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Functional Metal Complexes for Solar–Light‐Driven Energy Conversion
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review provides an exhaustive summary of the recent advancements of functional metal complexes in solar‐to‐electrical, ‐chemical, and ‐thermal energy conversion, comprising material categories, design strategies, underlying principles of operation, and identified improvement of performances.
Yanyan Qin +3 more
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Defined Benefit versus Defined Contribution Pension Plans: What are the Real Tradeoffs? [PDF]
Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution plans have significantly different characteristics with respect to the risks faced by employers and employees, the sensitivity of benefits to inflation, the flexibility of funding, and the importance of ...
Alan J. Marcus +2 more
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Can Labour Market Institutions Explain Unemployment Rates in New EU Member States?. CEPS ENEPRI Working Papers No. 27, 1 July 2004 [PDF]
, 2004 This study poses the question about whether labour market institutions can explain unemployment rates in the ten new European Union member states. In five out of the ten new member states, unemployment rates lie above the average in the 15 member states ...
Ederveen, Sjef, Thissen, Laura.
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Orientation Engineering of MXene Flakes
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Orientation engineering of MXene flakes refers to the transformation of disordered MXene flakes into ordered architectures with optimized multiphysical transport properties. Focusing on this topic, this review outlines key principles, characterization, fabrication strategies, and advanced applications of oriented MXene structures.
Yizhou Wang +7 more
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Right-to-manage unions endogenous growth and welfare [PDF]
Using the basic overlapping generations one-sector model of endogenous growth we show that unionisation of labour markets may be growth-enhancing with respect to the standard competitive equilibrium economy with full employment, provided the capital's ...
Luca Gori, Luciano Fanti
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Influence of the Substrate Temperature on the Growth Mechanism of Allylamine Plasma Polymer Films
Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.The influence of the substrate temperature on the growth mechanism of allylamine plasma polymers is investigated by correlating the plasma chemistry and the physico‐chemical properties of the coatings. New insights about the mechanistic formation of functionalized plasma polymers at a molecular level are provided, paving the way toward a better ...
Robin Dantinne +6 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.The article overviews past and current efforts on caloric materials and systems, highlighting the contributions of Ames National Laboratory to the field. Solid‐state caloric heat pumping is an innovative method that can be implemented in a wide range of cooling and heating applications.
Agata Czernuszewicz +5 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This critical review presents a comprehensive roadmap for the precision 3D printing of cellulose. Quantitative correlations link ink formulation and rheological properties to print fidelity and final material performance. This framework guides the development of advanced functional materials, from biomedical scaffolds to electromagnetic shielding ...
Majed Amini +3 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review explores advances in wearable and lab‐on‐chip technologies for breast cancer detection. Covering tactile, thermal, ultrasound, microwave, electrical impedance tomography, electrochemical, microelectromechanical, and optical systems, it highlights innovations in flexible electronics, nanomaterials, and machine learning.
Neshika Wijewardhane +4 more
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A Comparative Study of The Portuguese and Spanish Labour Markets [PDF]
Spain faces the highest unemployment rate among the European Union countries (22.2%), and Portugal one of the lowest (7.3%). However, superficially, these two countries share common labour market features: they both have the most stringent job security ...
Olympia Bover +2 more
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