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Quantifying the multi-year impacts of Indo-China Peninsula biomass burning on vegetation gross primary productivity in southern China

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Biomass burning (BB) emissions in the Indo-China Peninsula (ICP) can be transported to southern China, perturbing the atmospheric environment and climate in southern China.
Wenjie Yan, Jun Zhu, Xu Yue, Chenguang Tian, Yonghang Hu, Jiao Zheng, Yihan Hu, Yuan Zhao, Xin Chen, Sheng Yang, Haoyu Wei, Hong Liao   +11 more
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Strong Photoluminescence Enhancement in All‐Dielectric Ge Thin Film Metasurfaces for Integration on the Si Platform

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
Germanium (Ge) all‐dielectric metasurfaces can be leveraged to strongly enhance the radiative emission from Ge layers grown on silicon‐on‐insulator substrates by industry‐standard processes. At room‐temperature, the narrowband photoluminescence (PL) intensity is enhanced by a factor ∼40× with respect to unstructured films.
Jon Schlipf, Diana Ryzhak, Giovanni Capellini, Paul Oleynik, Oliver Skibitzki, Yuji Yamamoto, Inga A. Fischer   +6 more
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Hydrophobic 1D and 3D Anodic Alumina Radiative Coolers on Aluminum: Humidity‐Resilient Daytime Sub‐Ambient Cooling

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
1D and 3D nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) surfaces were functionalized with stearic acid (STA) to increase hydrophobicity and reduce the influence of humidity on radiative cooling performance. The STA coating improves cooling behavior under humid atmospheric conditions (Madrid summer), before while keeping the optical properties required for ...
Luis Moreno‐Sanabria, Carlos G. Cobos, Nadia Pastor, Marisol Martín‐González, Cristina V. Manzano   +4 more
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Electrohydrodynamically Driven Broadband and Color‐Shifting in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
Ion‐driven electrohydrodynamic effects enable dynamic photonic bandgap modulation in cholesteric liquid crystals under low‐frequency AC driving. By regulating ion‐mediated disturbance of the helical structure, this approach produces two reversible optical responses: rapid color shifting across the visible spectrum and broadband reflection spanning the ...
Cheng‐Kuan Wu, Jin‐Yu Chen, Li‐Min Chang, Cheng‐Chang Li, Kuan‐Wu Lin, Duan‐Yi Guo, Tsung‐Hsien Lin   +6 more
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A Physically Inspired Model for Estimating Clear-Sky Solar Irradiance

Annals of West University of Timisoara: Physics
The estimation of solar irradiance under clear sky conditions is still a research topic. Many times, accessible empirical models are applied in practice, even if more uncertainty is expected than in the case of complex models.
Goilean Anamaria-Giulia, Paulescu Eugenia, Paulescu Marius   +2 more
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Micromachined Double‐Membrane Mechanically Tunable Metamaterial for Thermal Infrared Filtering

Advanced Photonics Research, Volume 6, Issue 5, May 2025.
Herein, a mechanically tunable double‐layer plasmonic metamaterial leveraging the extraordinary optical transmission effect observed in subwavelength arrays of openings within thin metal layers is presented. The concept is experimentally validated by integrating the proposed metamaterial structure into an electrostatic parallel‐plate actuator to create
Oleg Bannik, Fedor Kovalev, Mingkai Liu, Michal Zawierta, Dilusha Silva, Lorenzo Faraone, Mariusz Martyniuk, Ilya Shadrivov   +7 more
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Clear Sky Optimization

This paper proposes a heuristic optimization algorithm based on the natural phenomenon of "clear skies," namely the Clear Sky Optimization (CSO) algorithm. The algorithm's core innovation lies in the introduction of a dynamic halo guidance mechanism and a hierarchical breeze perturbation mechanism to achieve a balance between global exploration and ...
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Collision‐Resilient Winged Drones Enabled by Tensegrity Structures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Based on structures of birds such as the woodpeck, this article presents the collision‐resilient aerial robot, SWIFT. SWIFT leverages tensegrity structures in the fuselage and wings which allow it to undergo large deformations in a crash, without sustaining damage. Experiments show that SWIFT can reduce impact forces by 70% over conventional structures.
Omar Aloui, Raphael Zufferey, William Stewart, Mohammad Askari, Simon Jeger, Dario Floreano   +5 more
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Molecular Appendix Adjusted Architectural Propagations of Red‐Light Controlled Macroscopic Photoactuating Performances

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Amphiphilic chloroazobenzenes, bearing different amino acids as end groups alanine, phenylalanine, and valine, exhibit excellent photoisomerizations. Varying structures of three amino acid groups participate in supramolecular formations and therefore photoinduced morphological transformations via adjusting intermolecular interactions. These interaction
Shuangshuang Meng, Ming‐Hin Chau, Takashi Kajitani, Franco King‐Chi Leung   +3 more
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A Review on Sensor Technologies, Control Approaches, and Emerging Challenges in Soft Robotics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides an introspective of sensors and controllers in soft robotics. Initially describing the current sensing methods, then moving on to the control methods utilized, and finally ending with challenges and future directions in soft robotics focusing on the material innovations, sensor fusion, and embedded intelligence for sensors and ...
Ean Lovett, Maxwell Hammond, Niloufar Seyfi, Amirreza Fahim Golestaneh, Venanzio Cichella, Caterina Lamuta   +5 more
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