Functional metamaterials for wireless antenna applications - A review abetted with patent landscape analysis.

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Design of dual mode antenna using CMA and broadband dual-polarized antenna for 5G networks.

This article proposes a dual mode dual-polarized antenna configuration for IRNSS and fifth generation (5G) applications, operating at a frequency of 3.5 GHz based on characteristic mode analysis (CMA), and aims to provide broadband dual-polarized functionality. The original design of the antenna is a traditional patch antenna, and its dual-polarized features are determined using characteristic mode analysis.

Bio-derived carbon-based materials for sustainable environmental remediation and wastewater treatment.

Biosynthesized nanocomposites, particularly those incorporating carbon-based materials, exhibit exceptional tunability and multifunctionality, surpassing the capabilities of conventional materials in these aspects. Developing practical solutions is critical to address environmental toxins from pharmaceuticals, heavy metals, pesticides, and dyes. Biomass waste is a readily available carbon source, which emerges as a promising material for producing biochar due to its inherent advantages: abundance, low cost, and environmentally friendly nature.

Experimental investigation of a dual mode antenna using characteristic mode analysis with enhanced directivity for GSM/5G applications.

In this article, a dual-mode, dual-polarized antenna designed using characteristic mode analysis (CMA) is described. An elliptical-shaped patch radiator is chosen with double slits on its minor axis. This design is based on mode separation from the circular patch into the elliptical patch.

Coastal aquatic pollutants degradation using ZnCoO nanorods.

Water pollution has caused problems in coastal areas, rivers, lakes, and other important water sources around the world as a result of inappropriate waste management. Meanwhile, these pollutants are harmful to humans and aquatic life. Textile dye effluent methyl orange (MO) was used in this work for dye degradation studies employing nanocomposites.

Biodegradable Conducting Polymer-Based Composites for Biomedical Applications-A Review.

In recent years, researchers have increasingly directed their focus toward the biomedical field, driven by the goal of engineering polymer systems that possess a unique combination of both electrical conductivity and biodegradability. This convergence of properties holds significant promise, as it addresses a fundamental requirement for biomedical applications: compatibility with biological environments. These polymer systems are viewed as auspicious biomaterials, precisely because they meet this critical criterion.

Nonclassical Pathways: Accelerated Crystal Growth of Sodium Hexafluorosilicate Microrods via Nanoparticle-Assisted Processes with 0D Silicon Quantum Dots.

Nonclassical crystallization represents an innovative pathway that utilizes nanoparticles, enabling the generation of single crystals, going beyond a classical mechanism dependent on atoms, ions, or molecules. Our investigation has revealed hierarchical structures emerging via the aggregation and fusion of primary silicon quantum dots (SiQDs). In contrast to the classical ion-by-ion crystallization process, the primary SiQDs initially undergo aggregation, followed by fusion and their subsequent crystallization, leading to the ultrafast crystal growth of sodium hexafluorosilicate (SHFS) microrods with diverse morphologies.

Entropy-ruled nonequilibrium charge transport in thiazolothiazole-based molecular crystals: a quantum chemical study.

The charge and energy fluctuations in molecular solids are crucial factors for a better understanding of charge transport (CT) in organic semiconductors. The energetic disorder-coupled molecular charge transport is still not well-established. Moreover, the conventional Einstein's diffusion ()-mobility () relation fails to explain the quantum features of organic semiconductors, including nonequilibrium and degenerate transport systems, where is the Boltzmann constant, is the temperature and is the electric charge.

FACNN: fuzzy-based adaptive convolution neural network for classifying COVID-19 in noisy CXR images.

COVID-19 detection using chest X-rays (CXR) has evolved as a significant method for early diagnosis of the pandemic disease. Clinical trials and methods utilize X-ray images with computer and intelligent algorithms to improve detection and classification precision. This article thus proposes a fuzzy-based adaptive convolution neural network (FACNN) model to improve the detection precision by confining the false rates.

Robust ZTO-reinforced Ag nanowire hybrid transparent conductive thin films with absorption-enhanced electromagnetic interference shielding property.

Technological advances have accelerated the pursuit of transparent conducting thin films (TCFs) with superior mechanical properties, durability, efficient optoelectrical performance and substrate compatibility as a pivotal focus in the realm of flexible transparent electronics. Against this background, this work investigates the fabrication of multilayer silver nanowire (AgNW) thin films reinforced by zinc tin oxide (ZTO) thin film encapsulation on polycarbonate substrates by a combination of sputtering and spin-coating techniques. An investigation of the influence of AgNW percolation networks on the optoelectrical properties of ZTO/AgNW/ZTO hybrid thin films was carried out.

Utilizing adaptive deformable convolution and position embedding for colon polyp segmentation with a visual transformer.

Polyp detection is a challenging task in the diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer (CRC), and it demands clinical expertise due to the diverse nature of polyps. The recent years have witnessed the development of automated polyp detection systems to assist the experts in early diagnosis, considerably reducing the time consumption and diagnostic errors. In automated CRC diagnosis, polyp segmentation is an important step which is carried out with deep learning segmentation models.

Unified Entropy-Ruled Einstein's Relation for Bulk and Low-Dimensional Molecular-Material Systems: A Hopping-to-Band Shift Paradigm.

