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Optimal Control Drives Ultrafast and Energy‐Efficient Magnetization Switching in Van der Waals Magnets

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The accelerating expansion of data‐centric technologies is sharply increasing the energy burden of information storage, placing unprecedented pressure on the efficiency of magnetic switching. Conventional field‐driven reversal, once the foundation of magnetic memory, has become impractical in modern architectures due to its high energy cost ...
Mohammad H. Badarneh, PeiYu Cai, Elton J. G. Santos   +2 more
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Ultrafast Laser Pulses for Structuring Materials at Micro/Nano Scale: From Waveguides to Superhydrophobic Surfaces

Photonics, 2017
The current demand for fabricating optical and photonic devices displaying high performance, using low-cost and time-saving methods, prompts femtosecond (fs)-laser processing as a promising methodology.
Daniel S. Correa, Juliana M. P. Almeida, Gustavo F. B. Almeida, Marcos R. Cardoso, Leonardo De Boni, Cleber R. Mendonça   +5 more
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When Poor Exciton Dissociation Limits Photocurrents in Organic Solar Cells: Why Low Offset Non‐Fullerene Acceptor Blends Can't Be Efficient

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The energetic offset between the donor and the acceptor components in organic photoactive layers is central to the tradeoff between photovoltage and photocurrent losses. This Perspective covers the most important issues surrounding this topic in non‐fullerene acceptor blends, from the difficulty of accurately determining state energies and driving ...
Dieter Neher, Manasi Pranav
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Pulsed Laser‐Assisted Phase Engineering of Multimetallic Colloidal Nanocrystals With Complex Compositions

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The engineering of colloidal nanocrystals with complex compositions has emerged as a highly active area of research within nanomaterials science. This review covers key aspects of colloidal solid‐solution nanocrystal formation using pulsed laser irradiation.
Marina T. Candela, Sergio Triviño‐Sánchez, Andrés Guerrero‐Martínez, Luis M. Liz‐Marzán, Guillermo González‐Rubio   +4 more
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Phase Engineering of Atomically Precise Nanoclusters (APNCs) of Gold and Beyond

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Engineering the structural phase of materials is of paramount importance for both fundamental research and practical applications. In this Review, we summarize the recent progress in controlling the phases of atomically precise nanoclusters (APNCs) of gold, silver and copper, as well as bimetallic systems. The phase‐enabled material properties of APNCs
Yitong Wang, Avirup Sardar, Weijie Ji, Zhongyu Liu, Rongchao Jin   +4 more
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Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials (PEN): Evolution, Current Challenges, and Future Opportunities

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the synthesis, phase transition, advanced characterization spanning ex situ to in situ and operando techniques, and diverse applications of phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN). It further outlines key challenges and future opportunities, such as phase stability, architecture control, and artificial intelligence (AI)‐driven ...
Ye Chen, Zhanxi Fan, Jingjie Ge, Qiyuan He, Zhuangchai Lai, Jiawei Liu, Chaoliang Tan, Hua Zhang   +7 more
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Bioinspired Adaptive Surfaces for Intelligent Liquid Manipulation: Progressing From Passive and Active to Hybrid Strategies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines passive, active, and hybrid liquid manipulation strategies, highlighting hybrid approaches as an emerging route to reconcile energy efficiency with adaptive control. By actively reconstructing passive surfaces to store programmable interfacial energy, hybrid systems enable flexible yet low‐power liquid transport, with perspectives ...
Jiaqi Miao, Yiyuan Zhang, Liqiu Wang, Alan C. H. Tsang   +3 more
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Efficient preparation and evaluation of dry gas sealed spiral grooves

High Temperature Materials and Processes
Dry gas seals (DGSs) are emerging as advanced forms of sealing under high-speed working conditions owing to their low wear, zero leakage, and long-life characteristics.
He Yiming, Wang Yan, Huang Zhouxin, Kong Kangjie, Zhao Quanzhong, Jin Xucheng, Wang Yiqin, Liu Wei   +7 more
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Diketopyrrolopyrrole‐Based Cation as a Semiconducting Spacer in Layered Perovskite

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Diketopyrrolopyrrole cation incorporated layered perovskites exhibiting extended absorption profiles and enhanced charge carrier mobility with type‐II energy alignment. The improved photoconversion efficiency demonstrates the critical role of incorporating organic semiconductors in optimizing layered perovskite performance.
Waygen Thor, Colin Jeanguenat, Louise De Cian, Demetra Tsokkou, Parnian Ferdowsi, Nicolas J. Diercks, Natalie Banerji, Jun‐Ho Yum, Kevin Sivula   +8 more
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Defect‐Templated Phase Engineering in Atomically Thin Metals

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Graphene defects are transformed from passive imperfections into programmable templates for phase‐selective growth of atomically thin silver. Plasma‐generated boundary defects favor Ag(1), whereas sp3‐rich zero‐layer graphene promotes Ag(2). This defect‐directed intercalation links local graphene chemistry to crystalline phase, electronic structure ...
Arpit Jain, Boyang Zheng, Sawani Datta, Kanchan Ulman, Jakob Henz, Matthew Wei‐Jun Liu, Van Dong Pham, Wen He, Chengye Dong, Li‐Syuan Lu, Alexander Vera, Nader Sawtarie, Wesley Auker, Ke Wang, Bob Hengstebeck, Zachary W. Henshaw, Shreya Mathela, Maxwell Wetherington, William H. Blades, Kenneth Knappenberger, Ursula Wurstbauer, Su Ying Quek, Ulrich Starke, Shengxi Huang, Vincent H. Crespi, Joshua A. Robinson   +25 more
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