Effects of low plastic burnishing combined with self-oxygen diffusion on the hot corrosion behavior of the TA29 titanium alloy by Congjie Kang, Hongyun Luo, Jianming Cai, Duoqi Shi

“…This paper discusses the mechanism of the hot corrosion process of TA29 Ti alloy and reveals the mechanism of the formation of a special double-layer Al rich oxide layer under the combined influence of metal element cyclic chlorination oxidation and surface Al element enrichment caused by self-oxygen diffusion processing, which provides a new way of thinking to improve the hot corrosion performance of Ti alloy.…”
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Electrochemical interaction between biodegradable ZX10 and WZ31 magnesium alloys and medical Ti6Al4V titanium alloy by Pavel N. Myagkikh, Evgeny D. Merson, Vitaly A. Poluyanov, Dmitry L. Merson, Marina E. Begun

“…Magnesium-based alloys are a modern material for the production of biodegradable (self-dissolving) surgical implants. Magnesium is a metal with the most negative electrode potential of all structural materials: −2.37 V. …”
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Design and Analysis of Compact High–Performance Lithium–Niobate Electro–Optic Modulator Based on a Racetrack Resonator by Zixin Chen, Jianping Li, Weiqin Zheng, Hongkang Liu, Quandong Huang, Ya Han, Yuwen Qin

“…In this paper, we propose an improved theoretical model of a chip-scale electro-optic (EO) microring modulator (EO-MRM) based on X-cut lithium–niobate-on-insulator (LNOI) with a hybrid architecture consisting of a 180-degree Euler bend in the coupling region, double-layer metal electrode structure, and ground–signal–signal–ground (G-S-S-G) electrode configuration, which can realize highly comprehensive performance and a compact footprint. …”
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On the Experimental Determination of Poisson’s Ratio for Intact Rocks and Its Variation as Deformation Develops by Lu Dong, Hongfa Xu, Pengxian Fan, Zhichou Wu

“…Rock materials are different from metal materials. The pure elastic deformation stage is usually very short or nonexistent in the process of uniaxial tension or compression. …”
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Evaluation of Cyclic Fatigue of Hyflex EDM, Twisted Files, and ProTaper Gold Manufactured with Different Processes: An In Vitro Study by Pooja D. Khandagale, Prashant P. Shetty, Saleem D. Makandar, Pradeep A. Bapna, Mohmed Isaqali Karobari, Anand Marya, Pietro Messina, Giuseppe Alessandro Scardina

“…Sixty NiTi rotary instruments of 25 mm length (Hyflex EDM (20), Twisted files (20), and ProTaper Gold (20)) were tested in a metal block with simulated canal having 90° angle of curvature. …”
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Hardware Design for Cascade-Structure, Dual-Stage, Current-Limiting, Solid-State DC Circuit Breaker by Can Ding, Yinbo Ji, Zhao Yuan

“…The hardware topology uses a series–parallel configuration of cascaded SCR (thyristors) and MOSFETs (metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors) in the transfer branch, which enhances the breaking capacity of the transfer branch. …”
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Burning Rate Enhancement Analysis of End-Burning Solid Propellant Grains Based on X-Ray Real-Time Radiography by Wei Xianggeng, Bo Tao, Wang Pengbo, Ma Xinjian, Lou Yongchun, Chen Jian

“…Considering the actual structure of this end-burning grain motor, it is speculated that the main cause of the cone burning of the grain may be due to the heat conduction of the metal wall. By adjusting the initial shape of the grain end surface, the operating pressure of the combustion chamber can be basically unchanged, so as to meet the mission requirements. …”
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Two-dimensional anion-rich NaCl2 crystal under ambient conditions by Ruobing Yi, Jie Jiang, Yizhou Yang, Yueyu Zhang, Siyan Gao, Yimin Zhao, Jiahao Hu, Xuchang Su, Xinming Xia, Bingquan Peng, Fangfang Dai, Pei Li, Zhao Guan, Haijun Yang, Fangyuan Zhu, Jiefeng Cao, Zhe Wang, Haiping Fang, Lei Zhang, Liang Chen

“…Our research presents a simple and general approach to fabricating advanced 2D unconventional stoichiometric materials that exhibit half-metal and ferromagnetism for applications in electronics, magnetism, and spintronics.…”
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Theoretical Insight into the Spectral Characteristics of Fe(II)-Based Complexes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells—Part I: Polypyridyl Ancillary Ligands by Xiaoqing Lu, Shuxian Wei, Chi-Man Lawrence Wu, Ning Ding, Shaoren Li, Lianming Zhao, Wenyue Guo

“…Our results show that polypyridyl Fe(II)-based complexes display multitransition characters of Fe → polypyridine metal-to-ligand charge transfer and ligand-to-ligand charge transfer in the range of 350–800 nm. …”
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Fiber Bragg grating in-situ detection method for curing characteristics of GIS epoxy/Al2O3 composite insulation materials by Yingying Zhang, Yanpeng Hao, Zikui Shen, Dongyuan Du, Hongru Mi

“…Excessive residual strain generated by curing shrinkage of epoxy/Al2O3 composite insulation materials can reduce the mechanical properties of gas-insulated metal-enclosed switchgear (GIS) insulators. The process and formula optimization of insulators lack effective detection methods. …”
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Selective light olefin synthesis with high ethylene abundance via CO2 hydrogenation over (Ga-In)2O3/SSZ-13 catalysts by Yasemen Kuddusi, Laura Piveteau, Mounir Mensi, Daniel C. Cano-Blanco, Andreas Züttel

