Crystals, Volume 15, Issue 12

This study presents a comprehensive Raman spectroscopic and mechanical investigation of Gd3Ga5O12 (GGG) single crystals irradiated with 231 MeV 131Xe ions at fluences ranging from 1 × 1011 to 3.3 × 1013 ions/cm2. Raman analysis reveals th...

The potential of graphene for electric field sensing is limited by its zero bandgap. This study employs a combined first-principles and experimental approach to enhance its response via heterojunctions with ZnO, SnO2, and Al2O3. Calculations reveal s...

Controlling seismic wave propagation to protect critical infrastructure through metamaterials has emerged as a frontier research topic. The narrow bandgap and heavy weight of a resonant seismic metamaterial (SM) limit its application for securing bui...

Modeling elementary diffusion processes in nanostructured materials is essential for developing platforms capable of interacting with high-speed physical signals. In this work, the photothermal response of a nano-hydroxyapatite/carbon nanotube (nHAp/...

Two crystals of N,N′-bis(phosphonomethyl)-1,4,5,8-naphthalenediimide were grown in the presence of neutral (water) and charged (imidazolium cation) species, yielding [(H2O3P)CH2-(C14H4N2O4)-CH2(PO3H2)]∙H2O (1) and [C3H5N2][(H1.5O3P)CH2-(C...

This work presents a study of copper selenite nanocrystals, obtained for the first time by chemical deposition (template synthesis) in a SiO2/Si track template, and investigates their properties. The obtained nanostructures were subjected to structur...

The general procedure for measurement of impurities in hot zones of high-temperature growth setups is proposed and developed. In the first step, we prepared extra-pure 15 × 15 × 8 mm collecting cubes from composite graphite by high-temper...

This study investigates the effect of electrolytic-plasma hardening time on the microstructure formation, hardness distribution, and corrosion behavior of grade 45 structural steel. The treatment was performed in a 15% aqueous sodium carbonate (Na2CO...

Bone is one of the most important organs of mammals, consisting of collagen and apatite. Various diseases, such as osteoporosis, can affect the components of bone tissue, their chemical composition and bone ultrastructure, which leads to changes in p...

The pressure response of bulk and two−dimensional (2D) MoS2 crystals (monolayer, bilayer, and many–layered), directly transferred to the diamond surface of the diamond anvil cell (DAC) used for high−pressure application, is examined...