Accessibility and Mechanical Stability of Nanoporous Zinc Oxide and Aluminum Oxide Coatings Synthesized via Infiltration of Polymer Templates (open access)

Accessibility and Mechanical Stability of Nanoporous Zinc Oxide and Aluminum Oxide Coatings Synthesized via Infiltration of Polymer Templates

Article describes how the conformal nanoporous inorganic coatings with accessible pores that are stable under applied thermal and mechanical stresses represent an important class of materials used in the design of sensors, optical coatings, and biomedical systems. Authors synthesize porous AlOx and ZnO coatings by the sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS) of two types of polymers that enable the design of porous conformal coatings.
Date: October 14, 2023
Creator: Omotosho, Khalil D.; Lyon, Zachary; Shevchenko, Elena V. & Berman, Diana
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accuracy-Constrained Efficiency Optimization and GPU Profiling of CNN Inference for Detecting Drainage Crossing Locations (open access)

Accuracy-Constrained Efficiency Optimization and GPU Profiling of CNN Inference for Detecting Drainage Crossing Locations

Article describes how the accurate and efficient determination of hydrologic connectivity has garnered significant attention from both academic and industrial sectors due to its critical implications for environment management. To address these challenges, the focus of the author's study is on detecting drainage crossings through the application of advanced convolutional neural networks.
Date: November 12, 2023
Creator: Zhang, Yicheng; Pandey, Dhroov; Wu, Di; Kundu, Turja; Li, Ruopu & Shu, Tong
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Air Mobility Operation and Infrastructure for Sustainable Connected eVTOL Vehicle (open access)

Advanced Air Mobility Operation and Infrastructure for Sustainable Connected eVTOL Vehicle

Article discusses how advanced air mobility (AAM) is an emerging sector in aviation aiming to offer secure, efficient, and eco-friendly transportation utilizing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. This paper introduces a novel concept addressing future flight challenges and proposes a framework for integrating operations, infrastructure, connectivity, and ecosystems in future air mobility.
Date: May 16, 2023
Creator: Al-Rubaye, Saba; Tsourdos, Antonios & Namuduri, Kamesh
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyzing influence of COVID-19 on crypto & financial markets and sentiment analysis using deep ensemble model (open access)

Analyzing influence of COVID-19 on crypto & financial markets and sentiment analysis using deep ensemble model

Article describes how COVID-19 affected the world's economy severely and increased the inflation rate in both developed and developing countries. This study performs an analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on public opinion and sentiments regarding the financial markets and crypto markets.
Date: September 28, 2023
Creator: Washington, Patrick Bernard; Gali, Pradeep; Rustam, Furqan & Ashraf, Imran
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anthropo-fidelic behavior of elastic-plastic lattice structures (open access)

Anthropo-fidelic behavior of elastic-plastic lattice structures

Article discusses how vat photopolymerization is used to construct triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS) to match human heel pad stiffness. This work substantiates the suitability of latticed models to reach the stiffness of the heel pad chambers.
Date: February 24, 2023
Creator: Haney, Christopher W. & Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael
System: The UNT Digital Library
Author Correction: MXene/graphene oxide nanocomposites for friction and wear reduction of rough steel surfaces (open access)

Author Correction: MXene/graphene oxide nanocomposites for friction and wear reduction of rough steel surfaces

Correction to the article points out an error in Figure 1e. The figure is corrected in this article.
Date: October 11, 2023
Creator: Macknojia, Ali Zayaan; Ayyagari, Aditya; Shevchenko, Elena V. & Berman, Diana
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boosting Piezoelectricity by 3D Printing PVDF-MoS2 Composite as a Conformal and High-Sensitivity Piezoelectric Sensor (open access)

Boosting Piezoelectricity by 3D Printing PVDF-MoS2 Composite as a Conformal and High-Sensitivity Piezoelectric Sensor

