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View article: Pruning the Path to Optimal Care: Identifying Systematically Suboptimal Medical Decision-Making with Inverse Reinforcement Learning.
Pruning the Path to Optimal Care: Identifying Systematically Suboptimal Medical Decision-Making with Inverse Reinforcement Learning. Open
In aims to uncover insights into medical decision-making embedded within observational data from clinical settings, we present a novel application of Inverse Reinforcement Learning (IRL) that identifies suboptimal clinician actions based o…
View article: Mechanochemical synthesis of inverse vulcanized polymers
Mechanochemical synthesis of inverse vulcanized polymers Open
Inverse vulcanization, a sustainable platform, can transform sulfur, an industrial by-product, into polymers with broad promising applications such as heavy metal capture, electrochemistry and antimicrobials. However, the process usually r…
View article: Mechanochemical synthesis of inverse vulcanized polymers
Mechanochemical synthesis of inverse vulcanized polymers Open
Inverse vulcanization, a sustainable platform, can transform an industrial by-product, sulfur, into polymers with broad green applications such as heavy metal capture and recyclable materials. However, the process usually requires high tem…
View article: Mechanochemical synthesis of inverse vulcanized polymers
Mechanochemical synthesis of inverse vulcanized polymers Open
Inverse vulcanization, a sustainable platform, can transform an industrial by-product, sulfur, into polymers with broad green applications such as heavy metal capture and recyclable materials. However, the process usually requires high tem…
View article: Mechanochemical synthesis of inverse vulcanized polymers
Mechanochemical synthesis of inverse vulcanized polymers Open
Inverse vulcanization, a sustainable platform, can transform an industrial by-product, sulfur, into polymers with broad green applications such as heavy metal capture and recyclable materials. However, the process usually requires high tem…
View article: A Novel Self-Assembly Strategy for the Fabrication of Nano-Hybrid Satellite Materials with Plasmonically Enhanced Catalytic Activity
A Novel Self-Assembly Strategy for the Fabrication of Nano-Hybrid Satellite Materials with Plasmonically Enhanced Catalytic Activity Open
The generation of hydrogen from water using light is currently one of the most promising alternative energy sources for humankind but faces significant barriers for large-scale applications due to the low efficiency of existing photo-catal…
View article: Hydration of a 2D Supramolecular Assembly: Bitartrate on Cu(110)
Hydration of a 2D Supramolecular Assembly: Bitartrate on Cu(110) Open
Hydration layers play a key role in many technical and biological systems, but our understanding of these structures remains very limited. Here, we investigate the molecular processes driving hydration of a chiral metal-organic surface, bi…
View article: CSD 1977978: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CSD 1977978: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database, the world’s repository for inorganic crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely availabl…
View article: Anion compositional diversity reduces bonding dimensionality in the van der Waals semiconductor Bi4O4SeCl2
Anion compositional diversity reduces bonding dimensionality in the van der Waals semiconductor Bi4O4SeCl2 Open
Making new van der Waals materials with electronic or magnetic functionality is a chemical design challenge for the development of two-dimensional nanoelectronic and energy conversion devices. We present the synthesis and properties of the…
View article: Modular Design via Multiple Anion Chemistry of the High Mobility van der Waals Semiconductor Bi<sub>4</sub>O<sub>4</sub>SeCl<sub>2</sub>
Modular Design via Multiple Anion Chemistry of the High Mobility van der Waals Semiconductor Bi<sub>4</sub>O<sub>4</sub>SeCl<sub>2</sub> Open
Making new van der Waals materials with electronic or magnetic functionality is a chemical design challenge for the development of two-dimensional nanoelectronic and energy conversion devices. We present the synthesis and properties of the…
View article: Effect of Polymer Demixed Nanotopographies on Bacterial Adhesion and Biofilm Formation
Effect of Polymer Demixed Nanotopographies on Bacterial Adhesion and Biofilm Formation Open
As the current global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) persists, developing alternatives to antibiotics that are less susceptible to resistance is becoming an urgent necessity. Recent advances in biomaterials have allowed for the d…
View article: Strain Relief during Ice Growth on a Hexagonal Template
Strain Relief during Ice Growth on a Hexagonal Template Open
Heterogeneous ice nucleation at solid surfaces impacts many areas of science, from environmental processes, such as precipitation, to microbiological systems and food processing, but the microscopic mechanisms underpinning nucleation remai…
View article: Nitric Oxide Releasing Polymeric Coatings for the Prevention of Biofilm Formation
Nitric Oxide Releasing Polymeric Coatings for the Prevention of Biofilm Formation Open
The ability of nitric oxide (NO)-releasing polymer coatings to prevent biofilm formation is described. NO-releasing coatings on (poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and silicone elastomer (SE)) were fabricated using aminosilane precursors. …
View article: Bacterial viability on chemically modified silicon nanowire arrays
Bacterial viability on chemically modified silicon nanowire arrays Open
Multi-functional silicon nanowires (SiNWs) arrays: (I) nanostructure topography in the form of SiNWs, (II) covalent chemical modification with APTES and (III) incorporation of chlorhexidine digluconate.