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A fast and robust quantum random number generator with a self-contained integrated photonic randomness core Nat. Electron. (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Davide G. Marangon, Peter R. Smith, Nathan Walk, Taofiq K. Paraïso, James F. Dynes, Victor Lovic, Mirko Sanzaro, Thomas Roger, Innocenzo De Marco, Marco Lucamarini, Zhiliang Yuan, Andrew J. Shields
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Jamming Memory into Acoustically Trained Dense Suspensions under Shear Phys. Rev. X (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Edward Y. X. Ong, Anna R. Barth, Navneet Singh, Meera Ramaswamy, Abhishek Shetty, Bulbul Chakraborty, James P. Sethna, Itai Cohen
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Hollow SrTiO3 photocatalyst with spatially separated OER and HER cocatalysts for photocatalytic overall water splitting Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Selda Odabasi Lee, Hyun Sik Moon, Inju Hong, Sandeep Kumar Lakhera, Kijung Yong
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Thermodynamics of Computations with Absolute Irreversibility, Unidirectional Transitions, and Stochastic Computation Times Phys. Rev. X (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Gonzalo Manzano, Gülce Kardeş, Édgar Roldán, David H. Wolpert
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Charge-4e and Charge-6e Flux Quantization and Higher Charge Superconductivity in Kagome Superconductor Ring Devices Phys. Rev. X (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Jun Ge, Pinyuan Wang, Ying Xing, Qiangwei Yin, Anqi Wang, Jie Shen, Hechang Lei, Ziqiang Wang, Jian Wang
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Boosting oxygen/hydrogen evolution catalysis via ruthenium doping in perovskite oxide for efficient alkaline water splitting Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Wenchao Zhang, Min Xue, Xinyu Zhang, Conghui Si, Chunqing Tai, Qifang Lu, Mingzhi Wei, Xiujun Han, Jingyun Ma, Shunwei Chen, Enyan Guo
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Construction of Bi2WO6/g-C3N4/Cu foam as 3D Z-scheme photocatalyst for photocatalytic CO2 reduction Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Juxin Liu, Tao Du, Peng Chen, Qiang Yue, Heming Wang, Lifeng Zhou, Yisong Wang
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Influence of Nb substrate morphology and atomic structure on Sn nucleation and early Nb3Sn growth Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-12 Sarah A. Willson, Helena Lew-Kiedrowska, Van Do, S.J. Sibener
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Ultralow two-channel thermal conductivity in aikinite Mater. Today Phys. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Jingyu Li, Liuming Wei, Zhuoyang Ti, Jianbo Zhu, Wenya Zhai, Hang Li, Peng-Fei Liu
Realizing glass-like ultralow lattice thermal conductivity in an ordered crystalline material is overwhelmingly appealing for various applications in thermoelectrics and thermal barrier coatings. Here, based on first-principles calculations, we take CuPbBiS as an example and systematically study the underlying physical mechanism of the ultralow and glass-like in aikinite. It is found that the strong
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The role of coalescence and ballistic growth on in-situ electrical conduction of cluster-assembled nanostructured Sn films Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 J.E. Martinez Medina, J. Polesel-Maris, A.M. Philippe, P. Grysan, N. Bousri, S. Girod, E. Barborini
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Nano-roughness effect on the interfacial thermal oxidation and surface catalytical recombination characteristics for silicon carbide based materials under non-equilibrium flow Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Lichao He, Jin Zhao, Guice Yao, Ju Tang, Yingfei Cao, Dongsheng Wen
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Enhanced environmental stability and luminescence performance of CsPbI3 nanocrystals through SDS passivation and LEuH anchoring Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Yanrui Yang, Shengnan Li, Jiahao Song, Binya Xue, Guanwei Jiao, Fei Ma, Lin Zhang
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Molybdenum-doped tungsten nitride coated with carbon shell and cobalt hydroxide nanosheets for efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Xiangrui Kong, Tianhua Hao, Cuncai Lv, Zhanyu Li, Fade Zhao, Shangbo Ning, Jinhua Ye
