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Three-Dimensional Printed, Dual-Band, Dual-Circularly Polarized Antenna Array Using Gap Waveguide Technology (open access)

Three-Dimensional Printed, Dual-Band, Dual-Circularly Polarized Antenna Array Using Gap Waveguide Technology

Article proposes a gap waveguide (GW)-based 4 × 4 dual-band, dual-circularly polarized antenna array. The combination of dual-band, dual-circularly polarized capability, high gain, high efficiency, lightweight, low cost and compact size renders the proposed design a potential candidate for commercial millimeter wave communication applications.
Date: October 22, 2022
Creator: Wu, Sifan; Li, Jianxing; Cao, Yuanxi; Yan, Sen; Xu, Kaida & Luyen, Hung
System: The UNT Digital Library
G-DaM: A Distributed Data Storage with Blockchain Framework for Management of Groundwater Quality Data (open access)

G-DaM: A Distributed Data Storage with Blockchain Framework for Management of Groundwater Quality Data

Authors discuss their use of a distributed and decentralized architecture to store the statistics, perform double hashing, and implement access control through smart contracts to forecast groundwater availability. Their work demonstrates a modern and innovative approach combining Distributed Data Storage and Blockchain technologies to overcome traditional data sharing, and centralized storage, while addressing blockchain limitations.
Date: November 11, 2022
Creator: Vangipuram, Sukrutha L. T.; Mohanty, Saraju P.; Kougianos, Elias & Ray, Chittaranjan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermo/hydration responsive shape memory polymers with enhanced hydrophilicity for biomedical applications (open access)

Thermo/hydration responsive shape memory polymers with enhanced hydrophilicity for biomedical applications

Article states that thiol-ene/acrylate shape memory polymers (SMPs) have sufficient stiffness for facile insertion and precision placement and soften after exposure to physiological conditions to reduce the mechanical mismatch with body tissue; as a result, they have demonstrated excellent potential as substrates for various flexible bioelectronic devices, such as cochlear implants, nerve cuffs, cortical probes, plexus blankets, and spinal cord stimulators. Here, the authors report a new strategy for designing SMPs with enhanced shape recovery properties and lower moduli than previously reported SMPs under physiological conditions without sacrificing stiffness at room temperature by introducing a hydrophilic monomer.
Date: December 5, 2022
Creator: Suzuki, Yuta; Hu, Qichan; Batchelor, Benjamin; Voit, Walter & Ecker, Melanie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Predicting initial dissolution rates using structural featuresfrom molecular dynamics simulations (open access)

Predicting initial dissolution rates using structural featuresfrom molecular dynamics simulations

Article states that predicting the chemical durability of glass materials is important for various applications from daily life such as cell phone screens and kitchenware to advanced technologies such as nuclear waste disposal and biomedicine. In this work, we explored the prediction of the initial glass dissolution rates using structural features from molecular dynamics (MD) simulations for a series of glass compositions (total 28), including ZrO2- and V2O5-containing boroaluminosilicate, borosilicate, and aluminosilicate glasses.
Date: October 17, 2022
Creator: Lu, Xiaonan; Deng, Lu; Gin, Stéphane; Parruzot, Benjamin; Reiser, Joelle T.; Ryan, Joseph V. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inkjet-printed graphene’s electrical response to external gas flow for sensing applications (open access)

Inkjet-printed graphene’s electrical response to external gas flow for sensing applications

Article discusses how understanding gas flow behavior is crucial in the ability of materials to sense toxic gasses for environmental, industrial, safety, agriculture, and related applications. In their study, the authors measure the electrical transport characteristics of ink jet printed graphene to incoming gas flow, specifically to N2 and CO2. This work serves as a prototypical platform to study the device characteristics of solution processed graphene and other 2D materials for more exotic gases in the future for gas sensing applications.
Date: October 3, 2022
Creator: Mather, Thomas; Mehta, Ravindra K. & Kaul, Anupama
System: The UNT Digital Library
Optical Property and Stability Study of CH₃(CH₂)₃NH₃)₂(CH₃NH₃)₃Pb₄I₁₃ Ruddlesden Popper 2D Perovskites for Photoabsorbers and Solar Cells and Comparison with 3D MAPbI₃ (open access)

