Spontaneous growth and phase transformation of highly conductive nickel germanide nanowires by Higgins, Jeremy M., Faber, Matthew S., Yan, Chaoyi, Lee, Pooi See, Jin, Song

“…We report the synthesis, phase transformation, and electrical property measurement of single-crystal NiGe and ε-Ni5Ge3 nanowires (NWs). …”
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Two kinds of phase transition in photonic systems with application to optical isolation by Zhou, Xin

“…We establish a correspondence between the onset of optical isolation and the P T phase transition of the linear system. In the second part of the thesis, we study a new class of nonlinear optical isolator based on self-induced topological phase transitions. …”
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Understanding the methylammonium chloride-assisted crystallization for improved performance of lead-free tin perovskite solar cells by Cuzzupè, Daniele T., Öz, Senol Dilara, Ling, Jinkiong, Illing, Elias, Seewald, Tobias, Jose, Rajan, Olthof, Selina, Azhar, Fakharuddin, Schmidt-Mende, Lukas

“…Understanding the effect of MACl addition in this system is interesting for the pursuit of efficient and stable tin-based devices. The investigations show that MACl addition causes a shift in the optical bandgap and improves morphology, indicating effects in the bulk crystal structure. …”
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Sliding-mediated ferroelectric phase transition in CuInP2S6 under pressure by Zhou, Zhou, Zhang, Jun-Jie, Turner, Gemma F., Moggach, Stephen A., Lekina, Yulia, Morris, Samuel, Wang, Shun, Hu, Yiqi, Li, Qiankun, Xue, Jinshuo, Feng, Zhijian, Yan, Qingyu, Weng, Yuyan, Xu, Bin, Fang, Yong, Shen, Zexiang, Fang, Liang, Dong, Shuai, You, Lu

“…Along the transformation pathway, the displacive-instable Cu ion serves as a pivot point that regulates the interlayer interaction in response to external pressure. The rich phase diagram of CuInP2S6, which is enabled by stacking orders, sheds light on the physics of vdW ferroelectricity and opens an alternative route to tailoring long-range order in vdW layered crystals.…”
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Green polymer - chitosan as compatibilizing phase in ternary biopolymer blends of polysaccharide and protein by Liu, ChengJun

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Topological phase transition induced by gain and loss in a photonic Chern insulator by Teo, Hau Tian, Xue, Haoran, Zhang, Baile

“…It is found that, by continuously varying the gain and loss parameter, a topological phase transition can take place in the photonic crystal, accompanied by the closing and reopening of a Dirac cone. …”
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Correlation between optical absorption redshift and carrier density in phase change materials by Ho, H. W., Song, W. D., Bai, K., Branicio, P. S., Tan, Teck L., Ji, R., Law, L. T., Ng, C. M., Lan, Wang.

“…Here, we report an optical absorption redshift map for GeTe-Sb2Te3 pseudo-binary alloys. We found that, with phase change from amorphous to crystalline, the observed redshift increases with Ge concentration along pseudo-line of compositions, which directly reflects the enhanced electron delocalization/resonant bonding and increased carrier concentrations in the respective crystal compounds. …”
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A homogenized model for free vibration analysis of finite phononic crystal rods using strain gradient theory by Lou, Jia, Fan, Hui, Zhao, Ou, Du, Jianke

“…While extensive research has been conducted on elastic wave propagation in infinite phononic crystal (PC) rods, practical applications often involve PC rods of finite length. …”
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Z-score biological significance of binding hot spots of protein interfaces by using crystal packing as the reference state by Liu, Qian, Wong, Limsoon, Li, Jinyan

“…First, the potential score of a residue is defined by using a knowledge-based potential function with relative accessible surface area calculations. …”
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A functionally arranged phononic crystal rod enabling ultra-wideband vibration attenuation and orderly frequency distillation by Lou, Jia, Fan, Hui, Yang, Jie, Zhang, Aibing, Du, Jianke

“…Following this, the transmission of longitudinal waves traveling through a finite functionally arranged rod is elucidated. Based on these calculations, careful parameter selection yields a compact configuration for a functionally arranged phononic crystal rod, boasting an exceptionally wide band gap spanning frequencies from 100 Hz to 10,000 Hz. …”
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New metallic ordered phase of perovskite CsPbI3 under pressure by Liang, Yongfu, Huang, Xiaoli, Huang, Yanping, Wang, Xin, Li, Fangfei, Wang, Youchun, Tian, Fubo, Liu, Bingbing, Shen, Ze Xiang, Cui, Tian

