2026 August - 73 articles
The increasing demand for sustainable and environmentally synthesis routes has driven significant interest in biogenic precursors for nanomaterial fabrication. Among these, egg-derived materials—including eggshell, eggshell membrane (ESM), egg...
A new class of Ln(III) Schiff base (SB) complexes has been synthesized with the general formula [LnL(hfac)3], where Ln = Tb (TbL), Eu (EuL), Sm (SmL) or Gd (GdL). The molecular structure of the complex was determined using the X-ray diffraction metho...
The present study demonstrates the use of a transient multiphase flow model for the description of feed rod melting dynamics during the floating-zone silicon crystal growth process on a local scale. The presented numerical model is verified using a p...
Corrosion of reinforcing steel remains a major cause of premature deterioration in concrete infrastructure, motivating the development of inhibitors with lower toxicity and reduced environmental impact. This review critically examines recent advances...
The increasing demand for high-efficiency photovoltaic technologies has intensified research into tandem solar cells (TSCs) as a promising strategy to surpass the performance limits of single-junction devices. In this study, a comprehensive optoelect...
The dissociative adsorption of O2 strongly depends on the activity of CO oxidation electrocatalysts. Using first-principles calculations, we investigated O2 dissociative adsorption on Cu-, Pt-, and Pd-doped Ag(111) surfaces. Our results show that the...
Environmental pollution, particularly water contamination, requires the continuous development of robust, effective monitoring technologies. While chemical optical sensors offer significant advantages for environmental monitoring, many traditional de...
Two-dimensional (2D) layered materials—graphene, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), and layered van der Waals (vdW) thiophosphates—constitute a rapidly expanding family whose properties are governed by...
Cavitation erosion is a phenomenon that causes the degradation of engineering components operating in fluids under oscillating pressure, and it occurs through the repeated implosion of cavitation bubbles adjacent to the solid surface. This complex ph...
Thermal degradation of InGaN quantum dots (QDs) during the temperature ramp for GaN quantum-barrier growth can compromise micro-light-emitting-diode active regions. Five-period InGaN/GaN QD structures with low-temperature-grown GaN (LT-GaN) caps of 0...
High-purity SiC powder is an important feedstock for SiC crystal growth, but thermal-field regulation becomes difficult during large-batch synthesis. This study examined an α-SiC powder-synthesis furnace with upper and lower induction-coil grou...
Effects of varying lanthanum (La) content on the melting characteristics, spreadability, mechanical properties of brazed joints, and microstructure of low-silver BAg5CuZn brazing filler metal were investigated. The results indicate that the addition...
Composition criteria for refractory high-entropy alloys (RHEAs) reliably predict whether a candidate composition forms a single-phase body-centred-cubic (BCC) solid solution, but not which BCC-confirmed composition will be strongest. Here we revisit...
Silicon nitride (Si3N4) is an advanced structural ceramic with considerable potential for load-bearing biomedical applications owing to its excellent mechanical properties and favorable biological response. In this study, the effect of wollastonite (...
Freeze–thaw cycling can strongly disturb the pore-water environment, soil fabric, and contaminant mobility of heavy-metal-contaminated loess, thereby threatening the long-term effectiveness of stabilization treatments in seasonally frozen regio...
The Ti-6Al-4V alloy is widely used in aerospace and deep-sea applications due to its exceptional strength and corrosion resistance. However, its application is often constrained by high deformation resistance and a narrow hot-working temperature wind...
Carbonate jade has emerged as a recently recognized commercial variety in the Chinese gemstone market. Systematic gemological and mineralogical investigations on carbonate jade, however, remain very scarce. Three Xinjiang calcite-dominated jade sampl...
The rapid development of wearable electronics has created a demand for flexible, lightweight, and sustainable power-supply technologies. The persistent temperature difference between the human body and the environment provides a low-grade thermal sou...
Transition metal phosphides (TMPs) have gained significant attention from researchers in the field of catalytic hydrogenation due to their excellent properties. However, existing studies have rarely explored the targeted regulation of the degree of c...
Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) clearly resolves surface-localized (SL) states, yet conventional density functional theory (DFT) band structures from slab calculations do not readily distinguish weakly confined SL states on surfaces...
Microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of as-extruded Mg-2.5Si-4Zn-0.7Ca-1Y alloys were characterized under diverse heat treatment conditions. An optimal regime of 200 °C for 12 h emerged, delivering a peak Vickers hardness of ~100 H...
Refractory high-entropy and compositionally complex alloys are routinely compared by nominal composition and as-processed phase, yet processing changes the material that is actually tested. This is a critical, mechanism-led narrative review rather th...
A comprehensive beyond density functional theory study of the structural, energetic, and electronic properties of the technologically most relevant SiC polytypes 3C, 2H, 4H, and 6H-SiC, together with the single Shockley-type stacking fault (1SSF or 3...
Cooling crystallization of DL-methionine requires the joint control of crystallization yield and bulk density because operating conditions that favor one response may impair the other. Here, single-factor experiments, Plackett–Burman screening,...
In the present work, thin TiO2 films were obtained by the sol–gel spin-coating method on glass and ITO-covered glass substrates. The crystallization evolution of the thin films was studied by the X-ray Diffraction (XRD) technique. The results i...
