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Mechanical property enhancement of self-bonded natural fiber material via controlling cell wall plasticity and structure (open access)

Mechanical property enhancement of self-bonded natural fiber material via controlling cell wall plasticity and structure

This article explores self-bonded natural fiber material (SNFM) as a promising alternative for plastic and wood owing to its abundant raw material resources and low environmental impact. In this study, a high-performance SNFM was developed by the comprehensive treatments for the plasticity and structure of fiber cell walls. The self-bonded mechanism for natural fiber materials was also discussed. The SNFM products showed excellent mechanical performance, which was superior to that of natural wood and plastic.
Date: March 26, 2019
Creator: Wang, Quanliang; Xiao, Shengling; Shi, Sheldon & Cai, Liping
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electrical and Thermal Conductivity of Polylactic Acid (PLA)-Based Biocomposites by Incorporation of Nano-Graphite Fabricated with Fused Deposition Modeling (open access)

Electrical and Thermal Conductivity of Polylactic Acid (PLA)-Based Biocomposites by Incorporation of Nano-Graphite Fabricated with Fused Deposition Modeling

This article describes a study to improve the electrical and thermal conductivity of the polylactic acid/wood flour/thermoplastic polyurethane composites by Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM). The results showed that, when the addition amount of nano-graphite reached 25 pbw, the volume resistivity of the composites decreased to 10⁸ Ω·m, which was a significant reduction, indicating that the conductive network was already formed. It also had good thermal conductivity, mechanical properties, and thermal stability.
Date: March 22, 2019
Creator: Guo, Rui; Ren, Zechun; Bi, Hongjie; Xu, Min & Cai, Liping
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parametric Modeling of Biomimetic Cortical Bone Microstructure for Additive Manufacturing (open access)

Parametric Modeling of Biomimetic Cortical Bone Microstructure for Additive Manufacturing

This articles presents a novel algorithm for generating in-silico biomimetic models of a cortical bone microstructure towards manufacturing biomimetic bone via additive manufacturing. The software provides a tool for physicians or biomedical engineers to develop models of cortical bone that include the inherent complexity of the microstructure.
Date: February 21, 2019
Creator: Robles Linares-Alvelais, José; Ramírez-Cedillo, Erick; Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael; Rodríguez, Ciro A. & Martínez-López, J. Israel
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Structure of Amorphous and Deeply Supercooled Liquid Alumina (open access)

The Structure of Amorphous and Deeply Supercooled Liquid Alumina

Article describes experiment in which liquid Al2O3 was supercooled more than 500 K below its melting point (Tm = 2,327 K) using aerodynamic levitation and laser heating techniques.
Date: March 19, 2019
Creator: Shi, Caijuan; Alderman, Oliver L.G.; Berman, Diana; Du, Jincheng & Neuefeind, Joerg
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deep Submicron Extended-Gate Field-Effect (EGFET) Based on Transistor Association Technique for Chemical Sensing (open access)

Deep Submicron Extended-Gate Field-Effect (EGFET) Based on Transistor Association Technique for Chemical Sensing

This article investigates the design and characterization of a transistor association (TA)-based extended-gate field-effect transistor (EGFET). Prototypes were manufactured using a 130 nm standard complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process and compared with devices presented in recent literature.
Date: March 2, 2019
Creator: Pullano, Salvatore Andrea; Tasneem, Nishat Tarannum; Mahbub, Ifana; Shamsir, Samira; Greco, Marta; Islam, Syed Kamrul et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Magnesium Deficiency on Neurological Disorders: A Narrative Review Article (open access)

The Effect of Magnesium Deficiency on Neurological Disorders: A Narrative Review Article

This article critically discusses the role of Magnesium by reviewing recent literature and available data concerning the role of magnesium in neurological disorders. The authors summarize the role of Mg in neurological disorders to illustrate the symptoms caused by Mg-deficiency and the possible underlying mechanisms.
Date: March 2019
Creator: Xue, Wenwen; You, Jing; Su, Yingchao & Wang, Qinglu
System: The UNT Digital Library
Operando tribochemical formation of onion-likecarbon leads to macroscale superlubricity (open access)

Operando tribochemical formation of onion-likecarbon leads to macroscale superlubricity

This article demonstrates that tribochemical reactions occur even in dry conditions when hydrogenated diamond-like carbon (H-DLC) surface is slid against two-dimensional (2D) molybdenum disulfide along with nanodiamonds in dry nitrogen atmosphere.
Date: February 3, 2017
Creator: Berman, Diana; Narayanan, Badri; Cherukara, Mathew J.; Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K.R.S.; Erdemir, Ali; Zinovev, Alexander et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
On the security of the Courtois-Finiasz-Sendrier signature (open access)

On the security of the Courtois-Finiasz-Sendrier signature

This article proves that a variant of the Courtois-Finiasz-Sendrier signature is strongly existentially unforgeable under chosen message attack in the random oracle model, assuming hardness of the Permuted Goppa Syndrome Decoding Problem (also known as the Niederreiter problem).
Date: March 20, 2018
Creator: Morozov, Kirill; Roy, Partha Sarathi; Steinwandt, Rainer & Xu, Rui
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermo-mechanical response of single-phase face-centered-cubic AlxCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy microcrystals (open access)

