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Nano to macro transition of gold nanoparticles prior to sintering

Summers, P Angeloski, A Cortie, MB Wuhrer, R Mcdonagh, AM

The thermal behaviour of ligand-stabilised gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) is an important consideration when using these materials to form gold films via sintering. AuNPs stabilised with butanethiol an...

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Quantum-Grade Nanodiamonds from a Single-Step, Industrial-Scale Pressure and Temperature Process

Bao, Y Gulka, M Kumar, P Copak, J Balasubramanian, P Mindarava, Y Blinder, R Olney-Fraser, M Wen, H Spanielova, H Zeng, HZJ Whitefield, B Aharonovich, I Hruby, J Jelezko, F Belnap, JD Chang, SLY Cigler, P

Abstract Nanodiamonds with nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers are a promising workhorse for myriad applications, from quantum sensing to bioimaging. However, despite two decades of extensive research, ...

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Temperature-dependent electromechanical response of BaTi1_-xSnxO3: Analysis of reversible and irreversible contributions

Kraft, V Eckstein, UR Kuhfuss, M Khansur, NH Marlton, FP Mullens, B Martin, A Hayashi, K Webber, KG

Abstract The increasing demand for efficient, multifunctional energy conversion systems has sparked interest in light‐active polar perovskite oxides. These materials offer structural flexibility a...

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Constructing Ru-P/O-transition metal bridge enabling high-performance oxygen evolution reaction

Pan, F Gong, C Sun, Y Wu, Z Li, D Wu, J Cao, X Xu, Y Li, X Gao, H Zhang, J Zhao, Y Liu, H

Incorporating low-concentration precious metals into transition metal phosphides (TMPs) may represent a promising strategy to achieve improved catalytic performance of oxygen evolution reaction (OE...

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Revealing the roles of oxidation states and constituents of the alloy in alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

Cao, X Sun, L Pan, F Wu, Z Li, D Nie, X Li, X Huang, P Gao, L Gong, C Zhao, Y Cai, Q Zhang, J Wang, G Liu, H

Precious metal Pt has exhibited excellent catalytic performance in numerous electrocatalytic applications. However, the slow water dissociation kinetics hinder its alkaline hydrogen evolution react...

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Design and analysis of junctionless dielectric modulated double-gate GaNFET biosensor for label-free DNA detection

Hasan, MZ Raihan, R Alam, NK Kaysir, MR Islam, MS Mahmud, MAP

The investigation of DNA hybridization spans various scientific domains, offering insights from genomics to diagnostics and pharmacology. Traditional methods involve labeling DNA, but innovative FE...

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Synthesis and evaluation of new isoquinoline diimide derivatives as small molecule acceptors for organic solar cells

Insuasty, A Carrara, S Vu, D Montalvo-Acosta, JJ Ortíz, A Hogan, C McNeill, CR Langford, SJ

In this work we explore the use of the method of oxidation and heterocyclization of naphthalene diimides (NDIs) to obtain five novel isoquinoline diimide derivatives (IQDI 3–7) as new small molecul...

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Numerical simulation of lithium dendrite growth in lithium metal batteries: Effect of superimposed AC/DC electric fields on dendrites suppression

Wang, H Wang, D Jiang, H Chen, X Liu, X Sun, B Wang, Y

The employment of external electric fields is a promising strategy for alleviating lithium dendrite formation during lithium metal battery charging. However, the underlying mechanisms that govern d...

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Molecular Nanosolids Generation by Vapor Jet Desublimation.

Huang, C Pontrelli, EK Lee, JW Wang, B Chen, G Machado, TC Maddali, H De Chazal, B Tuteja, A Larson, RG Rodríguez-Hornedo, N Shtein, M

Critical phenomena in nature (e.g., albedo, precipitation, pollination, etc.) depend on formation and transport of nanomaterials in the gas phase, as do many industrial processes. Yet controlling a...

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On the complexity of epimorphism testing with virtually abelian targets

Elder, M Shen, J Weiß, A

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