Stevens Institute of Technology

Legitimacy Signals and Investor Protections: Top-Tier Law Firms in Global Venture Capital Investments

Venture capital (VC) transactions are impeded by two frictions: entrepreneurs cannot credibly signal quality to investors, and investors cannot fully protect themselves against governance risks in incomplete–contract relationships. We argue that top-tier law firms address both fr...

Precision-guided gramian angular field for ECG-based cardiac arrhythmia detection utilizing binary-weight simplicial convolutional neural networks

Cardiac arrhythmia, characterized by abnormal heart rhythms, can be effectively identified using electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. However, the complex temporal and frequency patterns in ECG recordings make accurate diagnosis challenging. Recent advances in deep learning have sign...

An Injury-Conforming Dual-Layer Lung Sealant

Abstract Persistent pulmonary air leaks contribute to prolonged hospitalization. While existing hydrogel-based sealants can be used to stop air leaks, they may lack the high elasticity needed to accommodate lung deformation and mechanical cohesion. We developed an injury-conformi...

Chemically Controlled Order and Geometries of Plasmonic Patches at Soft Curved Interfaces

Creating ordered plasmonic nanoparticle lattices on soft, curved templates remains challenging due to curvature‑induced frustration and kinetic trapping at fluid interfaces. Here we report a chemically programmable route to organize 5‑nm gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) into hexagonall...

Vetiver Phytoremediation of Nitrate-Rich Munition Wastewater: Biomass Valorization Within a Circular Economy Framework

Industrial munition facilities generate nitrate-rich wastewater that requires effective and sustainable treatment before discharge. While vetiver grass (Chrysopogon zizanioides)-based phytoremediation has shown promise in nitrogen removal, most studies have been limited to small-...