Atomically distributed Al-F3 nanoparticles towards precisely modulating pore size of carbon membranes for gas separation by Xiuling Chen, Zhiguang Zhang, Shan Xu, Bin Zhang, Yong Qin, Canghai Ma, Gaohong He, Nanwen Li

“…Herein, we report an approach of finely modulating CMS pore structure by using the reactive Al(CH3)3 to in situ defluorinate the polymer precursor to form Al-Fx(CH3)3-x in the polymer matrix, which is further converted to atomic-level Al2O3 and Al-F3 in the polymer matrix. …”
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All-round enhancement induced by oxophilic single Ru and W atoms for alkaline hydrogen oxidation of tiny Pt nanoparticles by Wensheng Jiao, Zhanghao Ren, Zhibo Cui, Chao Ma, Ziang Shang, Guanzhen Chen, Ruihu Lu, Tao Gan, Ziyun Wang, Yu Xiong, Yunhu Han

“…Here, we report the Joule heating-assisted synthesis of a small sized Ru1Pt single-atom alloy catalyst loaded on nitrogen-doped carbon modified with single W atoms (s-Ru1Pt@W1/NC), in which the near-range single Ru atoms on the Ru1Pt nanoparticles and the long-range single W atoms on the support simultaneously modulate the electronic structure of the active Pt-site, enhancing alkaline HOR performance of s-Ru1Pt@W1/NC. …”
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Nano-island-encapsulated cobalt single-atom catalysts for breaking activity-stability trade-off in Fenton-like reactions by Zhi-Quan Zhang, Pi-Jun Duan, Jie-Xuan Zheng, Yun-Qiu Xie, Chang-Wei Bai, Yi-Jiao Sun, Xin-Jia Chen, Fei Chen, Han-Qing Yu

“…Abstract Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have been increasingly acknowledged for their performance in sustainable Fenton-like catalysis. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Atomization and Dustfall Characteristics of Combined Nozzles for Shearer External Spray in Fully Mechanized Coal Mining Face by Qian Wang, Ruixin Song, Junpeng Wang, Cuicui Xu, Gang Zhou, Jiayuan Wang

“…To explore the dustfall effect of combined nozzles used in a fully mechanized mining face, Phase Doppler Interferometry (PDI) system was used to test 6 types of high-efficiency atomizer under 8 MPa. A new nozzle group of nozzles 2#, 3#, and 5# is selected by atomization experiment. …”
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Correction: Intersections of ultracold atomic polarons and nuclear clusters: how is a chart of nuclides modified in dilute neutron matter? by Hiroyuki Tajima, Hajime Moriya, Wataru Horiuchi, Eiji Nakano, Kei Iida

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Electronic Structure Engineering of Single‐Atom Tungsten on Vacancy‐enriched V3S4 Nanosheets for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution by Min Xi, Hua Zhang, Lingfeng Yang, Youyu Long, Yifan Zhao, Anran Chen, Qiaozhi Xiao, Tingting Liu, Xuechun Xiao, Guangzhi Hu

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Tailoring Nickel Oxide Thin Films: Comparative Study of Oxidizing Agents in Thermal and Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition by Mario Alberto Hidrogo-Rico, Nicola Nedev, Paul Horley, María Isabel Mendívil, Jhonathan Castillo-Saenz, Edgar Martínez-Guerra, Emilio J. Juarez-Perez, Francisco Servando Aguirre-Tostado, Arturo Susarrey-Arce, Eduardo Martínez-Guerra

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Atomically thin high-entropy oxides via naked metal ion self-assembly for proton exchange membrane electrolysis by Tao Zhang, Qingyi Liu, Haoming Bao, Mingyue Wang, Nana Wang, Bao Zhang, Hong Jin Fan

“…We discuss the role of each element in the RuIrFeCoCrO2 and find that the Cr, Co, and Ir sites contribute to the catalytic activity, while the Cr atoms weaken the Ru-O bond covalency and improves the catalyst stability. …”
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SPACIER: on-demand polymer design with fully automated all-atom classical molecular dynamics integrated into machine learning pipelines by Shun Nanjo, Arifin, Hayato Maeda, Yoshihiro Hayashi, Kan Hatakeyama-Sato, Ryoji Himeno, Teruaki Hayakawa, Ryo Yoshida

“…We developed SPACIER, an open-source software program that incorporates RadonPy, a Python library for fully automated polymer physical property calculations based on all-atom classical molecular dynamics, into a Bayesian optimization-based polymer design system to overcome these challenges. …”
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Cation-Specific Effects on the Self-Assembly of Collagen Molecules Mediated by Acetate on Mica Surface Observed with Atomic Force Microscopy by Zhiwei Wang, Qi Xiao, Xuan Song, Yunfei Wan, Jie Zhu

