The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health
Annals of Global Health, 2023 Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine, electronics, aerospace, construction, food packaging, and sports.
Philip J. Landrigan +47 more
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Experimental Methodology for Estimation of Local Heat Fluxes and Burning Rates in Steady Laminar Boundary Layer Diffusion Flames. [PDF]
, 2016 Modeling the realistic burning behavior of condensed-phase fuels has remained out of reach, in part because of an inability to resolve the complex interactions occurring at the interface between gas-phase flames and condensed-phase fuels.
Gollner, Michael, Singh, Ajay
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.A versatile approach is presented for fabricating smart multifunctional textiles by integrating thermo‐fluorescent carbon dot/polymer nanocomposite coatings with 3D‐printed interlocked architectures. The fabrics exhibit temperature‐responsive fluorescence, durable hydrophobicity, strong antibacterial and antioxidant activity, and enhanced UV protection.
Poushali Das +8 more
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Interference effects during burning in air for stationary n-heptane, ethyl alcohol, and methyl alcohol droplets [PDF]
, 1956 Experiments have been conducted for the determination of the evaporation constant and flame shapes of two and of five closely spaced droplets burning in air. Droplets of approximately the same and of different diameters were used at various distances
Fuhs, A. E., Penner, S. S., Rex, J. F.
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The role of chemistry in the oscillating combustion of hydrocarbons : an experimental and theoretical study [PDF]
, 2020 The stable operation of low-temperature combustion processes is an open challenge, due to the presence of undesired deviations from steady-state conditions: among them, oscillatory behaviors have been raising significant interest.
Battin-Leclerc, Frédérique +7 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Platform system to create biofabricated 3D spinal cord tissue models: Combining high resolution PCL fiber placement, a customized, hyaluronic acid‐based hydrogel, two cell types (spinal cord neurons and astrocytes) together with three distinct laminin isoforms allow the formation of functional cell–cell network interactions.
Nicoletta Murenu +12 more
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Multi-instrument comparison and compilation of non-methane organic gas emissions from biomass burning and implications for smoke-derived secondary organic aerosol precursors [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2017 Multiple trace-gas instruments were deployed during the fourth Fire Lab at Missoula Experiment (FLAME-4), including the first application of proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PTR-TOFMS) and comprehensive two-dimensional gas ...
L. E. Hatch +7 more
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Simulation of hydrogen auto-ignition in a turbulent co-flow of heated air with LES and CMC approach [PDF]
, 2011 Large-Eddy Simulations (LES) with the first order Conditional Moment Closure (CMC) approach of a nitrogen-diluted hydrogen jet, igniting in a turbulent co-flowing hot air stream, are discussed. A detailed mechanism (nine species, 19 reactions) is used to
Lacor, Chris +4 more
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Unveiling the Role of Curvature in Carbon for Improved Energy Release of Ammonium Perchlorate
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.High‐curvature carbon materials identified via machine learning and simulation can enhance the heat release and combustion performance of ammonium perchlorate. ABSTRACT The catalytic role of carbon curvature in the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate (AP) remains largely unexplored. To address this gap, this study employs machine learning and
Dan Liu +8 more
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Research progress in fire warning strategies and flame retardancy of wood composites
Cailiao gongchengWood composites have been widely applied in fields of construction， decoration， furniture， and transport. The fire safety has always been concerned. In a view of the combustion characteristics of wood composites， in the past 10 years， the two strategies ...
PAN Mingzhu
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