Fiberboard Made from Scrap Denim: Characterization of its Properties by Effective Bulk Modulus Elastography (open access)

Fiberboard Made from Scrap Denim: Characterization of its Properties by Effective Bulk Modulus Elastography

Article describes how fiberboards from scrap denim were fabricated using two different resins, melamine urea formaldehyde (MUF) and polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (pMDI). Resin content and MUF-pMDI weight ratio were studied. Physical and mechanical tests determined the modulus of elasticity (MOE), modulus of rupture (MOR), internal bond (IB), thickness swell (TS), and water absorption (WA).
Date: March 20, 2023
Creator: Shi, Sheldon; Cui, Zhiying; Jin, Yuqi; Smith, Lee M.; Wu, H. Felix & Neogi, Arup
System: The UNT Digital Library
Infrared radiative switching with thermally and electrically tunable transition metal oxides-based plasmonic grating (open access)

Infrared radiative switching with thermally and electrically tunable transition metal oxides-based plasmonic grating

Article says that plasmonic and phase transition has been blended to gain the infrared radiative switching which is tunable with temperature or voltage supply. This is applied via vanadium dioxide, tungsten trioxide, and molybdenum trioxide as transition metal oxides (TMO), the authors state that the work expands the usage of transition metal oxides in infrared region with larger contrast.
Date: March 6, 2022
Creator: Araki, Ken & Zhang, Richard Z.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pb(ii) adsorption from aqueous solution by an aluminum-based metal organic framework–graphene oxide nanocomposite (open access)

Pb(ii) adsorption from aqueous solution by an aluminum-based metal organic framework–graphene oxide nanocomposite

This article is motivated by the promise of emerging nanocomposites and reports for the first time the adsorption performance of an aluminum-based MOF (MIL-53(Al)) and GO nanocomposite for Pb(II) removal from aqueous solutions.
Date: March 22, 2021
Creator: Chowdhury, Tonoy; Zhang, Lei; Zhang, Junqing & Aggarwal, Srijan
System: The UNT Digital Library
A review on the modeling and validation of biomass pyrolysis with a focus on product yield and composition (open access)

A review on the modeling and validation of biomass pyrolysis with a focus on product yield and composition

Article reviewing the modeling and verification of products derived from biomass pyrolysis and discussing the possible solutions towards more accurate modeling of biomass pyrolysis.
Date: March 1, 2021
Creator: Xia, Changlei; Cai, Liping; Zhang, Haifeng; Zuo, Lei; Shi, Sheldon & Lam, Su Shiung
System: The UNT Digital Library
A self-powered wireless motion sensor based on a high-surface area reverse electrowetting-on-dielectric energy harvester (open access)

A self-powered wireless motion sensor based on a high-surface area reverse electrowetting-on-dielectric energy harvester

Article presents a motion-sensing device with the capability of harvesting energy from low-frequency motion activities. Based on the high surface area reverse electrowetting-on-dielectric (REWOD) energy harvesting technique, mechanical modulation of the liquid generates an AC signal, which is modeled analytically and implemented in Matlab and COMSOL.
Date: March 8, 2022
Creator: Tasneem, Nishat Tarannum; Biswas, Dipon K.; Adhikari, Pashupati R.; Gunti, Avinash; Patwary, Adnan B.; Reid, Russell C. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library