Optical Property and Stability Study of CH₃(CH₂)₃NH₃)₂(CH₃NH₃)₃Pb₄I₁₃ Ruddlesden Popper 2D Perovskites for Photoabsorbers and Solar Cells and Comparison with 3D MAPbI₃

Article discussing two-dimensional organic halide layered perovskites in the Ruddlesden Popper structure (CH3(CH2)3NH3)2(CH3NH3)n􀀀1PbnI3n+1) layered perovskites in the Ruddlesden Popper structure, represented as BA2MA3Pb4I13 for the n = 4 formulation, for both photoabsorbers in a two-terminal architecture and solar cells. A comparative study of the 3DP and 2DP film stability was also conducted.
Date: September 20, 2022
Creator: Kranthiraja, Kakarapathi; Aryal, Sujan; Temsal, Mahdi; Sharma, Mohin & Kaul, Anupama
System: The UNT Digital Library
Photoexcitation of C₆₀-WSe₂ hybrids for optical sensing (open access)

Photoexcitation of C₆₀-WSe₂ hybrids for optical sensing

Article discusses a study on synthesizing 0D-2D vdW heterostructure by spin coating C60 molecules on halide-assisted-low-pressure chemical-vapor-deposition (HA-LPCVD) produced monolayer WSe2 flakes. The study reveals that WSe2-C60 hybrid system is an appealing choice for next generation optical sensing devices.
Date: October 3, 2022
Creator: Jayanand, Kishan; Bastos, Silvino P. & Kaul, Anupama
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stability and degradation in triple cation and methyl ammonium lead iodide perovskite solar cells mediated via Au and Ag electrodes (open access)

Stability and degradation in triple cation and methyl ammonium lead iodide perovskite solar cells mediated via Au and Ag electrodes

Article focuses on the fact that there are no clear mechanisms for the interaction of electrode-induced absorber degradation pathways. Furthermore, the authors hypothesize that the formation of AgI in the PSCs, leads to corrosion of the perovskite absorber, as opposed to the benign AuI when Au electrodes are used in the solar cell stack.
Date: November 3, 2022
Creator: Kranthiraja, Kakaraparthi; Parashar, Mritunjaya; Mehta, Ravindra K.; Aryal, Sujan; Temsal, Mahdi & Kaul, Anupama
System: The UNT Digital Library
Light-matter Interactions in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and Organohalide Perovskites for Photoabsorbers and Solar Cells (open access)

Light-matter Interactions in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and Organohalide Perovskites for Photoabsorbers and Solar Cells

Article discusses findings on two distinct classes of van der Waals solids, that based on in-organic transition metal dichalcogenides and the other based on a hybrid mixed organic-inorganic composition of 2D perovskites, specifically organo-halides (CH3(CH2)3NH3)2(CH3NH3)n-1PbnI3n+1.
Date: October 3, 2022
Creator: Kaul, Anupama
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scalable, top-down optical lithography for electrically contacting monolayer crystallites of vapor grown WSe2 for gas sensing applications (open access)

Scalable, top-down optical lithography for electrically contacting monolayer crystallites of vapor grown WSe2 for gas sensing applications

Article discusses how semiconducting two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have garnered a great deal of interest owing to their large surface-to-volume ratios compared to traditional three-dimensional (3D) semiconductors, and focuses on a specific TMD; tungsten diselenide (WSe₂). In their study, the authors demonstrate the halide-assisted low-pressure chemical vapor deposition (HA-LPCVD) of high crystalline-quality, monolayer WSe₂.
Date: October 3, 2022
Creator: Ademaj, Ideal; Mather, Thomas; Jayanand, Kishan & Kaul, Anupama
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electroencephalogram Signals for Detecting Confused Students in Online Education Platforms with Probability-Based Features (open access)

Electroencephalogram Signals for Detecting Confused Students in Online Education Platforms with Probability-Based Features

Article discusses how despite the advantages of online education, it lacks face-to-face settings, which makes it very difficult to analyze the students’ level of interaction, understanding, and confusion. This study proposes a novel engineering approach that uses probability-based features (PBF) for increasing the efficacy of machine learning models.
Date: September 9, 2022
Creator: Daghriri, Talal; Rustam, Furqan; Aljedaani, Wajdi; Bashiri, Abdullateef H. & Ashraf, Imran
System: The UNT Digital Library
A consensus statement on detection of hippocampal sharp wave ripples and differentiation from other fast oscillations (open access)