Article describes how additively manufactured flexible and high-performance piezoelectric devices are highly desirable for sensing and energy harvesting of 3D conformal structures. This study reports a significantly enhanced piezoelectricity in polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) achieved through the in situ dipole alignment of PVDF within PVDF-2D molybdenum disulfide composite by 3D printing.
Date: June 21, 2023
Creator: Islam, M.D, Nurul; Rupom, Rifat Hasan; Adhikari, Pashupati R.; Demchuk, Zoriana; Popov, Ivan; Sokolov, Alexei P. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Thermal Effectiveness and Crevice Corrosion Risk of Fin Geometry on All-Aluminum Microchannel Heat Exchangers (open access)

Comparison of Thermal Effectiveness and Crevice Corrosion Risk of Fin Geometry on All-Aluminum Microchannel Heat Exchangers

Article all-aluminum microchannel heat exchangers have recently gained popularity in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning industry. Despite their attractive thermal performance design, these heat exchangers make coils used in automotive, commercial, and residential applications prone to crevice corrosion. This study uses high-fidelity conjugate heat transfer simulations to model a micro channel heat exchanger system that includes fins and tubes with crossflow to compare their thermal effectiveness to gain insight into potential crevice corrosion of the MCHE alloy.
Date: June 12, 2023
Creator: Ahmed, Hossain; Nasrazadani, Seifollah & Sadat, Hamid
System: The UNT Digital Library
Construction and characterization of superhydrophobic wood coatings using one-step technique (open access)

Construction and characterization of superhydrophobic wood coatings using one-step technique

Article describes how this study was aiming at enhancing the stain resistance and durability of varnish on wood surfaces, a super hydrophobic solution was created by blending the synthetic ZIF-8/paraffin with Hexadecyltrimethoxysilane at a specified mass ratio. This superhydrophobic mixture was then directly applied onto the wood varnish coating using a one-step method.
Date: November 22, 2023
Creator: Cao, Shuai; Cheng, Shuai; Wang, Pengyu; Ge, Shengbo; Cai, Liping & Cai, Jiabin
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Review of Laser Shock Peening of Aircraft Engine Components (open access)

A Critical Review of Laser Shock Peening of Aircraft Engine Components

Article describes how many aviation accidents are caused by the failure of aircraft engine components, and engine blades are especially vulnerable to high-cycle fatigue fracture in severe working environments as well as to impact damage caused by foreign objects. This review provides an overview of the development of LSP for use in treating aircraft engine components over the past three decades, with a brief introduction to the development of high-energy pulsed lasers for LSP.
Date: May 3, 2023
Creator: Ye, Yixuan; Zhang, Yu; Huang, Tao; Zou, Shikun; Dong, Yalin; Ding, Han et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deformation behavior and strengthening effects of an eutectic AlCoCrFeNi2.1 high entropy alloy probed by in-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction and post-mortem EBSD (open access)

Deformation behavior and strengthening effects of an eutectic AlCoCrFeNi2.1 high entropy alloy probed by in-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction and post-mortem EBSD

Article describes how high energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction was used during tensile testing of an as-cast eutectic AlCoCrFeNi2.1 high entropy alloy. The authors determine for the first time the volume fractions of existing phases, and they further detail their role on the alloy deformation behavior.
Date: March 27, 2023
Creator: Shen, Jiajia; Lopes, J.G.; Zeng, Zhi; Choi, Yeon Taek; Maawad, E.; Schell, N. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Detergent-Based Decellularization for Anisotropic Cardiac-Specific Extracellular Matrix Scaffold Generation (open access)

Detergent-Based Decellularization for Anisotropic Cardiac-Specific Extracellular Matrix Scaffold Generation

Article describes how cell-derived extracellular matrix has become increasingly popular in tissue engineering applications due to its ability to provide tailored signals for desirable cellular responses. The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy of two detergent-based decellularization methods: a combination of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and sodium dodecyl sulfate and a combination of sodium deoxycholate and deoxyribonuclease.
Date: November 17, 2023
Creator: Chen, Te-An; Sharma, Dhavan; Jia, Wenkai; Ha, Donggi; Man, Kun; Zhang, Jianhua et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Feasibility of PROMIS using computerized adaptive testing during inpatient rehabilitation (open access)

