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A Dual Encapsulation Strategy for High‐Temperature Micro PCM Particles with High Cyclic Durability
Authors: Wang Kaichen , Tao Keyu , Ye Feng , Wang Tieying , Xu Chao 
Published: January 2024

AbstractAddressing critical issues such as high‐temperature corrosion, leakage, degradation, and subpar cyclic performance is imperative for phase change materials (PCMs), prompting the development of appropriate encapsulation techniques to surmount these challenges. In this study, a dual encapsulation strategy is proposed for high‐temperature micro PCM particles. Al–Si core is microencapsulated via the “solvent evaporation‐heating curing” method. Subsequently, TiO2 is employed as the skeleton material for form‐stable encapsulation of PCM microcapsules by “cold pressed sintering”. Detailed analysis of the crystalline phase transformation mechanism in the sintering synthesis pathway of TiO2 underscore its potential as a robust structural material with exceptional thermal stability. Furthermore, the incorporation of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) results in a substantial enhancement of the thermal conductivity of the composites, increasing by 121.1–131.3%. The prepared form‐stable phase change microcapsules (FSPCMs) are subjected to 5000 thermal cycles in the air atmosphere. There is no observed PCM leakage or composite ruptures in the FSPCM. Moreover, the oxidized mass gain is merely 3.3%, signifying exceptional oxidation resistance. Thermophysical analysis indicates that FSPCM can retain 91.3% of the enthalpy after 2000 cycles, with over 80% preservation after 5000 cycles, underscoring its remarkable cyclic thermal durability.
Interface Ionic/Electronic Redistribution Driven by Conversion‐Alloy Reaction for High‐Performance Solid‐State Sodium Batteries
Authors: Chen Jiayu , Feng Sheng , Lai Hongjian , Lu Yan , Liu Wuhan , Wu Xiangwei , Wen Zhaoyin 
Published: January 2024

AbstractNASICON‐type Na+ conductors show a great potential to realize high performance and safety for solid‐state sodium metal batteries (SSSMBs) owing to their superior ionic conductivity, high chemical stability, and low cost. However, the interfacial incompatibility and sodium dendrite hazards still hinder its applications. Herein, a conversion‐alloy reaction‐induced interface ionic/electronic redistribution strategy, constructing a gradient sodiophilic and electron‐blocking interphase consisting of sodium‐tin (Na‐Sn) alloy and sodium fluoride (NaF) between NASICON ceramic electrolyte and Na anode is proposed. The NaxSny alloy‐rich layer near the side of the sodium electrode acts as a superior conductor to enhance the anodic sodium‐ion transport dynamics while the NaF‐rich layer near the side of the ceramic electrolyte serves as an electron insulator to confine the interfacial electron turning ability, achieving uniform and dendrite‐free Na deposition during the cycling. Profiting from the synergistic effect of the gradient interphase, the critical current density (CCD) of the assembled Na symmetric cell is significantly increased to 1.7 mA cm−2 and the cycling stability of that is as high as 1200 h at 0.5 mA cm−2. Moreover, quasi‐solid‐state sodium batteries with both Na3V2(PO4)3 and NaNi1/3Fe1/3Mn1/3O2 cathode display outstanding electrochemical performance.
Probing Intra‐Gap States Mediated Charge Dynamics of Rh‐Doped Rutile TiO2 Photocatalyst by Light‐Modulated Photocurrent Spectroscopies
Authors: Zhang Jifang , Liu Meng , Tang Yecheng , Qian Gao , Ma Guijun 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThe intra‐gap states that are introduced into a semiconducting photocatalyst via dopants and other defects have significant implications on the transport dynamics of photoexcited electrons and holes during an aqueous light‐driven reaction. In this work, mechanistic understanding of Rh‐doped rutile, a promising photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water, is gained by systematic assessment combining intensity‐modulated photocurrent spectroscopy with sub‐gap excitations and alternating‐current photocurrent spectroscopy. These operando techniques not only help in discovering a new electronic transport path in Rh‐rutile via surface Rh4+ species and elucidating complex interaction between electrolyte molecules and semiconductors, but also underscore the potential of utilizing multiple sub‐gap excitations synergistically. This combination offers a powerful tool for acquiring insight into photo‐physical and photo‐chemical behaviors of photo(electro)catalysts with intra‐gap states.
Lattice Defects and Electronic Modulation of Flower‐Like Zn3In2S6 Promote Photocatalytic Degradation of Multiple Antibiotics
Authors: Chen Baofu , Wang Yichao , Shen Shijie , Zhong Wenwu , Lu Hongsheng , Pan Yin 
Published: January 2024