A consensus statement on detection of hippocampal sharp wave ripples and differentiation from other fast oscillations

Article suggests that common standards for recording, detection, and reporting for intracranial recordings in humans that suggest their role in episodic and semantic memory does not exist. Authors of the article outline the methodological challenges involved in detecting ripple events and offer practical recommendations to improve separation from other high-frequency oscillations, and argue that shared experimental, detection, and reporting standards will provide a solid foundation for future translational discovery.
Date: October 12, 2022
Creator: Liu, Anli A.; Henin, Simon; Abbaspoor, Saman; Bragin, Anatol; Buffalo, Elizabeth A.; Farrell, Jordan S. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gas tungsten arc welding of as-cast AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high entropy alloy (open access)

Gas tungsten arc welding of as-cast AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high entropy alloy

Article states that the AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high entropy alloy is of great interest due to its unique mechanical properties combining both high strength and plasticity. This work establishes the potential for using arc-based welding for joining eutectic high entropy alloys.
Date: October 5, 2022
Creator: Shen, Jiajia; Agrawal, Priyanka; Rodrigues, Tiago A.; Lopes, J.G.; Schell, N.; Zeng, Zhi et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
PharmaChain: A blockchain to ensure counterfeit‐free pharmaceutical supply chain (open access)

PharmaChain: A blockchain to ensure counterfeit‐free pharmaceutical supply chain

Article discusses how globalisation has facilitated different industries to eliminate geographical boundaries and equipped organisations to work collectively to produce goods. The authors of the article propose a novel Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) based transparent supply chain for PSC and proof-of-concept is implemented to analyse the scalability and efficiency of the proposed architecture.
Date: July 5, 2022
Creator: Bapatla, Anand K.; Mohanty, Saraju P.; Kougianos, Elias; Putha, Deepak & Bapatla, Anusha
System: The UNT Digital Library
Highly complex magnetic behavior resulting from hierarchical phase separation in AlCo(Cr)FeNi high-entropy alloys (open access)

Highly complex magnetic behavior resulting from hierarchical phase separation in AlCo(Cr)FeNi high-entropy alloys

Article presents for the first time the influence of a hierarchically decomposed B2 + A2 structure in an AlCo0.5Cr0.5FeNi HEA on the formation of magnetic vortex states within individual A2 (disordered BCC) precipitates, which are distributed in an ordered B2 matrix that is weakly ferromagnetic.
Date: March 10, 2022
Creator: Lan, Qianqian; Kovács, András; Caron, Jan; Du, Hongchu; Song, Dongsheng; Dasari, Sriswaroop et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Friction stir-based additive manufacturing (open access)

Friction stir-based additive manufacturing

This article is a review of friction stir additive manufacturing (FSAM) and additive friction stir deposition (AFSD) and provides a systems approach framework and a conceptual process model to guide researchers.
Date: January 18, 2022
Creator: Mishra, Rajiv; Haridas, Ravi Sankar & Agrawal, Priyanshi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Autoencoder Composite Scoring to Evaluate Prosthetic Performance in Individuals with Lower Limb Amputation (open access)

Autoencoder Composite Scoring to Evaluate Prosthetic Performance in Individuals with Lower Limb Amputation

Authors of the article created an overall assessment metric using a deep learning autoencoder to directly compare clinical outcomes in a comparison of lower limb amputees using two different prosthetic devices—a mechanical knee and a microprocessor-controlled knee. The proposed methods were used on data collected from ten participants with a dysvascular transfemoral amputation recruited for a prosthetics research study.
Date: October 18, 2022
Creator: Tabashum, Thasina; Xiao, Ting; Jayaraman, Chandrasekaran; Mummidisetty, Chaithanya K.; Jayaraman, Arun & Albert, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
OptiFit: Computer-Vision-Based Smartphone Application to Measure the Foot from Images and 3D Scans (open access)

OptiFit: Computer-Vision-Based Smartphone Application to Measure the Foot from Images and 3D Scans

