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Gallium-based liquid metals, as a broad category of emerging functional materials with unique physical, chemical, and biological properties, offer numerous possibilities for advancing intelligent systems. However, a basic query persistently…

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We describe and demonstrate a new energy harvesting technology based on a microfluidic realization of a Wimshurst influence machine. The prototype device converts the mechanical energy of a pressure-driven flow into electrical energy, using…

Hydrogen-based fuel cells are promising solutions for the efficient and clean delivery of electricity. Since hydrogen is an energy carrier, a key step for the development of a reliable hydrogen-based technology requires solving the issue of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-15 Valentina Tozzini , Vittorio Pellegrini

The advances in micro-size and in-plane supercapacitors lead to produce the miniaturizing energy storage devices in portable and bendable electronics. Micro-supercapacitors have unique electrochemical performance, such as high power…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-01-22 Katayoon Gholami laelabadi , Rostam Moradian , Iraj Manouchehri

Recently the strong demands in wireless communication requires expanding development for the application of RF MEMS (Radio Frequency micro electro mechanical systems) sensing devices such as micro-switches, tunable capacitors because it…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2007-11-29 M. -K. El Khatib , A. Pothier , P. Blondy

This article presents new hexagonal and pentagonal PEM fuel cell models. The models have been optimized after achieving improved cell performance. The input parameters of the multi-objective optimization algorithm were pressure and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-10-18 Ali Jabbary , Nader Pourmahmoud , Mir Ali Asghar Abdollahi , Marc A. Rosen

YMnO3 thin films have been grown on n - type Si substrates by nebulized spray pyrolysis in the Metal - Ferroelectric - Semiconductor (MFS) configuration. The C-V characteristics of the film in MFS structure exhibit hysteretic behavior…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Parashar , A. R. Raju P. Victor , S. B. Krupanidhi , C. N. R. Rao

Spectroscopic gas sensing is both a commercial success and a rapidly advancing scientific field. Throughout the years, massive efforts have been directed towards improving detection limits by achieving long interaction pathlengths.…

Phase change memory (PCM) relies on a reversible transition between amorphous and crystalline states of a material, and stands as a promising candidate for next-generation, energy-efficient data storage and neuromorphic hardware. Here, we…

Over the past years, rapid progress has been made on soft-matter electronics for wearable and implantable devices, for bioelectronics and optogenetics. Liquid Metal (LM) based electronics were especially popular, due to their long-term…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-01-22 Denis Rocha , Pedro Lopes , Paulo Peixoto , Anibal de Almeida , Mahmoud Tavakoli

Due to its ultrahigh electron transmissivity in a wide electron energy range, molecular impermeability, high electrical conductivity and excellent mechanical stiffness the suspended graphene membranes appear to be a nearly ideal window…

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The international Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) aims to demonstrate muon beam ionization cooling for the first time and constitutes a key part of the R&D towards a future neutrino factory or muon collider. Beam cooling reduces…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-08-15 Tanaz Angelina Mohayai , Pavel Snopok , David Neuffer , Chris Rogers

Micromotor and nanomotor particles are typically made using dense solid particles that can sediment or be trapped in confined flow environments. Creation of much larger motors should be possible if a very low-density system is used with…

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Efficient and sustainable techniques for separating water-methanol mixtures are in high demand in the industry. Recent studies have revealed that membranes and 2D materials could achieve such separation. In our research, we explore the…

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Ever since modeling has become a mature part of proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) research and development, it has been plagued by significant uncertainty lying in the detailed knowledge of material properties required.…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-09-11 Roman Vetter , Jürgen O. Schumacher

The main modelling methods devoted to microstrutured air-silica optical fibres (MOFs) are presented and discussed. Then, the specific propagation properties of MOFs are studied in detail. Characteristics measured on fibres manufactured in…

In almost 30 years of PEM fuel cell modeling, countless numerical models have been developed in science and industrial applications, almost none of which have been fully disclosed to the public. There is a large need for standardization and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-11-27 Roman Vetter , Jürgen O. Schumacher

A one dimensional (1-D), isothermal model for a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is presented. This model accounts for the kinetics of the multi-step methanol oxidation reaction at the anode. Diffusion and crossover of methanol are modeled…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-03-10 Brenda L. Garcia , Vijay A. Sethuraman , John W. Weidner , Roger Dougal , Ralph E. White

Compared with traditional fuels, emulsified fuels can improve fuel atomization and combustion, and nanoparticles as additives have the potential to enhance combustion and reduce emissions. Previous studies on micro-explosion mainly…

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