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Probing Intrinsic Magnetization Dynamics of the Y3Fe5O12/Bi2Te3 Interface at Low Temperature

July 23, 2024
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A. R. Will-Cole, Valeria Lauter, Alexander Grutter, Carsten Dubs, David Lidsky, Morris Lindner, Timmy Reimann, Nirjhar Bhattacharjee, Tzu-Ming Lu, Peter Sharma, Nichole Valdez, Charles Pearce, Todd Monson, Matthew Matzelle, Arun Bansil, Don Heiman, Nian Sun
Topological insulator–magnetic insulator (TI–MI) heterostructures hold significant promise in the field of spintronics, offering the potential for manipulating magnetization through topological surface state–enabled spin-orbit torque. However, many TI–MI

Detailed Dynamics of a Moving Magnetic Skyrmion Lattice in MnSi Observed Small-Angle Neutron Scattering under an Alternating Electric Current Flow

July 22, 2024
Author(s)
D. Okuyama, M. Bleuel, Qiang Ye, Jeffery Krzywon, N. Nagaosa, A. Kikkawa, Y. Taguchi, Y. Tokura, J. Reim, Y. Nambu, T. Sato
Lattice formation of swirling textures is ubiquitous in solid-state materials, such as a magnetic skyrmion lattice in chiral magnets. In the magnetic skyrmion lattices, their moving states and dynamics under external perturbations are still unrevealed

Reverse Separation of Carbon Dioxide and Acetylene in Two Isostructural Copper Pyridine-Carboxylate Frameworks

July 21, 2024
Author(s)
Jing-Hong Li, You-Wei Gan, Jun-Xian Chen, Rui-Biao Lin, Yisi Yang, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Banglin Chen, Xiao-Ming Chen
Separating acetylene from carbon dioxide is important but highly challenging due to their similar molecular shapes and physical properties. Adsorptive separation of carbon dioxide from acetylene can directly produce pure acetylene but is hardly realized

Effects of hydrogen on the evolution of 4130 steel microstructure as a result of tensile loading

July 12, 2024
Author(s)
Zack Buck, May Ling Martin, Damian Lauria, Jason Killgore, Peter Bradley, Yan Chen, Ke An, Matthew Connolly
Neutron diffraction and Scanning Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (SKPFM) were used to study the evolution of lattice strain, dislocation density, and phase partitioning of a ferrite/martensite pressure vessel steel (AISI 4130) that resulted from tensile

Entanglement kinetics in polymer melts are chemically specific

July 3, 2024
Author(s)
Benjamin Dolata
We investigate the universality of entanglement kinetics in polymer melts. We compare predictions of a recently developed constitutive equation for disentanglement to molecular dynamics simulations of both united-atom polyethylene and Kremer-Grest models

Effect of Micellar Morphology on the Temperature-Induced Structural Evolution of ABC Polypeptoid Triblock Terpolymers into Two-Compartment Hydrogel Network

June 28, 2024
Author(s)
Naisheng Jiang, Tianyi Yu, Meng Zhang, Bailee Barrett, Haofeng Sun, Jun Wang, Ying Luo, Garrett Sternhagen, Sunting Xuan, Guangcui Yuan, Elizabeth Kelley, Shuo Qian, Peter Bonnesen, Kunlun Hung, Donghui Zhang
We investigated the temperature-dependent structural evolution of thermoreversible triblock terpolypeptoid hydrogels, namely poly(N-allyl glycine)-b-poly(N-methyl glycine)-b-poly(N-decyl glycine) (AMD), using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) with

Effect of Micellar Morphology on the Temperature-Induced Structural Evolution of ABC Polypeptoid Triblock Terpolymers into Two-Compartment Hydrogel Network

June 28, 2024
Author(s)
Naisheng Jiang, Tianyi Yu, Meng Zhang, Bailee Barrett, Haofeng Sun, Jun Wang, Ying Luo, Garrett Sternhagen, Sunting Xuan, Guangcui Yuan, Elizabeth Kelley, Shuo Qian, Peter Bonnesen, Kunlun Hong, Dongcui Li, Donghui Zhang
We investigated the temperature-dependent structural evolution of thermoreversible triblock terpolypeptoid hydrogels, namely poly(N-allyl glycine)-b-poly(N-methyl glycine)-b-poly(N-decyl glycine) (AMD), using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) with

Single-Phase L10-Ordered High Entropy Thin Films with High Magnetic Anisotropy

June 28, 2024
Author(s)
Willie Beeson, Dinesh Bista, Huairuo Zhang, Sergiy Krylyuk, Albert Davydov, Gen Yin, Kai Liu
The vast high entropy alloy (HEA) composition space is promising for discovery of new material phases with unique properties. We explore the potential to achieve high magnetic anisotropy materials in single-phase HEA thin films. Thin films of FeCoNiMnCu

