Bone Response to Surface-Modified Titanium Implants: Studies on the Early Tissue Response to Implants with Different Surface Characteristics by C. Larsson Wexell, P. Thomsen, B.-O. Aronsson, P. Tengvall, M. Rodahl, J. Lausmaa, B. Kasemo, L. E. Ericson

“…Scanning Auger Electron Spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, and Atomic Force Microscopy revealed no significant differences in oxide thickness or surface roughness parameters, but differences in the surface chemical composition and apparent topography were observed. …”
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Core Cross-linked Star Polymers for Temperature/pH Controlled Delivery of 5-Fluorouracil by Elizabeth Sánchez-Bustos, José M. Cornejo-Bravo, Angel Licea-Claverie

“…Light scattering and atomic force microscopy studies suggest that loose core star polymers were obtained. …”
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Understanding and Optimizing Oxygen Plasma Treatment for Enhanced Cu-Cu Bonding Application by Sangwoo Park, Sangmin Lee, Junyoung Choi, Sarah Eunkyung Kim

“…X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was employed to calculate the Cu atomic percentage (at%) at the surface and at a depth of 25 seconds of etching, while water contact angle (WCA) measurements assessed surface energy. …”
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Effect of the Partial Substitution of Zn with Co, Ni, and Co-Ni on Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Long-Period Stacking Ordered Dominant Mg-Y-Zn Alloys by Heng Xue, Jinbei Lyu, Fengxue Wang, Hongxin Liao, Jonghyun Kim, Fusheng Pan

“…The ability to form LPSO phase with Mg and Y atoms in Mg-Y-TM alloys can be ranked as follows: Co-Ni > Ni > Zn > Co. …”
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Preparation of Bioactive Titanium Surfaces via Fluoride and Fibronectin Retention by Carlos Nelson Elias, Patricia Abdo Gravina, Costa e Silva Filho, Pedro Augusto de Paula Nascente

“…Two titanium dental implants (Porous-acid etching and PorousNano-acid etching followed by fluoride ion modification) were characterized by high-resolution scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and X-ray diffraction before and after the incorporation of human plasma fibronectin (FN). …”
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Scale Invariance in the Lowest Landau Level by Hofmann, Johannes, Zwerger, Wilhelm

“…We show that the discrete set of pair amplitudes $A_m$ introduced by Haldane are an angular-momentum resolved generalization of the Tan two-body contact, which parametrizes universal short-range correlations in atomic quantum gases. The pair amplitudes provide a complete description of translation-invariant and rotation-invariant states in the lowest Landau level (LLL), both compressible and incompressible. …”
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High Performance 3D PET Reconstruction Using Spherical Basis Functions on a Polar Grid by J. Cabello, J. E. Gillam, M. Rafecas

“…Overwriting hazards are minimized by combining a random line of response ordering and constrained atomic writing. Small differences in image quality were observed between implementations.…”
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Antibacterial Activity of Visible Light-Activated TiO2 Thin Films with Low Level of Fe Doping by Dan Meng, Xiuhua Liu, Yun Xie, Yang Du, Yong Yang, Chao Xiao

“…The as-prepared films were characterized by Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and atomic force microscope (AFM). Raman spectroscopy and XRD results show the crystalline phase of titanium dioxide was anatase, and the range of the crystal size for the films was 19.24–22.24 nm. …”
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Nanosurface‐Reconstructed Fuel Electrode by Selective Etching for Highly Efficient and Stable Solid Oxide Cells by Yueyue Sun, Jun Zhou, Jiaming Yang, Dragos Neagu, Zhengrong Liu, Chaofan Yin, Zixuan Xue, Zilin Zhou, Jiajia Cui, Kai Wu

“…The selective etching can create many corrosion pits and exposure of more B‐site active atoms in Sr2Co0.4Fe1.2Mo0.4O6‐δ fuel electrode, as well as promote the exsolution of CoFe alloy nanoparticles. …”
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A review of characteristic lengths in the coupled criterion framework and advanced fracture models by Molnár, Gergely, Doitrand, Aurélien, Estevez, Rafael,  Gravouil, Anthony

“…It addresses limitations in traditional Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics, which struggle to predict small-scale crack behaviors, and highlights the need for models that allow characteristic lengths to emerge from material properties and geometry rather than being predefined inputs.The review covers two main characteristic lengths: the initiation crack length and Irwin’s length, examining their interactions with lengths used in other fracture approaches such as Phase-Field methods, Cohesive Zone Models, and atomic-scale simulations. The findings show that Irwin’s length consistently appears in models that combine stress and energy criteria, indicating its fundamental role in fracture prediction.The study identifies limitations in current models, especially in cases involving strong singularities or where the energy condition dominates, and suggests improvements by incorporating process zone descriptions or regularization techniques from Phase-Field models. …”
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High-entropy alloys: Electrochemical Nanoarchitectonics toward high-performance Water splitting by Christian Iffelsberger, Katarina A. Novčić, Eva Kolíbalová, Frank-Michael Matysik, Martin Pumera