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Synthesis and application of anthraquinone quaternary phosphonium salt electroplating copper leveler based on expanded electrostatic adsorption area strategy and physicochemical salt bridge mechanism Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Xuyang Li, Xin Chen, Peikun Zou, Renkui Ye, Limin Wang
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Spontaneous enhanced photocatalytic overall water splitting on AlO/WSi2N4 vdW heterojunction Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Can Li, Liang Xu, Zhenwu Jin, Qiyun Wang, Bin Xiao, Zhengquan Li, Ling-Ling Wang, Kejun Dong, Tong Chen
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Boosting *CO coverage on Cu octahedra enclosed by Cu(1 1 1) for efficient CO2 electroreduction to C2H5OH Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Xin Zhao, Genyan Hao, Qiang Fang, Xuelei Lang, Dandan Li, Dazhong Zhong, Jinping Li, Qiang Zhao
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Advances in MXene-based synaptic devices and sensors: Review Mater. Today Phys. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Mohsin Ali, Doowon Lee, Myoungsu Chae, Ibtisam Ahmad, Hee-Dong Kim
This paper reviews the research on MXene, a two-dimensional material that has the potential to be used in next-generation electronic devices. Due to its unique electrical, mechanical, and surface properties, MXene has emerged as a promising candidate for the development of memristor devices and gas sensors. The paper provides an extensive overview of the state-of-the-art in MXene-based memristors and
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The advanced progress of single-atom photocatalysts for energy conversion and environmental remediation Mater. Today Phys. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Yongqi Liu, Ning Sun, Huachao Ji, Kun Wang, Anlei Zhang, Yue Li, Longlu Wang
Single-atom photocatalysts inject new vitality into the field of photocatalysis. Moreover, due to their unique properties and advantages, single-atom photocatalysts have tremendous potential to address energy crises and environmental pollution. However, the understanding of single-atom photocatalysts is still incomplete and mostly at an early stage. Therefore, there is an urgent need to summarize the
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Vacancy-rich Fe-Ce mixed oxides as nanoenzymes for efficient antioxidant activity in vitro Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Xiangcheng Shi, Qi Liu, Zuo Gong, Zehua Jin, Huiqing Guo, Xintong Wen, Changyan Li
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Enhancement of hole mobility in high-rate reactively sputtered Cu2O thin films induced by laser thermal annealing Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Jiří Rezek, Martin Kučera, Tomáš Kozák, Radomír Čerstvý, Aleš Franc, Pavel Baroch
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High-throughput discovery of metal oxides with high thermoelectric performance via interpretable feature engineering on small data Mater. Today Phys. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Shengluo Ma, Yongchao Rao, Xiang Huang, Shenghong Ju
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Structural evolution and thermoelectric performance in (GeTe)m(Sb2Te3)n compounds Mater. Today Phys. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Shuo Chen, Keke Liu, Tingting Luo, Lin Liao, Zhen Yang, Shenlong Zhong, Jinsong Wu, Xianli Su, Pierre Ferdinand Poudeu Poudeu, Qingjie Zhang, Xinfeng Tang
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β-NaGdF4:Yb,Er@CdS/MWCNTs photocatalysts with efficient interfacial energy migration for full-spectrum light-driven antibiotic degradation: Construction and DFT insight Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Guangdong Wu, Juanqin Xue, Dashi Lei, Yanyan Zhou, Zhaoyuan Cao, Kang Ren, Qiang Bi, Zhihua Leng
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Low temperature crystallization of atomic-layer-deposited SrTiO3 films with an extremely low equivalent oxide thickness of sub-0.4 nm Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Hong Keun Chung, Jihoon Jeon, Han Kim, Myoungsu Jang, Sung-Chul Kim, Sung Ok Won, In-Hwan Baek, Yoon Jang Chung, Jeong Hwan Han, Sung Haeng Cho, Tae Joo Park, Seong Keun Kim
