You are currently viewing a new version of our website. To view the old version click .

Most Recent

  • Article
  • Open Access

28 September 2025

Nuclear fuel cladding serves as the primary barrier to the release of radioactive fission products and is subjected to high-temperature and high-pressure environments during both normal reactor operation and accident scenarios such as loss of coolant...

  • Article
  • Open Access

DFT Study of Oxygen Ion Migration in Mg-Doped Cubic Zirconia

  • Zhussupbek M. Salikhodzha,
  • Guldari B. Bairbayeva,
  • Anatoli I. Popov,
  • Raigul N. Kassymkhanova,
  • Keleshek B. Zhangylyssov,
  • Elena Popova and
  • Marina Konuhova

25 September 2025

This work presents a theoretical investigation of ionic conductivity in cubic zirconia (c-ZrO2) doped with magnesium, using density functional theory (DFT) with the hybrid B3LYP functional as implemented in the CRYSTAL23 software package. It was foun...

  • Article
  • Open Access
125 Views
30 Pages

Transient Response of an Infinite Isotropic Magneto-Electro-Elastic Material with Multiple Axisymmetric Planar Cracks

  • Alireza Vahdati,
  • Mehdi Salehi,
  • Meisam Vahabi,
  • Aazam Ghassemi,
  • Javad Jafari Fesharaki and
  • Soheil Oveissi

22 September 2025

Dynamic behavior of coaxial axisymmetric planar cracks in the transversely isotropic magneto-electro-elastic (MEE) material in transient in-plane magneto-electro-mechanical loading is studied. Magneto-electrically impermeable as well as permeable cra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
302 Views
14 Pages

11 September 2025

Mg2TiO4:Mn4+ (MTO:Mn4+) red phosphor has important applications in areas such as red LEDs and forensic science, but the preparation of MTO:Mn4+ through the solid-state reaction method requires a high sintering temperature. Herein, MTO:Mn4+ red phosph...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
374 Views
11 Pages

Improved Laser Cooling Efficiencies of Rare-Earth-Doped Semiconductors Using a Photonic-Crystal Nanocavity

  • Yuta Nakayama,
  • Masayuki Ogawa,
  • Jun Tatebayashi,
  • Yukihiro Harada,
  • Yasufumi Fujiwara and
  • Takashi Kita

5 September 2025

We theoretically studied the control of the extraction of anti-Stokes photoluminescence using photonic crystal (PhC) nanocavities. Our fabricated (erbium,oxygen)-codoped GaAs PhC nanocavity showed a positive feedback gain of heating through the excit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
371 Views
17 Pages

Preliminary Modeling of Single Pulp Fiber Using an Improved Mass–Spring Method

  • Yin Liu,
  • Wenhao Shen,
  • Douglas W. Coffin,
  • Tao Song,
  • Jean-Francis Bloch and
  • Jean-Pierre Corriou

3 September 2025

An improved Mass–Spring Model (iMSM) is developed by adding central springs to the conventional Mass–Spring Models (MSMs) of tubular structures. This improvement is necessary to model fibers that have enough stiffness so that they do not...

  • Article
  • Open Access
429 Views
15 Pages

Electric Field-Enhanced SPR Sensors with AuNPs and CQDs for Rapid and Low-Detection-Limit Detection of Co2+

  • Xinyue Jing,
  • Minxuan Chen,
  • Xingye Ma,
  • Xinrui Xu,
  • Ning Wang,
  • Kunpeng Niu,
  • Xiaohan Chen,
  • Yihao Wang,
  • Jiayi Zhu and
  • Jianguo Hou
  • + 1 author

1 September 2025

As a vital transition metal species, cobalt ions (Co2+) play a critical role in industrial and medical fields. However, uncontrolled release into ecosystems via industrial effluents presents significant environmental risks. To address this, a prism-c...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
805 Views
20 Pages

26 August 2025

Hydrogen generation has become a popular research subject in light of currently pressing issues, such as the rapidly increasing environmental pollution, the depleting fossil fuel reserves, and the looming energy crisis. Sustainable electrochemical wa...

  • Review
  • Open Access
834 Views
29 Pages

22 August 2025

Despite notable advancements in lithium-ion battery (LIB) technology, growing industrialization, rising energy demands, and evolving consumer electronics continue to raise performance requirements. As the primary determinant of battery performance, c...