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By means of Mn-Cu transmetalation, we incorporated Mn atoms in an array of TCNQ (7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane) grown on Cu(100), forming a long range ordered and commensurate metal-organic coordination network (MOCN). Preliminary Sn alloying of the Cu( ...

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Mechanical Activation of Chemical Bonds at Polymer Interfaces

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Polymer brushes are a specific class of polymer thin films in which each chain is tethered to the underlying substrate via one chain end. In sufficiently densely grafted assemblies, the individual polymer chains are forced into an extended chain conformati ...

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A method to numerically determine the secondary electron yield considering effects of the surface morphology

Guang-Yu Sun, Ning Yang

Secondary electron emission (SEE) of solid materials due to electron bombardment is influenced by numerous properties of materials, where the surface condition plays a critical role in the value of secondary electron yield (SEY). Here, a 3D random microstr ...

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Coupled segregation mechanisms of Sc, Zr and Mn at theta ' interfaces enhances the strength and thermal stability of Al-Cu alloys

Baptiste Thomas Jean Rouxel, Lu Jiang

The refinement and thermal stability of intermediate theta-prime (theta') precipitates are critical in the development of new high strength 2xxx series aluminium-copper (Al-Cu) alloys for high temperature applications. In this work, we use trace additions ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2021

High Li-ion conductivity in tetragonal LGPO: A comparative first-principles study against known LISICON and LGPS phases

Nicola Marzari, Giuliana Materzanini, Aris Marcolongo, Leonid Kahle

We highlight fast Li-ion diffusion in hypothetical tetragonal Li10GeP2O12 (LGPO), as a counterpart to the well-known phases of orthorhombic (LISICON) LGPO, thio-LISICON, and tetragonal Li10GeP2S12 (LGPS). We use extended Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics i ...

AMER PHYSICAL SOC2021

Evolution and spatial variability of small-scale surface roughness of snow and sea ice during MOSAiC

Michael Lehning, Marc Schneebeli Zeugin, Dávid Wágner, David Nicholas Wagner

Small-scale surface roughness (on an area of about 0.5 m x 0.5 m) affects remote sensing retrieval algorithms and radiative transfer models, yet data of snow and ice surface roughness over sea ice is scarce. Microwave emissivity, important for satellite re ...

2021

Understanding of the factors slowing down metakaolin reaction in limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) at late ages

Karen Scrivener, Paul Bowen, Yosra Briki, Mohsen Ben Haha, François Henri Avet

Factors which could explain the slowing down of the metakaolin reaction in LC3 blends are investigated. Portlandite availability and the presence of aluminium ions in the pore solution are shown not to be limiting factors. Hydrates can only precipitate in ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2021

A global line list for HDO between 0 and 35000 cm−1 constructed using multiphoton spectra

Multiphoton spectroscopy of monodeuterated water is employed to determine more than 210 new energy levels of HDO in the 25 000–35 000 cm region. These new empirical energy levels are used to fit a potential energy surface (PES) valid between 20 000 cm and ...

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Spectroelectrochemical and Chemical Evidence of Surface Passivation at Zinc Ferrite (ZnFe 2 O 4 ) Photoanodes for Solar Water Oxidation

Kevin Sivula, Mounir Driss Mensi, Liang Yao, Nestor Guijarro Carratala, Dan Ren, Yongpeng Liu, Meng Xia

Recent advances in low‐cost manufacturing as well as in bulk/interface engineering have positioned zinc ferrite (ZnFe2O4, ZFO) in the spotlight as a candidate material for solar water oxidation. However, the severe recombination at the reactive interface r ...

2021

Ligand Locking on Quantum Dot Surfaces via a Mild Reactive Surface Treatment

Raffaella Buonsanti, Aurélien Bornet, Anna Loiudice, Ona Segura Lecina

At the outermost surface of colloidal QDs are organic surface ligands which dynamically bind and release in solution to control the growth kinetics, control the size/shape of the crystals, passivate surface states, and provide colloidal stability through f ...

2021

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