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Li, Huanhuan (author), Duan, Peigao (author), Huang, Yawen (author), Cui, Chengsen (author), Hollmann, F. (author), Ma, Yunjian (author), Wang, Yonghua (author), Zhang, Jie (author), Liu, Weidong (author), Zhang, Wuyuan (author)The downstream product transformation of lignin depolymerization is of great interest in the production of high-value aromatic chemicals. However, this transformation is often impeded by chemical oxidation under harsh reaction conditions. In this study, we demonstrate that hypohalites generated in situ by the vanadium-containing...journal article 2024
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Ni, Xinrui (author), Hu, Wei (author), Fan, Q. (author), Cui, Yibing (author), Qi, Chongkai (author)Artificial bee colony (ABC) is a prominent algorithm that offers great exploration capabilities among various meta-heuristic algorithms. However, its monotonous and one-dimensional search strategy limits its searching performance in the solving process. Thus, to address this issue, a Q-learning based multi-strategy integrated ABC algorithm ...journal article 2024
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Cui, C. (author), Zhang, Xiaodong (author), Qi, Meng (author), Lyu, Hao (author), Sun, Jinsheng (author), Kiss, A.A. (author)In industrial processes there are instances where heat pump assisted distillation falls short of full electrification, necessitating an auxiliary reboiler. To solve this limiting issue, this short communication proposes a new method using flash vapour circulation (FVC) to recuperate the waste heat within the heat pump cycle. This method...journal article 2024
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Dianyu, E. (author), Su, Zhongfang (author), Zeng, Jia (author), Yang, Liuyimei (author), Li, Jing (author), Xu, Qiang (author), Wang, L. (author), Cui, Jiaxin (author)Ionic rare earth ore is a type of featured rare earth ore in China. Its mining process suffers from a long leaching cycle and considerable consumption of leaching agents. Improving mining efficiency requires a sound physical understanding of the leaching process. In this study, the CFD-based numerical model is used to analyze the physical...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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Cui, Z. (author), Fan, X. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Vollebregt, S. (author), Fan, J. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)This paper presented integrated electromigration (EM) studies through experiment, theory, and simulation. First, extensive EM tests were performed using Blech and standard wafer-level electromigration acceleration test (SWEAT)-like structures, which were fabricated on four-inch wafers. Second, a molecular dynamics (MD) simulation-based...journal article 2023
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Cui, Z. (author), Fan, X. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Vollebregt, S. (author), Fan, J. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)This paper presented a comprehensive experimental and simulation study for thermomigration (TM) accompanying electromigration (EM) at elevated current densities. Both Blech and standard wafer-level electromigration acceleration test (SWEAT)-like test structures, with aluminum (Al) as a carrier, were used for testing and analysis. In Part I of...journal article 2023
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Song, Dongdong (author), Yang, Xiaobao (author), Yang, Y. (author), Cui, Pengfei (author), Zhu, Guangyu (author)Truck-involved crashes, especially truck-car crashes, are associated with serious and even fatal injuries, thus necessitating an in-depth analysis. Prior research focused solely on examining the injury severity of truck drivers or developed separate performance models for truck and car drivers. However, the severity of injuries to both...journal article 2023
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Korede, V.B. (author), Penha, Frederico Marques (author), de Munck, Vincent (author), Stam, Lotte (author), Dubbelman, Thomas (author), Nagalingam, Nagaraj (author), Gutta, Maheswari (author), Cui, Ping Ping (author), Irimia, D. (author), van der Heijden, A.E.D.M. (author), Kramer, H.J.M. (author), Eral, H.B. (author)Non-photochemical laser-induced nucleation (NPLIN) has emerged as a promising primary nucleation control technique offering spatiotemporal control over crystallization with potential for polymorph control. So far, NPLIN was mostly investigated in milliliter vials, through laborious manual counting of the crystallized vials by visual...journal article 2023
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Yang, Jun (author), Paragi, Zsolt (author), Frey, Sándor (author), Gurvits, L. (author), Liao, Mai (author), Liu, Xiang (author), Cui, Lang (author), Yang, Xiaolong (author), Chen, Wen (author)Dwarf galaxies are characterized by a very low luminosity and low mass. Because of significant accretion and ejection activity of massive black holes, some dwarf galaxies also host low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGNs). In a few dwarf AGNs, very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations have found faint non-thermal radio...journal article 2023
