Article
Engineering, Environmental
Gaohong Wu, Mingjun Chen, Wenrong Lv, Xiaoxu Wang, Wenming Zhang, Zhanyu Li
Summary: Organic electrode materials, known for their safety, environmental friendliness, and lower cost, have been used in aluminum-ion batteries (AIBs). However, the performance of AIBs using organics as cathode materials still lags behind inorganics, particularly in terms of battery capacity and voltage. Through experiments and theoretical calculations, BDTO was identified as the best performing cathode material among six organic compounds, with a high specific capacity of 236.8 mAh g-1 and 500 stable cycles. Additionally, the study confirmed the influence of ring structure and molecular structure on the properties of organic cathodes, providing valuable insights for the selection and design of rational organic cathode materials.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Haotian Shi, Mingyong Wang, Aijing Lv, Jiguo Tu, Shuqiang Jiao
Summary: In this work, novel dual-electron-withdrawing group organic molecules are proposed as positive electrode materials of Al batteries. By introducing electron-withdrawing chloride groups and decreasing the benzene ring number, discharge voltage and conductivity of organic molecules are effectively enhanced. However, the solubility in the ionic liquid electrolyte increases, leading to poor cycling stability. The charge/discharge mechanism is independent of the molecule structure and heterogeneous chloride groups. The obtained 2Cl-NQ exhibits high energy density and stable discharge voltage.
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Biology
Joerg Encke, Mathias Dietz
Summary: A new sound localization model based on encoding temporal fluctuations within two hemispheric channels is capable of explaining a wide range of psychoacoustic experiments. The model suggests that binaural unmasking is achieved through the encoding of interaural differences in neuronal activity. By applying the model to numerous experiments, it successfully accounts for the majority of variance. This research is an important step towards a unified understanding of binaural unmasking and the encoding of interaural differences.
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Organic
Hugo Amistadi-Revol, Shanshan Liu, Sebastien Prevost
Summary: To functionalize C-H bonds of complex molecules and control the regioselectivity, various directing groups have been used. However, the installation and removal of these directing groups may limit the use of C-H activation in synthesis. A transient directing group strategy has emerged, utilizing an amine additive to achieve in situ formation of the directing group. This review presents the latest developments in this field from 2020 to 2023.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Chunya Yin, Fengting Li
Summary: This paper investigates transient overvoltage issues caused by commutation failure (CF) in LCC-HVDC systems, and proposes constant reactive power control (CRPC) to suppress transient overvoltage. By controlling the reactive power consumed by the rectifier, the exchange of reactive power can be reduced, thus inhibiting transient overvoltage occurrences.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS
(2021)
Editorial Material
Automation & Control Systems
Qing-Guo Wang
Summary: Control systems are found in various applications like chemical plants, energy systems, manufacturing, homes and buildings, automobiles and trains, medical devices, cellular telephones, internet, aircraft and spacecraft. Recent advancements in these fields have introduced unprecedentedly large and complex systems such as cyber-physical and human systems, making control tasks more challenging than before. The focus of technical competition has shifted towards high performance, as high performance products rely on high performance control.
IEEE-CAA JOURNAL OF AUTOMATICA SINICA
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Shaojie Liu, Shiying Yang, Xiaojuan Bao, Yang Li, Manqian Wang, Dongye Zhao
Summary: In this study, the problem of the explosive release of electrons and rapid deactivation of zero-valent aluminum (ZVAl) in normal water conditions was successfully addressed by modifying commercial ZVAl microparticles with a carbon layer. The modified material, Al@Alg-C600, showed the ability to remove a variety of organic and inorganic pollutants under a wide range of conditions, and it could be reused and reactivated. The unique carbon-wrapped clustered ZVAl structure of this material has great application potential.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Chen Qi, Keyou Wang, Qing-Chang Zhong, Jin Xu, Guojie Li
Summary: This work investigates the transient angle stability of inverters equipped with the robust droop controller. The conditions on the control references to ensure the existence of a feasible post-disturbance operating point are derived. The post-disturbance equilibrium points are found and their stability properties are characterized. Furthermore, the stable and unstable manifolds of the surrounding unstable equilibrium points are calculated to accurately depict the attraction regions of the stable equilibrium points, offering an explanation to system transient stability. Finally, transient control considerations are provided to assist the inverter in riding through disturbances and maintaining its stability characteristics. It is demonstrated that transient angle stability is not a serious problem for droop controlled inverters with proper control settings.
CSEE JOURNAL OF POWER AND ENERGY SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Acoustics
Thibault Vicente, Jorg M. Buchholz, Mathieu Lavandier
Summary: This study found that normal-hearing listeners benefited more from binaural unmasking compared to those with mild hearing impairment. The binaural intelligibility model was used to accurately predict data under certain noise levels.
JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Caiwei Wang, Dongjie Yang, Wenli Zhang, Yanlin Qin, Si Huang, Weifeng Liu, Xueqing Qiu, Conghua Yi
Summary: Lignin-derived carbon monoliths with active carbonyl groups and enlarged interlayer spacing were successfully prepared through oxalate pyrolysis and explosion strategy. These carbon monoliths exhibit high lithium storage capacity, superior rate capability, and cycling performance, making them promising candidates for future lithium-based energy storage.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
F. Hoelzel, D. Rolon, J. Bauer, J. Kober, S. Kuehne, F. Pietag, D. Oberschmidt, T. Arnold
Summary: Investigated the reactive ion beam finishing process of rapidly solidified aluminum (RSA) 501 using CF4 and N2 gasses to improve the surface roughness for UV optics. Found that surface modification can prevent grain orientation-dependent etching and adjusting ion incidence angle can reduce the protrusion of precipitates after UP-machining. Achieved a surface roughness value of Sq = 0.9 nm +/- 0.1 nm in the micro-roughness range using collimated ion beams with CF4 process gas at 40 degrees and 80 degrees angle of incidence.
