Pub Date : 2026-02-06DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2026.01.021
Liang Leng, Jing Mo, Hongguo Chen, Shenjie You, Can Wang, Jun Lu, Zhaotong Cong, Wei Chen, Chi Song, Sanyin Zhang
{"title":"Natural Diverse Components, Herbgenomics, and Artificial Intelligence: A Multi-Dimensional Paradigm for Polyherbal Formulation Research","authors":"Liang Leng, Jing Mo, Hongguo Chen, Shenjie You, Can Wang, Jun Lu, Zhaotong Cong, Wei Chen, Chi Song, Sanyin Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.eng.2026.01.021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2026.01.021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11783,"journal":{"name":"Engineering","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146134820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-05DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2026.02.003
Bin Guo, Roger A. Falconer, Reza Ahmadian
The operation of a tidal lagoon (or barrage) involves impounding a substantial volume of water, creating a head difference across the impoundment wall, and converting the potential energy associated with the head difference into kinetic energy through turbines. Consequently, the functioning of a tidal lagoon facilitates the movement of substantial volumes of water between the water body and impounded basin, altering water exchange and tidal flushing patterns, which potentially affect water quality. In this study, three tidal lagoon schemes proposed in the UK, West Somerset Lagoon (WSL), Swansea Bay Lagoon (SBL), and North Wales Tidal Lagoon (NWTL), were investigated for their regional water renewal capacities under different operational schemes and tidal phase conditions within a comparative framework. The exchange processes were investigated by modeling tracer changes within a control domain, with and without the lagoon, under different operational procedures. The results revealed different tracer-exchange characteristics across all schemes. Regardless of the operation scheme, the exchange concentration distribution tended to converge to a near-steady-state distribution at the end of each tidal cycle over a longer timescale. This study indicated that although the tracer dispersion rate was not highly sensitive to the initial tidal conditions, the tracer concentration declined more rapidly when released during spring tides. The inclusion of the WSL significantly improved the water exchange capacity within the lagoon basin region and the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary. By contrast, the SBL and NWTL schemes resulted in decreased water renewal times in the lagoon area.
{"title":"The Impact of Tidal Lagoons on Regional Water Exchange","authors":"Bin Guo, Roger A. Falconer, Reza Ahmadian","doi":"10.1016/j.eng.2026.02.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2026.02.003","url":null,"abstract":"The operation of a tidal lagoon (or barrage) involves impounding a substantial volume of water, creating a head difference across the impoundment wall, and converting the potential energy associated with the head difference into kinetic energy through turbines. Consequently, the functioning of a tidal lagoon facilitates the movement of substantial volumes of water between the water body and impounded basin, altering water exchange and tidal flushing patterns, which potentially affect water quality. In this study, three tidal lagoon schemes proposed in the UK, West Somerset Lagoon (WSL), Swansea Bay Lagoon (SBL), and North Wales Tidal Lagoon (NWTL), were investigated for their regional water renewal capacities under different operational schemes and tidal phase conditions within a comparative framework. The exchange processes were investigated by modeling tracer changes within a control domain, with and without the lagoon, under different operational procedures. The results revealed different tracer-exchange characteristics across all schemes. Regardless of the operation scheme, the exchange concentration distribution tended to converge to a near-steady-state distribution at the end of each tidal cycle over a longer timescale. This study indicated that although the tracer dispersion rate was not highly sensitive to the initial tidal conditions, the tracer concentration declined more rapidly when released during spring tides. The inclusion of the WSL significantly improved the water exchange capacity within the lagoon basin region and the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary. By contrast, the SBL and NWTL schemes resulted in decreased water renewal times in the lagoon area.","PeriodicalId":11783,"journal":{"name":"Engineering","volume":"134 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146122004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-05DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2026.02.001
Marco Rollo, Francesca Rastelli, Marta Ximenis, Elisa Martinelli, Gianluca Ciancaleoni, Haritz Sardon
Approximately one-third of the global nylon production is accounted for by polyamide 6,6 (PA 66), with an annual output of 2.5 million tonnes. Despite its limited biodegradability, few end-of-life recycling strategies have been developed for PA 66. In this work, PA 66 is quantitatively depolymerized into its monomers: adipic acid and hexamethylenediamine (recovered as diammonium dichloride) using a naturally abundant iron-based Lewis/Brønsted acidic deep eutectic solvents (LBDESs) at 180 °C in 5 h. After optimization of the reaction conditions and work-up procedure, the overall monomer recovery yield exceeds 85%. The process is effective not only for virgin PA 66 in pellet and fiber forms but also with real post-consumer 100% nylon hosiery. Furthermore, environmental performance metrics for this method were evaluated and compared to previously reported depolymerization processes, indicating that the present approach is competitive.
