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Analysis of water vapor adsorption in soils by means of a lysimeter and numerical modeling

Vadose Zone Journal, 2020
Daily temperature oscillations can cause adsorption (and desorption) of atmospheric water vapor by soils. The resulting daily fluctuations in the amount of liquid water in the soil can be measured by high‐precision weighing lysimeters.
Maarten W. Saaltink, Claus Kohfahl, Lidia Molano‐Leno   +2 more
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Determination of soil-water retention curve: an artificial intelligence-based approach [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2020
Soil Water Retention Curve (SWRC) is a fundamental relationship in unsaturated soil mechanics, knowledge of which is essential for determining major mechanical and hydraulic properties of unsaturated soils. There are several empirical, semi-empirical and
Nikooee Ehsan, Mirghafari Rasoul, Habibagahi Ghassem, Khorassani Alireza Ghadamgahi, Nouri Amir Mohammad   +4 more
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Laser‐Induced Graphene from Waste Almond Shells

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Almond shells, an abundant agricultural by‐product, are repurposed to create a fully bioderived almond shell/chitosan composite (ASC) degradable in soil. ASC is converted into laser‐induced graphene (LIG) by laser scribing and proposed as a substrate for transient electronics.
Yulia Steksova, Anna Chiara Bressi, Marina Galliani, Attilio Marino, Gianni Ciofani, Eduardo Machado‐Charry, Hilda Gomez Bernal, Alessandra Francini, Luca Sebastiani, Francesco Greco   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temperature Dependence of Water Retention Curves for Wettable and Water-Repellent Soils

Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2002
The capillary pressure (ψ) in unsaturated porous media is known to be a function of temperature ( T ). Temperature affects the surface tension (σ) of the pore water, but possibly also the angle of contact (γ).
Bachmann, J., Horton, Robert, Grant, S., van der Ploeg, R.   +3 more
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Self‐Sintering Ionogel Binder for Flexible, Recyclable, and Healable Printed Giant Magnetoresistive Sensors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Electronic waste has emerged as a major environmental challenge, driven by the massive consumption and a limited lifetime of modern electronic devices, stimulating the development of sustainable electronics. Here, an all‐biomaterial gelatin‐choline‐citric acid ([Ch][CA]) ionogel is developed as an active binder to realize self‐sintered ...
Lin Guo, Xiaotao Wang, Guannan Mu, Proloy Taran Das, Igor Veremchuk, Conrad Schubert, Aaron D. Cross, Yevhen Zabila, Xuan Peng, Larysa Baraban, Denys Makarov   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimation of soil water retention curve in semi-arid areas using fractal dimension

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2018
The soil water retention curve (SWRC) is one of the important hydraulic functions in water flow modeling and solute transport in the porous medium.
Seyedeh Zana Mahallati, Ebrahim Pazira, Fariborz Abbasi, Hossein Babazadeh   +3 more
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Novel Frequency Domain Impedance Sensor with a Perforated Cylinder Coaxial Design for In-Situ Measuring Soil Matric Potential

Sensors, 2019
Soil matric potential is an important parameter for agricultural and environmental research and applications. In this study, we developed a novel sensor to determine fast and in-situ the soil matric potential.
Chao Chen, Xiaofei Yan, Qiang Xu, Song Yu, Yihan Ma, Xianglin Cheng, Zhongyi Wang, Qiang Cheng   +7 more
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Water retention and shrinkage curves of weathered pyroclastic soil [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2020
The modelling of the triggering mechanism of rainfall-induced landslides in slopes covered by pyroclastic soil (as the area surrounding Mount Vesuvius in Campania, Italy) requires the hydraulic characterization of soil in unsaturated conditions in order to analyse the slope response to rainfalls. In previous studies carried out on Campanian pyroclastic
Dias A. S., Kamath A., Pirone M., Urciuoli G.   +3 more
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Polymer Substrates for Flexible Sensors: Advances and Contributions to Smart Agriculture

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes recent advances in polymer‐based flexible sensors for smart agriculture, focusing on polymer substrate design, interface engineering, and applications in soil, plant, animal, aquaculture, and post‐harvest monitoring.
Yihui Li, Zhangzheng Xiao, Zheng Yan, Adnan Raza Altaf, Qun Song, Dingding Yao, Afshan Sohail, Yixin Wang, Wenxiu Ma, Shanjun Li, Yaohui Chen, Peiwen Liu, Kai Zhang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source