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Attaining quantitatively fewer defects in close-packed InGaZnO synthesized using atomic layer deposition Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Yoon-Seo Kim, Hyunmin Hong, TaeHyun Hong, Su-Hwan Choi, Kwun-Bum Chung, Jin-Seong Park
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Sustainable Electrochemical Mechanical Polishing (ECMP) for 4H-SiC wafer using chemical-free polishing slurry with hydrocarbon-based solid polymer electrolyte Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Naoki Inada, Masaru Takizawa, Mariko Adachi, Junji Murata
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Atomic surface of silicon wafers induced by grafted silica nanoparticles and sodium carbonate Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Dong Wang, Wenxiang Xie, Zhenyu Zhang, Jianmei Wang, Chunjing Shi, Fanning Meng, Xuye Zhuang, Dingyi Tong, Chun Cao
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Tiny classifier circuits as accelerators for classification of tabular data Nat. Electron. (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-08
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Understanding of mercury/oxygen reaction mechanism over BiOBr photocatalyst with oxygen vacancy Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Le Xu, Jie Xu, Zhuozhi Wang, Sheng-Qi Guo
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Preparation of large-area superhydrophobic and anti-icing 3D micro-nano-structures using femtosecond Bessel beams with fluorination treatment Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Zhaoling Qiu, Wengang Chen, Dongyang Li, Haijun Wang, Jihao Zhang, Yao Zhang, Yongkang Wang, Xiaodong Yang, Zuyang Li, Binggui Dai
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Exploring hot carrier relaxation dynamics in MoSi2N4 monolayer for photocatalytic applications: Insights into electron-phonon coupling mechanisms Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Yanli Chang, Pucun Bai, Xueping Zhao, Xiaoming Cui
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The influence of ligands passivation on strength of Fermi level pinning in the quantum dots interface Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Namhee Kwon, Seung Ho Song, Junyoung Jin, Seunghwan Kim, Kitae Kim, Gyu Weon Hwang, Yeonjin Yi, Soong Ju Oh, Norbert Koch, Yong-Hoon Kim, Do Kyung Hwang, Soohyung Park
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Iron-Doped carbon supported nickel selenide heterogeneous materials for Dual-Function water electrolysis catalysts Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Feng Ao, Jiangtao Ma, Hongyue Li, Tengfei Meng, Yujun Zhu, Kai Huang, Peng Wang, Yupei Zhao
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An ingestible device for gastric electrophysiology Nat. Electron. (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Siheng Sean You, Adam Gierlach, Paul Schmidt, George Selsing, Injoo Moon, Keiko Ishida, Josh Jenkins, Wiam A. M. Madani, So-Yoon Yang, Hen-Wei Huang, Stephanie Owyang, Alison Hayward, Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Giovanni Traverso
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Enhancing C[sbnd]Cl bond cleavage and ozone conversion: Optimizing surface Co3+ and chemosorbed oxygen through polystyrene and dodecylamine modification Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 Baolin Chang, Junxian Gao, Zhekai Song, Zhenyu Wang, Ji Li, Jinze Lyu
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Effect of Ni4Ti3 precipitates on the functional properties of NiTi shape memory alloys: A phase field study Int. J. Plasticity (IF 9.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Bo Xu, Yuanzun Sun, Chao Yu, Jiachen Hu, Jiaming Zhu, Junyuan Xiong, Qianhua Kan, Chong Wang, Qingyuan Wang, Guozheng Kang
NiTi precipitates, which generally exist in aged Ni-rich NiTi shape memory alloys (SMAs), can have a profound effect on material properties. However, the fundamental insights into the effects of NiTi precipitates on the functional properties, including the superelasticity (SE), elastocaloric effect (eCE), and shape memory effects (SMEs), are not well understood yet, especially those originating from
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Spatially-resolved cluster dynamics modeling of irradiation growth Int. J. Plasticity (IF 9.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Matthew Maron, Yang Li, Inam Lalani, Kristopher Baker, Benjamin Ramirez Flores, Thomas Black, James Hollenbeck, Nasr Ghoniem, Giacomo Po
