Solids, Volume 5, Issue 4

Triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) structures raised significant interest in several areas of research due to their unique properties and broad range of applications. The aim of the paper is to verify if such complex metamaterials can be fabricat...

Doping engineering has been applied in niobium-doped NiO (NiO:Nb) by adding nitrogen (N) in its structure. The rf-sputtered films were made from a Ni-Nb composite target on unheated substrates at 300 W rf power and 5 mTorr total pressure. The plasma...

Applying an extended Peierls–Hubbard model to $\pi$ electrons in a coronene isomer, we investigate their ground-state properties and photoinduced dynamics with particular interest in possible loop current states. Once we switch on a static magne...

The literature on aluminum coordination networks so far contains data on COO-bridged derivatives exclusively. This paper addresses the question whether or not aluminum complexes, especially carbamate-bridged {Al₃($\mu$₃−O)}⁷⁺ units, can also for...

For the first time, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was developed for determining the target elemental composition of gadolinium–aluminum garnets with the varying composition Gd_3–xCe_xSc_yAl_5–yO₁₂, where x = 0.01...

Ferroelectric and antiferroelectric materials are technologically important by the richness of applications such as piezoelectric, pyroelectric, electro-optic, elasto-optic, and nonlinear optic effects. Especially, oxides with a perovskite structure...

Hardness decreases as indentation depth increases at both the nano- and micro-meter scales. By incorporating interfacial contributions, the indentation size effect can provide valuable information on the deformation behaviors of Ni-based single-cryst...

Slags generated from pyrometallurgical processing of spent Li-ion batteries are reservoirs of Li compounds that, on recycling, can reintegrate Li into the material stream. In this context, γ-LiAlO₂ is a promising candidate that potentially incr...

The excellent mechanical properties of alkaline-activated tailings are essential for their increased use in building materials. While numerous studies have been conducted on activated tailings, the strength of alkaline-activated tungsten slag has not...

Heusler compounds and alloys represent a rapidly expanding family of materials that exhibit novel properties of significant interest for advanced technological applications. Electronic band structure calculations play a pivotal role in advancing rese...

Organic solid-state lasers are highly promising devices known for their low-cost fabrication processes and compact sizes and the tunability of their emission spectrum. These lasers are in high demand across various industries including biomedicine, s...

Due to its unique electronic and optical properties, tungsten disulfide (WS₂) is a promising material for various device applications. However, achieving an efficient and cost-effective method for synthesizing large-area uniform WS₂ is still challeng...

The rotational correlation times of a small compact spin probe (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl in isotactic polypropylene were obtained over a wide temperature range by EPR spectra simulation taking into account rotational anisotropy as well...

The glass-ceramic materials studied in this work are designed using combinations of lithium vanadate borate glass matrices and lanthanum/rare earth (RE) vanadate nanoparticles. Three different techniques of sintering of the glass matrix and vanadate...