To avoid potential misinterpretation, the caption of Figure 6 and the text preceding it have been revised to clearly indicate that Figure 6a displays the sulfate salt of compound 1 [...]
Natural blue calcite is relatively rare, and its coloration and luminescence mechanisms have not been systematically established. In this study, four natural blue calcite samples from China were comprehensively characterized using mineralogical testi...
This study used time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) to comprehensively analyze the elemental composition, ion distribution, and signal variations in potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) crystals at various sputtering depths afte...
Group III-nitride semiconductors (GaN, AlN, InN) serve as foundational materials for modern optoelectronics, high-frequency microelectronics, and next-generation energy harvesting devices. However, traditional high-temperature epitaxy (>700 °C...
The structural phase transition and associated orientational domain configurations in perovskite-type BixCa1−xMnO3 ceramics were investigated in this work. A series of BixCa1−xMnO3 solid solutions with x = 0.05, 0.25, 0.33 were synthesize...
Rutile is an oxide mineral widely distributed in igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks; it crystallizes in the tetragonal system. Trace-element abundances in rutile are influenced by the host-rock composition, redox conditions and crystallizati...
Garnet-structured compounds have long been recognized as versatile host platforms for luminescent phosphors, owing to their robust chemical stability and highly tunable cationic sublattices. Conventional aluminate and gallate garnets, however, genera...
We used powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) and ac impedance spectroscopy to investigate the polymorphic phase transitions undergone by the MH2PO4 (M = Cs, K, Rb) proton conductor series upon heating. High-pressure methods used in conjunction with energy...
Three commercial red–white banded rhodochrosite samples sold as Argentine “Rosa del Inca” material were investigated using conventional gemological observation, mineralogical analysis, micro-area chemical analysis, and spectroscopy....
Nanostructured copper oxide (CuO) holds significant promise for optoelectronic, photocatalytic, and biomedical applications, yet its performance is critically dictated by its morphology, crystallite size, and surface chemistry. In this work, pure mon...
To evaluate whether atmospheric-pressure plasma jet (APPJ) treatment induced early, sintering-related, surface microstructural variations in 3 mol% yttria-stabilized zirconia (3Y-TZP), with a particular focus on how treatment time affected the grain...
Scaphopod molluscs are marine, infaunal, cosmopolitan animals. They encase their soft tissue with an aragonitic tusk-shaped shell that has at its two ends an orifice, the aperture and the apex. We investigated the shell of the dentaliid species Fissi...
Be–Al alloys are attractive for aerospace and precision-engineering applications because of their low density, high specific stiffness, and excellent dimensional stability. However, their broader application is constrained by multiscale defects...
The formation of W-type hexaferrite magnets was investigated using in situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction. Both the holding time and precursor composition were investigated to evaluate the effect on phase purity and crystallite size using Rietv...
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In this work, LiF was introduced as a flux additive to overcome the high viscosity challenge of the self-flux system, which successfully grew a large-scale cesium lithium borate (CLBO) single crystal with dimensions of 136 × 132 × 68 mm3...
The presence of ferrite in 316 austenitic stainless steel affects its magnetic permeability, and the secondary precipitates formed by ferrite decomposition can further degrade the corrosion resistance, limiting its application in industries such as n...
The solid-state landscape of pharmaceutical compounds is often characterized by the occurrence of polymorphs, hydrates, and solvates, which may significantly influence their physicochemical and biopharmaceutical properties. In contrast, some active p...
The condensation reaction of pyromellitic dianhydride and (aminomethyl)phosphonic acid in imidazole yielded N,N′-bis(phosphonomethyl)pyromellitimide ([(H2O3P)CH2-(C10H2N2O4)-CH2(PO3H2)]∙2H2O). Recrystallization of this compound from deion...
This study investigates the spatiotemporal evolution of nonlinear Thomson radiation from an electron driven by a tightly focused circularly polarized Gaussian laser pulse in the presence of a uniform externally applied magnetic field. The laser pulse...
This study employs density functional theory and quantum chemical calculations to investigate the gas-phase nucleation and growth mechanisms during chemical vapor deposition of silicon carbide. Based on thermodynamic stability evaluations of large cl...
In order to verify the reliability and engineering applicability of the AE-CMT welding technology for magnesium alloy joining, AE-CMT welding experiments were conducted at welding speeds ranging from 0.5 to 3.0 m/min on 1.5 mm-thick H24-temper AZ31B...
Al-Li alloys present significant challenges for conventional fusion-based additive manufacturing (AM) due to their low evaporation temperature and high reactivity with oxygen. As a solid-state process, friction stir additive manufacturing (FSAM) is e...
The grain size and texture of high-purity Cu-Al alloy are crucial for its application in sputtering targets. In order to improve the grain size and texture of high-purity Cu-Al alloy, clock rolling followed by a subsequent annealing process was emplo...
Sodium-ion batteries (NIBs) represent a promising alternative to lithium-ion technology due to the greater abundance and sustainability of sodium. However, the choice of suitable electrolytes is a major limiting factor for performance, safety, and op...
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