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Accurate and reliable first-principles simulations of lattice thermal conductivity (κL) of highly anharmonic crystals have long been challenging in condensed matter and materials physics. With recent theoretical advances, the calculation of κL has evolved into a sophisticated process requiring the consideration of higher levels of refinements, such...

Dear Colleagues, The special issue main aims and scopes of this Special Issue are to explore the latest advancements in the following fields: - Details of chip shaping under machining of high-strength and unconventional materials; - Physical phenomenon of cutting and abrasive processing; - Modern designs of cutting and abrasive tools; - The us...

Sustainable construction materials and local solutions are crucial for meeting urbanisation demands in tropical regions like French Guiana. Poured earthen construction, primarily composed of local soil, offers a cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative. To ensure good consistency for pouring, the use of dispersants to deflocculate cl...

To avoid delayed failure due to hydrogen embrittlement, identifying the presence of hydrogen in high-strength steel components through non-destructive testing is a requirement in the industry. Thus, this study aims to investigate the possibility of developing a low-cost and efficient non-destructive test to detect the effect of hydrogen on the mate...

This study addresses the global issue of lost fishing gear, specifically traps and pots, which rank second regarding gear lost in marine environments. These traps often contain synthetic fibers that decompose slowly, producing long-lasting ghost fishing. To mitigate this problem, the study explores using biodegradable materials in trap construction...

Polymers find widespread applications in various industries, such as civil engineering, aerospace, and industrial machinery, contributing to vibration control, dampening, and insulation. To accurately design products that are able to predict their dynamic behavior in the virtual environment, it is essential to understand and reproduce their viscoel...

A vida após a perda traz grandes reflexões, tendo variantes em esfera não apenas material/física, mas também simbólica, sendo possível conjecturar que, tais perdas também fazem parte do processo de superação, considerando que de algum modo deixou de pertencer ao sujeito. O presente trabalho pautou-se nos estudos de Viktor Emil Frankl, que foi o fun...

This report presents the synthesis of pristine barium calcium titanate (BCT) and composite samples of [x(HA)–100 − x(BCT)]; (0 ≤ x ≤ 20) through solid-state reaction with microwave sintering. Hydroxyapatite (HA)–BCT composites have been developed to minimize grain growth, thereby boosting the material’s physical, mechanical, and electrical properti...

We study partitions (equitable, externally equitable, or other) of graphs that describe physico-chemical systems at the atomic or molecular level; provide examples that show how these partitions are intimately related with symmetries of the systems; and discuss how such a link can further lead to insightful relations with the systems’ physical and...

Ce polycopié est adressé essentiellement aux étudiants de première année Master en physique énergétique et énergies renouvelable et de première année Master Dynamique des fluides et énergétique. Le contenu de ce support de cours concorde au programme officiel. Ce polycopié de cours est divisé en quatre (04) chapitres. Dans le premier chapitre es...

Stretchable strain sensors in motion detection, health monitoring, and human-machine interfaces are limited by device sensitivity, linearity, hysteresis, stability, and reproducibility in addition to stretchability. Engineering defect structures in sensing material is an effective approach in modulating the material's physical properties, particula...

Corrosion can be explained as the damage of metals as a result of chemical or electrochemical interactions with their environment. As a result of corrosion of the metal, it causes losses in the mass of the material. This results in a deterioration of the material's physical and mechanical properties. Coating processes protect the physical and chemi...

High dam construction is continuing to develop with new requirements for intelligent dam construction. New information technology capabilities are providing paths for improved intelligent dam construction. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the key technologies employed in the intelligent construction process of earth–rock dams. Starti...

The purpose of this research is to develop an E-learning-based learning media assisted by chamilo that can be used in teaching 12th grade high school students in odd semesters, especially in physics subjects, with the aim of delivering material and assignments in a structured manner. This research was conducted using the Research and Development (R...

Transition-metal chalcogenides with intercalated layered structures are interesting systems in material physics due to their attractive electronic and magnetic properties, with applications in the fields of magnetic refrigerators, catalysts, and thermoelectrics, among others. In this work, we studied in detail the structural, electronic, and magnet...