Feasibility of PROMIS using computerized adaptive testing during inpatient rehabilitation

Article describes how there has been an increased significance on patient-reported outcomes in clinical settings. The authors aimed to evaluate the feasibility of administering patient-reported outcome measures by computerized adaptive testing (CAT) using a tablet computer with rehabilitation inpatients, assess workload demands on staff, and estimate the extent to which rehabilitation inpatients have elevated T-scores on six Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) measures.
Date: May 10, 2023
Creator: Rafiq, Riyad Bin; Yount, Susan; Jerousek, Sara; Roth, Elliot J.; Cella, David; Albert, Mark et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
FlexiChain 3.0: Distributed Ledger Technology-Based Intelligent Transportation for Vehicular Digital Asset Exchange in Smart Cities (open access)

FlexiChain 3.0: Distributed Ledger Technology-Based Intelligent Transportation for Vehicular Digital Asset Exchange in Smart Cities

Article describes how, due to the enormous amounts of data being generated between users, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are complex Cyber-Physical Systems that necessitate a reliable and safe infrastructure. In this work, the authors explore Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and collect data about consensus algorithms and their applicability to be used in the IoV as the backbone of ITS.
Date: April 19, 2023
Creator: Alkhodair, Ahmad; Mohanty, Saraju P. & Kougianos, Elias
System: The UNT Digital Library
FZ-GPU: A Fast and High-Ratio Lossy Compressor for Scientific Computing Applications on GPUs (open access)

FZ-GPU: A Fast and High-Ratio Lossy Compressor for Scientific Computing Applications on GPUs

Article describes how today's large-scale scientific applications running on high-performance computing (HPC) systems generate vast data volumes. Thus, data compression is becoming a critical technique to mitigate the storage burden and data-movement cost. In this paper, the authors develop a fast and high- ratio error-bounded lossy compressor on GPUs for scientific data (called FZ-GPU).
Date: August 7, 2023
Creator: Zhang, Bouyan; Tian, Jiannan; Di, Sheng; Yu, Xiaodong; Feng, Yunhe; Liang, Xin et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Harnessing nanofiber alignment and pore size to promote stem cell self-renewal and differentiation (open access)

Harnessing nanofiber alignment and pore size to promote stem cell self-renewal and differentiation

Article describes how stem cell therapy holds immense potential for regenerative medicine, but its applications are limited due to the loss of pluripotency during in vitro expansion. This study reveals that the arrangement of electrospun fibers aligns with the distribution and strength of the electric field through both experimentation and simulation.
Date: July 25, 2023
Creator: Wei, Qiang; Blake, Laurence; Liu, Jiafeng; Man, Kun; Liang, Cindy; Teoh, Alexandra et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
High-Fidelity Conjugate Heat Transfer Simulation of Micro-Channel Heat Exchanger (open access)

High-Fidelity Conjugate Heat Transfer Simulation of Micro-Channel Heat Exchanger

Article describes how high-fidelity conjugate heat transfer simulations are used to model a micro-channel heat exchanger (MCHE) in a crossflow to study its thermal-hydraulic performance. Three different microchannel geometries, namely circular, triangular, and square with louver-shaped fins, are considered.
Date: July 1, 2023
Creator: Ahmed, Hossain; Sadat, Hamid & Nasrazadani, Seifollah
System: The UNT Digital Library
High-Throughput Investigation of Multiscale Deformation Mechanism in Additively Manufactured Ni Superalloy (open access)

High-Throughput Investigation of Multiscale Deformation Mechanism in Additively Manufactured Ni Superalloy

