School of Engineering and Materials Science: Recent submissions
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Precursor-Engineered Volatile Inks Enable Reliable Blade-Coating of Cesium-Formamidinium Perovskites Toward Fully Printed Solar Modules.
(Wiley, 2024-05-13)Reliable fabrication of large-area perovskite films with antisolvent-free printing techniques requires high-volatility solvents, such as 2-methoxyethanol (2ME), to formulate precursor inks. However, the fabrication of ... -
Piezoelectric Energy Harvester Technologies: Synthesis, Mechanisms, and Multifunctional Applications.
(American Chemical Society (ACS), 2024-05-13)Piezoelectric energy harvesters have gained significant attention in recent years due to their ability to convert ambient mechanical vibrations into electrical energy, which opens up new possibilities for environmental ... -
Strain Heterogeneity and Extended Defects in Halide Perovskite Devices.
(American Chemical Society (ACS), 2024-05-29)Strain is an important property in halide perovskite semiconductors used for optoelectronic applications because of its ability to influence device efficiency and stability. However, descriptions of strain in these materials ... -
Optical Control of In-Plane Domain Configuration and Domain Wall Motion in Ferroelectric and Ferroelastic Materials.
(American Chemical Society, 2024-06-20)The sensitivity of ferroelectric domain walls to external stimuli makes them functional entities in nanoelectronic devices. Specifically, optically driven domain reconfiguration with in-plane polarization is advantageous ... -
Electronic and Surface Modifications of Ni–Co–Fe Oxides: A Catalyst with Maximum Exposure of Fe Active Sites for Water Electrolysis
(American Chemical Society (ACS), 2023-06-27)The production of green hydrogen through water electrolysis is a crucial component of sustainable energy systems. One key challenge is the development of cost-effective electrocatalysts with high performance. Here, we ... -
The Integration of Robotic Arm and Vision System With Magnetic Tractor Beam Control for Precision Catheter Manipulation in Medical Procedures
(ASME International, 2024-07-04)This study addresses the challenges of traditional catheterization techniques by integrating UFACTORY's uArm Swift Pro robotic arm with the OpenMV camera module, enhanced by the magnetic tractor beam (MTB) method. The goal ... -
Development of a smartphone-based peanut data logging system
(Springer Nature, 2020-10-03)The southeastern states of the USA, namely Georgia, Florida and Alabama, account for two-thirds of the total peanut production in the USA. Determining the optimal harvest day for peanuts is critical because it directly ... -
Shape Tracking of Flexible Morphing Matters From Depth Images
(IEEE, 2020-11-18)The development and use of soft or flexible structural matters across various research domains have drastically increased in recent decades. Its flexible, compliant nature and interactive safety have made it a preferred ... -
Dynamic Piezoelectric Tactile Sensor for Tissue Hardness Measurement Using Symmetrical Flexure Hinges and Anisotropic Vibration Modes
(IEEE, 2021-06-03)This paper presents a novel dynamic tactile sensor with a symmetrical longitudinal piezoelectric cantilever structure, which is different from the conventional transverse cantilever structure. It has a radical size of 1.1 ... -
A body-mounted device for MRI-guided spinal therapy.
(Wiley, 2021-01-26)BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease with no cure and limited treatment options. Recent studies have shown that delivering cellular therapeutics to the ventral horn of the spinal ... -
Effects of cross-flow fan on hydrodynamic and acoustic performance of underwater fan-wing thruster
(Elsevier, 2021-10-30)The underwater fan-wing thruster (UFT), which is composed of a fixed wing and a cross-flow fan (CFF) under the fixed wing, has excellent underwater propulsion performance, especially for vertical propulsion. Despite prior ... -
Image-Guided Robotics for Standardized and Automated Biopsy and Ablation
(Thieme Gruppe, 2021-11)Image-guided robotics for biopsy and ablation aims to minimize procedure times, reduce needle manipulations, radiation, and complications, and enable treatment of larger and more complex tumors, while facilitating ... -
A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A SMARTPHONE-BASED VIBRATORY BOWL SYSTEM FOR PEANUT SORTING
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Conversing or Diffusing Information? An Examination of Public Health Twitter Chats
(University of Florida Press, 2021-12-29)This study examines the one-way information diffusion and two-way dialogic engagement present in public health Twitter chats. Network analysis assessed whether Twitter chats adhere to one of the key principles for online ... -
Angular needle tracker and stabilizer for image-guided interventions
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-11-18)Introduction Minimally invasive image-guided interventions have changed the face of procedural medicine. For these procedures, safety and efficacy depend on precise needle placement. Needle targeting devices help improve ... -
Monitoring Different Social Media Platforms to Report Unplanned School Closures Due to Wildfires in California, October and December 2017
(Cambridge University Press, 2022-03-31)Objective: Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention monitor unplanned school closure (USC) reports through online systematic searches (OSS) to assist public health emergency responses. We counted the ... -
Supporting Technologies for COVID-19 Prevention: Systemized Review.
(JMIR Publications, 2022-05-24)BACKGROUND: During COVID-19, clinical and health care demands have been on the rapid rise. Major challenges that have arisen during the pandemic have included a lack of testing kits, shortages of ventilators to treat severe ... -
Hydrodynamic analyses of an underwater fan-wing thruster in self-driving and towing experiments
(Elsevier, 2020-06-25)