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Water Permeates and Plasticizes Amorphous Carbon Dots: Unraveling the Inner Accessibility of the Nanoparticles by Glass Transition Studies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The water permeability of amorphous carbon dots (CDs) is demonstrated by investigating their plasticization. Novel polyamide‐based and amorphous nanoparticles are synthesized by controlling their inner packing density. Water plasticization is evidenced by the decrease of the CDs glass transition temperature with increasing the hydration degree.
Elisa Sturabotti, Valerio Di Lisio, Lucia Cardo, Alessandro Camilli, Estela Moretón Alfonsín, Daniele Cangialosi, Amaia Iturrospe Ibarra, Arantxa Arbe, Maurizio Prato   +8 more
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$M$Si$_{20}$H$_{20}$ Aggregates: From Simple Building Blocks to Highly Magnetic Functionalized Materials

, 2013
Density-functional theory based global geometry optimization is used to scrutinize the possibility of using endohedrally-doped hydrogenated Si clusters as building blocks for constructing highly magnetic materials. In contrast to the known clathrate-type
Palagin, Dennis, Reuter, Karsten
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Flexoelectrically Induced Polar Topology in Twisted SrTiO3 Membranes

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Twisted SrTiO3 bilayers host polar vortices of flexoelectric origin, revealed through combined experiment and theory. By reconstructing polarization from the toroidal moment of strain gradients, the work establishes a 3D chiral state with broken inversion and mirror symmetries.
Isabel Tenreiro, Hugo Aramberri, Víctor Rouco, Gabriel Sánchez‐Santolino, Mariona Cabero, Fernando Gallego, David Sánchez‐Manzano, José M. González‐Calbet, Federico Mompeán, Mar García‐Hernández, Alberto Rivera‐Calzada, Jorge Íñiguez‐González, Carlos León, Jacobo Santamaría   +13 more
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Atomistic Mechanisms Triggered by Joule Heating Effects in Metallic Cu‐Bi Nanowires for Spintronics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Bi doped metallic Cu nanowires are promising for spintronics thanks to the stabilization of a giant spin Hall effect. However, heat resulting from current injection forces Bi to leave solution, forcing segregation into monoatomic decorations which evolve into coherent crystalline aggregates.
Alejandra Guedeja‐Marrón, Juan Ignacio Beltrán, Matilde Saura‐Múzquiz, Paolo Perna, M. Carmen Muñoz, Lucas Pérez, Maria Varela   +6 more
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New equilibrium ensembles for isolated quantum systems

, 2018
The unitary dynamics of isolated quantum systems does not allow a pure state to thermalize. Because of that, if an isolated quantum system equilibrates, it will do so to the predictions of the so-called "diagonal ensemble" $\rho_{DE}$.
Anza, Fabio
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Optimizing photosynthetic light-harvesting under stars: Generalized thermodynamic models

Abstract Since the law of physics and chemistry are universal, we must be able to use them to determine the feasibility and potential characteristics of photosynthetic life on exoplanets. Photosynthesis is the cornerstone of Earth’s complex biosphere and creates bio-signatures pivotal in the search for life beyond Earth. However, stars of lower
Samir Chitnavis, Callum Gray, Ifigeneia Rousouli, Edward Gillen, Conrad W. Mullineaux, Thomas J. Haworth, Christopher D. P. Duffy   +6 more
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Electrically Assisted Thermal Stamping of Tunable Carbon‐Based Nanofilms for Direct Fabrication of Hydrophobic, Energy Harvesting, and Sensing Devices

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Schematic illustration of the electrically assisted thermal stamping (EATS) method for direct fabrication of carbon‐based nanofilms and their multifunctional applications. Localized Joule heating triggers simultaneous exfoliation, reduction, and fluoropolymer incorporation under ambient conditions, yielding tunable carbon‐based thin‐film coatings ...
Byungseok Seo, Yong Choi, Gajendra S. Shekhawat, Minjoong Shin, Kunmo Koo, Xiaobing Hu, Jiheon Kim, Wonjoon Choi, Xinqi Chen, Vinayak P. Dravid   +9 more
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Nonextensive statistics: Theoretical, experimental and computational evidences and connections

, 1999
The domain of validity of standard thermodynamics and Boltzmann-Gibbs statistical mechanics is discussed and then formally enlarged in order to hopefully cover a variety of anomalous systems.
Tsallis, C.
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Polymorph‐Specific Electronic Transduction in WO3 during Molecular Sensing

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Metal‐oxide polymorphs with similar surface chemistry can nevertheless exhibit distinct sensing properties. In γ‐ and ε‐WO3, analyte adsorption appears comparable; yet, only ε‐WO3 induces a pronounced lattice electronic perturbation that accommodates charge in sub‐conduction band minimum states.
Matteo D'Andria, Meng Yin, Stefan Neuhauser, Vlasis G. Mavrantzas, Ying Chen, Ken Suzuki, Andreas T. Güntner   +6 more
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Evidence for Itinerant Ferromagnetic Flat Bands Producing Large Transverse Responses

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Itinerant ferromagnetic flat bands are demonstrated in GdCo5 with a high Curie temperature of 940K, a stacked honeycomb–kagome lattice, through angle‐resolved photoemission spectroscopy and magneto‐thermoelectric measurements. These topological flat bands generate large Berry curvaturte, producing gigantic anomalous Nernst effect with record‐high ...
Susumu Minami, Yangming Wang, Seigo Souma, Hiroto Nakamura, Akito Sakai, Takumi Osumi, Hang Su, Hikaru Watanabe, Shun'ichiro Kurosawa, Rikuto Oiwa, Daisuke Nishio‐Hamane, Kosuke Nakayama, Takuya Nomoto, Ryotaro Arita, Takafumi Sato, Satoru Nakatsuji   +15 more
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