“…In particular, a sevenfold increase in C2H4 space-time yield compared to pure metal oxides on SSZ-13 was observed, along with the gradual suppression of C3H8 formation. …”
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Transplacental and genotoxicity effects of thallium(I) during organogenesis in mice by Lucila Álvarez-Barrera, Rodrigo Aníbal Mateos-Nava, Keyla Nahomi Hernández-Córdova, Eduardo Lezama-Sánchez, Víctor Alan Alcántara-Mejía, Juan José Rodríguez-Mercado

“…The increased concentration of thallium (Tl) in the environment is a cause for concern because the entire population, including pregnant women, is exposed, and this metal crosses the placenta and reaches the conceptus during development. …”
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Evaluating the Accumulation of Grain Mercury in Engineered Rice Lines Containing <i>merA</i> and <i>merB</i> Genes Under an Organic Mercury-Enriched Condition by Deyao Meng, Zhaoze Song, Jinyuan Liu, Liyang Ji, Chen Chen, Changhu Wang

“…Food security has increasingly attracted public concerns, particularly due to heavy metal pollution, which adversely impacts crop yield and quality, with cadmium and mercury being the primary culprits. …”
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Optical, X-Ray Diffraction, and Magnetic Properties of the Cobalt-Substituted Nickel Chromium Ferrites (CrCo𝑥Ni1−𝑥FeO4, 𝑥=0,0.2,0.4,0.6,0.8,1.0) Synthesized Using Sol-Gel... by Sonal Singhal, Santosh Bhukal, Jagdish Singh, Kailash Chandra, S. Bansal

“…Typical FT-IR spectra of the samples annealed at 400°C, 600°C, 800°C, and 1000°C exhibit two frequency bands in the range of ~480 cm−1 and ~590 cm−1 corresponding to the formation of octahedral and tetrahedral clusters of metal oxide, respectively. TEM images reveal that crystallite size increases from ~10 nm to ~45 nm as the annealing temperature is increased from 400°C to 1000°C. …”
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Versatile on-chip polarization-sensitive detection system for optical communication and artificial vision by Zhilin Liu, Mingxiu Liu, Liujian Qi, Nan Zhang, Bin Wang, Xiaojuan Sun, Rongjun Zhang, Dabing Li, Shaojuan Li

“…The polarization arises from hot electron injection caused by the plasmonic metal electrode and is amplified by the transistor to raise the anisotropic ratio from 2 to an impressive value over 60 in the infrared (IR) band, reaching the level of existing applications. …”
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Synthesis and Spectroscopic and Biological Activities of Zn(II) Porphyrin with Oxygen Donors by Gauri Devi Bajju, Sujata Kundan, Madhulika Bhagat, Deepmala Gupta, Ashu Kapahi, Geeta Devi

“…Absorption spectra show two principal effects: a red shift for phenols bearing substituted electron releasing groups (−CH3, −NH2) and blue shift for phenols bearing electron withdrawing groups (−NO2, −Cl) relative to Zn-t(p-CH3) PP, respectively. 1H NMR spectra show that the protons of the phenol ring axially attached to the central metal ion are merged with the protons of the porphyrin ring. …”
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A novel cost-effective heterostructured Fe-based medium-entropy alloy with high cryogenic strength and ductility by Hongyan Wang, Qiuyu Gao, Zhimin Yang, Chongxun Fang, Yongfu Cai, Juqiang Zhang, Xin Zhao, Ran Wei

“…There is a strong demand for metallic materials with exceptional comprehensive properties in various engineering applications. …”
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Channel Mobility and Inversion Carrier Density in MFIS FEFET: Deep Insights Into Device Physics for Non-Volatile Memory Applications by Song-Hyeon Kuk, Kyul Ko, Bong Ho Kim, Joon Pyo Kim, Jae-Hoon Han, Sang-Hyeon Kim

“…Ferroelectric polarization charge in doped-HfO2 such as HfZrOx (HZO) has a high surface density (&#x007E;1014 cm-2) compared to the channel carrier (&#x007E;1013 cm-2), thereby, ferroelectric polarization induces high electric field near the channel surface, critically impacting on the channel carrier behaviors in metal-ferroelectric-insulator-semiconductor (MFIS) ferroelectric field-effect-transistor (FEFET). …”
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Maximizing H₂ Production from a Combination of Catalytic Partial Oxidation of CH₄ and Water Gas Shift Reaction by Pannipa Tepamatr, Pattarapon Rungsri, Pornlada Daorattanachai, Navadol Laosiripojana

“…An addition of Re onto Ni/GDC and Cu/GDC caused an increase in catalytic performance because Re addition could improve the catalyst reducibility and increase metal surface area, as more of their surface active sites are exposed to reactants.…”
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Patterning Planar, Flexible Li-S Battery Full Cells on Laser-Induced Graphene Traces by Irene Lau, Adam I. O. Campbell, Debasis Ghosh, Michael A. Pope

“…Melt imbibition then leads to loadings as high as 3.9 mg/cm² and 75 wt% sulfur. Lithium metal anodes are electrodeposited onto the LIG anode fingers by a silver-seeded, pulse-reverse-pulse method that enables loadings up to 10.5 mAh/cm² to be deposited without short-circuiting the interdigitated structure. …”
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