Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Single‐crystal gold microplates are high‐performance nanomaterials with an impressive wafer‐based application space. Progress has, however, been tempered by an inability to exert synthetic control over microplate size, shape, and positioning. In this work, control over these parameters is demonstrated using a seed‐mediated synthesis that both confines ...
Debasish Panda +9 more
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Coupled Effect of Interfacial Grit Particles and TGO Amplitude on Bond-Coat Crack Propagation in Thermal Barrier Coatings. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Lai J +10 more
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Designed Lewis Acid–Base Passivation for High Performance Perovskite Solar Cells
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Silicon's high cost and long energy payback time remain major barriers to the global expansion of solar power. In contrast, metal–halide perovskites offer abundant, solution‐processable absorbers, and have achieved efficiencies of 25%–30%, positioning them as strong competitors to silicon.
Afna Manaf +4 more
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Investigation of Temperature-Field Evolution and Microstructural Response in Bituminous Waterproofing Membranes Under Low-Temperature Flexibility Testing Conditions. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel)Tan J, Geng L, Zhang D, Li C, Zhang C.
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Chiral Phase Change Nanomaterials
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This work demonstrates reversible, non‐volatile phase transitions in chiral Ge2${\rm Ge}_2$Sb2${\rm Sb}_2$Te5${\rm Te}_5$ (GST) nanohelices for high‐speed optical modulation of chirality and dynamic control of the state of polarization (SOP). The chiral nanostructures are fabricated using a highly directional, wafer‐scale physical vapor deposition ...
Joshua A. Burrow +11 more
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Carbon-Nanotube-Enabled Low-Threshold Laser Lift-Off for Ultra-Thin Polyimide Films. [PDF]
Nanomaterials (Basel)Fu J +8 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Cyclic unloading‐aging‐reloading micro‐tensile tests under various aging durations and temperatures, combined with comprehensive microstructural characterization reveal that the yield point phenomenon in Aluminum‐Carbon (Al‐C) thin films originates from Cottrell atmosphere formation.
Zion Lee +10 more
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Emerging Trends in Ultrasonic and Friction Stir Spot Welding of Polymers and Metal-Polymer Hybrids: A Review of Process Mechanics, Microstructure, and Joint Performance. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Kumari K +5 more
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Unraveling MXene Oxidation Mechanisms Under Realistic Gas Environments by In Situ Gas‐Cell TEM
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Real‐time visualization of MXene degradation reveals a fundamental oxidation mechanism under oxygen and moisture environments. Using in situ gas‐cell electron microscopy, this study demonstrates that oxygen degradation drives a thermodynamically controlled high‐temperature transformation into mixed rutile/anatase phases.
Yongfa Cheng +8 more
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Polymer-Metal Hybrid Composites: An Overview of the Role of Metal Architecture. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Pavlovic A, Santulli C, Fragassa C.
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