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Zheng, Chaolei (author), Jia, Li (author), Menenti, M. (author), Hu, Guangcheng (author), Lu, Jing (author), Chen, Qiting (author), Jiang, Min (author), Mancini, Marco (author), Corbari, Chiara (author)Improving irrigation water management is a key concern for the agricultural sector, and it requires extensive and comprehensive tools that provide a complete knowledge of crop water use and requirements. This study presents a novel methodology to explicitly estimate daily gross and net crop water requirements, actual crop water use, and...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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Luo, Runding (author), Hu, D. (author), Qian, Cheng (author), Liu, Xu (author), Fan, Xuejun (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Fan, J. (author)Nano-metal materials have received considerable attention because of their promising performance in wide bandgap semiconductor packaging. In this study, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation was performed to simulate the nano-Cu sintering mechanism and the subsequent mechanical behaviors. Hybrid sintering, comprising nanosphere (NS) and...journal article 2024
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Ji, C. (author), Hu, Jiqiang (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Yang, Jinchuan (author), Zhou, Zhengong (author), Sun, Yuguo (author), Wang, Bing (author)This paper aims to illustrate the effect of the impact damage on fatigue behavior of CF/PEEK-titanium hybrid laminates. To achieve this end, a fatigue life model was proposed to predict the S–N curves of the laminates at various initial impact energy levels and stress ratios based on the energy dissipation approach. The energy dissipation...journal article 2024
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Hu, Nan (author), Lans, J.L.A. (author), Gram, Annika (author), Luscuere, P (author), Sadrizadeh, Sasan (author)This article investigates the efficacy of temperature-controlled airflow systems in modern operating rooms for contaminant control, a critical factor in preventing surgical site infections. We have conducted experimental measurements in an operating room equipped with temperature-controlled ventilation to map the airflow field and contaminant...journal article 2024
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Zeng, Tao (author), Chen, Guohua (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Hu, Kun (author)In chemical industrial areas, technological accidents triggered by natural events (Natech events) may escalate. Complex cascading multi-hazard scenarios with high uncertainties may be caused. Resilience is an essential property of a system to withstand and recover from disruptive events. The present study focuses on the change of the resilience...journal article 2023
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Zhang, Ruihua (author), Xiao, Rong (author), Wang, Feifei (author), Chu, Wenhai (author), Hu, Jinglong (author), Zhang, Yu (author), Jin, Wei (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Xu, Zuxin (author)The illicit connection of sewage pipes to stormwater pipes commonly occurs in urban stormwater systems. This brings problems that sewage might be directly discharges into natural water and even drinking water sources without treatment, posing risks to ecological safety. Sewage contains various unknown dissolved organic matter (DOM), which could...journal article 2023
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Vasileiadis, A. (author), Li, Yuqi (author), Lu, Yaxiang (author), Hu, Yong Sheng (author), Wagemaker, M. (author)There are several questions and controversies regarding the Na storage mechanism in hard carbon. This springs from the difficulty of probing the vast diversity of possible configurational environments for Na storage, including surface and defect sites, edges, pores, and intercalation morphologies. In the effort to explain the observed voltage...journal article 2023
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Chen, Qiting (author), Jia, Li (author), Menenti, M. (author), Hu, Guangcheng (author), Wang, Kun (author), Yi, Zhiwei (author), Zhou, Jie (author), Peng, Fei (author), Ma, Shaoxiu (author)Information on crop yield is important for food security, in particular under the conditions of climate change and growing population worldwide. We developed a new fully distributed, high spatial resolution, model of biomass accumulation and crop yield applicable to a highly heterogeneous desert-oasis agroecosystem. The bulk of required input...journal article 2023
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Aydogmus, H. (author), Hu, M. (author), Ivancevic, Lovro (author), Frimat, Jean Philippe (author), van den Maagdenberg, Arn M.J.M. (author), Sarro, Pasqualina M (author), Mastrangeli, Massimo (author)Continuous monitoring of tissue microphysiology is a key enabling feature of the organ-on-chip (OoC) approach for in vitro drug screening and disease modeling. Integrated sensing units are particularly convenient for microenvironmental monitoring. However, sensitive in vitro and real-time measurements are challenging due to the inherently...journal article 2023