Thermo-mechanical response of single-phase face-centered-cubic AlxCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy microcrystals

Article describes the response of [100]-oriented single-crystal face-centered-cubic Al0.1CoCrFeNi and Al0.3CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy (HEA) microcrystals tested from 293 to 573 K by means of in situ micro-compression.
Date: March 13, 2018
Creator: Jiao, Quan; Sim, Gi-Dong; Komarasamy, Mageshwari; Mishra, Rajiv; Liaw, Peter K. & El-Awady, Jaafar A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Polydimethylsiloxane and polyisoprene-based graphene composites for strain-sensing (open access)

Polydimethylsiloxane and polyisoprene-based graphene composites for strain-sensing

In this article, different composite materials have been developed and characterized for different applications in the health science field and as optoelectromechanical sensors.
Date: March 31, 2017
Creator: Catalan Gonzalez, Jorge Alfredo & Kaul, Anupama
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development and Application of Wood Flour-Filled Polylactic Acid Composite Filament for 3D Printing (open access)

Development and Application of Wood Flour-Filled Polylactic Acid Composite Filament for 3D Printing

This article presents the development of wood flour (WF)-filled polylactic acid (PLA) composite filaments for a fused deposition modeling (FDM) process with the aim of application to 3D printing.
Date: March 24, 2017
Creator: Tao, Yubo; Wang, Honglei; Li, Zelong; Li, Peng & Shi, Sheldon Q.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvement of Scratch and Wear Resistance of Polymers by Fillers Including Nanofillers (open access)

Improvement of Scratch and Wear Resistance of Polymers by Fillers Including Nanofillers

This article reviews approaches for improvement of tribological properties of polymers based on inclusion of fillers.
Date: March 16, 2017
Creator: Brostow, Witold, 1934-; Hagg Lobland, Haley E.; Hnatchuk, Nathalie & Pérez, José M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Novel Topology Link-Controlling Approach for Active Defense of Nodes in Networks (open access)

A Novel Topology Link-Controlling Approach for Active Defense of Nodes in Networks

This article proposes a novel topology link control technique and mitigation attacks in real-time environments.
Date: March 9, 2017
Creator: Li, Jun; Hu, HanPing; Ke, Qiao & Xiong, Naixue
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modeling immune response and its effect on infectious disease outbreak dynamics (open access)

Modeling immune response and its effect on infectious disease outbreak dynamics

This article presents a model that incorporates individuals' immune responses to further examine the role of the collective immune response of individuals in a population during an infectious outbreak.
Date: March 5, 2016
Creator: Reyes-Silveyra, Jorge & Mikler, Armin R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Highly Efficient Second Harmonic Generation in Hyperbolic Metamaterial Slot Waveguides With Large Phase Matching Tolerance (open access)

Highly Efficient Second Harmonic Generation in Hyperbolic Metamaterial Slot Waveguides With Large Phase Matching Tolerance

This article links the mature near-infrared devices to the mid-infrared regime and demonstrates great potential for integrated chip-scale all-optical signal processes.
Date: March 2, 2015
Creator: Sun, Yu; Zheng, Zheng; Cheng, Jiangtao; Sun, Guodong & Qiao, Guofu
System: The UNT Digital Library
Point-by-Point Compositional Analysis for Atom Probe Tomography (open access)

Point-by-Point Compositional Analysis for Atom Probe Tomography

This article demonstrates a new alternate approach to data processing for analyses that traditionally employed grid-based counting methods, as demonstrated using an atom-probe analysis of a Ni-based super-alloy.
Date: March 5, 2014
Creator: Stephenson, Leigh T.; Ceguerra, Anna V.; Li, Tong; Rojhirunsakool, Tanaporn; Nag, Soumya; Banerjee, Rajarshi et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of the RDP Classifier Accuracy Using 16S rRNA Gene Variable Regions (open access)

Evaluation of the RDP Classifier Accuracy Using 16S rRNA Gene Variable Regions

This article uses full-length 16S rRNA gene alignments from the SILVA database to simulate the PCR products of the combined variable regions.
Date: March 12, 2012
Creator: Vilo, Claudia A. & Dong, Qunfeng
System: The UNT Digital Library
Natural-Synthetic Hybrid Polymers Developed via Electrospinning: The Effect of PET in Chitosan/Starch System (open access)

Natural-Synthetic Hybrid Polymers Developed via Electrospinning: The Effect of PET in Chitosan/Starch System

Paper discusses the results of studying the structural and thermophysical properties of chitosan + starch + poly(ethylene terephthalate) (Ch + S + PET) fibers developed via electrospinning.
Date: March 16, 2011
Creator: Espíndola-González, Adolfo; Martinez-Hernandez, Ana Laura; Fernández-Escobar, Francisco; Castaño, Victor M.; Brostow, Witold, 1934-; Datashvili, Tea et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An investigation on the concrete properties containing colemanite (open access)

An investigation on the concrete properties containing colemanite

This article summarizes the results of an investigation on the effect of the colemanite on physical and mechanical properties of concrete using colemanite as replacement aggregate.
Date: March 31, 2010
Creator: Gencel, Osman; Brostow, Witold, 1934-; Ozel, Cengiz & Filiz, Mümin
System: The UNT Digital Library