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Cathodic corrosion as a facile and universal method for scalable preparation of powdery single atom electrocatalysts
Top-down strategy has been widely applied for synthesis of metal single atom catalysts (SACs) via converting metal nanoparticles or bulk metals into atomically dispersed species. Here, we report a simple elect...
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Irradiation Resistance of CoCrCuFeNi High Entropy Alloy under Successive Bombardment
With the excellent irradiation resistance due to the chemical complexity, high entropy alloys have attracted considerable attention in the design of nuclear structural materials. However, their performance und...
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Electrochemical-leaching route for the size-controllable synthesis of copper-based oxygen reduction reaction catalysts: From nanoparticles to atomic clusters and single atoms
Size-controllable synthesis of non-noble metal particles ranging from nanometer to subnanometer and atomic level is of great significance for demonstrating the size effects of metallic catalysts towards oxygen...
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Platinum single atom catalysts for hydrogen isotope separation during hydrogen evolution reaction
Electrolysis of water is widely used for hydrogen isotope separation and the development of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts with high selectivity and activity is of key importance. Herein, we propo...
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Open AccessAnisotropic, biomorphic cellular Si3N4 ceramics with directional well-aligned nanowhisker arrays based on wood-mimetic architectures
Inspired by the transport behavior of water and ions through the aligned channels in trees, we demonstrate a facile, scalable approach for constructing biomorphic cellular Si3N4 ceramic frameworks with well-align...
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Cathodic corrosion as a facile and universal method for the preparation of supported metal single atoms
Top-down strategy has been generally adopted for preparation of metal single atom catalysts (SACs) due to the simplified synthetic process, metal economics, and scalability characteristics. Herein, we propose ...
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Open AccessResearch on the degradation of ancient Longquan celadons in the Dalian Island shipwreck
Eleven celadons with different degrees of degradation excavated from the Dalian Island shipwreck of the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368 AD) were selected, and the degradation mechanism of the ancient porcelain at mari...
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Anisotropic epitaxial stabilization of a low-symmetry ferroelectric with enhanced electromechanical response
Piezoelectrics interconvert mechanical energy and electric charge and are widely used in actuators and sensors. The best performing materials are ferroelectrics at a morphotropic phase boundary, where several ...
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Open AccessCorrosion of Longquan celadons in the marine environment: study on the celadons from the Dalian Island shipwreck of the Yuan Dynasty
The Dalian ( ) Island shipwreck of the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368 CE) was located in the sea area of **tan ( ), Fujian ( ...
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Open AccessPrediction of room-temperature half-metallicity in layered halide double perovskites
Half-metallic ferromagnets (HMFs) that possess intriguing physical properties with completely spin-polarized current are key candidates for high-efficiency spintronic devices. However, HMFs that could simultan...
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Open AccessInterplay between Kitaev interaction and single ion anisotropy in ferromagnetic CrI3 and CrGeTe3 monolayers
Magnetic anisotropy is crucially important for the stabilization of two-dimensional (2D) magnetism, which is rare in nature but highly desirable in spintronics and for advancing fundamental knowledge. Recent w...
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Effects of Ce Addition on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Accident-Tolerance Fe-Cr-Al Fuel Cladding Materials
Fe-Cr-Al alloys are promising materials for accident-tolerance fuel cladding applications due to their excellent performance of oxidation and corrosion resistance under elevated temperature. In this study, eff...
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Influence of Hot Rolling on Mechanical Behavior and Strengthening Mechanism in Boron Carbide Reinforced Aluminum Matrix Composites
Boron carbide reinforced aluminum matrix composites are widely used as neutron absorption materials. Here we report that mechanical alloying has been successfully employed to synthesize metal matrix composite ...
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Influence of Austenitizing Temperature and Time on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of an YP460 Grade Crack Arrest Steel
The influence of austenitizing temperature and austenitizing holding time on the microstructure and mechanical properties of a YP460 grade crack arrest steel was investigated. The first group specimens were au...
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Effects of Matrix Microstructure on the Nanoscale Precipitation and Precipitation Strengthening in an Ultra-high Strength Steel
Matrix microstructure and nanoscale clusters are the two main factors influencing the mechanical properties of nanocluster strengthened steels. Here, an ultra-high strength steel with a tensile strength of ~1....
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Effects of Solid Solution Treatment on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties in the Ultra-High Strength Steel Strengthened by Nanoscale Particles
The microstructure and mechanical properties of the ultra-high strength steel by nanoscale particles are studied in detail with different solid solution treatment. The results indicated that the microstructure...
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Influence of Strain Path Change on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Duplex Mg–Li Alloy
The microstructures, texture evolution, and mechanical properties of unidirectionally-rolled and cross-rolled Mg–9Li–6Er alloy were investigated in this paper. The results show that the Mg–9Li–6Er alloy mainly...
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Influences of Thermomechanical Treatments on the Microcstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Nano-precipitates Strengthened Steels
Nano-precipitates strengthened steels exhibit excellent combination of high strength, high toughness and good weldability. In this study, the optimized thermomechanical processing and aging treatments are used...
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Synthesis and Characterization of Al–B4C Powders by Mechanical Alloying
Boron carbide reinforced aluminum matrix composites are widely used as neutron absorption materials. Here we report that mechanical alloying has been successfully employed to synthesize metal matrix composite ...
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Tunable bandgap and optical properties of (Eu, Sm) codoped ZnO nanoparticles
The (Eu, Sm) codoped ZnO nanoparticles were prepared by chemical precipitation route and characterized by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscope, X-ray photoelectron spectrosco...