AbstractPhotocatalysis is an effective technique to remove antibiotic residues from aquatic environments. Typical metal sulfides like Zn3In2S6 have been applied to a wide range of photocatalytic applications. However, there are currently no readily accessible methods to increase its antibiotic‐degrading activity. Here, a facile hydrothermal approach is developed for the preparation of flower‐like Zn3In2S6 with tunable sulfur lattice defects. Photogenerated carriers can be separated and transferred more easily when there is an adequate amount of lattice defects. Moreover, lattice defect‐induced electronic modulation enhances light utilization and adsorption properties. The modified Zn3In2S6 demonstrates outstanding photocatalytic degradation activity for levofloxacin, ofloxacin, and tetracycline. This work sheds light on exploring metal sulfides with sulfur lattice defects for enhancing photocatalytic activity.
Gas chromatography‐mass spectrophotometric profile of cold‐pressed Celastrus paniculatus seed oil and its high‐performance thin‐layer chromatographic analysis emphasizing squalene content
Authors: Jarande Suvarna , Damle Mrinalini 
Published: January 2024

AbstractCelastrus paniculatus, a medicinal plant with diverse therapeutic activities, is known as ‘malkangani’ in the traditional medicine system of India, Ayurveda. It is well known for its memory‐enhancing potential. The reported work involves the gas chromatography‐mass spectrophotometric analysis of cold‐pressed seed oil of Celastrus paniculatus. It revealed the presence of components such as monosaturated fatty acids, polyunsaturated long‐chain fatty acids, and their derivatives. It also showed the presence of terpenes such as squalene, β amyrone, β amyrin acetate, and long‐chain hydrocarbons. Among all the constituents, squalene was found to be a major component. Hence, considering the potential pharmacological actions of squalene, a high‐performance thin‐layer chromatographic (HPTLC) method has been developed for its quantification and subsequently validated as per the International Conference of Harmonization guidelines. A HPTLC fingerprint of oil was obtained on pre‐coated silica gel 60 F254 aluminum sheets, using n‐hexane‐diethyl ether‐glacial acetic acid (7:3:0.05 v/v/v). A densitometric scan was performed at 470 nm after derivatization with vanillin sulphuric acid to quantify squalene. A well‐resolved squalene peak was obtained at a retardation factor of 0.85. It is a simple approach for the estimation of squalene in Celastrus paniculatus seed oil for quality control.
Cooperative Robotic Fabrication for a Circular Economy
Authors: Bruun Edvard Patrick Grigori , Parascho Stefana , Adriaenssens Sigrid 
Published: January 2024

AbstractIn a cooperative robotic fabrication (CRF) framework, multiple industrial robots are specifically sequenced to work together, thus allowing them to execute coordinated processes with greater geometric and structural variation. In the context of the construction industry, agents in a cooperative setup can perform complementary functions such as placing or removing building components while simultaneously providing temporary support to a structure. This approach can reduce, or completely remove, the need for temporary external supports and scaffolding that would typically be required for stability during the construction of geometrically complex spanning spatial structures. For a circular economy, this means overall reductions to primary resource inputs and improvements to the disassembly, reuse, and reassembly potential of a structure at the end of its life. This chapter gives a summary of three projects that successfully demonstrate the use of cooperative robotic fabrication to promote several principles of a circular economy through different scaffold-free construction applications. The topics covered in this chapter will be of interest to researchers and professionals interested in the emergent intersection of digital fabrication, robotics, and sustainability applied to the building industry.
Introduction: Representative Foci in Neuroaesthetics—Subjectivist, Objectivist, and Interactionist Perspectives
Authors: Folgerø Per Olav 
Published: January 2024

