Given the unprecedented challenges of a new ‘Urban Age’ (Gleeson 2012), including climate change, hypertrophic urban growth, and globalization, cities are exploring new and radically…
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Semiconductor nanocrystals with unique optoelectronic properties have emerged as promising materials for applications in solar technologies, including solar cells, solar-driven hydrogen production, and luminescent solar…
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With the fast development and wide application of portable electronic devices and green electric vehicles, the demands of a high energy-storage system are increasing gradually….
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One of the common goals of all organic chemists is to utilize easily available feedstock for the synthesis of valuable targeted molecules. In this direction,…
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With the development of artificial intelligence, especially in big data, machine learning and related areas, the size and complexity of modern datasets are increasing explosively….
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Rechargeable flexible Zn–air batteries are attracting a great deal of attention and regarded as high-energy-density power supplies for powering next-generation flexible electronics. For the flexible…
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Information has been a matter of intense study and discussion for the last century. The very nature of information, not a physical object, not an…
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Bioarchaeology, a field that combines the methods of archaeology and biological/physical anthropology, uses archaeological human skeletal remains to better understand the human past. The physical…
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Long persistent phosphors are widely commercialized as glow-in-the-dark paints for watch indicators and emergency signs. Although present glow-in-the-dark materials are made using inorganic materials, some…
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Concerns about climate change, primarily driven by the use of fossil fuels, have driven exploration of renewable and sustainable sources of energy. Biofuels obtained from…
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With increasing people’s interest in renewable energy and global warming, it is important to minimize the use of harmful or toxic chemicals in the processes…
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