“…Pressure‐induced electronic structure transition from insulating phase to metal state is a potential new paradigm for halide perovskites. …”
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Quantum Monte Carlo study of the phase diagram of the two-dimensional uniform electron liquid by Azadi, S, Drummond, ND, Vinko, SM

“…We attribute these nonsystematic effects to the close competition between fluid and defected crystal phases at different system sizes at low density. …”

Upcycling of non-biodegradable plastics by base metal photocatalysis by Li, Chenfei, Kong, Xin Ying, Lyu, Maoping, Tay, Xiu Ting, Đokić, Miloš, Chin, Kek Foo, Yang, Crystal Ting, Lee, Erin Ke Xin, Zhang, Jinfan, Tham, Chun Yuan, Chan, Wei Xin, Lee, Wen Jie, Lim, Teik Thye, Goto, Atsushi, Sullivan, Michael B., Soo, Han Sen

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Bilateralism and the indirect strategy : U.S./Southeast Asian cooperation in an age of terrorism. by Crystal M Schautz.

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Controlled synthesis of cubic and hexagonal phase lanthanide doped NaYF4 up-converters by Ho, John Chun Wan.

“…Co-precipitation using sodium fluoride (NaF) and yttrium, ytterbium and erbium nitrates in presence of disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (Na2-EDTA) was deployed to synthesize cubic NaYF4:Yb,Er nanocrystals followed by annealing to enable the cubic to hexagonal phase transition at high temperature. Hexagonal with trace amounts of cubic NaYF4:Yb,Er crystals with narrow size distribution are produced. …”
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Modeling Henry's law and phase separations of water–NaCl–organic mixtures with solvation and ion-pairing by Wilson, Aaron D., Foo, Zi Hao, Jayasinghe, Ashini S., Stetson, Caleb, Lee, Hyeonseok, Rollins, Harry W., Deshmukh, Akshay, Lienhard, John H

“…We used a two-variable speciation-based solution model to correlate VLE (organic Henry’s law coefficient and water activity), SLE (organic-induced salt crystallization), and salt-induced LLE separation of H<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>O-NaCl-MeCN mixtures.…”
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Modal phase-matched bound states in the continuum for enhancing third harmonic generation of deep ultraviolet emission by Abdelraouf, Omar A. M., Anthur, Aravind P., Wang, Renshaw Xiao, Wang, Qi Jie, Liu, Hong

“…DUV light sources can be generated by using conventional nonlinear optical crystals (NLOs). However, NLOs are limited by their bulky size, inadequate transparency at the DUV regime, and stringent phase-matching requirements for harmonic generation. …”
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Photonic engineering technology for the development of terahertz quantum cascade lasers by Zeng, Yongquan, Qiang, Bo, Wang, Qi Jie

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Suppression of mixed-phase areas in highly elongated BiFeO3 thin films on NdAlO3 substrates by Woo, Chang-Su, Lee, Jin Hong, Chu, Kanghyun, Jang, Byung-Kweon, Kim, Yong-Bae, Koo, Tae Yeong, Yang, Ping, Qi, Yajun, Chen, Zuhuang, Chen, Lang, Choi, Hong Chul, Shim, Ji Hoon, Yang, Chan-Ho

“…The underlying mechanisms are discussed based on the intriguing nature of phase competition in bismuth ferrite phases using first principles density functional calculations for the misfit strain-dependent total energy.…”
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Great enhancement effect of 20-40 nm Ag NPs on solar-blind UV response of the mixed-phase MgZnO detector by Han, Shun, Xia, Hao, Lu, Youming, Hu, Sirong, Zhang, Dao Hua, Xu, Wangying, Fang, Ming, Liu, Wenjun, Cao, Peijiang, Zhu, Deliang

“…Ag NPs with different sizes could modulate the peak response position of the mixed-phase MgZnO detector from near UV range (350 nm) to deep UV range (235 nm), and the enhancement effect of the Ag NPs on the UV response differs much with the crystal structure and the basic UV response of the MgZnO thin film. …”
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