Cropping systems with growing media offer a range of possibilities to control the microbiological quantity and quality in the root environment. Carbon is often limiting microbial activity in naturel ecosystems. However, in growing medium systems, little is known about the availability of carbon or of extracellular enzyme activities breaking down co...
New massive markets for space multijunction solar cells are being discussed globally. For such an explosive increase in demand to materialize, a more sustainable and affordable Ge substrate technology is required. To this end, lithography-based Ge-on-Nothing and electrochemical process-based porous Ge wafers were developed. Both approaches yield un...
Published in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Germanene has attracted significant attention due to its novel electronic properties and strong spin-coupling effect. However, the tiny band gap of the germanene dramatically limits its application in field-effect transistors (FETs). Inspired by the utilization of the substrates and electric fields to adjust the band gaps of two-dimensional materia...
Published in Smart Materials and Structures
A macro-fiber composite (MFC) is a class of smart material actuator that employs piezoceramic fibers to extend or contract under an applied electric field. When embedded on a thin substrate, actuated MFCs induce surface pressure, resulting in out-of-plane motion. Design characteristics of the substrate, such as anisotropy, give rise to unique bend/...
Published in Journal of advanced research
Cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450s) are recognized as the most versatile catalysts worldwide, playing vital roles in numerous biological metabolism and biosynthesis processes across all kingdoms of life. Despite the vast number of P450 genes available in databases (over 300,000), only a small fraction of them (less than 0.2%) have undergone functional ...
This keynote paper highlights the interaction between emerging technologies and software tools to enable the current evolution of electronic design automation systems.
Published in International journal of molecular sciences
Two undescribed ent-kaurene diterpenes, named guidongnins I (1) and J (2), were isolated from the medicinal plant Isodon rubescens. Compound 1 was determined to contain an unprecedented 23 carbons in the skeleton by bearing an extra isopropyl group at C-17 out of the diterpenoid parent structure, and compound 2 was the first example of 6,7-seco-7,2...
Published in Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
This study compares subtractive manufacturing (SM) and additive manufacturing (AM) techniques in the production of stainless-steel parts with non-stick coatings. While subtractive manufacturing involves the machining of rolled products, additive manufacturing employs the FFF (fused filament fabrication) technique with metal filament and sintering. ...
Published in Polymers
The commercial thin-film composite (TFC) nanofiltration (NF) membrane is unsuitable for engineered osmosis processes because of its thick non-woven fabric and semi-hydrophilic substrate that could lead to severe internal concentration polarization (ICP). Hence, we fabricated a new type of NF-like TFC membrane using a hydrophilic coated polyacryloni...
This paper presents an experimental study of partial discharges (PD) and electroluminescence properties of dielectric liquids (dibenzyltoluene & silicone oil) embedding a Silicon Nitride (Si3N4) ceramic substrate. With silicone oil partial discharges appear above 3 kV whereas no PD activity is recorded with dibenzyltoluene up to 6 kV. This indicate...