This Special Issue is devoted to the dissemination of research on the modeling and management of climate risks in business. The most influential reporting standards at the global level, namely the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards, have included climate-related risks as a prominent topic of...

Denture cleansing is an essential step that can stop cross‑contamination and adds to the health of the patient, denture durability, and the general quality of life. A disinfection technique must be practical and devoid of damaging effects on the material's properties used to construct the denture base. The main aim of this study is to evaluate the...

Concrete and reinforced concrete remain the most popular building materials for use in building structures in modern construction and production [...]

ADSCs are a large number of mesenchymal stem cells in Adipose tissue, which can be applied to tissue engineering. ADSCs have the potential of multi-directional differentiation, and can differentiate into bone tissue, cardiac tissue, urothelial cells, skin tissue, etc. Compared with other mesenchymal stem cells, ADSCs have a multitude of promising a...

In material physics, characterization techniques are foremost crucial for obtaining the materials data regarding the physical properties as well as structural, electronics, magnetic, optic, dielectric, and spectroscopic characteristics [1]. However, for many materials, ensuring availability and safe accessibility is not always easy and fully warran...

The characteristics of the surface and interface of nanocomposites are important for exerting multi-functional properties and widening interdisciplinary applications. These properties are mainly depending on the electronic structures of materials. Some key factors, such as the surface, interface, grain boundaries, and defects take vital roles in th...

Due to significant tissue loss in teeth requiring pulp treatments, hermetic restoration of the remaining dental tissues is one of the most crucial factors in determining the treatment’s success. The adhesion of composite resins to calcium silicate cements (CSCs) is considered challenging. Consequently, it is crucial to identify the optimal method f...

Benefiting from the high modulation bandwidth (BW), low energy consumption and excellent optical performance, lead halide perovskite has attracted wide attention in visible light communication (VLC). However, the ion migration which results in mobile point defects in perovskite structures is recognized as a crucial key factor inducing the performan...

In the past 50 years, silicon-based semiconductors have progressed rapidly, billions of transistors have been packed into a tiny area, and computer performance has increased by leaps and bounds; everything is systematically following Moore’s Law. In recent years, however, silicon transistors research and development has stagnated to a considerably...

Swimming microrobot energized by magnetic fields exhibits remotely propulsion and modulation in complex biological experiment with high precision. However, achieving high environment adaptability and multiple tasking capability in one configuration is still challenging. Here, we present a strategy that use oriented magnetized Janus spheres to assem...

El café es una de las bebidas más consumidas y comercializadas a nivel mundial, y además la fuente de sustento para millones de personas. El conocimiento de las características físicas es esencial para el diseño y fabricación de equipos para el beneficio del grano. Este trabajo se rea-lizó en el laboratorio de semillas de la Universidad Nacional Ag...

The poverty rate is still relatively high, there are social and economic inequalities in society, and economic conditions are not evenly distributed, causing various social services in the form of institutions to be present in the community, the position of social institutions is very important to protect orphans and dhuafa, so this is a form of im...

The poverty rate is still relatively high, there are social and economic inequalities in society, and economic conditions are not evenly distributed, causing various social services in the form of institutions to be present in the community, the position of social institutions is very important to protect orphans and dhuafa, so this is a form of im...

Esta obra está bajo una licencia internacional Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial Resumen El café es una de las bebidas más consumidas y comercializadas a nivel mundial, y además la fuente de sustento para millones de personas. El conocimiento de las características físicas es esencial para el diseño y fabricación de equipos para el beneficio...

Since the discovery of intrinsic long-range magnetic order in two-dimensional (2D) layered magnets, e.g., Cr2Gr2Te6 and CrI3 in 2017, it has attracted intensive studies of new physical phenomena in these systems down to a few atomic layers, especially, their magnetism ground states at finite temperatures. Recently, the light-matter interactions in...