AbstractWelcome to Neuroaesthetics! This exciting, new, interdisciplinary field brings together subjects as seemingly far apart as neurobiology and art history and puts them in dialogue with one another. This Introduction is intended to briefly provide insights into some recent scientific works and methods in neuroaesthetics and to whet your appetite for the lectures and lab work that will follow.
Unit 6 Lesson: Coordination Techniques of Instructive-Educational Activities in the Field of Neuroaesthetics Using Problem-Based Learning (PBL)
Authors: Geman Oana , Motrescu Emanuela , Elvemo Johan Magnus 
Published: January 2024

AbstractAll creative processes begin by establishing an end goal, the realization of a vision to be. This intended purpose is the one directing a creator’s (or an author’s) experience of immersion in a thorough process of exploration. This process establishes the author’s ontological positioning and their relationship to the desired end result. Moreover, immersion in exploration creates space for identifying the best methods for uncovering and acquiring the knowledge to help refine this ontological positioning. Beliefs and attitudes in relation to the process of bringing the vision to life begin to more clearly emerge, building the grounds for epistemological inquiry. These personalized learning tools help inform the decisions made in the selection of the instruments and methods deemed appropriate for creative production. Alternatively, they can equally help in the selection of the right tools for scientific analysis and subsequent theory building. Thus, the scope of the intended result becomes more visibly delineated, regardless of its scientific or artistic nature. Finally, the ensuing strengths and limitations of these final products create a direct line of communication between the creator and the intended audience. Critiques and interpretations of the works are then issued by the public, in a dialogue that can continuously assess and reappraise these visions over time. In other words, differences in the work of creators and researchers, artists and academics begin to blur. Their projects, ideas or theories are meant to be sent out into the world in the hopes of either revealing something novel or in the hope of offering solutions to an existing predicament. Sometimes, the intended result is to spark inspiration. Other times, the work is meant to merely soothe, to offer relief of some kind. Hopefully, all proposed goals take place concurrently.
Unit 6 LAB: PBL in Neuroaesthetics Case Study: Strategizing the Use of Relevant Research Methods
Authors: Geman Oana , Motrescu Emanuela , Elvemo Johan Magnus 
Published: January 2024

AbstractIn this laboratory, we will apply Problem-Based Learning (PBL) techniques to focus on understanding the relevance and appropriateness of neuroaesthetics research methods. A series of tasks, about PBL in Neuroaesthetics. You will find relevant information necessary for giving your own reasoned answers to the questions:What is Neuroaesthetics?What does Neuroaesthetics do?Why study Neuroaesthetics?How will we put into practice what we have learned/what we will learn in this discipline?
Unit 1 Lesson: Behavioural Experiments—Research Designs, Statistical Power, Sample Size Case Study: Empathy and Closeness in Partnered Dance
Authors: Balinisteanu Tudor 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThis chapter offers an introduction to lab-based science research by delving into the basics of experimental research planning: research designs, statistical power, and selection of the number of participants required for a planned experiment. The theoretical points are illustrated with elements from a pilot study on empathy and closeness in partnered dance developed at Goldsmiths, University of London, entitled ‘Pilot Studies on Empathy and Closeness in Mutual Entrainment/Improvisation vs. Formalised Dance with Different Types of Rhythm (Regular, Irregular, and No Rhythm) and Coupling Visual, Haptic, Full Coupling): Building a Case for the Origin of Dance in Mutual Entrainment Empathic Interactions in the Mother–Infant Dyad’ (Balinisteanu, 2023).
Unit 1 Lab: Data Collection and Analysis—Repeated-Measures (Mixed) ANOVA and Factorial ANOVA Using SPSS Case Study: Empathy and Closeness in Partnered Dance
Authors: Balinisteanu Tudor 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThis section contains instructions for undertaking a small dance experiment and then analysing the collected data using mixed and factorial analyses of variance (ANOVAs). The instructions are presented in a step-by-step format with a description of tasks at each step and accompanying examples. Some of the experiment materials are also given at the end (the IRI and IOS questionnaires). This Lab is intended as a practical demonstration of concepts introduced in Lesson 1, which precedes it.
Unit 2 Overview: Neuroaesthetics Approaches to the Visual Arts—Perception Focus Topic: CGI-Generated Creative Content and Artificial Intelligence
Authors: Breda Pamela 
Published: January 2024

