Blue photoluminescence from active carboxyl adatoms on nanoporous anodic alumina films by Sam Yeon Cho, Kangmo Yeo, Jin Woo Kim, Jin Ho Kwak, Deok-Yong Cho, Jae Hyuck Jang, Sukmin Jeong, Yong Chan Choi, Sang Don Bu

“…This study investigates the blue PL and its correlation with the atomic and electronic structures of the active aluminum surface using multiple theoretical and experimental methods. …”
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Effects of chromophore interaction in the spectroscopy of ketocyanine dyes with a central pyranone or pyridone fragment by Ludmila A. Shvedova, Alexander S. Tatikolov, Vladimir I. Sklyarenko, Zhanna A. Krasnaya

“…It was found that replacement of bridging O atom with NMe group suppresses the chromophore interaction in the cross-conjugated ketone and corresponding tridecamethine salt. …”
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Mathematical Modelling of RF Plasma Flow at Low Pressures with 3D Electromagnetic Field by A. Yu Shemakhin, V. S. Zheltukhin

“…The model takes electrons, ions, metastable atoms, and potential and curl electromagnetic fields into account. …”
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Microstructures and Toughening of TiC-TiB2 Ceramic Composites with Cr-Based Alloy Phase Prepared by Combustion Synthesis in High-Gravity Field by Xuegang Huang, Chun Yin, Zhongmin Zhao, Long Zhang, Junyan Wu

“…The filler phases in ceramic composites are actually Cr-based alloy with a little solidified solution of Ni atoms and Al atoms. The hardness, flexural strength, and fracture toughness of the materials are 18.5 ± 1.5 GPa, 650 ± 35 MPa, and 16.5 ± 1.5 MPa⋅m0.5, respectively. …”
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Oxygen-Containing Nanoclusters on the Surface of Pt-Electrodes and Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Medium by Aleksey M. Trunov

“…A correlation between the level of EIES of Pt-electrodes and packing density of Pts,d atoms on the surface of Pt(hkl) monocrystals is determined. …”
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Automated graph-based detection of quantum control schemes: Application to molecular laser cooling by Anna Dawid, Niccoló Bigagli, Daniel W. Savin, Sebastian Will

“…One of the demanding frontiers in ultracold quantum science is identifying laser cooling schemes for complex atoms and molecules out of their vast spectra of internal states. …”
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Nonlocal order parameter of pair superfluids by Nitya Cuzzuol, Luca Barbiero, Arianna Montorsi

“…In addition, they provide a powerful tool for the experimental detection of such exotic phases and the characterization of their transition to the atomic superfluid phase.…”
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Decoherence-enabled unconditional strongly sub-Poissonian squeezing by Qing Xu, Ke Zhang, Xiaobo Shen, Haijun Yu, Jiabing Zhu

“…The interactions with the atom make no contribution to the preparation of squeezed light. …”
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Enhancing CO₂ Adsorption on MgO: Insights into Dopant Selection and Mechanistic Pathways by Shunnian Wu, W. P. Cathie Lee, Hashan N. Thenuwara, Xu Li, Ping Wu

“…Pristine and C-doped MgO engaged CO₂ through surface O atoms, while Al-, Si-, and Ti-doped MgO predominantly relied on dopant–O atom interactions. …”
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Pyrolysis conversion of crown-ether-based covalent networks to kagome metal-organic frameworks on Au(111) and Ag(111) by Yifan Liang, Jianing Wang, Ruoting Yin, Zhengya Wang, Xiaoqing Wang, Jie Meng, Shijing Tan, Chuanxu Ma, Qunxiang Li, Bing Wang

“…On-surface chemistry provides an efficient approach to construction of diverse covalent architectures with atomic precision, ranging from one-dimensional chains and ribbons to two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) on coinage metal substrates. …”
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Hardy Spaces Associated to Schrödinger Operators on Product Spaces by Liang Song, Chaoqiang Tan