Metal fused-coating technology has the advantages of both low cost and high efficiency and is a new additive manufacturing technology in recent years. The previous studies were mainly aimed at the optimization of process parameters and the control of the surface quality of parts, while there were few theoretical analyses on the microstructure morph...

The carbon phase diagram is rich with polymorphs which possess very different physical and optical properties ideal for different scientific and engineering applications. An understanding of the dynamically driven phase transitions in carbon is particularly important for applications in inertial confinement fusion, as well as planetary and meteorit...

Silicon carbide is changing power electronics; it is enabling massive car electrification owing to its far more efficient operation with respect to mainstream silicon in a large variety of energy conversion systems like the main traction inverter of an electric vehicle (EV). Its superior performance depends upon unique properties such as lower swit...

Initiatives to upscale repair activities are becoming increasingly common, with the latest being the EU commission's proposal to strengthen consumers' right to repair. However, these initiatives are not viewed comprehensively, particularly not for how they impact the product user's experience of the repair process, and what type of repair condition...

Floods and tidal floods are a topic of discussion every year in the city of Semarang because no proper solution has been created for mitigation. From January 2022-May 2023, most of the flood and rob events are located in flat and sloping areas. The disaster had an impact on human life, such as material, physical, economic, and psychological losses....

Globally, the disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW) is a significant environmental challenge. The production of MSW is continuous in megacities, small cities, and large villages, and if wastes are not managed properly, they can have a detrimental effect on both the environment and human health. Processes such as incineration, anaerobic digestion,...

Accurate assessment of hot‐spot temperature is essential for the safe operation of power transformers. Existing dynamic thermal models cannot estimate hot‐spot temperature accurately since some input parameters are roughly determined by transformer capacity and cooling mode while ignoring the effect of winding structure, tank dimensions, and materi...

One day online International Conference on Recent Trends in Advanced Materials was organized by School of Physical Sciences K.L.E Society’s, P.C. Jabin Science College, Hubballi, Karnataka India, on 2nd Sep 2023. This conference is a wonderful opportunity for all scientists, Scholars, Students, Industrialists and others involved in the field of Phy...

One day online International Conference on Recent Trends in Advanced Materials, organized by School of Physical Sciences K.L.E Society’s, P.C. Jabin Science College, Hubballi, Karnataka India, on 2ndSep 2023. This conference is a wonderful opportunityfor all scientists, Scholars, Students, Industrialists and others involved in the field of Physics,...

Two-dimensional (2D) Dirac materials have attracted intense research efforts due to their promise for applications ranging from field-effect transistors and low-power electronics to fault-tolerant quantum computation. One key challenge is to fabricate 2D Dirac materials hosting Dirac electrons. Here, monolayer germanene is successfully fabricated o...

Cordierite has good mechanical and chemical properties (a high thermal resistance material, low thermal conductivity due to its high thermal shock resistance and low coefficient of thermal expansion). Cordierite-based ceramics has importance because of widely used in various industrial fields with applications such as refractory products, heat exch...

Organophilic nano clay is the composition of mostly clay and organic molecules designed to improve various materials' physical and chemical properties. Permanent deformation in asphalt pavements is primarily the result of inadequate compaction, excessive loading, and high temperatures. Rutting can result in aquaplaning, leading to accidents and cos...

This project is about the dynamics of two- time scales. The domain looks gigantic, but some generic rules are still to be found. I came across this topic in my own studies and in several domains: - In effects of cultural basin on sensorimotor synchronization (Lagarde, 2021). - Individual behavioral change (memory) after social coordination episodes...

The research addresses the difficulties of designing with a non-standard and structurally dynamic material, such as bamboo, by using mixed reality (MR) as a virtual and collaborative design environment with integrated material physics simulations. This paper describes the development of a workflow that integrates (1) a reconfigurable modular bamboo...

Resonant tunneling originally refers to electron tunneling through the resonant states of double-barrier potentials with a series of sharply peaked transmission coefficients (close to unity) at certain energies. Electron resonant tunneling can be used to design promising electronic devices such as resonant tunneling diode. If the quantum well state...

