Engineering

19 open-access papers in Engineering, free to watch.

Tailoring On-Surface Molecular Reactions and Assembly through Hydrogen-Modified Synthesis: From Triarylamine Monomer to 2D Covalent Organic Framework

Tailoring On-Surface Molecular Reactions and Assembly through Hydrogen-Modified Synthesis: From Triarylamine Monomer to 2D Covalent Organic Framework

Zachery A. Enderson, Harshavardhan Murali, Raghunath R. Dasari, Qingqing Dai, Hong Li, Timothy C. Parker, Jean‐Luc Brédas, Seth R. Marder, Phillip N. First

A trace of hydrogen can decide whether a molecular layer grows into a large, connected network, or stops as separate pieces. Stranger still, the same effect can be used to make useful intermediate structures on purpose.

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Surface-Modified Piezoelectric Copolymer Poly(vinylidene fluoride–trifluoroethylene) Supporting Physiological Extracellular Matrixes to Enhance Mesenchymal Stem Cell Adhesion for Nanoscale Mechanical Stimulation

Surface-Modified Piezoelectric Copolymer Poly(vinylidene fluoride–trifluoroethylene) Supporting Physiological Extracellular Matrixes to Enhance Mesenchymal Stem Cell Adhesion for Nanoscale Mechanical Stimulation

Hannah Donnelly, Mark Robert Sprott, Anup Poudel, Paul Campsie, Peter Childs, S. Reid, Manuel Salmerón‐Sánchez, Manus Biggs, Matthew J. Dalby

A future bone graft might not need only the right cells. It may also need the right surface, and tiny vibrations that help those cells begin turning into bone.

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Marine monitoring based on triboelectric nanogenerator: Ocean energy harvesting and sensing

Marine monitoring based on triboelectric nanogenerator: Ocean energy harvesting and sensing

Yutao Hao, Xiangmeng Li, Baodong Chen, Zhiyuan Zhu

The ocean is full of motion, but measuring it usually means sending power to equipment in a difficult place. This paper explores devices that turn the ocean’s own movement into both electricity and information.

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Machine Learning Based Fault Classification in Pilot Plant Batch Reactor: Using Support Vector Machine

Machine Learning Based Fault Classification in Pilot Plant Batch Reactor: Using Support Vector Machine

Arockiaraj Simiyon, Chaitanya Sachidanand, Manthana Halmakki Krishnamurthy, Ananya V. Bhatt, I Thirunavukkarasu

A chemical reactor can drift toward poor quality or danger through changes that are hard to see in time. This study found that a computer could sort several kinds of reactor trouble with remarkable accuracy, but the real plant test still lies ahead.

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A Plasmonic Optoelectronic Resistive Random‐Access Memory for In‐Sensor Color Image Cryptography

A Plasmonic Optoelectronic Resistive Random‐Access Memory for In‐Sensor Color Image Cryptography

Quan Yang, Yu Kang, Chengchun Zhang, Haohan Chen, Tianjiao Zhang, Zheng Bian, Xiangwei Su, Wei Xu, Jiabao Sun, Pan Wang, Yang Xu, Bin Yu, Yuda Zhao

What if a camera pixel could recognize color, store what it saw, and create a fresh secret key before the image ever left the sensor? This paper builds a device designed to do exactly that.

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Observation and quantitative analysis of dislocations in steel using electron channeling contrast imaging method with precise control of electron beam incident direction

Observation and quantitative analysis of dislocations in steel using electron channeling contrast imaging method with precise control of electron beam incident direction

Takashige Mori, Takafumi Amino, Chie Yokoyama, Shunsuke Taniguchi, Takayuki Yonezawa, Akira Taniyama

Steel can look solid and flawless while tiny lines of damage are quietly shaping how it bends, cracks, or holds together. This study finds a way to make those hidden lines visible without always cutting the steel into a thin slice.

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The distribution of Van Genuchten model parameters on soil-water characteristic curves in Chinese Loess Plateau and new predicting method on unsaturated permeability coefficient of loess

The distribution of Van Genuchten model parameters on soil-water characteristic curves in Chinese Loess Plateau and new predicting method on unsaturated permeability coefficient of loess

Shiyue Fang, Pengfei Shen, Xinhai Qi, Fan Zhao, Yue Gu, Jiaxin Huang, Yan Li

When soil is only partly wet, predicting how water will move through it is crucial, but measuring that movement directly is very difficult. This study finds a quicker route: let the soil’s water-retaining behavior reveal it.

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