Article asserts that the foot is a vital organ, as it stabilizes the impact forces between the human skeletal system and the ground. The authors present an instep girth measurement algorithm, and they used a pixel per metric algorithm for measurement; these algorithms were accordingly integrated with the application.
Date: December 6, 2022
Creator: Rafiq, Riyad Bin; Hoque, Kazi Miftahul; Kabir, Muhammad Ashad; Ahmed, Sayed & Laird, Craig
System: The UNT Digital Library
An approach for reliably identifying high-frequency oscillations and reducing false-positive detections (open access)

An approach for reliably identifying high-frequency oscillations and reducing false-positive detections

Article states that high-frequency oscillation (HFO), classified as ripples (80-240 Hz) and fast ripples (240-500 Hz), is regarded as a promising biomarker of epilepsy. The authors presented an integrated, multi-layered procedure capable of automatically rejecting HFOs from a variety of common false positives, such as motion, background signals, and sharp transients.
Date: September 2, 2022
Creator: Zhou, Yufeng; You, Jing; Kumar, Udaya; Weiss, Shennan A.; Bragin, Anatol; Engel Jr., Jerome et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of pressure quenching on the structures and properties of borosilicate glasses: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations (open access)

Effect of pressure quenching on the structures and properties of borosilicate glasses: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations

Article describes how processes including hot compression, cold compression and subsequent annealing on the structures and properties are investigated and compared. They found that applying pressure up to 10 GPa at the glass transition temperature led to permanent densifications and a dramatic increase of elastic moduli by 90%, while thermal annealing reversed the increase and applying pressure at ambient temperature did not increase the modulus.
Date: August 23, 2022
Creator: Ren, Mengguo & Du, Jincheng
System: The UNT Digital Library
Blood cancer prediction using leukemia microarray gene data and hybrid logistic vector trees model (open access)

Blood cancer prediction using leukemia microarray gene data and hybrid logistic vector trees model

Article is a study proposing an approach for blood cancer disease prediction using the supervised machine learning approach to perform blood cancer prediction with high accuracy using microarray gene data.
Date: January 19, 2022
Creator: Rupapara, Vaibhav; Rustam, Furqan; Aljedaani, Wajdi; Shahzad, Hina Fatima; Lee, Ernesto & Ashraf, Imran
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unravelling the Influence of Surface Modification on the Ultimate Performance of Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composites (open access)

Unravelling the Influence of Surface Modification on the Ultimate Performance of Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composites

Article asserts that the overall performance of polymer composites depends on not only the intrinsic properties of the polymer matrix and inorganic filler but also the quality of interfacial adhesion. The authors report carbon fiber (CF)/epoxy composites with improved interfacial adhesion by covalent bonding between CFs and the epoxy matrix, which leads to the improved ultimate mechanical properties and enhanced thermal aging performance.
Date: September 28, 2022
Creator: Demchuk, Zoriana; Zhu, Jiadeng; Li, Bingrui; Zhao, Xiao; Islam, Nurul Md.; Bocharova, Vera et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vibrations Evaluation of Functionally Graded Porous Beams in Thermal Surroundings by Generalized Differential Quadrature Method (open access)

Vibrations Evaluation of Functionally Graded Porous Beams in Thermal Surroundings by Generalized Differential Quadrature Method

Article is a study investigating how to obtain the natural frequency of functionally graded porous beams simply supported on an elastic substrate in thermal surroundings by the theory of third-order shear deformation. This article is part of the special issue titled Dynamic Analysis and Vibration Control of Mechanical Structures Coupled with Rotational Systems.
Date: December 31, 2021
Creator: Khakpour, Mahdi; Bazargan-Lari, Yousef; Zahedinejad, Parham & Kazemzadeh-Parsi, Mohammad-Javad
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computing microRNA-gene interaction networks in pan-cancer using miRDriver (open access)

Computing microRNA-gene interaction networks in pan-cancer using miRDriver

This article is a study where the authors integrated the multi-omics datasets such as copy number aberration, DNA methylation, gene and microRNA expression to identify the signature microRNA-gene associations from frequently aberrated DNA regions across pan-cancer utilizing a LASSO-based regression approach.
Date: March 8, 2022
Creator: Bose, Banabithi; Moravec, Matthew & Bozdag, Serdar
System: The UNT Digital Library