The effervescent area of spintronics has produced different fields of research; among them is the field of interface phenomena capable of revealing the most intriguing effects of materials physics. We report here a phenomenon, which appears in response to the spin Hall effect and represents the anti-polarization of the spin current due to the coupl...

Due to their inexpensive cost and superior qualities compared to conventional metals, Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastic (GFRP) composites are frequently used in engineering applications. Despite the development of numerous non-traditional drilling methods, traditional mechanical drilling methods based on CNC machines are still utilized as the primary...

Gas, ion, and biological sensors have been widely utilized to detect analytes of great significance to the environment, food, and health. Paper-based sensors, which can be constructed on a low-cost paper substrate through a simple and cost-effective fabrication process, have attracted much interests for development. Moreover, many materials can be...

الخصائص الفيزيوكيميائية لمياه قناة شط البصرة (جنوبي العراق) ا.د. حسن خليل حسن المحمود ا.م.د. سرور عبدالامير الباهلي م.د. عبدالحسن عبدالنبي هاشم مركز علوم البحار⁄ جامعة البصرة كلية الآداب ⁄ جامعة البصرة مديرية تربية البصرة ⁄ وزارة التربية الخلاصة تضمنت الدراسة تقييم خصائص مياه قناة شط البصرة ومقارنتها مع المحددات المسموح بها بحسب المواصفة القياسية...

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted enormous research interest due to their predominant quantum effects and fascinating materials properties, that potentially lead to different important applications. 2D materials physical properties such as the other materials come out their structure quality. On the other hand, refer to their critical...

The total amount of solid trash produced in India is 160038.9 TPD, according to the Annual Report on Solid Waste Management (2020–21), CPCB, Delhi. Out of which, Tamil Nadu created 13422 TPD of solid waste, of which 9430.35 TPD was processed, and 2301.04 TPD was landfilled. The researchers have been forced to look at alternative processes and mater...

Insights into magnesium batteries using calorimetry Dr Carlos Ziebert, Leader of the Group Batteries – Calorimetry and Safety, KIT, explains how generated heat and self-discharge of magnesium batteries can be studied through calorimetry. In 2019, the KIT, the University of Ulm, the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden- Württemberg, a...

Geopolymer concrete significantly contributes to reducing harmful emissions by reducing the cement industry and replacing it with by-product materials produced by different industries. Geopolymers have enhanced mechanical properties compared with cementitious products, however, their ductility and impact resistance tend to be relatively low. Additi...

Borate glass systems have been extensively studied for practical applications in optical display devices by virtue of their peculiar luminescence efficiency. However, the attainment of high emission from borate glass materials via apposite control of rare earth ions (REIs) contents remains a topical issue in Material Physics. In this paper, we repo...

A topological insulator Bi 2 Se 3 becomes a topological superconductor by doping Cu or Sr. Due to the nematicity of these A x Bi 2 Se 3 ( A = Cu, Sr) materials, physical quantities show two-fold rotational symmetry as a function of in-plane magnetic field angle φ despite their three-fold structural symmetry in the plane. In this study, single cryst...

Soil contamination with heavy metals significantly threatens human health and the ecosystem. Due to the complexity of heavy metal interactions in soils, the mobility, bioavailability, and toxicity of metals in the soil fractions are impacted by several parameters. These parameters include the qualities of both the metal and the soil. However, sever...

Evaluating and managing opportunities (within the context of opportunity cone physics) as amalgamations of matter and spacetime are akin to considering world-changing texts like Einstein’s articles on General and Special Relativity as amalgamations of alphanumerical symbols. Opportunity Cone Theory (OCT) is a multidisciplinary framework that merges...

Mariculture of bivalves (e.g., mussels, scallops, and oysters) is developing rapidly in coastal waters. This process releases shell debris that can accumulate on the seabed under farms. The ecological consequences of shell accumulation on the bioturbation of benthic macrofauna, which play a key role in the biogeochemical processes of sediment, are...

