Forward production of charged pions with incident pi(+/-) on nuclear targets measured at the CERN PS by Apollonio, M, Artamonov, A, Bagulya, A, Barr, G, Blondel, A, Bobisut, F, Bogomilov, M, Bonesini, M, Booth, C, Borghi, S, Bunyatov, S, Burguet-Castell, J, Catanesi, MG, Cervera-Villanueva, A, Chimenti, P, Coney, L, Di Capua, E, Dore, U, Dumarchez, J, Edgecock, R, Ellis, M, Ferri, F, Gastaldi, U, Giani, S, Giannini, G

“…Measurements of the double-differential π± production cross-section in the range of momentum 0.5 GeV / c ≤ p ≤ 8.0 GeV / c and angle 0.025   rad ≤ θ ≤ 0.25   rad in interactions of charged pions on beryllium, carbon, aluminium, copper, tin, tantalum and lead are presented. These data represent the first experimental campaign to systematically measure forward pion hadroproduction. …”

Molecular dynamics simulations of grain interactions in shock-compressed highly textured columnar nanocrystals by Heighway, P, McGonegle, F, Park, N, Higginbotham, A, Wark, J

“…We present here a study of grain interaction effects in shock-compressed, body-centered cubic tantalum nanocrystals characterized by a columnar geometry and a strong fiber texture using large-scale molecular dynamics simulations. …”

Recent Metal Nanotheranostics for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy: A Review by Amir Khorasani, Daryoush Shahbazi-Gahrouei, Arash Safari

“…However, due to their high abundance, low price, and high performance for visualization and treatment, nanoparticles such as gold, bismuth, tungsten, tantalum, ytterbium, gadolinium, silver, iron, platinum, and lead have been investigated in this review study. …”
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The Effect of Cylindrical Liner Material on the Jet Formation and Penetration Capability of Cylinder-Cone-Shaped Charge by Yifan Wang, Zhijun Wang, Yongjie Xu, Zhen Jin

“…Cylinder-cone-shaped charge models with five cylindrical liner materials, including nickel, tungsten, tantalum, steel 4340 and copper, were established to investigate the penetration capability and were compared with the classical conical-shaped charge. …”
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Orbital degree of freedom induced multiple sets of second-order topological states in two-dimensional breathing Kagome crystals by Hui Zhou, Hang Liu, Hongyan Ji, Xuanyi Li, Sheng Meng, Jia-Tao Sun

“…Here, we report by first-principles calculations the second-order topological states emerging in two-dimensional d-orbital breathing Kagome crystals, i.e., monolayer niobium/tantalum chalcogenide halides M3QX7 (M = Nb, Ta; Q = S, Se, Te; X = Cl, Br, I). …”
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The Management of Bone Defects in Revision Knee Arthroplasty: The Role of Porous Metal Cones and 3D-Printed Cones by Giuseppe Marongiu, Antonio Capone, Marco Verona, Gianluca Piovan, Claudio Zorzi, Daniel Kendoff, Marta Bandino

“…The aim of this study is to review the currently available literature to analyse clinical outcomes, complications, and radiographical results with the use of metaphyseal tantalum cones and new 3D-printed cones for the management of bone defects in the revision of total knee arthroplasty.…”
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Prospective Pilot Study of Immediately Provisionalized Restorations of Trabecular Metal-Enhanced Titanium Dental Implants: A 5-Year Follow-Up Report by Peter van der Schoor, Markus Schlee, Hai-Bo Wen

“…Porous tantalum trabecular metal biomaterial has a similar structure to trabecular bone, and was recently added to titanium dental implants as a surface enhancement. …”
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Evidence of nested quasi-one-dimensional Fermi surface and decoupled charge-lattice orders in layered TaTe_{2} by Yi Lin, Maximillian Huber, Sangeeta Rajpurohit, Yanglin Zhu, Khalid M. Siddiqui, Daniel H. Eilbott, Luca Moreschini, Ping Ai, Jonathan D. Denlinger, Zhiqiang Mao, Liang Z. Tan, Alessandra Lanzara

“…Although this situation is usually satisfied in a large class of two-dimensional materials, it falls short in describing the so-called CDW-like phase transition in layered tantalum ditelluride (TaTe_{2}), accompanied by anomalous low temperature transport properties and a periodic lattice distortion (PLD). …”
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Supply Risk Considerations for the Elements in Nickel-Based Superalloys by Christoph Helbig, Alex M. Bradshaw, Andrea Thorenz, Axel Tuma

“…In this paper, a semi-quantitative assessment scheme is used to evaluate the relative supply risks associated with elements contained in various Ni-based superalloys: aluminium, titanium, chromium, iron, cobalt, niobium, molybdenum, ruthenium, tantalum, tungsten, and rhenium. Twelve indicators on the elemental level and four aggregation methods are applied in order to obtain the supply risk at the alloy level. …”
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Effect of Rare Earth Metals (Y, La) and Refractory Metals (Mo, Ta, Re) to Improve the Mechanical Properties of W–Ni–Fe Alloy—A Review by Senthilnathan Natarajan, Venkatachalam Gopalan, Raja Annamalai Arunjunai Rajan, Chun-Ping Jen

“…The influence of the percentage addition of rare earth elements of yttrium, lanthanum, and their oxides and refractory metals such as rhenium, tantalum, and molybdenum on the mechanical properties of the heavy alloy is critically analyzed. …”
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Biomaterials in Spinal Implants: A Review by Andrew Warburton, Steven J. Girdler, Christopher M. Mikhail, Amy Ahn, Samuel K. Cho

