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Review of Thermally Activated Twisted Coiled Polymer Actuators: A Materials Science Perspective

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Thermally activated twisted and coiled polymer actuators (TCPAs) combine lightweight design, large deformation, and scalable fabrication for soft robotic and wearable applications. This review connects polymer structure, processing history, helix geometry, and thermomechanical characterization to actuator performance, highlighting current challenges in
Nadja Schenk, Lukas Benecke, Chokri Cherif, Johannes Mersch   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Efficiency of Smallholder Intensive Dairy Farms in Iran: Adjusted for Market Distortion

The dairy farmers in Iran are faced with milk price distortion due to the market imperfection. To measure an unbiased farm-specific efficiency, prices should be adjusted in an imperfect market.
Shahnoushi, Naser, Bakhshoodeh, Mohamad
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Efficiency and determinants of science and technology investment in Chinese competitive sports: a provincial DEA-Tobit analysis. [PDF]

Front Sports Act Living
Xia R, Lu S, Zhao L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Is It Real Type‐II or S‐Scheme? A Three‐Phase Diagnostic Protocol for Identifying Potentially Mislabeled Heterojunction Photocatalysts

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Diagnostic analysis via the heterojunction validation funnel. The funnel illustrates the hierarchical stratification of 30 reported Type‐II systems based on the three‐phase, seven‐step diagnostic framework. Complete validation through all phases is achieved by only 3.3% of systems, while 96.7% lack full mechanistic validation, revealing a pervasive ...
Ki‐Hyun Kim
wiley   +1 more source

The efficiency of Islamic banks: empirical evidence from the Asian countries’ Islamic banking sectors

: The paper investigates the efficiency of the Islamic banking sectors in four Asian countries during the period of 2001–2006. The efficiency estimates of individual banks are evaluated using the non-parametric data envelopment analysis (DEA) method. The
Sufian, Fadzlan, Mohamad Noor, Mohamad Akbar Noor, Ahmad, Nor Hayati Bt   +2 more
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Productivity changes of Credit Department of Farmers¡¦ Associations of the NAN-TOU County in Taiwan:1995-2004 [PDF]

The objective of this article was to measure the productivity of CDFAs of the NAN-TOU County in Taiwan over the period of 1995-2004. This study calculated the Malmquist productivity index by using the nonparametric frontier approach, and decomposed the ...
Piotr Stanek
core  

Enhanced Photocatalytic and Electrical Performance of Boron-Doped ZnO Nanorods: A Taguchi Optimization Approach for Degradation Efficiency. [PDF]

ACS Omega
Tabak E, Öztürk S, Kösemen A, Bayazi̇t ŞS, Kılınç N, Sillanpää M, Benli̇ B.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Synergistic Cu‐Fe Interactions Enhance Phase Transformation Kinetics Toward High‐Performance CuFeS2‐Based All‐Solid‐State Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
CuFeS2 is found to induce the formation of intermediate phases, highlighting a strong Cu–Fe synergistic effect during conversion reactions in lithium all‐solid‐state batteries (Li‐SSBs). The integrated reaction pathway effectively suppresses phase separation and accelerates reaction kinetics, leading to enhanced electrochemical reversibility and ...
Changjiang Bai, Katherine A. Mazzio, Florian Ruske, Goutham Srinivas, Tim Bernges, Junwei Meng, Xiangping Min, Yanan Sun, Vinita Ahuja, Román Healy Corominas, Volodymyr Baran, Götz Schuck, Michael Haumann, Jürgen Janek, Wolfgang G. Zeier, Philipp Adelhelm   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

A technical-economic framework for selection of optimal collector combinations in apatite flotation via TOPSIS multi-criteria decision-making. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Abdollahi S, Afraei S, Irannajad M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Myrcene‐Based Tailored Co‐Polymers as Active Pharmaceutical Excipients: Bio‐Based Solutions for Mucoadhesive Excipients

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Mucoadhesive amphiphilic block and statistical copolymers were synthesized via Reversible Addition–Fragmentation Chain Transfer polymerization from bio‐sourced myrcene and polyethylene glycol methacrylate. The resulting polymers exhibit narrow molar‐mass distributions, high regioselectivity, well‐defined microstructures, and tend to self‐assemble into ...
David Gintsburg, Selin Görkem Sari, Lana Molnar, Annabelle Knoll, Effrosyni‐Maria Kosti, Anna Seybold, Gozde Deveci, Nico Bruns, Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch, Gergely Kali   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source