“…High-entropy alloys (HEAs) offer unprecedented catalytic properties over single-composition nanoparticles or single atom engineered materials. Traditionally, the Hume–Rothery rule suggests that only size-and-structure similar elements can be mixed in conventional alloying, which limits the possible combinations of alloying elements. …”
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Enhanced Tribological Properties of Ethylene Glycol-Based Lubricants by Nitrogen–Phosphorus Co-Doped Carbon Dots by Haiyang Wang, Zhongyi He, Kai Qiu, Liping Xiong, Lili Li, Jian Liu

“…Molecular structure analysis indicates that the concentration of nitrogen and phosphorus atoms, as well as the chain length of functional groups, significantly influence friction characteristics. …”
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Symmetry-invariant quantum machine learning force fields by Isabel Nha Minh Le, Oriel Kiss, Julian Schuhmacher, Ivano Tavernelli, Francesco Tacchino

“…This approach has recently been extended to incorporate quantum computational methods, making use of variational quantum learning models to predict potential energy surfaces and atomic forces from ab initio training data. However, the trainability and scalability of such models are still limited, due to both theoretical and practical barriers. …”
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Microstructural investigation of the coatings prepared by simultaneous aluminizing and siliconizing process on γ-TiAl by Nouri S., Azadeh M.

“…The results showed that reducing the Si activity at the surface of the coating and, consequently, reducing the flux of active silicon atoms (JSi), has a significant effect on the formation of coating with an ideal structure.…”
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Thermodynamics of Steel Corrosion in Acid Media Containing Organophosphorus Derivatives by E. Khamis, M.N. Moussa, E.S.H. El-Ashry, M. Ibrahim, A.K. Ibrahim

“…., it diminishes the number of hydrogen atoms adsorbed on the metal. The values of the thermodynamic parameters, ΔG° ads. , ΔH° ads. and ΔS° ads. , have also been computed and are discussed.…”
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Characterization of TiZrN and TaZrN Nanocomposite Multilayer Coating Deposited via RF/DC Magnetron Sputtering on AISI4140 Steel by R. Hariharan, R. Raja, R. J. Golden Renjith Nimal, Mohamad Reda A. Refaai, S Ravi, Haiter Lenin Allasi

“…The crystal structure, surface morphology microstructure, and component arrangements were explored by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). It has been found that the crystal structure, surface morphology, microstructure, and elemental composition of the membrane are strongly dependent on deposition parameters. …”
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Fine-tuning d-p hybridization in Ni-B x cocatalyst for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production by Haoyu Long, Xidong Zhang, Zhenyi Zhang, Jianjun Zhang, Jiaguo Yu, Huogen Yu

“…X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy and theoretical calculations reveal that increasing B-atom amount in the Ni-B x cocatalyst gradually strengthens the d-p orbital interaction between Ni3d and B2p , resulting in a consecutive d-band broadening and controllable d-band center on Ni active sites. …”
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Chemistry Combining Elemental Profile, Stable Isotopic Ratios, and Chemometrics for Fine Classification of a Chinese Herb Licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.) from 37 Producing... by Zhongying Lu, Chengying Hai, Simin Yan, Lu Xu, Daowang Lu, Yixin Sou, Hengye Chen, Xiaolong Yang, Haiyan Fu, Jian Yang

“…For elemental fingerprint, the levels of 15 elements, including Ca, Cu, Mg, Pb, Zn, Sr, Mn, Se, Cd, Fe, Na, Al, Cr, Co, and K, were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES). Three stable isotopes, including δ13C, δ15N, and δ18O, were measured using an isotope-ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS). …”
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Field‐Induced Antiferromagnetic Correlations in a Nanopatterned Van der Waals Ferromagnet: A Potential Artificial Spin Ice by Avia Noah, Nofar Fridman, Yishay Zur, Maya Markman, Yotam Katz King, Maya Klang, Ricardo Rama‐Eiroa, Harshvardhan Solanki, Michael L. Reichenberg Ashby, Tamar Levin, Edwin Herrera, Martin E. Huber, Snir Gazit, Elton J. G. Santos, Hermann Suderow, Hadar Steinberg, Oded Millo, Yonathan Anahory

“…With the advent of atomically thin 2D van der Waals (vdW) magnets, a pertinent question is whether such compounds could make their way into this realm where interactions can be tailored so that unconventional states of matter can be assessed. …”
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Competing Deactivation Channels for Excited π-Stacked Cytosines by Shuai Yuan, Huiling Hong, Gang Wang, Wenying Zhang, Yusheng Dou, Glenn V. Lo

“…Higher-amplitude vibration of C5 or C6 atoms leads to a nonadiabatic transition to the electronic ground state (a photophysical pathway); otherwise, a chemical reaction leading to the formation of cyclobutane type dimer occurs as found in earlier studies. …”
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