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Chen, Yuanyuan (author), Dai, Hanqing (author), Hu, Zhe (author), Wei, Jinxin (author), Zhou, Wenjie (author), Duan, Zhongtao (author), Cui, Zhongjie (author), Wei, Wei (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Hydrogel materials have biocompatibility, flexibility, transparency, self-healing ability, adhesion with various substrates, anti-freeze ability, and high-temperature resistance. However, the existing hydrogel devices cannot continue to operate in the case of damage, and they cannot work during the repair period, which brings great challenges...journal article 2023
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Hu, Jie (author), Liu, Zhengxuan (author), Ma, Guochuan (author), Zhang, Guoqiang (author), Ai, Zhengtao (author)Past studies reveal that air infiltration through the building envelope and its impact on the indoor environment and energy consumption are significantly influenced by climate characteristics. However, little relevant information is available for buildings in southern China, where the building design traditionally follows a philosophy of...journal article 2023
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Hu, D. (author), Li, Z. (author), Fan, J. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)As a critical part of speeding up industrial electrification, power electronics, and its packaging technology are undergoing rapid development. Cu nanoparticle sintering technology has therefore received extensive attention for its excellent performance in the die-attachment layer, where the mechanical properties are essential to be known for...conference paper 2023
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Mao, Qi (author), Wang, Haiqing (author), Yang, M. (author), Hu, Jason (author)Safety instrumented systems(SIS) have been widely used in petroleum and chemical plants to detect and respond to dangerous events and prevent them from developing into accidents. The in-service time of SIS does not exceed its useful life is one of the crucial assumptions of IEC functional safety standards. The testing method recommended in the...journal article 2023
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Sattari, R. (author), Hu, D. (author), Liu, X. (author), van Zeijl, H.W. (author), Vollebregt, S. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)The rapid development of power electronics has challenged the thermal integrity of semiconductor packaging. Further developments in this domain can be supported significantly by utilizing fast and flexible thermal characteristic evaluation. This study employs the transient dual interface method (TDIM) to characterize and compare the thermal...journal article 2023
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Meng, Yuanyuan (author), Ye, Xiangqian (author), He, Fuqiong (author), Chen, Zhipeng (author), Hu, Chichun (author), Lin, P. (author)Terminal blended rubberized asphalt binder (TB) technology, which blends crumb tire rubber (CR) with asphalt under high interaction conditions, offers a promising waste tire recycling solution for pavement construction. By precisely controlling the degradation progress of CR, it is possible to prepare TB with specific property requirements....journal article 2023
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Hu, Weidong (author), Xu, Zhihao (author), Jiang, Huanyu (author), Liu, Qingguo (author), Yao, Zhiyu (author), Tan, Zhen (author), Ligthart, L.P. (author)The terahertz frequency modulation continuous-wave (THz FMCW) imaging technology has been widely used in non-destructive testing applications. However, THz FMCW real-aperture radar usually has a small depth of field and poor lateral resolution, thus restricting the high-precision imaging application. This paper proposes a 150-220 GHz FMCW...journal article 2023
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Hu, D. (author), Qian, Cheng (author), Liu, X. (author), Du, L. (author), Sun, Zhongchao (author), Fan, X. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Fan, J. (author)As a promising technology for high-power and high-temperature power electronics packaging, nanocopper (nanoCu) paste sintering has recently received increasing attention as a die-attachment. The high-temperature deformation of sintered nanoCu paste and its underlying mechanisms challenge the reliability of high-power electronics packaging. In...journal article 2023
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Hu, L. (author), Pinto, D. (author), Urakawa, A. (author)Direct valorization of methane via oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) is an encouraging alternative to conventional oil-based processes for the production of light hydrocarbons (ethane and ethylene). Abundant, inexpensive simple oxides such as MgO and La<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> possess the ability to selectively activate methane. However,...journal article 2023
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Guo, Hao (author), Zhao, C. (author), Gao, Jianxiang (author), Yang, Wenyun (author), Hu, Xufeng (author), Ma, Xiaobai (author), Jiao, Xuesheng (author), Yang, Jinbo (author), Sun, Kai (author), Chen, Dongfeng (author)To realize concurrently the high-energy density and excellent cycling stability, maximum utilization of redox couple, minimization of detrimental phase transition, and structural degradation of O3-type layered oxide cathodes are critical for developing Na-ion batteries. Ni<sup>2+</sup>/Ni<sup>4+</sup> redox couple showing multielectron...journal article 2023