The Te-embedded PbTe nanocrystallline thick films (i.e., 50 µm) were electrodeposited, where the fraction and average grain size of Te phases tuned by adjusting applied potential followed post thermal treatment. crystal boundary nano-inclusion in played critical roles their thermoelectric properties. film with around 100 nm showed lower energy barrier height (EB = 0.023 eV) than a few tens 0.11...

In cooperative game theory, games in partition function form are real-valued function on the set of so-called embedded coalitions, that is, pairs (S, π) where S is a subset (coalition) of the set N of players, and π is a partition of N containing S. Despite the fact that many studies have been devoted to such games, surprisingly nobody clearly defined a structure (i.e., an order) on embedded co...

because most contaminants in water create strong interactions with hydrophobic surfaces, there are usually problems such as flux decline and pore blocking in polyethylene (pe) membranes due to irreversible adsorption of foulants on their intrinsic hydrophobic surface. therefore, in this work, attempts were made to improve the properties of pe membranes in terms of water flux and membrane foulin...