AbstractNeuroaesthetics seeks to unravel the neural mechanisms underlying both bottom-up and top-down processes in perception. By studying how the brain processes visual stimuli and how this processing relates to subjective aesthetic experiences, researchers aim to gain insights into the complex interplay between neural mechanisms, perception, and art appreciation. In this essay, I will focus in particular on neuroaesthetics studies focused on how the brain perceives and processes aesthetic stimuli in relation to visual artworks, and in particular to CGI-generated creative content, such as images and videos.
Unit 3 Overview: Neuroaesthetics Approaches to the Visual Arts—Creation
Authors: Teodorescu Marius A. 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThe unit overview is focused on the creation of art and aesthetic objects. Given the fact that the line between art and non-art has become thinner and thinner during the last decades, we pursue the creation of a varied number of visual media, ranging from classical portraits to selfie and selfie-editing behaviours. Also, we bring into view authorship issues, arising both from classical art philosophy and contemporary situations, such as AI-generated art. The function and meaning of portraits across the ages is a key part of the discussion in this chapter, treating art as utilitarian and aesthetic at the same time. Moreover, the reasons for creating art lay at the center of trying to analyze art creation from a neurological perspective. Defining the artist/creator and establishing his or her position as aesthetic expert becomes crucial in this respect. We present the current limitations in the field of neuroaesthetics regarding art and portrait creation and we try to re-contextualize research from the perception field of neuroaesthetics and apply it to the art-production field.
Conclusion: Ubiquitous Need for Epistemic Rights and the Way Forward
Authors: Watson Lani , Aslama Horowitz Minna , Nieminen Hannu , Lehtisaari Katja , D’Arma Alessandro 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThis chapter is based on a conversation between Lani Watson, author of The Right to Know: Epistemic Rights and Why We Need Them (2021), and the editors of this book. They discussed why epistemic rights are fundamental to our digital age, which institutions are central to their realisation, and what issues need to be made more prominent in considering epistemic rights in academia and beyond.
Examining Junior High School Students’ Collaborative Knowledge Building: Based on the Comparison of High- & Low-Performance Groups’ Mathematical Problem-Solving
Authors: Sun Binbo 
Published: January 2024

AbstractMathematical problem-solving-based collaborative learning’s (MPSCL) unique teaching value has attracted much attention among those interested in integrating “21st-century skills” in mathematics education and promoting practical and innovative talents. But learning improvement during this activity is still challenging because of some students’ lower learning efficiency and poor performance in collaborative problem-solving. Collaborative knowledge building (CKB) emphasises that students exchange views, discuss, negotiate, solve problems, and create valuable public knowledge for the team, and has become an important perspective reflecting this learning process and learning quality. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to investigate junior high school students’ CKB process based on a comparison of high- and low-performance groups’ mathematical problem-solving. Design-based method was adapted to implement the experimental investigation. Choosing “Xiaoming’s Apartment” as a sample learning task, we evaluated the quality of the problem-solving solutions from 29 groups in three classes, selecting 48 students from 12 groups as research participants. The analysis framework was developed to analyse 3,244 interactive dialogues in more than 90,000 transcripts. Results suggest that students could carry out CKB as the core in general, and their CKB went through six stages, reached a deep level, and had a variety of interactive modes. But the proportion of discussion for knowledge building, “sublimation viewpoints,” and knowledge building of deep level in high-performance groups is higher than the low-performance groups, and the high-performance groups show a good spiral in the process of viewpoints evolution. The findings of these CKB characteristics provide evidence for enhancing MPSCL.
Apply Digital-Twin Model to Optimize the Planning of Equipment Pipeline System in the Laboratory Campus
Authors: Xinting Gao , Weimin Zhuang 
Published: January 2024

