Reducing basis weight could lead to huge savings of forest resources as well as energy consumption and waste treatment in the papermaking process. However, low basis weight paper generally lacks normal strength and stiffness. The lower the basis weight of the paper, the more important is surface sizing. Highly cross-linked cured epoxy resin, due to its epoxy group and phenyl group, has gained s...

Recent advanced in the fields of nanotechnology and atmospheric sciences underline the increasing need for sizing sub-10-nm aerosol particles in a simple yet efficient way. In this article, we develop, experimentally test and model the performance of a High-Pass Electrical Mobility Filter (HP-EMF) that can be used for sizing nanoparticles suspended in gaseous media. Experimental measurements of...

In this paper we develop a set of interconnect delay estimation models with consideration of various layout optimizations, including optimal wire-sizing (OWS), simultaneous driver and wire sizing (SDWS), and simultaneous bu er insertion/sizing and wire sizing (BISWS). These models have been tested on a wide range of parameters and shown to have about 90% accuracy on average compared with those ...

As a traditional model in the operations research and management science domain, deterministic lot-sizing problem is embedded in many application problems such as production and inventory planning and has been consistently drawing attentions from researchers. In this paper we consider basic versions of lot-sizing models in which problem parameters are stochastic and develop corresponding scenar...

In recent years there has been an increasing interest in using high-yield pulp (HYP) as a partial replacement for hardwood bleached kraft pulp (HWBKP) in the production of high-quality fine papers as a cost-effective way of improving the product performance. This study investigated the substitution of HYP for HWBKP and its effect on the Alkenyl Succinic Anhydride (ASA) sizing performance. The r...

We report a microfluidic molecular combing device to trap, stretch, and separate DNA at a singlemolecule resolution. In order to align long DNA into a single direction on surface, we demonstrated molecular combing by dewetting DNA solution inside a microfluidic channel. It used a surface tensional force at the air-water interface of DNA solution translating on a fabricated pattern (zigzag line)...

Recent investigations have focused on the use of active phase imbalance schemes using series connected FACTS devices for subsynchronous resonance (SSR) and power swing damping. This paper compares the effectiveness of TCSC and SSSC based single phase compensation schemes with the corresponding three phase schemes. Controllability of swing modes as well as torsional modes is compared by using a ...

The lot-sizing and production scheduling problem in a real-life multi-product yoghurt production line is addressed. A new discrete/continuous time representation mixedinteger linear programming model, based on the definition of families of products, is presented. It is mainly optimized the packaging stage while timing and capacity constraints are imposed with respect to the pasteurization/homog...

his article presents a comprehensive analysis of the thermal effects in advanced high-performance interconnect systems arising due to self-heating under various circuit conditions, including electrostatic discharge (ESD). Technology (Cu, low-k, etc.) and scaling effects on the thermal characteristics of the interconnects, and on their electromigration (EM) reliability, have been analyzed simult...