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The cloud of gas falling toward the central black hole in the milky way

EPJ Web of Conferences, 2012
The cloud of gas that will pass within 200AU of the central black hole of our Galaxy in 2013 may be generated by a disk around an old, low-mass star that was created in a tidal encounter with one of the stellar black holes that are expected to accumulate
Miralda-Escudé J.
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Halide Perovskite Integrated Photovoltaic Cathodes Incorporating Pt on ZIF‐8‐Derived Carbon for Solar Hydrogen Production

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A low‐Pt catalyst supported on zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF‐8)‐derived porous carbon and graphite is integrated with a halide perovskite photovoltaic, yielding cathodes that achieve a high photocurrent density (∼20 mA cm−2) under simulated sunlight and exhibit remarkable stability in acidic media over several days, thereby demonstrating a ...
Na Yeong Oh, Woo Jin Mun, Kamran Dastafkan, Matyas Daboczi, Hongki Kim, Humza Bhatti, Eunyoung Hong, Minzhi Chen, Yongqi Huang, Jin Hyuk Kim, Nicola Gasparini, Jong Hak Kim, Salvador Eslava   +12 more
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Dynamics Around Supermassive Black Holes: Extreme-mass-ratio Inspirals as Gravitational-wave Sources

The Astrophysical Journal
Supermassive black holes and their surrounding dense stellar environments nourish a variety of astrophysical phenomena. We focus on the distribution of stellar-mass black holes around the supermassive black hole and the consequent formation of extreme ...
Barak Rom, Itai Linial, Karamveer Kaur, Re’em Sari   +3 more
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Bismuth‐Based Photocatalysts for Water Remediation: Design Strategies, Mechanisms, and Challenges

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights representative design strategies for bismuth‐based semiconductor photocatalysts in solar‐driven water purification. Emphasis is placed on electronic structure regulation, oxygen‐vacancy engineering, and interfacial coupling to enable efficient full‐spectrum light utilization, improved charge separation, and selective oxidation in
Shan Liu, Yi Zhao, Liming Cai, Simin Long, Jing Kang, Jingkai Lin, Jimin Shen, Zhonglin Chen, Shaobin Wang, Huayang Zhang   +9 more
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Observability of Isolated Stellar-mass Black Holes

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Stellar-mass black holes (BHs) represent the natural end states of massive stars. It is estimated that 10 ^8 stellar-mass BHs are present in the Milky Way galaxy, a significant fraction of which are expected to be isolated.
Lena Murchikova, Kailash C. Sahu
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Interaction‐Driven Assembly Pathways in Heterogeneous Active Microrobotic Systems

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Peanut‐ and cube‐shaped light‐powered microrobots exhibit distinct magnetic and photocatalytic responses that determine their heterogeneous self‐assembly. In the dark, magnetic dipole interactions drive colloidal copolymerization with cubes acting as nucleation centers, whereas under light irradiation, phoretic interactions compete with magnetic ...
Domenico Calabrò, Roshan Velluvakandy, Martin Pumera, Francesco Priolo, Salvo Mirabella, Mario Urso   +5 more
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Molecular Rotors: From Newtonian Fluids to Functional Materials as Viscosity and Temperature Sensing Tools

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Molecular rotors are fluorescent molecules that are sensitive to viscosity and temperature variations in the environment. They exhibit a direct correlation between fluorescence and viscosity within Newtonian fluids. However, this correlation becomes less straightforward in complex systems.
Flavia Di Scala, Alice Briole, Valerii Myndrul, Thomas J. Cleij, Hanne Diliën, Bérengère Abou, Bart van Grinsven   +6 more
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Fast-spinning massive black holes from slowly rotating low-metallicity stars: Implications for GW231123

Astronomy & Astrophysics
Context. The origin of massive black holes in the early Universe remains uncertain and is still unexplored. Population III (Pop III; zero-metallicity) stars are among the first stellar sources capable of producing such remnants, but their evolution is ...
Ismail N. H., Yusof N., Hirschi R., Griffiths A., Aloy M. Á., Ekström S., Meynet G.   +6 more
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Snap‐Through–Driven Liquid Crystal Elastomers for High‐Power Remote Microneedle Actuation Toward Smart Livestock Systems

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A magnetically assisted snap‐through liquid crystal elastomer transforms photochemical deformation into a high‐power mechanical impulse, enabling remote microneedle actuation and highlighting its potential for future smart livestock intervention systems.
Chae Won Lee, Nankyung Kim, SeungHyun Park, Dae Seok Kim   +3 more
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The Velocity Dispersion Profile of Nine Open Clusters in the Solar Neighborhood

The Astrophysical Journal
We analyze the velocity dispersion profiles of nine open clusters in the solar neighborhood using kinematic data from Gaia DR 3, aiming to identify potential dynamical signatures of stellar-mass black holes through a comparison of theoretical and ...
Bingqian Ma, Xiaoying Pang, Sambaran Banerjee, Pengfei Ren, M. B. N. Kouwenhoven   +4 more
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