AbstractBuilding Information Modeling plays an important role in laboratory design. The reasonable layout of the outdoor equipment pipeline is the key to supporting the efficient operation of the laboratory, increasing the flexibility of the laboratory space module, and planning a holistic smart campus space. However, the traditional BIM model lacks convenient visualization and interoperability in the early stage of the program and may lead to inconsistency. This paper aims to propose an integrated visual optimization model toolkit of the equipment and piping using the Rhino + Grasshopper platform. Based on this digital-twin model, the horizontal and vertical space required for the outdoor equipment piping system can be quickly calculated in the site planning stage. The workflow improves the efficiency and accuracy of equipment pipeline system design and reduces multiple design changes. After verifying the validity of the model through two virtual scenarios, it was demonstrated in a real laboratory campus. In the construction drawing stage, the toolkit was used to check whether the interspace of different professional pipeline meets the requirements. This paper expands the design concept, emphasizes the coupling relationship between pipelines and building space, and integrates the experimental and building space concepts throughout the design process.
Characterizing the Solution Space of Building Shading System Through Computational and Parametric Feed-Forward Design Approach
Authors: Zhang Qi , Li Linxue , Ma Nan , Shan Yunxiang , Braham William W. 
Published: January 2024

AbstractBuilding shading systems play an important role in controlling solar heat gains, which can mitigate the impact of climate change on indoor environment. Effectively reducing cooling demand in summer and heating demand in winter requests further development of seasonally regulated shading systems. The main problem is to find a way that consumes less energy while reaching better comfort, which demonstrates potential for conducting an extensive search to parametrize configuration of shading. This paper aims to investigate the effects of building shading systems on energy and thermal performance in different seasonal conditions through a parametric design method, using Baoshan station in Shanghai, China as a case study to establish a baseline model and test different shading components’ direction, depth, spacing, and tilt angle. The method explores a large solution space at the beginning of design, establishing a variety of approaches that can inform the architectural design team. The results showed that a proper passive shading system can reduce energy consumption by about 13% while thermal comfort meets ASHRAE 55 standards. This finding indicates the possibility of improving the indoor thermal comfort while lessening building energy consumption.
OTTO: A Portable Urban Sensing Station to Survey the Energetic Footprint of Urban Microclimates
Authors: Balzar Mark , Balzar Zeynep Aksöz , Asan Galo Moncayo 
Published: January 2024

AbstractOTTO (Orthographic Trans-territorial Operator) is a sensory device that collects data on the urban environment through multi-spectral sensing to study urban energy flows. We hypothesize that urban nature and energy are a combination of biological and technological factors that interact in a symbiotic environmental cycle. By examining their relationships, we can gain insight into the impact of climate change. OTTO aims to create a high-res survey of the urban environment by using a new combination of multi-spectral bands. This research maps the relationship between urban form and energy exchange to gain a deeper understanding of urban microclimates through multiple types of energy data.
Making Matter: Small-Scale Biomorphogenic Prototype Based on Ulva-Algae-Biopolymer
Authors: Chen Haoyi , Pasquero Claudia 
Published: January 2024

AbstractRecent developments in digital architecture have placed a renewed focus on sustainable architectural materials and the circularity of material systems. Algae has emerged as a promising material for mitigating the effects of climate change due to its ability to absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide. However, the disposal of algal biomass can lead to significant CO2 emissions and air pollution. The upcycling of algae into composite materials can promote circular economies by reducing the demand for petroleum-based products. In this context, this research explores the potential of Ulva algae in creating 3D-printed architectural prototypes based on bio-algorithm. An experimental analysis of the material properties of algae-based plastic is conducted and compared to similar reference products. This study argues for the importance of designing and fabricating these materials at the required scale while leveraging bio-thinking principles to create closed-loop systems and maximize the potential of natural resources.