Investigate whether different results about the physical properties of the same biomaterial frequently found in the literature are due to chewing simulator deficiency. A literature review was performed by searching for data on indicators of test accuracy, reproducibility, maintenance of test parameters during all experiments, and standards in the a...

In 1956, the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act (AMPA) was first introduced, ushering in a more contemporary approach to cultural preservation in Nepal. The focus of this legislation is primarily on the material (physical) aspects of cultural heritage. The Guthi Corporation, formed by the Government of Nepal under the Guthi Corporation statute of 1...

Introduction: Lebanon has battled the COVID-19 pandemic in the midst of an economic crisis. The evolution of the pandemic and a fragile health system have meant that public health policy has had to rely heavily on non-pharmaceutical interventions for disease control. However, changes in disease dynamics, an unraveling economy, and pandemic fatigue...

Calcium hydroxide is a commonly used material in pulp capping procedures due to its favourable biological properties, including the ability to promote dentin bridge formation and stimulate reparative dentinogenesis. The mechanical properties of calcium hydroxide, including its compressive strength, flexural strength, and wear resistance, are relati...

In this paper, it aims at the fracture tubing of Ф88.9mm×6.45mm P110 used in a well, magnetic particle flaw detection, material physical and chemical property test and scanning electron microanalysis system are used to carry out macro dimension measurement, defect flaw detection, chemical analysis, mechanical property test, metallographic structure...

The phenomenon of acoustic wave reflection off fluid–solid surfaces is the focus of this research. This research aims to measure the effect of material physical qualities on oblique incidence acoustic attenuation across a large frequency range. To construct the extensive comparison shown in the supporting documentation, reflection coefficient curve...

The article explains the path that next generation Advanced Idea Mechanics should follow and that is to code the ability to smell for virtual avatars in a virtual world. If it can be coded, the applications for real world in scientific domains like biology, material physics and chemistry are immense with genuine scientific breakthrough in clinical...

MAX/MAB phases are a series of non-van der Waals ternary layered ceramic materials with a hexagonal structure, rich in elemental composition and atomic structure, and embody the physical properties of both ceramics and metals. They exhibit great potential for applications in extreme environments such as high temperature, strong corrosion, and irrad...

In this investigation, thin films of CdO:Zn were synthesized by using the technology of pulsed lasers. Additionally, the effect of different concentrations of Zn doping on the material's physical properties was investigated. According to XRD research, the films have a polycrystalline structure, and it was discovered that the size of the crystallite...

Fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs) are widely used as composite materials in civil engineering applications to rehabilitate or strengthen reinforced-concrete structural elements. The purpose of this study was to compile an extensive and up-to-date experimental database based on the compressive tests conducted on circular confined concrete structural...

Objectives: Housing as a social determinant of health should provide not only shelter, but also a feeling of home. We explored psychosocial pathways creating a sense of home and influencing the relationship between housing and health among asylum seekers and refugees (ASR) in high-income countries. Methods: We performed a systematic review. To be i...

A polymer-enhanced bentonite-sand mixture has been widely used as a clay liner. This research focuses on the potential use of chitosan as a natural polymer mixed with bentonite as a clay liner base material. The bentonite used is a type of calcium bentonite, which is easily obtained in the market. Meanwhile, chitosan is produced from shrimp shell w...

One of the most common symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder is retraumatization, also known as secondary traumatic stress. Retraumatization became especially relevant for Ukrainians on the anniversary of the full-scale invasion, when there were many videos and photos of last year's events on the Internet and memories of the psychological shoc...

Because of their straightforward manufacture and exceptional photovoltaic efficiency, perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have quickly become appealing rivals in the photovoltaic sector. The residual strain, which prevents their practical use, keeps the efficiency and long‐term stability below practical bounds. Herein, the causes of strain in metal‐halid...

Purpose: MXene is two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials that comprise transition metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides. Their unique nanostructure attributes it a special role in medical applications. However, bibliometric studies have not been conducted in this field. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to conduct a bibliometric analysi...