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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, Keliang Song, Haorui Zhang, Zhipeng Liu, Guansong He, Junru Wang, Wenming Yang, Xu Zhao, Zhijian Yang   +8 more
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Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen, Boris Rivkin, David Castellanos‐Robles, Ivan Soldatov, Lukas Beyer, Mariana Medina‐Sánchez   +5 more
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Preliminary design study of hydrogen and ammonia resistojets for prime and auxiliary thrusters [PDF]

Designs of high performance resistojets for primary and auxiliary propulsion are described.Thruster power for the primary propulsion application was in the 2 to 3 kW range while auxiliary propulsion power per thruster was 0.15 to 0.25 kW.
Barker, Larry, Page, Russell J., Stoner, Willis A.   +2 more
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Hybrid Nanomotor: A Catalytically/Magnetically Powered Adaptive Nanowire Swimmer [PDF]

, 2011
A synthetic hybrid nanomotor, which combines chemically powered propulsion and magnetically driven locomotion, is described. The new catalytic–magnetic nanomotor consists of a flexible multisegment Pt-Au-Agflex-Ni nanowire, with the Pt-Au and Au-Agflex ...
Gao, Wei, Hua, Joe, Manesh, Kalayil Manian, Sattayasamitsathit, Sirilak, Wang, Joseph   +4 more
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Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Biomedicine: Advances and Prospects

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles offer unique properties like high surface area, tunable pores, and functionalization. They excel in drug delivery, tissue engineering, and stimuli‐responsive therapies, enabling targeted and controlled treatments. With roles in cancer therapy and diagnostics, their clinical translation requires addressing challenges in ...
Miguel Manzano, María Vallet‐Regí
wiley   +1 more source

A Study on Fishing Vessel Energy System Optimization Using Bond Graphs

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Recently, environmental regulations have been strengthened due to climate change. This change comes in a way that limits emissions from ships in the shipbuilding industry.
Sang-Won Moon, Won-Sun Ruy, Kwang-Phil Park   +2 more
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3D Anodic Alumina Nanoarchitectures: A Decade of Progress from Foundational Science to Functional Metamaterials

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Ordered three‐dimensional anodic aluminum oxide (3D‐AAO) nanoarchitectures with longitudinal and transverse pores enable architecture‐driven metamaterials. The review maps fabrication advances, including hybrid pulse anodization, and shows how 3D‐AAO templates tailor properties across magnetism, energy, catalysis, and sensing.
Marisol Martín‐González
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of radiation dose on nuclear shuttle configuration [PDF]

, 1972
The impact of nuclear radiation (from the NERVA propulsion system) on the selection of a reference configuration for each of two classes of the reusable nuclear shuttle is considered.
Billings, M. A., Goetz, C. A.
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Electrically Assisted Thermal Stamping of Tunable Carbon‐Based Nanofilms for Direct Fabrication of Hydrophobic, Energy Harvesting, and Sensing Devices

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Schematic illustration of the electrically assisted thermal stamping (EATS) method for direct fabrication of carbon‐based nanofilms and their multifunctional applications. Localized Joule heating triggers simultaneous exfoliation, reduction, and fluoropolymer incorporation under ambient conditions, yielding tunable carbon‐based thin‐film coatings ...
Byungseok Seo, Yong Choi, Gajendra S. Shekhawat, Minjoong Shin, Kunmo Koo, Xiaobing Hu, Jiheon Kim, Wonjoon Choi, Xinqi Chen, Vinayak P. Dravid   +9 more
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Review of Energy-Efficient Pneumatic Propulsion Systems in Vehicle Applications

Energies
This review comprehensively presents the development of energy-efficient pneumatic propulsion systems (PPSs) in road vehicle applications, which are classified as green vehicles.
Ryszard Dindorf, Jakub Takosoglu
doaj   +1 more source