SURFACES AND INTERFACES
(2023)
Article
Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
S. N. Lekakh, C. Johnson, L. Godlewski, Mei Li
Summary: This study investigates the effect of aluminum alloying on the static and transient thermomechanical behavior of SiMo ductile iron. Experimental methods were used to evaluate the high-temperature capability of different alloys. The results show that aluminum alloying improves the dimensional stability and oxidation protection of the material. The optimal level of aluminum alloying depends on the thermomechanical conditions of application.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF METALCASTING
(2023)
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Cong Luo, Yandong Chen, Yuancan Xu, Zili Wang, Shuhan Liao, Zhiwei Xie, Qianyuan Li
Summary: In this article, a two-stage transient control method is proposed for virtual synchronous generator, which utilizes virtual impedance and switching PI control to address the issues of transient angle instability and fault overcurrent simultaneously. The proposed control guarantees fault current limitation and transient angle stability, and improves transient performance.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Thibaud Hatt, Tobias Morawietz, Jonas Bartsch, Leonard Tutsch, Markus Glatthaar
Summary: This study investigates the factors influencing the masking quality for selective electroplating and analyzes some defects through atomic force microscopy and focused ion beam/scanning electron microscopy. It is found that adsorbing a self-assembled monolayer can improve the quality of the AlOx insulation layer, and the mask quality and complete metallization sequence are demonstrated on industrial solar cell precursors.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Siquan Feng, Xiangsong Lin, Xiangen Song, Bingbao Mei, Jiali Mu, Jingwei Li, Yang Liu, Zheng Jiang, Yunjie Ding
Summary: Heterogeneous single-metal-site catalyst Rh-1/AC exhibits superior catalytic activity and lower activation energy compared to homogeneous catalyst, achieved through atomic dispersion and electronic interaction.
Article
Oncology
Tamer E. Fandy, Inas Abdallah, Maan Khayat, David A. Colby, Hazem E. Hassan
CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY AND PHARMACOLOGY
(2016)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Katie M. Brown, Kuldeep K. Roy, Gregory H. Hockerman, Robert J. Doerksen, David A. Colby
JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2015)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Dilini C. Gunasekara, Mary M. Zheng, Tara Mojtahed, James R. Woods, Tamer E. Fandy, Mark V. Riofski, Carlotta A. Glackin, Hazem E. Hassan, Julia Kirshner, David A. Colby
Article
Nursing
Janet Thorlton, Azza Ahmed, David A. Colby
MCN-THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING
(2016)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Robert A. Hazlitt, Jinu P. John, Que-Lynn Tran, David A. Colby
TETRAHEDRON LETTERS
(2016)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Robert A. Hazlitt, Que-Lynn Tran, Munia F. Sowaileh, David A. Colby
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2017)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Munia F. Sowaileh, Changho Han, Robert A. Hazlitt, Eun Hoo Kim, Jinu P. John, David A. Colby
TETRAHEDRON LETTERS
(2017)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Alex L. Nguyen, Hari R. Khatri, James R. Woods, Cassidy S. Baldwin, Frank R. Fronczek, David A. Colby
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2018)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Hari R. Khatri, Changho Han, Erica Luong, Xiaoliang Pan, Amna T. Adam, Maali D. Alshammari, Yihan Shao, David A. Colby
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2019)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Amna T. Adam, Frank R. Fronczek, David A. Colby
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Maali D. Alshammari, Pavel V. Kucheryavy, Nicole M. Ashpole, David A. Colby
Summary: The synthesis of flavones with fluorine substitutions has been reported, and their biological evaluation showed enhanced antioxidant activity and conserved neuroprotective activity compared to their non-fluorinated counterparts. Additionally, 3-fluoro-3',4',5'-trihydroxyflavone can serve as an NMR probe to detect structural changes during its action as a radical scavenger.
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Munia F. Sowaileh, Maali D. Alshammari, David A. Colby
Summary: This study demonstrates the use of difluoroenolates to synthesize difluorinated bromohydrins and chlorohydrins from alpha-haloketones under mild conditions without any cyclization or rearrangement.
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Reem A. Alkhodier, Sushil K. Mishra, Robert J. Doerksen, David A. Colby
Summary: Glycosylated natural products display biological activity but are deglycosylated by metabolic processes. CF2-derivatives of natural products are challenging to synthesize. Difluorinated molecules have unique conformational behavior due to changes in the glycosidic linkage. The site of glycosylation and substitution pattern on the flavonoid determine the conformational properties. Docking study showed potential for flavonoid-CF2-glycosides to retain a similar binding pose as the parent O-glycoside.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION AND MODELING
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Hari R. Khatri, Changho Han, Reem A. Alkhodier, Amna T. Adam, Baharul Islam, David A. Colby
Summary: A method for in situ production of formaldehyde and its application in reactions with specific substances are reported in this study. Mechanistic and computational studies have also characterized the formation of difluorinated organic molecules.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Medicinal
Munia F. Sowaileh, Robert A. Hazlitt, David A. Colby