We develop here a spatially resolved, three-dimensional continuum model coupling cluster dynamics (SR-CD) and crystal plasticity to investigate irradiation growth in zirconium. The model uses scale separation to divide the population of the irradiation cluster into mobile and immobile families. Small interstitial and vacancy clusters are modeled using anisotropic reaction–diffusion equations. Among
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Recent advances in chiral EFT based nuclear forces and their applications Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys. (IF 9.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 R. Machleidt, F. Sammarruca
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Bifunctional effects of nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots on CoS2/mesoporous carbon composites for high-performance lithium-ion batteries Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Hae Ri Lee, Yun Sik Kim, Seon Yeong Lee, U Hyeok Son, Sungho Lee, Han-Ik Joh
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An antifouling electrochemical sensor integrating ‘‘3-in-1″ dual-targeted aptamer for the detection of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Jialin Zhao, Ting Wu, Youlin Xiong, Wei Zhang, Zian Pan, Shuangfei Cai, Rong Yang
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In situ fabrication of 2D Bi/Bi2O2CO3 nanosheets anchored on Bi substrate for highly-efficient photoelectrocatalytic CO2 reduction to formate Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Xin Guo, Xiaokun Wang, Xiushuai Guan, Jiuyang Li, Changming Zhang, Yadong Bai, Xiaochao Zhang
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Analysis of the heterojunction band offset of h-BN/TMDCs Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Hailong Du, Guijuan Zhao, Guipeng Liu, Xiurui Lv, Wanting Wei, Xingliang Wang
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Capture of carbonyl sulfide trace from natural gas by adsorption on zeolitic Nanostructure: Monte Carlo molecular simulation Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Fatemeh Ektefa, Jafar Towfighi Darian, Saeed Soltanali
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Synthesis of InZrOx nanosheets and its application in CO2 hydrogenation to methanol Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Jun He, Hongxing Wang, Ying Wang, Yanru Zhang, Yang Li, Longbo Zhang, Yanyan Wang, Chenglong Yu, Shunhan Jia, Qingli Qian, Buxing Han
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Size matters: how periodicity and depth of LIPSS influences E. coli adhesion on ferritic stainless steel Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 J. Outón, M. Carbú, M. Domínguez, M. Ramírez-del-Solar, G. Alba, M. Vlahou, E. Stratakis, V. Matres, E. Blanco
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Electro-assisted sorption behavior and mechanism of low-concentration rare earth elements on carbon based materials Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-05 Xuan Zhang, Weiquan Zhan, Qizheng Weng, Shaoxian Song, José Luis Arauz-Lara, Feifei Jia
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Pressure-assisted Al2O-intermediate diffusion-controlled growth of Al@δ-Al2O3 core-shell nanowires by heating oxidized Al particles Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-05 U.U. Narzulloev, A.T. Matveev, M.K. Kutzhanov, A.S. Konopatsky, I.V. Shchetinin, P.A. Loginov, L.A. Varlamova, J.J. Pais Pereda, P.B. Sorokin, D.V. Shtansky
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Achieving solar-thermal driven dual functional device utilizing flexible PDA coated sponge integrated thermoelectric module design for water purification and power generation Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-05 Yang Zhang, Jiacheng Hu, Xiaoxia Guo, Xiaoguang Li, Jiawen Lin, Zhixu Zhang, Yilei Yue, Wenqi Shen, Xiaoqi Li, Ziyi Wang, Simiao Sun, Song Lin, Weibiao Li, Linan Xu, Haitao Li
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Improving the emission properties of graphene–carbon nanotube hybrid nanostructures through functionalization with BaO nanoparticles and laser treatment Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-05 Artem V. Kuksin, Alexander Yu. Gerasimenko, Yury P. Shaman, Evgeny P. Kitsyuk, Artemiy A. Shamanaev, Artem V. Sysa, Elena M. Eganova, Michael M. Slepchenkov, Maksim V. Poliakov, Alexander A. Pavlov, Olga E. Glukhova
