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Crystals, Volume 14, Issue 10

October 2024 - 83 articles

Cover Story: Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are ideal for nanoscale transistors due to their unique electronic and magnetic properties. Their reduced screening effect enables stable excitons at room temperature, sparking interest in exciton and strong correlation physics. TMDCs’ tunable electronic properties can be modulated via doping, which is key to creating advanced transistors. Low-level magnetic doping, such as V-doped WSe₂, introduces ferromagnetic and semiconducting behavior, making these diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMSs) highly promising for quantum computing and advanced spintronic devices. This dual characteristic is essential for developing sensors, quantum components, and next-generation technologies. View this paper
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Articles (83)

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  • Open Access
1,766 Views
17 Pages

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of a Weld Seam from Magnetron High-Current CO2 Welding

  • Jun-Yan Miao,
  • Yi-Wen Li,
  • Bo-Wen Ren,
  • Hong-Lei Zhao,
  • Si-Yu Zhang,
  • Yun-Long Chang and
  • Qiang Wang

21 October 2024

External magnetic field (EMF)-assisted high-current CO2 welding is beneficial for improving the large spatter and poor performance of the welding heat-affected zone for mild steels under high-current welding specifications. In this paper, the droplet...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,902 Views
10 Pages

Effect of Sulfurization Temperature on Properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 Thin Films and Diffusion of Ti Substrate Elements

  • Meihong Huang,
  • Junhui Lin,
  • Zhiyong Liang,
  • Shaowei Chen,
  • Yuling Zhong,
  • Feng Wang,
  • Bixian Chen and
  • Dongxia Zhang

20 October 2024

The addition of flexible Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin film solar cells to titanium (Ti) substrates is an attractive way to achieve the low-cost manufacturing of photovoltaics. Prior research has indicated that the appropriate diffusion of Ti elements can en...

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  • Open Access
1,457 Views
17 Pages

Effect of Loading Direction on Tensile-Compressive Mechanical Behaviors of Mg-5Zn-2Gd-0.2Zr Alloy with Heterogeneous Grains

  • Jieming Chen,
  • Lei Xiao,
  • Xuefang Wang,
  • Zhuo Li,
  • Chen Wang,
  • Bingshu Wang,
  • Junfeng Chen,
  • Pan Liu and
  • Xinyao Zhang

19 October 2024

The tension-compression yield asymmetry caused by the strengthening of Mg-Zn-Gd-Zr alloy due to extrusion deformation is an important issue that must be addressed in its application. In this study, the effects of loading direction on the tensile and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,096 Views
9 Pages

Threshold Switching and Resistive Switching in SnO2-HfO2 Laminated Ultrathin Films

  • Kristjan Kalam,
  • Mark-Erik Aan,
  • Joonas Merisalu,
  • Markus Otsus,
  • Peeter Ritslaid and
  • Kaupo Kukli

19 October 2024

Polycrystalline SnO2-HfO2 nanolaminated thin films were grown by atomic layer deposition (ALD) on SiO2/Si(100) and TiN substrates at 300 °C. The samples, when evaluated electrically, exhibited bipolar resistive switching. The sample object with a...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,623 Views
17 Pages

Effect of Zn on Microstructure and Wear Resistance of Sn-Based Babbitt Alloy

  • Xiaoyan Ren,
  • Huimin Chen,
  • Yuan Chang,
  • Ningning Chen,
  • Zhenghua Shi,
  • Yougui Zhang,
  • Zhiming Guo and
  • Jinzhi Hu

19 October 2024

Tin-based Babbitt alloys are a widely used bearing bushing material which have good comprehensive properties. However, problems such as high-temperature softening and insufficient bearing capacity occur during their use, so the optimization of tin-ba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,175 Views
16 Pages

Molybdenum-Modified Niobium Oxide: A Pathway to Superior Electrochromic Materials for Smart Windows and Displays

  • Rutuja U. Amate,
  • Pritam J. Morankar,
  • Aviraj M. Teli,
  • Sonali A. Beknalkar and
  • Chan-Wook Jeon

18 October 2024

Electrochromic materials enable the precise control of their optical properties, making them essential for energy-saving applications such as smart windows. This study focuses on the synthesis of molybdenum-doped niobium oxide (Mo-Nb2O5) thin films u...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,817 Views
19 Pages

18 October 2024

Metal–organic framework materials, as innovative functional materials for nonlinear optical technologies, feature linear and nonlinear optical responses, such as a laser damage threshold, outstanding mechanical properties, thermal stability, an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,015 Views
15 Pages

In-Depth Characterization of Natural Clays from Southeast Albania

  • Altin Mele,
  • Viviana Scognamiglio,
  • Valeria Nocerino,
  • Luca De Stefano,
  • Arben Memo,
  • Roberta G. Toro,
  • Manuela Rossi,
  • Francesco Baldassarre and
  • Francesco Capitelli

18 October 2024

Clays have been exploited in the manufacture of diverse products from ceramics to paints, pharmaceuticals, plastics, cosmetics, and more. Thus, they can be used in many industrial applications, showing good adsorbent ability thanks to their lamellar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,199 Views
8 Pages

High-Temperature SHS Heat Insulators Based on Pre-Activated Mineral Raw Materials

  • Bakhtiyar Sadykov,
  • Ainur Khairullina,
  • Aida Artykbayeva,
  • Alua Maten,
  • Anar Zhapekova,
  • Timur Osserov and
  • Ayagoz Bakkara

18 October 2024

In this paper, the results of the technological combustion of SHS heat insulators based on mineral origins are presented. It is shown that after mechanochemical treatment of minerals—diatomite—the kinetic characteristics of the combustion...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,448 Views
15 Pages

Effects of Oxide Powders as Activating Flux on AMIG 304L Welds

  • Kamel Touileb,
  • Rachid Djoudjou,
  • Abousoufiane Ouis,
  • Abdeljlil Chihaoui Hedhibi,
  • Hussein Alrobei,
  • Ibrahim Abdullah Alnaser,
  • Rizwan Ahmed Malik and
  • Ubair Abdus Samad

18 October 2024

Activating metal inert gas (AMIG) welding was designed to address difficulties with MIG welding, such as the limitation on workpiece thickness that may be welded in a single pass. This investigation was carried out on 304L stainless steel using ER 30...

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