New Method to Probe the Surface Properties of Polymer Thin Films by Two-Dimensional (2D) Inverse Gas Chromatography (iGC)

June 25, 2024
Author(s)
Whirang Cho, Lucas Flagg, Christopher Stafford, Jeremiah Woodcock, Daniel Burnett, Anett Kondor, Douglas Fox, John Hoffmann
Polymer-based functional surface coatings are extensively used in advanced technologies, including optics, energy, and environmental applications. Surface thermodynamic properties profoundly impact the molecular interactions that control interfacial

Predicting the toughness of compatibilized polymer blends

June 19, 2024
Author(s)
Robert Ivancic, Debra Audus
Polymer blends can yield superior materials by merging the unique properties of their components. However, these mixtures often phase separate, leading to brittleness. While compatibilizers can toughen these blends, their vast design space makes

Assessing girth weld quality of pipeline steels and their susceptibility to hydrogen embrittlement

June 16, 2024
Author(s)
Zack Buck, Newell Moser, May Ling Martin, Nicholas Derimow, Damian Lauria, Enrico Lucon, Douglas Stalheim, Peter Bradley, Matthew Connolly
Hydrogen is known to cause premature failure in various steel infrastructures due to effects of embrittlement, which is particularly detrimental to ferritic steel structures such as pipelines and pressure vessels. Therefore, understanding the

Quantifying Mechanical Abrasion of AgNP Nanocomposites used in 3D Printing: Influence of AgNP content on abrasion products and rate of microplastic production

June 7, 2024
Author(s)
Joana Sipe, William Berger, Nathan Bossa, Melissa Chernick, Keana C. K. Scott, Alan Kennedy, Treye Thomas, Christine Ogilvie, Mark Wiesner
Nanomaterials are used in polymer composites to enhance plastic products' properties. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are added to composites for their antimicrobial and fungicidal properties. Polyethylene terephthalate glycol polymer (PETG) AgNP composite

Measuring the Influence of CO2 and Water Vapor on the Dynamics in Polyethylenimine To Understand the Direct Air Capture of CO2 from the Environment

June 5, 2024
Author(s)
Avery Baumann, Takeshi Yamada, Kanae Ito, Chad R. Snyder, John Hoffman, Craig Brown, Christopher Stafford, Christopher Soles
Aminopolymer sorbents are leading candidates for extracting CO2 directly from the atmosphere under ambient conditions. For effective carbon capture, this requires not only that the CO2 actively binds with amine groups of the polymer under low gas

Water-Enhanced CO2 Capture with Molecular Salt Sodium Guanidinate

June 3, 2024
Author(s)
Hayden Evans, Marcus Carter, Wei Zhou, Taner N. Yildirim, Craig Brown, Hui Wu
Solid-state amine absorbent materials, including those containing guanidine derivatives, have received tremendous attention as the world combats the challenges of climate change. Although these materials are attractive for their selective CO2 capture

Dealloyed Pt74Ni26 and Pt26Ni74 Electrodeposited Thin Film Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction

May 30, 2024
Author(s)
Carlos Hangarter, Eric Rus, Yihua Liu, Jaw Wook Shin, Vladimir Oleshko, Hyun Wook Ro, Russell Composto, Christopher Soles, Joseph A. Dura, Gery R. Stafford, Leonid Bendersky, Thomas P. Moffat
Pt100-xNix alloys are among the most active binary alloys for electrocatalysis of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in PEM fuel cells. Electrodeposition and microstructure of thin films close to Pt75Ni25 and Pt25Ni75 stoichiometry are described and their

An autonomous design algorithm to experimentally realize three-dimensionally isotropic auxetic network structures without compromising density

May 29, 2024
Author(s)
Meng Shen, Marcos Reyes-Martinez, Ami Ahure Powell, Mark Iadicola, Abhishek Sharma, Fabian Bylehn, Nidhi Pashine, Edwin P. Chan, Christopher Soles, Heinrich Jaeger, Juan de Pablo
Auxetic materials have a negative Poisson's ratio and are of significant interest in applications that include impact mitigation, membrane separations and biomedical engineering. While there are numerous examples of structured materials that exhibit

Reproducible graphene synthesis by oxygen-free chemical vapour deposition

May 29, 2024
Author(s)
Jacob Amontree, Xingzhou Yan, Christopher DiMarco, Pierre Levesque, Tehseen Adel, Jordan Pack, Madisen Holbrook, Christian Cupo, Zhiying Wang, Dihao Sun, Adam Biacchi, Charlezetta Stokes, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Cory Dean, Angela R. Hight Walker, Katayun Barmak, Richard Martel, James Hone
The demonstration of large-scale graphene synthesis on Cu by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) has led to enormous interest worldwide over the past 14 years. The graphene CVD process involves flow of a carbon feedstock (typically methane) over a Cu surface
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