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Characterizing soil shrinkage and soil-water retention behaviors of clayey soils with pore-size distribution and microstructure evolution

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
The soil-water retention and soil shrinkage characteristics are both crucial constitutive relations for unsaturated soils. Although existing research has explored the correlation between these two characteristics to some extent, the underlying mechanisms
Sheng’ao Jia, De’an Sun, Pan Chen
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Average Soil Water Retention Curves Measured by Neutron Radiography

Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2012
Water retention curves are essential for understanding the hydrologic behavior of partially saturated porous media and modeling flow and transport processes within the vadose zone. We directly measured the main drying and wetting branches of the average water retention function obtained using two-dimensional neutron radiography. Flint sand columns were
C L, Cheng, M, Kang, E, Perfect, S, Voisin, J, Horita, H Z, Bilheux, J M, Warren, D L, Jacobson, D S, Hussey   +8 more
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An Electrowetting Pump

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A tubular electrowetting pump moves alternating droplets through a millimeter‐wide channel in discrete, reversible steps, functioning as a fluidic stepper motor. With no moving parts and electrodes insulated from the liquid, it delivers silent, accurate flow. Flexibility allows the pump to be woven directly into textiles for wearable, medical, and soft‐
Robert Hennig, Herbert Shea
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Modeling the Soil Shrinkage and Water Retention Curves with the Same Equations

Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2006
Recent studies underlined the likeness of soil water retention (WRC) and shrinkage curves (ShC) with respect to their shapes. This paper aims at experimentally discussing the possible use of the same equations to fit them. The WRC (on the tensiometric range) and ShC were simultaneously determined on a series made of 28 undisturbed soil cores collected ...
Boivin, Pascal, Garnier, Patricia, Vauclin, Michel   +2 more
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Reconfigurable Au Nanoparticle Monolayers on Regenerated Cellulose Hydrogels: Highly Sensitive SERS Detection of Polystyrene Micro/Nanoplastics With Interpretable Deep Learning

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A regenerated cellulose (RC) hydrogel‐based SERS substrate integrating a Marangoni‐transferred gold nanoparticle self‐assembled monolayer (Au‐SAM) is fabricated. Reswelling‐induced hotspot formation enhances polystyrene micro/nanoplastics (PS MNPs) detection in complex matrices, providing reproducible, high‐throughput SERS signals across diverse ...
Youngho Jeon, Yu‐Jin Jeon, Suji Lee, Jeseong Kim, Dae‐Hyun Jung, Jungmok You   +5 more
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Physical-hydraulic soil attributes in an integrated production system with different “paricá” forest component arrangements [PDF]

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2018
: The objective of this work was to compare the structural quality and water retention curve of a Haplustox under single, double, and triple “paricá” (Ochroma pyramidale) lines in an integrated production system at 50 months of implantation.
Wellington de Azambuja Magalhães, Onã da Silva Freddi, Anderson Lange, Flávio Jesus Wruck, Wininton Mendes da Silva, Matheus Bortolanza Soares   +5 more
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Organic Materials of Tomorrow: Horizons of Artificial Intelligence

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines machine learning techniques accelerating the discovery of organic semiconductors by linking molecular structure to properties. Key methods include graph neural networks, generative models, and active learning. Applications to organic photovoltaics demonstrate practical impact.
Harold Mena, J. Terence Blaskovits, Kun‐Han Lin, Denis Andrienko   +3 more
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Soil Water Retention Curves of Three Different Soils using Different Methods

, 2022
The corrosion of metals in soils is a serious concern. To protect underground foundations, steel, and cast-iron pipes from corrosion, traditional galvanized coatings are not sufficiently effective in the long term. Alternative coatings, therefore, need to be evaluated.
Akhtar, Waqas, Di Emidio, Gemmina, Cornelis, Wim, Khan, Muhammad Khizar, Peleman, T., Eeckhoudt, B. V., De Cleene, A., De Strycker, J.   +7 more
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Ratiometric Mycotoxin Detection in Living Plants With Dual‐Emissive Nanosensors

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A minimally invasive microneedle patch integrates carbon dot‐embedded metal–organic frameworks as nanosensors to detect a key fungal toxin in living plants. The nanosensor produces a ratiometric fluorescence signal that enables early, non‐destructive diagnosis of fungal infection before visible symptoms, offering a new biomaterials‐based strategy for ...
Yuliang Li, Di Shen, Ziyang Huang, Suppanat Puangpathumanond, Calvin Thenarianto, Yue Zhao, Jolly Madathiparambil Saju, Rajani Sarojam, Dongmei Zhou, Tedrick Thomas Salim Lew   +9 more
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Sustainable and Multifunctional Natural Macromolecular Polymers for Aqueous Zn Metal Batteries

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We comprehensively review the structure‐function relationships and regulatory mechanism of natural macromolecular polymers in stabilizing zinc anodes at the microscopic and mesoscopic scales. The interactions among polymer structures, optimization strategies, and regulatory mechanisms are discussed systematically summarizing recent related research ...
Yunuo Shi, Bo Jiang, Jingcheng Zhang, Xiaodong Shao, Peixun Xiong, Lutong Shan, Shengyang Huang, Mengfang Liang, Mengyao Chang, Fangyan Liu, Wenwu Li, Baoyu Xia, Wei Ji, Ho Seok Park   +13 more
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