PREPARATION OF MECHANICALLY STABLE SUPERAMPHIPHOBIC COATINGS VIA COMBINING PHASE SEPARATION OF ADHESIVE AND FLUORINATED SIO2 FOR ANTI-ICING

Preparation of Mechanically Stable Superamphiphobic Coatings via Combining Phase Separation of Adhesive and Fluorinated SiO2 for Anti-Icing

Superamphiphobic coatings have widespread application potential in various fields, e.g., anti-icing, Media Chest anti-corrosion and self-cleaning, but are seriously limited by poor mechanical stability.Here, mechanically stable superamphiphobic coatings were fabricated by spraying the suspension composed of phase-separated silicone-modified polyest

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Vertical migrations of a deep-sea fish and its prey.

It has been speculated that some deep-sea fishes can display large vertical migrations and likely doing so to explore the full suite of benthopelagic food resources, especially the pelagic organisms of the deep scattering layer (DSL).This would help explain the success of fishes residing at seamounts and the increased biodiversity found in these fe

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Few-Shot Image Classification via Mutual Distillation

Due to their compelling performance and appealing simplicity, metric-based meta-learning approaches boot are gaining increasing attention for addressing the challenges of few-shot image classification.However, many similar methods employ intricate network architectures, which can potentially lead to overfitting when trained with limited samples.To

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A Custom-Built Piezo-Optical System for Visualization and Characterization of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound

High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a noninvasive treatment technique to induce thermal or mechanical bioeffects.Characterising the wave field is essential for reliable and reproducible transducer operation in clinical use.This paper presents a schlieren technique to visualise and quantify transducer wave fields.The technique is based on th

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