{"title":"Iron-Based Lewis/Brønsted Deep Eutectic Solvents for the Hydrolysis of Nylon-6,6","authors":"Marco Rollo, Francesca Rastelli, Marta Ximenis, Elisa Martinelli, Gianluca Ciancaleoni, Haritz Sardon","doi":"10.1016/j.eng.2026.02.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2026.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"Approximately one-third of the global nylon production is accounted for by polyamide 6,6 (PA 66), with an annual output of 2.5 million tonnes. Despite its limited biodegradability, few end-of-life recycling strategies have been developed for PA 66. In this work, PA 66 is quantitatively depolymerized into its monomers: adipic acid and hexamethylenediamine (recovered as diammonium dichloride) using a naturally abundant iron-based Lewis/Brønsted acidic deep eutectic solvents (LBDESs) at 180 °C in 5 h. After optimization of the reaction conditions and work-up procedure, the overall monomer recovery yield exceeds 85%. The process is effective not only for virgin PA 66 in pellet and fiber forms but also with real post-consumer 100% nylon hosiery. Furthermore, environmental performance metrics for this method were evaluated and compared to previously reported depolymerization processes, indicating that the present approach is competitive.","PeriodicalId":11783,"journal":{"name":"Engineering","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146134823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-05DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2026.02.002
Lianzhen Zhang, Kaizhong Deng, Yanliang Du, Mitsuyoshi Akiyama, Dan M. Frangopol, Jiyu Xin
{"title":"Three-Dimensional Geometric Digital Twin of Cable-Stayed Bridges: UAV- and TLS-Based Point Cloud Registration, Fusion Modeling, and Damage Inspection","authors":"Lianzhen Zhang, Kaizhong Deng, Yanliang Du, Mitsuyoshi Akiyama, Dan M. Frangopol, Jiyu Xin","doi":"10.1016/j.eng.2026.02.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2026.02.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11783,"journal":{"name":"Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146134822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2026.01.018
Huajun Li, Jiancheng Liu, Lei Li, Xiuzhan Zhang, Liwei Yu
{"title":"Prospects for Commercial Exploitation of Deep-Sea Polymetallic Nodules: From Perspectives of Economic Benefits, Technological Feasibility, and Environmental Protection","authors":"Huajun Li, Jiancheng Liu, Lei Li, Xiuzhan Zhang, Liwei Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.eng.2026.01.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2026.01.018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11783,"journal":{"name":"Engineering","volume":"89 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146109808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-30DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2026.01.017
Qian Chen, Zhanwei Wang, Xianhao Chen, Juan Wen, Di Zhou, Sijing Ji, Min Sheng, Kaibin Huang
The work was supported in part by the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China under a fellowship award (HKU RFS2122-7S04), the National Natural Science Foundation of China/Research Grants Council Collaborative Research Scheme (CRS_HKU702/24), the Areas of Excellence Scheme (AoE/E-601/22-R), the Collaborative Research Fund (C1009-22G), the General Research Fund (17212423), the Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Macao Technology Research Programme (Type C; SGDX20230821091559018), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (62461160329 and 62371368). The authors apologize for the omission of the above funding information in the originally published article.
