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New evidence that some supernovae may be a “double detonation”
In other cases, another member of the system will go on to form a second white dwarf. If gravitational instabilities bring ...
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Self-Healing of Water Tree Damage of Double-Shell Microcapsules/XLPE Insulation Composite Material Insulation - IEEE Xplore
When the microcapsule doping amount is 1.0 wt.%, the insulation performance of the material is enhanced. When the double-shell microcapsules are broken under the action of an electric field, the ...
Mid-air scare as Goa-Pune flight’s windowpane dislodges inside
Flyers seated near the affected window described a sudden detachment of the inner plastic shell and shutter, exposing the ...
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Gas-Permeable Inorganic Shell Improves the Coking Stability and Electrochemical Reactivity of Pt toward Methane Oxidation | ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces - ACS Publications
Here, for the first time, this issue is addressed by encapsulating metal nanoparticles with gas-permeable inorganic shells. Pt particles approximately 10 nm in size are dispersed on the surface of a ...
3D printing: special resin combines strong and soft material properties
A single printing resin can take on either soft or hard properties when printed with a 3D printer. This requires a special ...
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Preparation and UV Photoelectric Properties of Aligned ZnO–TiO2 and TiO2–ZnO Core–Shell Structured Heterojunction Nanotubes | ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Large-area horizontal-aligned ZnO nanotubes (ZNTs), TiO2 nanotubes (TNTs), TiO2–ZnO core–shell nanotubes (TZNTs) and ZnO-TiO2 core–shell nanotubes (ZTNTs) were successfully synthesized by ...