacity and low negative potential is considered one of the most important candidates to raise the energy density of all-solid-state batteries. However, lithium filament growth and its induced solid electrolyte decomposition pose severe challenges to realize a long cycle life. Here, dendrite growth in...journal article 2024
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Zhang, Zhenya (author), Mao, Jia (author), Wei, Houyu (author), Cheng, Chuanxiao (author), Liu, Zhengxuan (author)Proton exchange membrane fuel cells offer promising clean energy solutions for various applications. However, their performance relies heavily on the properties of the microporous layer, which plays a crucial role in transporting and distributing the components in the fuel cell. To date, the potential for optimising the microporous layer...journal article 2024
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Zhu, H. (author), Liu, E. (author), You, Fangzhou (author), de Bont, Cees (author), Gruber, Thorsten (author), Dong, Hua (author), Melles, M. (author)Economic studies have shown that living in poverty may produce a subjective feeling of scarcity, which affects people's cognitive functions and decision-making. Understanding this mechanism could inform healthcare designers on designing inclusive health interventions by considering the psychological scarcity and limited cognitive resources of...book chapter 2024
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Assaf Martinez-Streignard, E.I. (author), Liu, X. (author), Lin, P. (author), Erkens, S. (author)The advent of computational techniques, particularly atomistic simulations, has lessened the dependency on physical experiments in various scientific fields. Yet, the preparation complexity for simulations using platforms like LAMMPS and GROMACS persists. We introduce SMI2PDB, a Python tool that automates molecular systems assembly from SMILES...journal article 2024
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Liu, Jian-Long (author), Luo, Xi-Yu (author), Yu, Y. (author), Wang, Chao-Yang (author), Wang, Bin (author), Hu, Yi (author), Li, Jun (author), Bao, Xiao-Hui (author), Pan, Jian-Wei (author)Towards realizing the future quantum internet, a pivotal milestone entails the transition from two-node proof-of-principle experiments conducted in laboratories to comprehensive multi-node set-ups on large scales. Here we report the creation of memory–memory entanglement in a multi-node quantum network over a metropolitan area. We use three...journal article 2024
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Hong, H. (author), Lei, Xin (author), Wei, Jiangtao (author), Zhang, Yang (author), Zhang, Yulong (author), Sun, Jianwen (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Sarro, Pasqualina M (author), Liu, Zewen (author)Ionic FETs have enormous potential for energy conversion, sensing, and ionic circuits due to their efficient regulation of the nanochannel. Here ionic FETs based on single-crystal silicon nanopores and the rectification of the fabricated devices are studied. The electrical characterization results demonstrated that since the silicon-based...journal article 2024
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Hueber, Paul (author), Tang, Guangzhi (author), Sifalakis, Manolis (author), Liaw, Hua Peng (author), Micheli, A. (author), Tömen, N. (author), Liu, Y. (author)Designing processors for implantable closed-loop neuromodulation systems presents a formidable challenge owing to the constrained operational environment, which requires low latency and high energy efficacy. Previous benchmarks have provided limited insights into power consumption and latency. However, this study introduces algorithmic...journal article 2024
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Li, A.L. (author), Verschuur, D.J. (author), Liu, Xuewei (author), Abolhassani, S. (author)Since seismic imaging creates an image of the subsurface structure based on information received from the measured wavefield, it is essential to fully utilize the reflected waves. Full Wavefield Modeling (FWMod) was developed with recursive and iterative up-and-down wavefield propagation, using one-way wave propagation, to model both primary...journal article 2024
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Zuo, Xiaojiang (author), Luopan, Yaxin (author), Han, Rui (author), Zhang, Qinglong (author), Liu, Chi Harold (author), Wang, Guoren (author), Chen, Lydia Y. (author)Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have been ubiquitously adopted in internet of things and are becoming an integral part of our daily life. When tackling the evolving learning tasks in real world, such as classifying different types of objects, DNNs face the challenge to continually retrain themselves according to the tasks on different edge...journal article 2024
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Plastic particles affect N2O release via altering core microbial metabolisms in constructed wetlandsYang, X. (author), Chen, Yi (author), Liu, Tao (author), Zhang, Lu (author), Wang, Hui (author), Chen, Mengli (author), He, Qiang (author), Liu, G. (author), Ju, Feng (author)Constructed wetlands (CWs) have been proven to effectively immobilize plastic particles. However, little is known about the differences in the impact of varying sized plastic particles on nitrous oxide (N<sub>2</sub>O) release, as well as the intervention mechanisms in CWs. Here, we built a lab-scale wetland model and introduced plastic...journal article 2024
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Assaf Martinez-Streignard, E.I. (author), Liu, X. (author), Lin, Peng (author), Erkens, S. (author)Pdb2dat, developed in Python, is an open-source, self-contained utility that facilitates the conversion of PDB files into LAMMPS data files, catering to the need of initializing atomistic simulation from initial atomic configurations. It extracts molecular details from PDB files, uses Rdkit and Xyz2mol for bonding analysis and 3D conformer...journal article 2024
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General Optimal Trajectory Planning: Enabling Autonomous Vehicles with the Principle of Least ActionHuang, H. (author), Liu, Yicong (author), Liu, Jinxin (author), Yang, Q. (author), Wang, Jianqiang (author), Abbink, David (author), Zgonnikov, A. (author)This study presents a general optimal trajectory planning (GOTP) framework for autonomous vehicles (AVs) that can effectively avoid obstacles and guide AVs to complete driving tasks safely and efficiently. Firstly, we employ the fifth-order Bezier curve to generate and smooth the reference path along the road centerline. Cartesian coordinates...journal article 2024