“…In this work, collagen extracted from fish scales by acid-base method was used to explore the self-assembly characters, and atomic force microscopy was applied to observe the collagen assembled on mica surface mediated by acetate with four different cations, including K+, Na+, Mg2+, and Ca2+. …”
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Modern Interpretation of Periodic Phenomenon by G. N. Fadeev, Yu. A. Lebedev, N. N. Dvulichanskaya

Subjects: “…electronic structure of the atom…”
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Microscopic and Spectroscopic Investigation of (AlxGa1–X)2O3 Films: Unraveling the Impact of Growth Orientation and Aluminum Content by Jith Sarker, Prachi Garg, Abrar Rauf, Ahsiur Rahman Nirjhar, Hsien‐Lien Huang, Menglin Zhu, A. F. M. Anhar Uddin Bhuiyan, Lingyu Meng, Hongping Zhao, Jinwoo Hwang, Eric Osei‐Agyemang, Saquib Ahmed, Baishakhi Mazumder

Subjects: “…atom probe tomography…”
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CellMAP: an open-source software tool to batch-process cell topography and stiffness maps collected with an atomic force microscope by Antoine Allard, Maxime Liboz, Raphaël Crépin, Sid Labdi, Olek Maciejak, Michel Malo, Clément Campillo, Guillaume Lamour

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Adsorption, X-ray diffraction, photoelectron, and atomic emission spectroscopy benchmark studies for the eighth industrial fluid properties simulation challenge by Richard B Ross, David B Aeschliman, Riaz Ahmad, John K Brennan, Myles L Brostrom, Kevin A Frankel, Jonathan D Moore, Joshua D Moore, Raymond D Mountain, Derrick M Poirier, Matthias Thommes, Vincent K Shen, Nathan E Schultz, Daniel W Siderius, Kenneth D Smith

“…These studies included argon, carbon dioxide, and water adsorption in the BAM-P109 activated carbon as well as X-ray diffraction, X-ray microtomography, photoelectron spectroscopy, and atomic emission spectroscopy studies of BAM-P109. …”
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AtOMICS: a deep learning-based automated optomechanical intelligent coupling system for testing and characterization of silicon photonics chiplets by Jaime Gonzalo Flor Flores, Jim Solomon, Connor Nasseraddin, Talha Yerebakan, Andrey B Matsko, Chee Wei Wong

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hERGAT: predicting hERG blockers using graph attention mechanism through atom- and molecule-level interaction analyses by Dohyeon Lee, Sunyong Yoo

“…The hERGAT employs a gated recurrent unit (GRU) with the GAT to learn information between more distant atoms. To confirm this, we performed clustering analysis and visualized a correlation heatmap, verifying the interactions between distant atoms were considered during the training process. …”
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Improvement of Mechanical Characteristics on Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Surface through Zinc Oxide Atomic Layer Deposition Film by Minpyo Hong, Kyungmin Kim, Yongnam Song

“…In this study, we applied atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique to produce wear-resistant zinc oxide (ZnO) films to improve mechanical and wear characteristics on the surface of UHMWPE. …”
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Noise and Electrical Oscillations Generation during the Investigation of the Resistive Switching in the Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Films by Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy by Oleg Gorshkov, Dmitry Filatov, Dmitry Antonov, Ivan Antonov

“…The effect of resistive switching in the yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) thin films on Si substrates has been studied by Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy (CAFM). The resistive switching of the YSZ films from the low conductive state to the highly conductive one has been found to be associated with the increasing of the noise with broad frequency spectrum related to the redistribution of the oxygen vacancies in YSZ. …”
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Short‐Term and Long‐Term Memory Functionality of a Brain‐Like Device Built from Nanoparticle Atomic Switch Networks by Oradee Srikimkaew, Saman Azhari, Deep Banerjee, Yuki Usami, Hirofumi Tanaka

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Atomic-level Ru-Ir mixing in rutile-type (RuIr)O2 for efficient and durable oxygen evolution catalysis by Yeji Park, Ho Yeon Jang, Tae Kyung Lee, Taekyung Kim, Doyeop Kim, Dongjin Kim, Hionsuck Baik, Jinwon Choi, Taehyun Kwon, Sung Jong Yoo, Seoin Back, Kwangyeol Lee

“…However, identifying suitable heteroatoms and achieving their atomic-scale coupling with Ru atoms are nontrivial tasks. …”
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