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Copper Doping Enhances the Activity and Selectivity of Atomically Precise Ag44 Nanoclusters for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
By a simple anti‐Galvanic reaction, up to six copper atoms could be preferably doped into the Ag2(SR)5 staple motifs and Ag20 dodecahedral shell of an atomically precise Ag44(SR)30 nanocluster. When anatase TiO2 is used as substrate, the (AgCu)44/TiO2 photocatalyst exhibited much improved activity in photocatalytic CO2 reduction compared to Ag44/TiO2 ...
Ye Liu, Xi Zheng, Xiufan Liu, Tengyuan Gao, Nicola Pinna, Yu Wang   +5 more
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Secure Key Distribution by Swapping Quantum Entanglement

, 2004
We report two key distribution schemes achieved by swapping quantum entanglement. Using two Bell states, two bits of secret key can be shared between two distant parties that play symmetric and equal roles.
A. Beige, C. H. Bennett, Daegene Song
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Engineering Porous Hollow Metal‐Poly(Heptazine Imide) Spheres: An Optimized Synthetic Strategy for Controlling Surface, Morphology, and Properties

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Hollow poly(heptazine imide) spheres are prepared through a novel approach that integrates hard templating with ionothermal synthesis. This method enables precise control over surface area, pore volume, hydrophilicity, light absorption, band position, and metal composition. These tunable properties facilitate the customized design of semiconductors for
Lingli Ni, Erik Troschke, Henrik Vorwerk, Shiva Shahbazi Avarvand, Andreas Stihl, Nadzeya Brezhneva, Marius Hermesdorf, Desirée Leistenschneider, Felix H. Schacher, Jacob Schneidewind, Martin Oschatz   +10 more
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Security of two-way quantum key distribution

, 2013
Quantum key distribution protocols typically make use of a one-way quantum channel to distribute a shared secret string to two distant users. However, protocols exploiting a two-way quantum channel have been proposed as an alternative route to the same ...
Beaudry, Normand J., Lucamarini, Marco, Mancini, Stefano, Renner, Renato   +3 more
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Pentagonal 2D Altermagnets: Material Screening and Altermagnetic Tunneling Junction Device Application

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
From a database of 170 pentagonal 2D materials, 4 candidates exhibiting altermagnetic ordering are screened. Furthermore, the spin‐splitting and unconventional boundary states in the pentagonal 2D altermagnetic monolayer MnS2 are investigated. A MnS2‐based altermagnetic tunneling junction is designed and, through ab initio quantum transport simulations,
Jianhua Wang, Xingyue Yang, Zongmeng Yang, Jing Lu, Pin Ho, Wenhong Wang, Yee Sin Ang, Zhenxiang Cheng, Shibo Fang   +8 more
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On the (relation between) efficiency and secret key rate of QKD

Scientific Reports
The processes of evaluation and comparison play a vital role in the development of a scientific field. In the field of quantum cryptography (especially quantum key distribution, QKD), the so-called secret key rate is used for characterizing the ...
Georgi Bebrov
doaj   +1 more source

Entanglement-enhanced quantum key distribution

Physical Review A, 2008
We present and analyze a quantum key distribution protocol based on sending entangled N-qubit states instead of single-qubit ones as in the trail-blazing scheme by Bennett and Brassard (BB84). Since the qubits are sent individually, an eavesdropper is limited to accessing them one by one.
Ahone, O, Mottonen, M, O'Brien, JL
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Non Thermal‐Driven Photocatalytic Ammonia Decomposition at Near‐Room Temperature on a Plasmonic Nanocone Array

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Plasmonic photocatalytic ammonia decomposition occurs at near‐room temperature on a plasmonic Au nanocone array under visible light illumination. The nanostructure efficiently harnesses plasmonic modes, leading to increased reaction rates upon plasmon decay.
Thanh‐Lam Bui, S. M. Hossein Hejazi, Jan Navrátil, Hana Kmentová, Petr Bábor, Olivier Henrotte, Luca Mascaretti, Matteo Bisetto, Stephen K. Sanders, Andrea Schirato, Michal Otyepka, Piotr Błoński, Tiziano Montini, Radek Zboril, Paolo Fornasiero, Alessandro Alabastri, Alberto Naldoni, Stepan Kment   +17 more
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2D Multifunctional Spin‐Orbit Coupled Dirac Nodal Line Materials

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A total of 473 nonmagnetic and antiferromagnetic 2D spin‐orbit coupled Dirac nodal line materials are screened, spanning 5 layer groups and 12 magnetic space groups. Furthermore, it integrates their topological properties with electride, multiferroic, and magnetic characteristics, revealing unique systems with expanded functionalities and promising ...
Weizhen Meng, Ying Liu, Jialin Gong, Yalong Jiao, Xiaoming Zhang, Wenxian Li, Zhenxiang Cheng, Tie Yang   +7 more
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Z‐Scheme Water Splitting Systems Based on Solid‐State Electron Conductors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines the latest advances in Z‐scheme overall water splitting (OWS) systems for solar hydrogen production. These systems consist of suspended or immobilized hydrogen evolution photocatalysts (HEPs) and oxygen evolution photocatalysts (OEPs).
Chen Gu, Takashi Hisatomi, Tsuyoshi Takata, Kazunari Domen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source