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Polymers, nanomaterials, surfaces, composites, crystals, and functional materials.
A preprint reports a broad metal-organic-framework dataset and two released models that cut adsorption-enthalpy error while retaining comparable performance on selected tests.
Scientific publication5 min read
A critical review of lead-halide perovskites presents a testable framework linking their electronic structure, screening and carrier motion. It also warns that claims about universal defect tolerance, bulk ferroelectricity and dynamic Rashba effects remain unproven.
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A laboratory preprint reports that photon emission from transmitted helium ions varied strongly with exit charge state, while differences among carbon, silicon and silicon carbide were small.
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A laboratory preprint reports that light may leave optically addressable traps in BaF2, with changes in luminescence yield and a spatial readout of excitation sites.
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A first-principles study of CeCrB4 finds a tiny calculated energy edge for ferromagnetism and a molecular-like pattern in localized Cr–Cr states.
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A laboratory comparison of MoS2 growth on five crystalline substrates found sharply different domain shapes, coverage patterns and optical responses under nominally matched conditions.
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A study of three Ag-Au-Pd-Pt thin-film libraries found that work function predicted acidic hydrogen-evolution activity, but correcting hydrogen adsorption for surface coverage left work function with only a small additional contribution.
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Pressed BiFeO3-based nanopowders showed large, composition-dependent dielectric responses across heat and frequency tests, but the study leaves the role of samarium and interfaces unresolved.
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A catalyst made with cyanobacterial extract achieved higher reported crystal violet degradation and total organic carbon removal than chemically synthesized NiO/CoO, though the tests used prepared dye solutions rather than real wastewater.
Scientific reports5 min read
Amine-functionalized biochar made from walnut shells produced high reported yields for two reaction types in water at room temperature, but the study was small and descriptive.
RSC advances4 min read
The study compared Bauhinia purpurea leaf-extract-mediated zinc oxide nanoparticles made by co-precipitation and sol-gel synthesis in carbon-steel corrosion tests, with lower dissolved iron reported at 100 ppm than in the blank.
Discover nano4 min read
Intercalated WTe2 compounds containing potassium, rubidium or cesium showed a lower-symmetry crystal arrangement and progressively wider spacing between layers. Optical analysis and DFT calculations indicated narrow gaps, while temperature-dependent electrical measurements reported semiconducting behavior for Rb0.5WTe2 crystals.
Dalton Trans. (2026) 55 (8), 3296-33094 min read
A combined photoemission and modeling study found that Fe and Mn deposits were associated with different surface-band changes in lead-tin selenide, depending on coverage and crystal orientation.
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A preprint argues that cobalt ordering and correlated electronic states may help explain why a layered iron telluride remains antiferromagnetic near 250 K.
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A computational materials study used generated crystal structures and energy calculations to screen rare-earth alloys, finding its highest modeled magnetization in iron-rich candidates while leaving experimental stability untested.
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A numerical study reports two crack-front regimes, with fingering above a critical contrast and front stiffness vanishing in that regime.
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A theoretical model reports a parity rule that separates suppressed elastic coupling from finite inelastic coupling, while electron-hole mass asymmetry weakens elastic protection.
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A review of direct-current thermo-mechanical testing finds that the method can support mechanism studies, model calibration and rapid creep screening, but it is not a universal substitute for bulk furnace testing.
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A modeling study highlights NiPt- and CoIr-based alloy families as the main source of its largest predicted anomalous Hall and Nernst responses. The authors propose exchange splitting, the separation between spin channels, as a way to choose parent compounds for chemical substitution. The findings are computational predictions from a virtual crystal screen.
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A hierarchical modeling workflow screened 30,364,908 generated structures and produced 97 predicted room-temperature solid-state electrolyte candidates, most of them halides. Agreement with independent experimental halide patterns was a consistency check, not direct validation.
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Three Co-doped cerium oxide film conditions showed composition-dependent magneto-optical signals, including around five times the Faraday rotation for Co10 compared with Co5 near 3.5 eV, with only a few percent more absorption.
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Nominally 10% V-substituted RuO2 single crystals were uniform, metallic and paramagnetic, with 60% lower room-temperature resistivity than pristine RuO2. The authors reported no altermagnetism in the studied crystals, while calculations pointed to larger electronic changes at higher modeled substitution.
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Selected computational cases in bcc iron produced different limits on how many Heisenberg exchange parameters could be reliably resolved, ranging from one to ten.
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A modeling preprint reports that Cu3 had the most favorable calculated adsorption energy for six gases among Cu1 to Cu5 on a boron-vacancy hBN/SiC surface.
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A laboratory preprint reports a simulation-based low-energy muon calibration for effective free-electron concentrations in n-type 4H-SiC, alongside depth-resolved depletion and implantation-damage signals.
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An arXiv preprint reports a field-linked transverse thermal signal in two diamond crystals, including a 340 W m−1 K−1 transverse conductivity at 10 T. The authors propose an intrinsic phonon-based explanation, but the small study leaves that mechanism and its generality unresolved.
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A preprint review examines how Bayesian optimization and related active-learning methods are being used in self-driving materials laboratories. It highlights physics-informed approaches and representative results across chemistry, batteries, semiconductors, alloys and quantum materials.
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A laboratory study reports resonant photovoltage features in unbiased monolayer graphene and WSe2/graphene devices. The signals appeared in two magnetic-field geometries, followed a resonance-frequency relation, and included multiple features whose microscopic origin remains unresolved.
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A new system combines literature-derived synthesis records with chemical, structural and thermodynamic information to suggest complete routes for making inorganic crystals. Its strongest results came on held-out benchmarks, while specialized high-pressure and thin-film cases remained harder.
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The proposed calculation reproduced finite-difference symmetry patterns in SrMnO3, but a key derivative and exchange value remained sensitive to numerical and model choices.
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A computational comparison found that TEM diffraction models can disagree more in heavy, anisotropic strontium titanate than in diamond, while a larger detector collection area improved agreement in diamond.
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A preprint studying one sputtered Zn0.7Mg0.3O film found no detectable irreversible domain-wall displacement and interpreted reversal as mainly vertical, nucleation-driven switching.
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A computational analysis proposes three routes to pressure-induced metallization and links each to a distinct pattern of changes in bonding, structure and lattice behavior.
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A depth-resolved microscopy study found that atomic arrangements and polarization patterns changed through a selected PbTiO3/SrTiO3 reconstruction, while a whole-thickness image still looked vortex-like.
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A preprint imaging study in male mice reports a sharper Achilles tendon mineralization boundary at a new position after reloading, while mineral between the boundaries retained a nanoscale imprint.
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A first-principles screen of 280 TiNiSi-type material systems identified 16 metallic d-wave altermagnets, including 12 new predictions, and highlighted six candidates for experimental follow-up.
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A multiscale computational study suggests that a thin alpha-gallium oxide layer can help beta-gallium oxide islands shed mismatch strain through an interfacial gallium reconstruction that preserves the oxygen framework.
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A preprint reports time-resolved X-ray measurements of opposite-sign strain in one industrial GaN transistor, with modeling matching the broad timing but not every spatial detail.
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An experimental comparison of monolayer h-BN on Ir(111) and Pt(111) found that image-potential-state electrons decayed sooner at the more corrugated interface. The authors link the contrast to stronger coupling with the substrate, but the design cannot separate corrugation from other differences between the metals.
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A laboratory methods study describes a dynamic lock-in system for weak magnetoelectric signals and reports stable background, calibration checks and temperature-linked responses in a CoFe2O4-BaTiO3 composite.
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