Fluorine-expedited nitridation of layered perovskite Sr2TiO4 for visible-light-driven photocatalytic overall water splitting by Jinxing Yu, Jie Huang, Ronghua Li, Yanbo Li, Gang Liu, Xiaoxiang Xu

“…After being coated with Ti-oxyhydroxide protection layer and deposited with RhCrOy cocatalyst, the product from F-expedited nitridation can stably run photocatalytic overall water splitting with apparent quantum efficiency of 0.39% at 420 ± 20 nm and solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of 0.028%. …”
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In-Pile 4He Source for UCN Production at the ESS by Esben Klinkby, Konstantin Batkov, Ferenc Mezei, Eric Pitcher, Troels Schönfeldt, Alan Takibayev, Luca Zanini

“…A production in this range potentially allows for a number of UCN experiments to be carried out at unprecedented precision, including, for example, quantum gravitational spectroscopy with UCNs which rely on high phase-space density.…”
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The influence of the conduction band of BaCl2 on the thermal quenching of the Tm2+ 4f125d1→4f13 and 4f13→4f13 luminescence in orthorhombic BaCl2:Tm2+/3+ by M.P. Plokker, H.T. Hintzen

“…Room temperature photo-excitation into this level will then most likely result in thermal ionization effects that have an impact on the Tm2+ 4f125d1→4f13 and 4f13→4f13 luminescence and corresponding quantum yield.…”
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Spectroscopic, DFT, anti-bacterial, and in-silico investigations of novel semicarbazone and thiosemicarbazone synthesised from asymmetrical chalcones by Nikita Sharma, Har Lal Singh

“…Also, density functional theory (DFT) was used to compute quantum computations such as HOMO, LUMO, and chemical descriptors. …”
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Improving photovoltaic performance through doped graphene heterostructure modules by Mansi Rana, Preetika Sharma

“…This structure is then studied for its electronic properties such as band structure (BS), density of states (DOS), projected density of states (PDOS) and geometrical stability using density functional theory (DFT) implemented in Quantum ATK (Synopsis) (P-2019.03-SP). Additionally, its potential for high power conversion efficiency (ŋ), fill factor (FF), and maximum power output (Pmax) is evaluated using the one-diode model in MATLAB. …”
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High-Performance MAPbI3-Based Perovskite Solar Cell: Design, Simulation, and Analysis of Optoelectronic Properties and Efficiency Metrics Using SILVACO TCAD by Rashique Hamjah Chowdhury, Hojaifa Daiyan Chowdhury, Muhammad Johirul Islam, Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury

“…The current-voltage (JV) characteristics and the external quantum efficiency (EQE) of the device are also plotted. …”
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Molecular basis for azetidine-2-carboxylic acid biosynthesis by Tim J. Klaubert, Jonas Gellner, Charles Bernard, Juliana Effert, Carine Lombard, Ville R. I. Kaila, Helge B. Bode, Yanyan Li, Michael Groll

“…Here, we combine structural and biochemical analyses with quantum mechanical calculations and mutagenesis studies to reveal catalytic insights into AZE synthases. …”
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Feature analysis aided design of lightweight heat sink from network structures by Tianlin Luo, Changliang Zhu, Baowen Li, Xiangying Shen, Guimei Zhu

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General synthesis of neighboring dual-atomic sites with a specific pre-designed distance via an interfacial-fixing strategy by Yan Yan, Rui Yu, Mingkai Liu, Zehua Qu, Jifeng Yang, Siyuan He, Hongliang Li, Jie Zeng

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Re-parameterization invariance of FRW model: Supervariable and BRST approaches by B. Chauhan, R. Tripathi

“…Further, we obtain the off-shell nilpotent quantum BRST-anti-BRST symmetry transformations for other variables within the model using the (anti-)chiral supervariable approach (ACSA) to BRST formalism. …”
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Iron(III) photoinduced degradation: Catalytic method for 4,4′-diaminostilbene-2,2′-disulfonic acid removal from water by Pascal Wong-Wah-Chung, Gilles Mailhot, Michèle Bolte