We present a unified paradigm on entropy-ruled Einstein's diffusion-mobility relation (μ/ ratio) for 1D, 2D, and 3D free-electron solid state systems. The localization transport in the extended molecules is well approximated by the continuum time-delayed hopping factor within our unified entropy-ruled transport method of noninteracting quantum systems. Moreover, we generalize an entropy-dependent diffusion relation for 1D, 2D, and 3D systems as defined by , where and are the effective entropy and dimension ( = 1, 2, 3), respectively.

Design and performance analysis of an L-shaped radiator and defected ground antenna for enhancing wireless connectivity in brain implants.

Brain implantable wireless microsystems has potential to treat neurological diseases and maintain the quality of life. Highly efficient miniaturized antenna is the fundamental part of BID (brain implantable device) for reliable signaling of data through dissipative intracranial material. In this paper, a patch antenna with L-shaped defected ground is demonstrated.

Deep volcanic residual U-Net for nodal metastasis (Nmet) identification from lung cancer.

Lymph node metastasis detections are more clinically significant task associated with the presence and reappearance of lung cancer. The development of the computer-assisted diagnostic approach has greatly supported the diagnosis of human disorders in the field of medicine including lung cancer. Lung cancer treatment is possible if it is detected at the initial stage.

Tailor-designed carbon-based novel fluorescent architecture for nanomolar detection of radioactive elements U(VI) and Th(IV) in pH ± 5.0.

Highly stable nitrogen-doped Graphene Quantum Dots (N-GQD) functionalized with Pamoic Acid (PA@N-GQD) are utilized for nanomolar detection of radioactive elements, Uranium (VI) and Thorium (IV), in pH ± 5.0. The absorption, fluorescence, crystalline nature, elemental composition, functional groups, and morphological state of as-prepared PA@N-GQD are evaluated by UV-visible absorption, photoluminescence, XRD, XPS, FTIR, HRTEM, FESEM, and AFM characterizations.

A mathematical model for investigation of dry band location on 22 kV bushing with and without RTV coating: Experimental study.

As different pollutants are deposited on the high voltage bushings, a dry band forms, which causes a flashover. The bushing's contaminated layer will weaken its insulation and have an impact on its electrical characteristics. The performance of bushings in dry band conditions of various lengths was investigated in this proposed piece of work, and a dynamic arc model is presented for the arc process in polluted bushings.

Segmentation of Thoracic Organs through Distributed Extraction of Visual Feature Patterns Utilizing Resio-Inception U-Net and Deep Cluster Recognition Techniques.

Background: Segmentation of medical images plays a key role in the correct identification and management of different diseases. In this study, we present a new segmentation method that meets the difficulties posed by sophisticated organ shapes in computed tomography (CT) images, particularly targeting lung, breast, and gastric cancers.

Methods: Our suggested methods, Resio-Inception U-Net and Deep Cluster Recognition (RIUDCR), use a Residual Inception Architecture, which combines the power of residual connections and inception blocks to achieve cutting-edge segmentation performance while reducing the risk of overfitting.

A study on microstructural, mechanical properties and optimization of wear behavior of friction stir processed AlCrCoFeNi High Entropy Alloy reinforced SS410 using response surface methodology.

The equimolar High Entropy Alloy (HEA) is incorporated on the surface of SS410 steel to enhance the mechanical properties for the current industrial scenario. The objective of the present work is to make a first attempt at surface modification of SS410 steel with gas atomization synthesized AlCrCoFeNi HEA powder through Friction Stir Processing (FSP). The microhardness and ultimate tensile strength of the FSP-HEA sample are increased by 41.

Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Iron Tailings from Yeshan Iron Deposit, Southwest Jiangsu, China: Implications for Potential Utilization.

In this work, twenty-one core samples of tailings wastes were collected from Yeshan iron tailings pond in Jiangsu Province, China. The mineralogical-chemical properties of Yeshan iron ore tailings (IOTs) were investigated to explore potential utilization. Mineralogical investigations and mineral liberation analysis indicated that the iron tailings have complex texture and incomplete mineral liberation, suggesting further grinding can improve higher recovery.

Synthesis, crystal structure, spectroscopic and computational studies of NLO active 2-methylimdazolium 4-nitrobenzoic acid single crystal.

In this report, we have presented the theoretical and experimental investigation of 2-Methylimdazolium 4-Nitrobenzoic Acid (2MI4NB) - an organic crystal. The good quality 2MI4NB single crystal was grown by slow evaporation technique. Both single and powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis confirmed that the grown crystal structure is Triclinic with the P1 space group.

Photovoltaic-wind-battery and diesel generator-based hybrid energy system for residential buildings in smart city Coimbatore.

The building consumes almost 40% of the energy generated in the building. Investigating the photovoltaic system, wind, battery, and diesel generators for residential buildings can reduce energy utilization. In this work, various energy sources are combined to form hybrid energy sources, which are designed based on the load of the residential building.

Economic and life cycle cost analysis of building-integrated photovoltaic system for composite climatic conditions.

An insulated building-integrated photovoltaic (PV) roof prototype is designed, developed, and experimentally monitored for the composite climatic conditions in the current work. The prototype is monitored based on hourly indoor room temperature, relative humidity, discomfort index, decrement factor time lag, and power generation. To validate the results, a heat conduction equation was developed and simulated considering actual lower income group (LIG) building size and materials.

Characterization of new cellulose fiber extracted from second generation Bitter Albizia tree.

The present work examines the physical, thermal tensile, and chemical properties of wood skin fibers obtained from second generation Bitter Albizia (BA) tree skin. Chemical characterization of BA fibers showed the presence of various chemical contents such as cellulose of 74.89 wt.