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Orientation-dependent deformation mechanisms of alpha-uranium single crystals under shock compression Int. J. Plasticity (IF 9.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Yongfeng Huang, Pan Li, Songlin Yao, Kun Wang, Wangyu Hu
Large-scale non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulations were employed to investigate the dynamic deformations of alpha-uranium (α-U) single crystals subjected to varying shock strengths along low-index crystallographic orientations. The pronounced anisotropy of α-U gives rise to a complex microstructural evolution under shock loading. In-depth microstructural analysis of post-shock specimens
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Molecular dynamics simulation of dry sliding between non-Gaussian copper rough surfaces Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Sudhanshu Kumar, Ashutosh Rajput, Surajit Kumar Paul, Mayank Tiwari
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Construction of La2O3/AgCl S-scheme heterojunction with interfacial chemical bond for efficient photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Yan Quan, Meiling Liu, Hanliu Wu, Xuemei Tian, Lin Dou, Chunguang Ren, Zhonghua Wang
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Highly sensitive plate-like Bi2WO6 prepared by simple hydrothermal method Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 GeGe Fan, ShuYi Ma, NiNa Ma, JinSha Wei, Ping Ni, JiaYun Guo, JiMing Liu, ChengYu Xu
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Unravelling K intercalation on graphene and its variants through two-dimensional cluster expansion modeling Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Chaoping Liang, Zhe Liu, Feilong Wang, Haojie Zhou, Guangxiong Luo, Fei Ding
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Surface nitrided CuBi2O4 electrocatalysts with excellent selectivity for CO2 reduction to methanol Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Lin Ma, Huan Liu, Youchao Song, Chenghan Yang, Huijun Yu, Yuming Zhou, Yiwei Zhang
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Effect of multi-walled carbon nanotubes properties on the photocatalytic activity of bismuth-based composites synthesised via an imidazolium ionic liquid Appl. Surf. Sci. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Aleksandra Bielicka–Giełdoń, Patrycja Wilczewska, Monika Paszkiewicz, Anna Malankowska, Karol Szczodrowski, Jacek Ryl, Ewa Maria Siedlecka
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A voltage-balanced device for quantum resistance metrology Nat. Electron. (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-03
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Long-Lived Circular Rydberg Qubits of Alkaline-Earth Atoms in Optical Tweezers Phys. Rev. X (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 C. Hölzl, A. Götzelmann, E. Pultinevicius, M. Wirth, F. Meinert
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An Ultra-soft Thermal Diode Mater. Today Phys. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Yunsong Pang, Junhong Li, Zhibin Wen, Ting Liang, Shan Gao, Min Yang, Dezhao Huang, Jianbin Xu, Tengfei Luo, Xiaoliang Zeng, Rong Sun
The controlling of heat flow direction stands as a prominent methodological approach within the domain of thermal management, and this can be accomplished through the utilization of thermal diodes. However, if the thermal diode lacks mechanical compliance, hindering its intimate contact with heat source/sink surfaces, the thermal rectification performance is limited. In this work, we propose a method
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High cooling and power generation performance of α-MgAgSb with intrinsic low lattice thermal conductivity Mater. Today Phys. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Xiaofan Zhang, Nan Chen, Kaiwei Guo, Qintuo Zhang, Qi Zhao, Jingkun Xu, Hangtian Zhu, Huaizhou Zhao
α-MgAgSb is a promising near-room temperature thermoelectric material, characterized by its intrinsically low lattice thermal conductivity, a feature attributed to the significant atomic mass contrast and complex crystal structure. In this work, we achieved respective values of 0.58 in the temperature range of 150–300 K and 1.22 in the range of 300–550 K for α-MgAgSb, indicating exceptional potential