Article discusses how, in this paper, Inconel 718 (IN718) superalloy was processed by laser powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing (L-PBFAM), followed by heat treatment. Evidence of extensive deformation of twin networks and dislocation cells was revealed by transmission electron microscopy of the deformed region under the nanoindentation tip.
Date: February 17, 2023
Creator: Dhal, Abhijeet; Agrawal, Priyanka; Haridas, Ravi Sankar; Gaddam, Supreeth; Sharma, Aishani; Parganitha, Digvijay et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Highly Pseudocapacitive Storage Design Principles of Heteroatom-Doped Graphene anode in Calcium-Ion Batteries (open access)

Highly Pseudocapacitive Storage Design Principles of Heteroatom-Doped Graphene anode in Calcium-Ion Batteries

Article describes how pseudocapacitive storage of multivalent ions, especially Ca2+, in heteroatom-doped carbon nanomaterials is promising to achieve both high energy and power densities, but there is the lack of pseudocapacitive theories that enable rational design of the materials for calcium-ion batteries.
Date: August 22, 2023
Creator: Gao, Yong; Li, Zhenglong; Weng, Pan; Cui, Wengang; Wang, Xiaowei; Yang, Yaxiong et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ideal plasticity and shape memory of nanolamellar high-entropy alloys (open access)

Ideal plasticity and shape memory of nanolamellar high-entropy alloys

Article describes how understanding the relationship among elemental compositions, nanolamellar microstructures, and mechanical properties enables the rational design of high-entropy alloys (HEAs). In this article the authors construct nanolamellar Alx-CoCuFeNi HEAs with alternating high- and low-Al concentration layers and explore their mechanical properties using a combination of molecular dynamic simulation and density functional theory calculation.
Date: October 13, 2023
Creator: Chen, Shuai; Liu, Ping; Pei, Qingxiang; Yu, Zhi Gen; Aitken, Zachary H.; Li, Wanghui et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Interface Strengthening of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes/Polylactic Acid Composites via the In-Loop Hybrid Manufacturing Method (open access)

The Interface Strengthening of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes/Polylactic Acid Composites via the In-Loop Hybrid Manufacturing Method

Article describes how in this study, a new in-loop hybrid manufacturing method is proposed for fabricating multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNTs)/polylactic acid (PLA) composites. Molecular dynamics simulations were conducted in conjunction with experiments to reveal the mechanism of the proposed method for improving the interfacial performance of MWCNTs/PLA.
Date: November 16, 2023
Creator: Li, Hongbin; Jiang, Zhuang; Li, Zhihua; Peng, Yubao; Zhang, Qiushuang & Xiao, Xinyi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation on drying kinetics analysis of gooseberry slices dried under open sun (open access)

Investigation on drying kinetics analysis of gooseberry slices dried under open sun

Article describes an experimental analysis of the drying behavior of gooseberry slices dried in the open sun. The authors used the hot air dryer method, and found that the moisture content of gooseberry slices in their initial condition was estimated to be 87.81% wet-basis.
Date: October 20, 2023
Creator: Patel, Vijay; Judal, K. B.; Panchal, Hitesh; Singh, Bharat; Jomde, Amit; Kumar, Abhinav et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Laser powder bed fusion processing of a precipitation strengthenable FCC based high entropy alloy (open access)

Laser powder bed fusion processing of a precipitation strengthenable FCC based high entropy alloy

Article describes how, while additive manufacturing (AM) of single-phase solid solution based high entropy alloys (HEAs) has attracted a lot of recent attention, such processing of precipitation strengthenable multi-phase HEAs has not been actively investigated. This becomes important since AM processing results in each layer experiencing rapid solidification followed by multiple heating-cooling cycles, mimicking in situ heat treatments, potentially influencing the phase evolution.
Date: March 21, 2023
Creator: Chesetti, Advika; Banerjee, Sucharita; Dasari, Sriswaroop; Varahabhatla, S.M.; Sharma, Abhishek; Mantri, Srinivas Aditya et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library