Characterization of nickel-titanium based thin films crystallized by fast and ultra-fast annealing methods by Motemani Sharabiani, Yahya

“…Long range order of amorphous Ti-Ni-Cu thin films was achieved in a few seconds (> 60 sec), with the optimum crystallization temperature of 480oC. The fast crystallization process allows the precise control of microstructure in a lower thermal budget (product of processing temperature and time). …”
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Piezoelectric single crystal based one-dimensional phased array for breast tissue imaging by Du, Wenya

“…I then fabricated a 1D phased array transducer consisting of 64 elements with an operational frequency of 7.0 MHz. …”
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Optimizing crystal size distribution based on different cooling strategies in batch crystallization process by Siti Zubaidah, Adnan, Noor Asma Fazli, Abdul Samad

“…Based on the simulation results, optimization IV, which maximizes CSD, performs best with a large mean crystal size of 490 µm. …”
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Multiscale approach to nematic liquid crystals via statistical field theory by Lu, Bing-Sui

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Synthesis of metal nanomaterials with unconventional crystal phases and their applications in electrocatalysis by Liu, Jiawei

“…Unconventional crystal phases, which are distinct from their thermodynamically stable bulk phases, can also be stabilized in metallic nanomaterials. …”
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Investigation of electric field driven crystallization of phase change materials by Yeow, Susan Su Yi

“…Chalcogenide phase change material is based on the fast reversible switching between an amorphous and a crystalline phase. …”
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Morphology, crystal structure and adsorption performance of hydrothermally synthesized titania and titanate nanostructures by Lim, Linda Ying Wen, Tang, Yuxin, Cheng, Yu Hua, Chen, Zhong

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Hydrothermal Synthesis, Structure Investigation, and Oxide Ion Conductivity of Mixed Si/Ge-Based Apatite-Type Phases by Li, Henan, Baikie, Tom, Pramana, Stevin S., Shin, J. Felix, Keenan, Philip J., Slater, Peter R., Brink, Frank, Hester, James, An, Tao, White, Timothy John

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Strategies to control crystal growth of highly ordered rubrene thin films for application in organic photodetectors by Hofmann, A, Wolansky, J, Hambsch, M, Talnack, F, Bittrich, E, Winkler, L, Herzog, M, Zhang, T, Antrack, T, Winkler, LC, Schröder, J, Riede, M, Mannsfeld, SCB, Benduhn, J, Leo, K

“…Since the triclinic rubrene exhibits a high roughness with a peak-to-valley value of 250 nm, which is detrimental to the dark current, strategies to control the crystal growth are developed. These investigations show that a suppression layer of 20 nm C60 is the most promising approach to successfully reduce the surface roughness while maintaining the triclinic phase, proven by grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS). …”

Crystal phase-based epitaxial growth of hybrid noble metal nanostructures on 4H/fcc Au nanowires by Lu, Qipeng, Wang, An-Liang, Gong, Yue, Hao, Wei, Cheng, Hongfei, Chen, Junze, Li, Bing, Yang, Nailiang, Niu, Wenxin, Wang, Jie, Yu, Yifu, Zhang, Xiao, Chen, Ye, Fan, Zhanxi, Wu, Xue-Jun, Chen, Jinping, Luo, Jun, Li, Shuzhou, Gu, Lin, Zhang, Hua

“…Crystal-phase engineering offers opportunities for the rational design and synthesis of noble metal nanomaterials with unusual crystal phases that normally do not exist in bulk materials. …”
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Polarization-independent electrically tunable/switchable airy beam based on polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal by Luo, D., Dai, Haitao, Sun, Xiaowei

“…Here we experimentally demonstrate polarization-independent, electrically tunable/switchable Airy beam based on polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals with wide working temperature range and fast response time through a structure called vertical field driven mode.…”
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Experimental investigation and crystal plasticity modelling of dynamic recrystallisation in dual-phase high entropy alloy during hot deformation by Zhou, Z, Huo, Y, Wang, Z, Demir, E, Jiang, A, Yan, Z, He, T

“…In the initial stage of deformation, stress concentrates at the grain boundaries and interface boundary and then propagate to the deformation bands with temperature. The BCC phase undergoes continuous dynamic recrystallisation (CDRX), displaying significant differences from the DRX mechanism of the FCC phase, leading to asynchrony between the two phases during DRX. …”

Key developments in ionic liquid crystals by Alvarez Fernandez, Alexandra, Kouwer, Paul H. J.

“…Ionic liquid crystals are materials that combine the classes of liquid crystals and ionic liquids. …”
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Mechanically-sensitive fluorochromism by molecular domino transformation in a Schiff base crystal by Sasaki, Toshiyuki, Nakane, Takanori, Kawamoto, Akihiro, Zhao, Yakai, Fujimoto, Yushi, Nishizawa, Tomohiro, Kalita, Nabadeep, Tsuzuki, Seiji, Ito, Fuyuki, Ramamurty, Upadrasta, Thakuria, Ranjit, Kurisu, Genji

“…Molecular domino transformation, i.e., polymorphic transformation starting at a stimulated point and extending to the whole crystal, is an attractive phenomenon from this viewpoint. …”
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Mathematical models of liquid crystals and related materials by Taylor, J

“…<p>In the broadest sense, the focus of this thesis concerns the role of entropy in macroscopic systems related to liquid crystals in equilibrium. We be- gin by defining a broad generalisation of the Ball-Majumdar potential, applicable to a wide variety of order parameter models relevant to liquid crystals. …”

Nano-engineering the evolution of skyrmion crystal in synthetic antiferromagnets by Ma, Mangyuan, Huang, Ke, Li, Yong, Li, Sihua, Feng, Qiyuan, Ang, Calvin Ching Ian, Jin, Tianli, Lu, Yalin, Lu, Qingyou, Lew, Wen Siang, Ma, Fusheng, Wang, Renshaw Xiao

“…Most significantly, non-volatile multiple states are realized at zero magnetic field via controlling the proportion of the annihilated skyrmions in the skyrmion crystal. Our results demonstrate the tunability and flexibility of the artificial skyrmion platform, providing a promising route to achieve skyrmion-based multistate devices, such as neuromorphic spintronic devices.…”
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Improvement of uniformity of biocemented sand column using CH₃COOH-buffered one-phase-low-pH injection method by Yang, Yang, Chu, Jian, Liu, Hanlong, Cheng, Liang

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Crystal phase control in two-dimensional materials by Wang, Jialiang, Wei, Yang, Li, Hai, Huang, Xiao, Zhang, Hua

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Effective antibodies immobilization and functionalized nanoparticles in a quartz-crystal microbalance-based immunosensor for the detection of parathion by Della Ventura, Bartolomeo, Iannaccone, Marco, Funari, Riccardo, Pica Ciamarra, Massimo, Altucci, Carlo, Capparelli, Rosanna, Roperto, Sante, Velotta, Raffaele

“…Background: Biosensor-based detection provides a rapid and low-cost alternative to conventional analytical methods for revealing the presence of the contaminants in water as well as solid matrices. …”
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Strain-tuning of nematicity and superconductivity in single crystals of FeSe by Ghini, M, Bristow, M, Prentice, JCA, Sutherland, S, Sanna, S, Haghighirad, AA, Coldea, AI

“…Here, we investigate the effect of uniaxial strain on the nematic and superconducting phase of single crystal FeSe using magnetotransport measurements. …”