Na–CO2 batteries recently are emerging as promising energy-storage devices due to the abundance of Na in earth's crust and clean utilization greenhouse gas CO2. However, similar metallic Li, also suffers from a serious issue dendrite growth upon repeated cycling, while facile method solve this is still lacking. In work, we report an effective, environmentally friendly inhibit by situ constructi...

PURPOSE The juxtacanalicular tissue (JCT) is the probable site of aqueous outflow resistance in normal eyes and of the increased resistance in primary open-angle glaucoma eyes (POAG). The purpose of this histochemical study was to determine the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) composition and stratification in the JCT of POAG and age-matched normal eyes. METHODS Five eyes from four normal donors and f...

The nuclear pore complex (NPC) is the gatekeeper of the nucleus, capable of actively discriminating between the active and inert cargo while accommodating a high rate of translocations. The biophysical mechanisms underlying transport, however, remain unclear due to the lack of information about biophysical factors playing role in transport. Based on published experimental data, we have establis...

Equilibrium composition profiles (CPs) of epitaxial alloy quantum dots (QDs) are well established theoretically. However nonequilibrium CPs may occur experimentally. Using an atomistic-strain-model Monte Carlo simulation method, we demonstrate a striking correlation between the nonequilibrium CPs of QDs and the kinetic growth mode: the layer-by-layer growth (LG) and faceted growth (FG) form a c...

Recently, to further improve the performance of aluminum foam, functionally graded (FG) aluminum foams, whose pore structure varies with their position, have been developed. In this study, three types of FG aluminum foam of aluminum alloy die casting ADC12 with combinations of two different amounts of added blowing agent titanium(II) hydride (TiH₂) powder were fabricated by a friction stir weld...

Abstract In this paper, we propose a specific two-layer model consisting of functionally graded (FG) layer and piezoelectric semiconductor (PS) layer. Based on the macroscopic theory PS materials, effects brought about by attached FG piezotronic behaviors homogeneous n-type fibers PN junctions are investigated. The semi-analytical solutions electromechanical fields obtained expanding displaceme...

We analyze active constrained layer damping (ACLD) of functionally graded (FG) shells under a thermal environment using vertically and obliquely reinforced 1–3 piezocomposites (PZCs) and investigate the performance of PZCs as materials for the constraining layer of the ACLD treatment. The shell’s deformations are analyzed by using a modified first-order shear deformation theory and the finite e...

In this article, the effect of size-dependent on the buckling and vibration analysis of functionally graded (FG) double-layer boron nitride plate based on classical plate theory (CPT) under electro-thermo-mechanical loadings which is surrounded by elastic foundation is examined. This subject is developed using modified couple stress theory. Using Hamilton's principle, the governing equations of...

Nucleocytoplasmic transport is highly selective, efficient, and is regulated by a poorly understood mechanism involving hundreds of disordered FG nucleoporin proteins (FG nups) lining the inside wall of the nuclear pore complex (NPC). Previous research has concluded that FG nups in Baker's yeast (S. cerevisiae) are present in a bimodal distribution, with the "Forest Model" classifying FG nups a...