“…The disappearances of the oxidation products were shown to only involve the attack of HO• radicals; the quantum yields of disappearances are wavelength dependent as the formation of the hydroxyl radicals is. …”
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Encapsulating Azolates Within Cationic Metal–Organic Frameworks for High‐Energy‐Density Materials by Ning Ding, Chaofeng Zhao, Jichuan Zhang, Yao Du, Qi Sun, Shenghua Li, Siping Pang

“…The comparison study indicates that encapsulating azolates within the cationic frameworks confers both high energy and safety properties. X‐ray data and quantum calculations indicate that their enhanced performance stems from stronger H─bonds and π–π interactions. …”
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Phononic modulation of spin-lattice relaxation in molecular qubit frameworks by Aimei Zhou, Denan Li, Mingshu Tan, Yanpei Lv, Simin Pang, Xinxing Zhao, Zhifu Shi, Jun Zhang, Feng Jin, Shi Liu, Lei Sun

“…Abstract The solid-state integration of molecular electron spin qubits could promote the advancement of molecular quantum information science. With highly ordered structures and rational designability, microporous framework materials offer ideal matrices to host qubits. …”
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Chiral exceptional point enhanced active tuning and nonreciprocity in micro-resonators by Hwaseob Lee, Lorry Chang, Ali Kecebas, Dun Mao, Yahui Xiao, Tiantian Li, Andrea Alù, Sahin K. Özdemir, Tingyi Gu

“…Such wafer-scale nano-manufacturing of chiral electro-optic modulators and the chiral EP-tailored tunning may facilitate new micro-resonator functionalities in quantum information processing, electromagnetic wave control, and optical interconnects.…”
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Emerging Spatiotemporal Dynamics in Multiterminal Neuromorphic Nanowire Networks Through Conductance Matrices and Voltage Maps by Davide Pilati, Fabio Michieletti, Alessandro Cultrera, Carlo Ricciardi, Gianluca Milano

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Enhanced sensitivity via non-Hermitian topology by Midya Parto, Christian Leefmans, James Williams, Robert M. Gray, Alireza Marandi

“…Such techniques have also been implemented in the quantum regime, where a linear increase in the SNR has been achieved via using entangled states. …”
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Potential of glycerol as a bio-based wood adhesive by Jianshu Lu, Tomofumi Umeshita, Shunsuke Sakai, Miyuki Matsuo-Ueda, Daisuke Ando, Shuoye Chen, Kenji Umemura

“…Ether linkages were detected by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and heteronuclear single quantum coherence nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. …”
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Analytical Expression of the Beam-Plasma Particles Distribution Function Effect on the Electromagnetic Instability Growth Rate in Strongly Coupled Plasmas by Fatemeh Nejadtaghi, Mohammad Mahdavi, Saeid Hassan pour, Hengameh Khanzadeh, Ali Tavassoli

“…The obtained results show that the maximum growth rate of the beam- plasma particles with semi-Maxwell distribution function is based on the temperature anisotropy parameter, density gradient, quantum and relativistic parameters has the highest possible value compared to the other two beam-plasma particles distribution functions. …”
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Hawking-Page transition in 4D Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity by Xiao-yan Hu, Yuan-zhang Cui, Wei Xu

“…These advancements hold promise for deepening insights into black hole thermodynamics in the framework of quantum gravity.…”
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Near-infrared germanium PIN-photodiodes with >1A/W responsivity by Hanchen Liu, Toni P. Pasanen, Tsun Hang Fung, Joonas Isometsä, Antti Haarahiltunen, Steven Hesse, Lutz Werner, Ville Vähänissi, Hele Savin

“…Here we present a nanoengineered PIN-photodiode made of CMOS-compatible germanium (Ge) that achieves a verified external quantum efficiency (EQE) above 90% over a wide wavelength range (1.2–1.6 µm) at zero bias voltage at room temperature. …”
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