Biomass is an abundant renewable resource in Nigeria. Comprising crop and animal residues, manure, charcoal and wood, it accounts for about 80 per cent of Nigeria’s total primary energy consumed.

Conductive hydrogels from ionic liquids are widely used in soft electronics and solid electrolytes due to their high flexibility and conductivity. However, engineering such hydrogels with simultaneous ...

The basic mechanical properties (stress-strain curve, compressive strength, elastic modulus, peak strain) of concrete specimens subject to sulfate attack under high strain rate were obtained, and the ...

2021). All analyzed PVDF structures feature stress-strain curves characteristic of ductile materials (Figure 3A). However, there are significant differences in the Young’s moduli and in the mechanical ...

But capturing the impact of mechanical stress during semiconductor process integration is a daunting task. Stress and strain in integrated structures are dependent upon the structure’s material ...

HEA has special properties due to its unique components and structural ... According to Gibbs’s free energy law, to reduce the strain energy of the crystal, a certain amount of B was squeezed near the ...

Centre for Molecular Systems and Organic Devices (CMSOD) & State Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts and ...

Retired Edwards Lifesciences Engineering SVP Ming Wu answers questions about nitinol manufacturing, testing and medical ...