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Phase Formation Study of Solid-State LLZNO and LLZTO via Structural, Thermal, and Morphological Analyses

  • Chengjian Li,
  • Frank Kern,
  • Lianmeng Liu,
  • Christopher Parr,
  • Andreas Börger and
  • Chunfeng Liu

28 October 2025

Garnet-type Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) is a solid electrolyte candidate for ASSLBs, owing to its wide electrochemical window and intrinsic safety. Yet phase-pure LLZO remains difficult because secondary phases form, and the transition towards the tetragonal...

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Tapping into the Past: First Approach to a Diachronic Material Characterization of Mayapán Pottery

  • Miguel Pérez,
  • Oscar G. de Lucio,
  • Alejandro Mitrani,
  • Carlos Peraza Lope,
  • Wilberth Cruz Alvarado,
  • Hugo Sobral,
  • Ciro Márquez Herrera and
  • Soledad Ortiz Ruiz

27 October 2025

The great city of Mayapan has experienced a technological change in pottery making, and our results confirm a shift in the raw materials and possibly the potters’ knowledge about them. The dynamics of change during the Postclassic period in the...

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  • Open Access
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Erbium Orthoniobate-Tantalates: Structural, Luminescent and Mechanical Properties of ErNbxTa1−xO4 Ceramics and Bactericidal Properties of ErNbO4 Powder

  • Mikhail Palatnikov,
  • Olga Shcherbina,
  • Nadezhda Fokina,
  • Maxim Smirnov,
  • Elena Zelenina,
  • Sofja Masloboeva and
  • Diana Manukovskaya

22 October 2025

Fine powders of erbium niobate-tantalates ErNbxTa1−xO4 (x = 0; 0.1; 0.3; 0.5; 0.7; 0.9; 1) have been synthesized by the liquid-phase method in this study. Ceramic samples have been prepared using conventional sintering from these powders. Rietv...

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Clinical Advances in Calcium Phosphate for Maxillomandibular Bone Regeneration: From Bench to Bedside

  • Seyed Ali Mostafavi Moghaddam,
  • Hamid Mojtahedi,
  • Amirhossein Bahador,
  • Lotfollah Kamali Hakim and
  • Hamid Tebyaniyan

21 October 2025

Background: Maxillomandibular bone defects present a complex challenge in regenerative medicine due to anatomical and functional intricacies. Calcium phosphate (CP)-based biomaterials have emerged as promising bone graft substitutes due to their bioc...

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  • Open Access
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Densification and Conductivity of Li-Doped NiO Targets for Hole-Transport Layer of Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Juan Li,
  • Jiwen Xu,
  • Guisheng Zhu,
  • Xianjie Zhou,
  • Fei Shang and
  • Huarui Xu

18 October 2025

NiO-based hole-transport layers are crucial for high-efficiency perovskite solar cells. An industrial deposition method of NiO films is magnetron sputtering using ceramic targets. NiO targets doped with Li contents at 1%, 3%, and 5% were designed, an...

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  • Open Access
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Hydrothermal Synthesis Optimization of High-Aspect Ratio α-Al2O3 Microfibers for Thermally Conductive Soft Composites

  • Omar Zahhaf,
  • Giulia D’Ambrogio,
  • François Grasland,
  • Guilhem Rival,
  • Minh-Quyen Le,
  • Pierre-Jean Cottinet and
  • Jean-Fabien Capsal

9 October 2025

This work presents a comprehensive study on the synthesis and application of Al2O3 fibers derived from an ammonium aluminum carbonate hydroxide (AACH) precursor. Through a hydrothermal route, the influence of critical synthesis parameters, including...

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Barium Strontium Titanate: Comparison of Material Properties Obtained via Solid-State and Sol–Gel Synthesis

  • Thomas Hanemann,
  • Martin Ade,
  • Emine Cimen,
  • Julia Schoenfelder,
  • Kirsten Honnef,
  • Matthias Wapler and
  • Ines Ketterer

4 October 2025

Barium strontium titanates (Ba1−xSrxTiO3, BST) with varying barium-to-strontium ratios were synthesized by the solid-state route (SSR) as well as by the sol–gel process (SGP). In the case of the SSR, the strontium amount x was varied from...

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Impact of Thermal Cycling on the Vickers Microhardness of Dental CAD/CAM Materials: Greater Retention in Polymer-Infiltrated Ceramic Networks (PICNs) Compared to Nano-Filled Resin Composites

  • Jorge I. Fajardo,
  • César A. Paltán,
  • Marco León,
  • Annie Y. Matute,
  • Ana Armas-Vega,
  • Rommel H. Puratambi,
  • Bolívar A. Delgado-Gaete,
  • Silvio Requena and
  • Alejandro Benalcazar

4 October 2025

We synthesized the current evidence from the literature and conducted a 2 × 3 factorial experiment to quantify the impact of thermocycling on the Vickers microhardness (HV) of dental CAD/CAM materials: VITA ENAMIC (VE, polymer-infiltrated ceram...

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Enhanced Transdermal Delivery via Electrospun PMMA Fiber Mats Incorporating Ibuprofen-Intercalated Layered Double Hydroxides

  • Van Thi Thanh Tran,
  • Shusei Yamashita,
  • Hideaki Sano,
  • Osamu Nakagoe,
  • Shuji Tanabe and
  • Kai Kamada

4 October 2025

This study reports the development of electrospun poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) fiber mats incorporating ibuprofen (IBU)-intercalated layered double hydroxides (LDH) for enhanced transdermal drug delivery systems (TDDS). IBU, in its anionic form,...

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  • Open Access
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2 October 2025

This study investigated the effect of piranha solution etching duration on the shear bond strength of zirconia ceramics bonded to resin cement, comparing it to conventional sandblasting treatment. Fifty fully sintered zirconia specimens (6.0 mm diame...

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