“…In this article, we show that the Hardy spaces L on product spaces can be characterized in terms of the Lusin area integral, atomic decomposition, and maximal functions.…”
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Physicochemical properties and cytochromes P-450 kinetics of the trifluoroacetamido derivative of phenacetin by Hannah L. Cure, Thomas A. Shell

“…Substituting hydrogen atoms with fluorine alters physicochemical properties often resulting in improved drug action relative to the parent molecule. …”
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Tin Content Determination in Canned Fruits and Vegetables by Hydride Generation Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry by Sanda Rončević, Anica Benutić, Ivan Nemet, Buga Gabelica

“…Tin content in samples of canned fruits and vegetables was determined by hydride generation inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (HG-ICP-OES), and it was compared with results obtained by standard method of flame atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). …”
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Theoretical Investigation on the Solubilization in Water of Functionalized Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes by Michael Mananghaya, Emmanuel Rodulfo, Gil Nonato Santos, Al Rey Villagracia

“…The SWCNT model used in the study consists of a finite, (5, 0) zigzag nanotube segment containing 60 C atoms with hydrogen atoms added to the dangling bonds of the perimeter carbons. …”
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Attosecond metrology of vacuum-ultraviolet high-order harmonics generated in semiconductors via laser-dressed photoionization of alkali metals by Arjun Nayak, Debobrata Rajak, Balázs Farkas, Camilio Granados, Philipp Stammer, Javier Rivera-Dean, Theocharis Lamprou, Katalin Varju, Yann Mairesse, Marcelo F. Ciappina, Maciej Lewenstein, Paraskevas Tzallas

“…Using a cross-correlation approach, we photoionize Cesium atoms with vacuum-ultraviolet high-harmonics in the presence of a mid-infrared laser field. …”
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Theoretical study of the Sb-substitution effect on the optoelectronic properties of Cs2AgBiBr6 double perovskite by Lhouceine Moulaoui, Abdelhafid Najim, Marouane Archi, Mohamed Al-Hattab, Omar Bajjou, Anass Bakour, Youssef Lachtioui, Khalid Rahmani, Bouzid Manaut

“…We analyzed the structure of the double perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6 utilizing Density Functional Theory (DFT), adding different doping concentrations of the Sb atom (Cs2AgBi1-x SbxBr6, with x = 0.0625, 0.125, 0.1875). …”
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Rationally designed universal passivator for high-performance single-junction and tandem perovskite solar cells by Zuolin Zhang, Yinsu Feng, Jike Ding, Quanxing Ma, Hong Zhang, Jiajia Zhang, Mengjia Li, Taoran Geng, Wenhuan Gao, Yang Wang, Boxue Zhang, Thierry Pauporté, Jian-Xin Tang, Hongjian Chen, Jiangzhao Chen, Cong Chen

“…This work highlights the critical role of the number of hydrogen atoms and steric hindrance in designing molecular modulators to advance the PCE and stability of PSCs.…”
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Effect of Recasted Material Addition on the Quality of Metal-Ceramic Bond: A Macro-, Micro-, and Nanostudy by Karolina Beer–Lech, Krzysztof Pałka, Anna Skic, Barbara Surowska, Krzysztof Gołacki

“…The research was carried out on macro-, micro- and nanoscales using the three-point bending test procedure and hardness tests as well as atomic force microscopy and SEM analyses. The SEM analyses showed good integrity of the metal-ceramic bond. …”
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CANDU Safety R&D Status, Challenges, and Prospects in Canada by W. Shen, F. Doyle

“…In Canada, safe operation of CANDU (CANada Deuterium Uranium; it is a registered trademark of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited) reactors is supported by a full-scope program of nuclear safety research and development (R&D) in key technical areas. …”
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Molecular Generation and Optimization of Molecular Properties Using a Transformer Model by Zhongyin Xu, Xiujuan Lei, Mei Ma, Yi Pan

“…During the experiments, we screen the data based on the proportion of heavy atoms to all atoms in the groups and select 12365, 1503, and 1570 MMPs as the training, validation, and test sets, respectively. …”
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