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Advancing SafeWax, A Bio‐Inspired Superhydrophobic Coating, Toward Sustainable and Climate‐Resilient Crop Protection

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study advances SafeWax, a bio‐inspired, fatty‐acids‐based superhydrophobic coating, by identifying an agriculturally compliant solvent and revealing how solvent‐controlled Fatty acid crystallization governs the coating's microscopic structure and performance.
Niv Ben‐Arie, Iryna Polishchuk, Franziska Tauber, Coralie Schneider, Elena Prudnikov, Alessia Calora, Silvia Milita, Simona Fermani, Mireia Alejandra Ibanez Revert, Ilaria Filippetti, Claudio Ratti, Matthias Kellermeier, Markus Rueckel, Boaz Pokroy   +13 more
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Soil loss and runoff generation in rangeland, rain-fed and abandoned rain-fed agriculture land-uses under simulated rainfall [PDF]

Environmental Resources Research, 2019
Soil erosion is a global challenge, seriously threatening soil and water resources andenvironmental qualities. One of the important factors to consider in the process of runoffgeneration and soil erosion is the physical and chemical properties of soils ...
Mohammad Amin Goudarzi, Ali Akbar Jamali, Atefeh jafarpoor, Atefeh Gholami, Masoud Jafari Shalamzari   +4 more
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Simulation of monthly rainfall totals

ANZIAM Journal, 2008
The observed distribution of non-zero rainfall totals for a given month is often modelled using a maximum likelihood estimate for the Gamma distribution. In this paper we show that a Gamma distribution can be regarded as a zero order approximation to a density distribution constructed by a series of associated Laguerre polynomials.
K. Rosenberg, J. Boland, P. G. Howlett
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An Adaptive Inhibitory WSe2 Transistor for Retinomorphic In‐Sensor Image Processing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Conventional retinomorphic devices typically require deliberate gate‐bias tuning for each illumination condition. In this paper, we demonstrate an adaptive inhibitory WSe2 transistor that uses photo‐induced regime shift between the subthreshold and accumulation modes to achieve decision‐free, intensity‐adaptive image processing within a single pixel ...
Juhwan Baek, Junhwa Oh, Hyeonjung Kim, Minsik Park, Haein Cho, Jin Young Park, Hyeonchang Son, Taeyun Kim, Sung‐Un An, Yamin Zhang, Hyeon‐Jin Shin, Seyong Oh, Dong‐Ho Kang   +12 more
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Reduction in soil organic matter loss caused by water erosion in inter-rows of hop gardens

Soil and Water Research, 2019
Currently, when cultivating Humulus lupulus, there is no systematic farming reducing soil erosion in the Czech Republic. As a result, annual irreversible soil and organic matter losses due to intensive rains occur on soils of hop gardens threatened by ...
David Kabelka, David Kincl, Miloslav Janeček, Jan Vopravil, Petr Vráblík   +4 more
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Design of a programmable rainfall simulator [PDF]

1993 (25th) Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, 2002
A programmable controller (PIC) was designed to provide a greater flexibility in rainfall simulator research. The PIC controlled the rainfall simulator using a process control board employing a microprocessor. This control board provided programmable capability previously unavailable in field research. Software to control the system was developed using
Smith, S. A., Schreiber, J. D.
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Intracrystalline Void‐Mediated Toughening of Brittle Crystals in Quail Eggshells

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In quail eggshells, the high density and disordered arrangement of intracrystalline voids inhibit lattice cleavage, suppress long‐range crack propagation, and promote deformation twinning and quasi‐plasticity, serving as an essential toughening motif. We show that these voids remain within a narrow subcritical size range and therefore predominantly do ...
Jingxiao Zhong, Qihang Wang, Andre E. Vellwock, Sinuhe Perea Puente, Tingting Zhu, Jia Hui Lim, Kadda Medjoubi, Sebastian Hoerl, Erika Griesshaber, Wolfgang W. Schmahl, Yannicke Dauphin, Emeline Raguin, Peter Werner, Francesco Stellacci, Michael V. Swain, Peter Fratzl, Shahrouz Amini   +16 more
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A Controlled Rainfall Simulator

Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Abstract This study presents the design, integration, and performance evaluation of a controlled rainfall simulator developed as an add-on for a landslide simulation system. The simulator generates rainfall intensities from 0 to 20 mm/h, adjustable via a web interface, and operates using six spraying cycles per hour.
Theresia Regina Marbun, Casmika Saputra, Arsyad Faturrahman, Muhammad Farhan Ramadhan Safrizal, Salim Ammar Rasyid, Januario Alexander Palullungan Pasau, Rahmat Awaludin Salam   +6 more
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Radiative Thermal Management for Extreme Environments: Mechanisms and Design Strategies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
In this review, we discuss the fundamental mechanisms of radiative cooling and solar heating, material and structural design strategies, hybrid approaches integrating additional heat transfer pathways, and durability‐oriented designs addressing environmental stresses.
Hyung Rae Kim, Haeseong Kim, Joo Hwan Ko, Gil Ju Lee, Dae‐Hyeong Kim, Young Min Song   +5 more
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Quantifying the time‐specific kinetic energy of simulated rainfall using a dynamic rain gauge system

Agricultural & Environmental Letters, 2021
Raindrop impact derives from the kinetic energy of falling raindrops. Determining the kinetic energy of rainfall requires the size distribution and terminal velocity of raindrops, which necessitates complex instrumentation.
Kenneth M. Wacha, Chi‐hua Huang, Peter L. O'Brien, Athanasios N. Papanicolaou, Jerry L. Hatfield   +4 more
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