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Kitsak, M.A. (author), Ganin, Alexander (author), Elmokashfi, Ahmed (author), Cui, Hongzhu (author), Eisenberg, Daniel A. (author), Alderson, David L. (author), Korkin, Dmitry (author), Linkov, Igor (author)Dynamic processes on networks, be it information transfer in the Internet, contagious spreading in a social network, or neural signaling, take place along shortest or nearly shortest paths. Computing shortest paths is a straightforward task when the network of interest is fully known, and there are a plethora of computational algorithms for...journal article 2023
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Zhou, J. (author), Menenti, M. (author), Jia, Li (author), Gao, Bo (author), Zhao, Feng (author), Cui, Yilin (author), Xiong, Xuqian (author), Liu, Xuan (author), Li, Dengchao (author)Spatiotemporal residual noise in terrestrial earth observation products, often caused by unfavorable atmospheric conditions, impedes their broad applications. Most users prefer to use gap-filled remote sensing products with time series reconstruction (TSR) algorithms. Applying currently available implementations of TSR to large-volume...journal article 2023
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Gao, Weilun (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author), Kleinhans, Maarten G. (author), Miao, Chiyuan (author), Cui, Baoshan (author), Shao, Dongdong (author)A river bifurcation is critical for distributing water, sediment and nutrients to the downstream branches of deltaic river networks. However, the downstream branches of a bifurcation can be linked by a connecting channel cutting through deltaic floodplains. The floodplain connecting channel as a downstream control can affect water...journal article 2023
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Lin, Dong (author), Zhou, Zhipeng (author), Weng, Miaocheng (author), Broere, W. (author), Cui, Jianqiang (author)Metro systems have been in use for over 150 years, and new metro lines are still being constructed, either as new metro systems or as expansions of existing metro networks. In many cities the metro system is an essential form of transport to keep the cities functioning. This overview compares the findings of various international studies on...journal article 2023
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Korede, V.B. (author), Veldhuis, M. (author), Penha, Frederico Marques (author), Nagalingam, Nagaraj (author), Cui, Ping Ping (author), van der Heijden, A.E.D.M. (author), Kramer, H.J.M. (author), Eral, H.B. (author)Herein, we study the influences of the laser-exposed volume and the irradiation position on the nonphotochemical laser-induced nucleation (NPLIN) of supersaturated potassium chloride solutions in water. The effect of the exposed volume on the NPLIN probability was studied by exposing distinct milliliter-scale volumes of aqueous potassium...journal article 2023
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Lin, Dong Qiang (author), Broere, W. (author), Cui, Jianqiang (author)In the urbanisation process of the past few decades, the use of urban underground space (UUS) has contributed to new town developments in many cities in the world. This offers an opportunity to map out and systematically describe the potential contributions of UUS for transport, land use, economic, environmental and social development in new...journal article 2022
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Yuan, Xiangyang (author), Cui, Endian (author), Liu, K. (author), Jiang, Ying (author), Yang, Xiaoyan (author), Tang, Jianfeng (author), Yang, Lu (author), Liao, Xiaoling (author), Zhao, Yanan (author)In this work, different lanthanides (Tm<sup>3+</sup>, Er<sup>3+</sup>; Yb<sup>3+</sup>, Ho<sup>3+</sup>, Nd<sup>3+</sup>) were doped into NaYF<sub>4</sub> via a high-temperature coprecipitation method, and followed by SiO<sub>2</sub> coating to improve the water dispersibility, resulting in NaYF<sub>4</sub>:Tm<sup>3+</sup>, Er<sup>3+</sup>...journal article 2022
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Lin, Dong (author), Broere, W. (author), Cui, Jianqiang (author)Many cities in the world have developed metro systems. Metro systems affect urban development in many ways, such as enhancing labour force mobility, increasing urban productivity and promoting urban underground space (UUS) utilisation to accommodate urban functions. This paper explores the relationship between metro systems and urban...journal article 2022
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Zhang, Linyue (author), King, Edward (author), Black, William B. (author), Heckmann, C.M. (author), Wolder, A.E. (author), Cui, Youtian (author), Nicklen, Francis (author), Siegel, Justin B. (author), Paul, C.E. (author)Noncanonical redox cofactors are attractive low-cost alternatives to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (phosphate) (NAD(P)<sup>+</sup>) in biotransformation. However, engineering enzymes to utilize them is challenging. Here, we present a high-throughput directed evolution platform which couples cell growth to the in vivo cycling of a...journal article 2022
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Li, Huanhuan (author), Younes, S.H.H. (author), Chen, Shaohang (author), Duan, Peigao (author), Cui, Chengsen (author), Wever, Ron (author), Zhang, Wuyuan (author), Hollmann, F. (author)In this contribution, we report chemoenzymatic bromodecarboxylation (Hunsdiecker-type) of α,ß-unsaturated carboxylic acids. The extraordinarily robust chloroperoxidase from Curvularia inaequalis (CiVCPO) generated hypobromite from H2O2 and bromide, which then spontaneously reacted with a broad range of unsaturated carboxylic acids and yielded...journal article 2022