“…Today, the materials that have been most commonly used include stainless steel, titanium, cobalt chrome, nitinol (a nickel titanium alloy), tantalum, and polyetheretherketone in rods, screws, cages, and plates. …”
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Simulations on the shielding performance of composite materials around Jupiter’s radiation belts by Dawei Gao, Minghui Cai, Tao Yang, Ruilong Han, Liangliang Xu, Jianwei Han

“…In this study, we explore the shielding effect of aluminum–tantalum composite materials in the energy spectrum of the radiation environment of a probe orbiting Jupiter and the planet’s gravity assist orbit at the edge of the solar system by using Monte Carlo simulations. …”
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Electrodynamics of Topologically Ordered Quantum Phases in Dirac Materials by Musa A. M. Hussien, Aniekan Magnus Ukpong

“…First-principles calculations of the electronic ground state in tantalum arsenide are combined with tight-binding calculations of the field dependence of its transport model equivalent on the graphene monolayer to study the emergence of topologically ordered quantum states, and to obtain topological phase diagrams. …”
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Improved Omnidirectional 2D Photonic Crystal Selective Emitter for Thermophotovoltaics by Sakakibara, Reyu, Stelmakh, Veronika, Chan, Walker R, Ghebrebrhan, Michael, Joannopoulos, John, Soljacic, Marin, Celanovic, Ivan L.

“…Hafnia-filled, two dimensional (2D) tantalum (Ta) photonic crystals (PhCs) are promising emitters for high performance thermophotovoltaic (TPV) systems because they enable, for a wide range of incidence angles, efficient spectral tailoring of thermal radiation. …”
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Large-angle production of charged pions with incident pion beams on nuclear targets by Apollonio, M, Artamonov, A, Bagulya, A, Barr, G, Blondel, A, Bobisut, F, Bogomilov, M, Bonesini, M, Booth, C, Borghi, S, Bunyatov, S, Burguet-Castell, J, Catanesi, MG, Cervera-Villanueva, A, Chimenti, P, Coney, L, Di Capua, E, Dore, U, Dumarchez, J, Edgecock, R, Ellis, M, Ferri, F, Gastaldi, U, Giani, S, Giannini, G

“…Measurements of the double-differential π± production cross section in the range of momentum 100≤p≤800 MeV/c and angle 0.35≤θ≤2.15 rad using π± beams incident on beryllium, aluminum, carbon, copper, tin, tantalum, and lead targets are presented. The data were taken with the large-acceptance hadron production (HARP) detector in the T9 beam line of the CERN Proton Synchrotron. …”

Comparison of large-angle production of charged pions with incident protons on cylindrical long and short targets by Apollonio, M, Artamonov, A, Bagulya, A, Barr, G, Blondel, A, Bobisut, F, Bogomilov, M, Bonesini, M, Booth, C, Borghi, S, Bunyatov, S, Burguet-Castell, J, Catanesi, MG, Cervera-Villanueva, A, Chimenti, P, Coney, L, Di Capua, E, Dore, U, Dumarchez, J, Edgecock, R, Ellis, M, Ferri, F, Gastaldi, U, Giani, S, Giannini, G

“…In this article the analysis of data taken with long (one interaction length) solid cylindrical targets made of carbon, tantalum, and lead is presented. The data were taken with the large-acceptance HARP detector in the T9 beam line of the CERN proton synchrotron. …”

An Integrated Linearization Technique for GaAs Bipolar WCDMA Power Amplifier by Rajendran, Jagadheswaran, Hamid, Sofiyah Sal, Kunhi Mohd, Shukri Korakkottil, Abdullah, Mohd Zaid, Ramiah, Harikrishnan, Kumar, Narendra

“…A process solution is proposed where a tantalum nitride (TaN) layer is strapped to the HBT base metal layer that resolves the current hogging issue. …”

First Principles Study on the Features of Ca_xSr_2−xTa₂O₇ (x = 0, 1) as a Photocatalytic Material by Marianela Gómez-Toledo, Khalid Boulahya, M. Elena Arroyo-de Dompablo

“…Materials that are able to catalyze the water-splitting reaction through sunlight absorption have been widely studied as an adequate solution for green hydrogen generation. Among the proposed tantalum-based oxide materials, Sr₂Ta₂O₇ displays moderate photocatalytic activity. …”
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Outcomes of Hip Reconstruction for Metastatic Acetabular Lesions: A Scoping Review of the Literature by Sandeep Krishan Nayar, Thomas A. Kostakos, Olga Savvidou, Konstantinos Vlasis, Panayiotis J. Papagelopoulos

“…Reconstruction modalities used were total hip arthroplasty (<i>n</i> = 432, 49.1%), the Harrington procedure (<i>n</i> = 374, 42.5%), modular hemipelvic endoprotheses (<i>n</i> = 63, 7.2%) and a reverse ice-cream cone prosthesis (<i>n</i> = 11, 1.25%). (4) Conclusions: Advances in implant design including use of dual mobility or flanged cups, tantalum implants, and modular hemipelvic endoprostheses allow for larger acetabular defects to be addressed with improved patient outcomes. …”
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Early Ordovician Age of Fluorite-Rare-Metal Deposits at the Voznesensky Ore District (Far East, Russia): Evidence from Zircon and Cassiterite U–Pb and Fluorite Sm–Nd Dating Results... by Nailya G. Rizvanova, Antonina A. Alenicheva, Sergey G. Skublov, Sergey A. Sergeev, Dmitriy A. Lykhin

“…The granites are associated with extensive rare-metal–fluorite, tin and tantalum mineralization. Despite the numerous published results of Rb–Sr, Sm–Nd and U–Pb dating of ore-bearing granites and associated ores, the issues of age correlation and the genetic relationship of igneous rocks and mineralization remain unclear. …”
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