{"title":"Corrigendum to “Space–Ground Fluid AI for 6G Edge Intelligence” [Engineering 54 (2025) 14–19]","authors":"Qian Chen, Zhanwei Wang, Xianhao Chen, Juan Wen, Di Zhou, Sijing Ji, Min Sheng, Kaibin Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.eng.2026.01.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2026.01.017","url":null,"abstract":"The work was supported in part by the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China under a fellowship award (HKU RFS2122-7S04), the National Natural Science Foundation of China/Research Grants Council Collaborative Research Scheme (CRS_HKU702/24), the Areas of Excellence Scheme (AoE/E-601/22-R), the Collaborative Research Fund (C1009-22G), the General Research Fund (17212423), the Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Macao Technology Research Programme (Type C; SGDX20230821091559018), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (62461160329 and 62371368). The authors apologize for the omission of the above funding information in the originally published article.","PeriodicalId":11783,"journal":{"name":"Engineering","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146089277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Engineering in Situ Cu Electrodeposition and Ionization in the LEEFT-Cu System with a Stainless-Steel/Cu Core–Shell Electrode for Extended Water Disinfection","authors":"Wei Wang, Feiyang Mo, Mengkun Tian, Shuai Wang, Nathan Dong, Xing Xie","doi":"10.1016/j.eng.2026.01.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2026.01.016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11783,"journal":{"name":"Engineering","volume":"260 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146072121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-24DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2025.12.036
Xiong Zhang, Siyi Ji, Benny C.F. Cheung, Yixuan Sun, Chunming Wang, Zibin Chen, Xiaohong Zhan, Chunjin Wang
The manufacture of nanostructures on silicon (Si) has profound implications across diverse disciplines. Previous research has focused mainly on qualitative explanations based solely on evidence from electromagnetic and matter reorganization theories. This study designed experiments and explored the characteristics of nanostructures created by scanning with an ultrafast laser, in which experimental evidence supporting both electromagnetic and matter reorganization theories was simultaneously observed. Four distinct surface morphologies were identified, each with specific formation thresholds: 0.06, 0.09, 0.22, and 0.27 J⋅cm−2. The polycrystalline Si that emerged at the apex of the monocrystalline Si matrix was directly characterized, and the occurrence of SiO2 and α-Si was detailed. The simultaneous and distinct contributions of electromagnetic and reorganization theories were revealed. By examining the relationship between phase transitions and laser features, the conditions under which each mechanism operates were established. This study provides novel insights into the precise control of Si nanostructures, which could revolutionize applications in electronics, photonics, and materials science.
{"title":"Formation Mechanism of the Nanostructures and Crystallographic Features on Silicon Created by Ultrafast Laser Scanning","authors":"Xiong Zhang, Siyi Ji, Benny C.F. Cheung, Yixuan Sun, Chunming Wang, Zibin Chen, Xiaohong Zhan, Chunjin Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.eng.2025.12.036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2025.12.036","url":null,"abstract":"The manufacture of nanostructures on silicon (Si) has profound implications across diverse disciplines. Previous research has focused mainly on qualitative explanations based solely on evidence from electromagnetic and matter reorganization theories. This study designed experiments and explored the characteristics of nanostructures created by scanning with an ultrafast laser, in which experimental evidence supporting both electromagnetic and matter reorganization theories was simultaneously observed. Four distinct surface morphologies were identified, each with specific formation thresholds: 0.06, 0.09, 0.22, and 0.27 J⋅cm<ce:sup loc=\"post\">−2</ce:sup>. The polycrystalline Si that emerged at the apex of the monocrystalline Si matrix was directly characterized, and the occurrence of SiO<ce:inf loc=\"post\">2</ce:inf> and α-Si was detailed. The simultaneous and distinct contributions of electromagnetic and reorganization theories were revealed. By examining the relationship between phase transitions and laser features, the conditions under which each mechanism operates were established. This study provides novel insights into the precise control of Si nanostructures, which could revolutionize applications in electronics, photonics, and materials science.","PeriodicalId":11783,"journal":{"name":"Engineering","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146048207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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