Structural Characterization of La0.6Sr0.4CoO3−δ Thin Films Grown on (100)-, (110)-, and (111)-Oriented La0.95Sr0.05Ga0.95Mg0.05O3−δ by Ražnjević, Sergej, Drev, Sandra, Bumberger, Andreas E., Popov, Maxim N., Siebenhofer, Matthäus, Böhme, Christin, Chen, Zhuo, Huang, Yong, Riedl, Christoph, Fleig, Jürgen, Čeh, Miran, Kubicek, Markus, Zhang, Zaoli

“…LSC is a model air electrode material in solid oxide fuel and electrolysis cells and understanding the correlation of bulk structure and catalytic activity is essential for the design of future electrode materials. Thin films were grown on single crystals of the perovskite material La0.95Sr0.05Ga0.95Mg0.05O3−δ cut in three different directions. …”
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Electric-field control of magnetism in multiferroic composites by Ding, Hui

“…Accurate crystal structure investigation confirms the strain transfer between the PMN-PT substrate and the CoFe2O4 film. …”
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Synthesis and optical study of lead halide perovskites for opto-electronic applications by Ha, Son Tung

“…The excellent optical properties of the perovskite crystals compared to conventional film sample also confirmed the high quality of samples grown by my method. …”
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In situ growth of [hk1]-oriented Sb2S3 for solution-processed planar heterojunction solar cell with 6.4% efficiency by Jin, Xin, Fang, Yanan, Salim, Teddy, Feng, Minjun, Hadke, Shreyash, Leow, Shin Woei, Sum, Tze Chien, Wong, Lydia Helena

“…This work opens up new prospects for pursuing high-performance Sb2S3 thin film solar cells by tailoring the crystal orientation.…”
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Electroless copper deposition as a seed layer on TiSiN barrier by Chen, Z., Xu, S., Chan, L., See, K. H., Law, S. B., Ee, Elden Yong Chiang

“…In both cases there exists a preferred (111) crystal orientation in Cu film and the intensity ratio of I(111)/I(200) is very close. …”
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Electrical charge transport and optical properties of iron pyrite by Shukla, Sudhanshu

“…Charge carrier dynamics in nanocube thin film revealed fast carrier localization and long-lived trap states in the pure pyrite. …”
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Transition metal doped apatites as inert non-toxic pigments by Seah, Jasmine Si Han

“…Therefore, this report presents a study of synthesis, characterisation and structure analysis of Ca10(PO4)6Cux(OH)y, with x = 0, 0.2, 0.4 and 0.8. The crystal structures of apatite compounds are hexagonal with space group P63/m. …”
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Imaging fiber design for medical applications by Zhang, Meng

“…Secondly, it decreases the loss by using periodic microstructures within photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) as well as alternating layers (n1/n2) of dielectrics deposited on a metal film inside the hollow core. …”
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Electrical properties of neodymium oxide/titanium dioxide and neodymium oxide/gadolinium silicate dielectric gate stack on silicon substrate by Lee, Vivian Sing Zhi.

“…The thickness of each dielectric gate stack is approximately 6nm. Crystal structure of Neodymium oxide and Titanium dioxide film crystallize upon annealing, while Gadolinium silicate remains amorphous. …”
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Solution-processed highly bright and durable cesium lead halide perovskite light-emitting diodes by Wei, Zhanhua, Perumal, Ajay, Su, Rui, Sushant, Shendre, Xing, Jun, Zhang, Qing, Tan, Swee Tiam, Demir, Hilmi Volkan, Xiong, Qihua

“…We find that the CsBr additive not only significantly enhances the PLQY but also induces directional crystal growth into micro-plates, forming a smooth perovskite film for LEDs. …”
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Growth of vanadium oxides nanostructures by chemical vapour deposition by Sim, Dao Hao

“…The growth of the nanoparticles thin film follows the island growth mechanism where the adatom adsorbed on the nuclei. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of Cu-Chalcogenide nanocrystals for potential applications in low-cost solar cells by Ahmadi, Mahshid

“…One of the most popular Cu-chalcogenide materials used for the fabrication of thin film solar cells is CuInxGa1-xSe2. The device performance of cells made using Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 nanocrystal (NC) inks synthesized via hot injection method have yielded efficiency up to 12 % recently. …”
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Solution-processed CuZn1−xAlxS2 : a new memory material with tuneable electrical bistability by Jinesh, K. B., Batabyal, Sudip Kumar, Chandra, R. Devi, Huang, Yizhong

“…CuZn1−xAlxS2 (CZAS) thin films deposited by the chemical spray pyrolysis (CSP) technique exhibit reversible electrical bistability in current–voltage measurements. …”
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Identifying key factors towards highly reflective silver coatings by Zheng, Bo, Wong, Lai Peng, Wu, Linda Y. L., Chen, Zhong

“…Investigation was made over the crystal orientation and surface roughness, using several types of surfaces, including electroplated Ag polycrystal films, physical vapour deposited polycrystal Ag films, and single crystal Ag foils with different crystal orientations. …”
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Automatic Generation of Chemical Kinetic Models including Macromolecules in Multiphase Systems by Pang, Hao-Wei

“…The modeling method is validated using experimental film growth measurements made with a quartz-crystal microbalance. …”
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Studying the pyroelectric effects of LiNbO3 modified composites by Zhang, Fan, Kang, Hua, Lin, Yixuan, Guan, Li, Aslan, Hüsnü, Zhang, Meining, Niu, Lin, Dong, Mingdong

“…The pyroelectric effects of LN crystal and LN/PP/MWCNT composite films are characterized by monitoring the patterned self-assembly of nanoparticles and the output pyroelectric currents. …”
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Electronic and optoelectronic devices using chemical vapour deposited 2D materials by Fan, Y

“…Furthermore we developed a one-step method to synthesis WS₂ nanoparticles decorated graphene film by electric shock. Our in-situ electronic measurement concludes with a discovery of negative electronic responsivity in the conductance of suspended WS₂ single crystal domain. …”

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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Synthesis, assembly and applications of novel two-dimensional metal chalcogenide nanomaterials by Tan, Chaoliang

“…Ta2NiS5 and Ta2NiSe5, in high-yield and large scale in liquid phase by exfoliating their layered bulk crystals via the electrochemical Li-intercalation and exfoliation method. …”
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High throughput discovery of effective metal doping in FeVO4 for photoelectrochemical water splitting by Nguyen, Thi Hiep, Zhang, Mengyuan, Septina, Wilman, Ahmed, Mahmoud Gamal, Tay, Ying Fan, Abdi, Fatwa F., Wong, Lydia Helena

“…The replacement of Cr3+ to Fe3+ in FeVO4 crystal lattice helps to mainly improve the catalytic activity for charge transfer, which results in the enhancement of photoresponse of the FeVO4 photoanode.…”
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