Quadrupolar excitons in MoSe2 bilayers by Jakub Jasiński, Joakim Hagel, Samuel Brem, Edith Wietek, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Alexey Chernikov, Nicolas Bruyant, Mateusz Dyksik, Alessandro Surrente, Michał Baranowski, Duncan K. Maude, Ermin Malic, Paulina Plochocka

“…Abstract The quest for platforms to generate and control exotic excitonic states has greatly benefited from the advent of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers and their heterostructures. …”
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Stable Field Emissions from Zirconium Carbide Nanoneedle Electron Source by Yimeng Wu, Jie Tang, Shuai Tang, You-Hu Chen, Ta-Wei Chiu, Masaki Takeguchi, Ayako Hashimoto, Lu-Chang Qin

“…This work presents an efficient and controllable method for fabricating nanostructures, and this method is applicable to the transition metal compound ZrC as a field emission emitter, demonstrating its potential as an electron source for electron-beam devices.…”
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Layer dependent thermal transport properties of one- to three-layer magnetic Fe:MoS2 by Elham Easy, Mengqi Fang, Mingxing Li, Eui-Hyeok Yang, Xian Zhang

“…Abstract Two-Dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides have been the subject of extensive attention thanks to their unique properties and atomically thin structure. …”
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Tailored topotactic chemistry unlocks heterostructures of magnetic intercalation compounds by Samra Husremović, Oscar Gonzalez, Berit H. Goodge, Lilia S. Xie, Zhizhi Kong, Wanlin Zhang, Sae Hee Ryu, Stephanie M. Ribet, Shannon S. Fender, Karen C. Bustillo, Chengyu Song, Jim Ciston, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Colin Ophus, Chris Jozwiak, Aaron Bostwick, Eli Rotenberg, D. Kwabena Bediako

“…Here, we demonstrate a method for synthesizing heterostructures comprising magnetic intercalation compounds of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), through directed topotactic reaction of the TMD with a metal oxide. …”
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Enantioselective construction of silicon-stereogenic vinylsilanes from simple alkenes by Kailin Yin, Jinyu Zhang, Deng Pan, Shu-Han Chen, Song Chen, Yufeng Shi, Genping Huang, Dongbing Zhao

“…However, the predominant approaches for catalytic asymmetric generation of Si-stereogenic vinylsilanes have mainly relied on transition metal-catalyzed reactions of alkynes with different silicon sources. …”
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Design and Fabrication of MoCuO_x Bimetallic Oxide Electrodes for High-Performance Micro-Supercapacitor by Electro-Spark Machining by Ri Chen, Siqi Lv, Yunying Xu, Zicong Lin, Guoying Zhang, Jian Wang, Bocheng Wang, Wenxia Wang, Igor Zhitomirsky, Yong Yang

“…Transition metal oxides, distinguished by their high theoretical specific capacitance values, inexpensive cost, and low toxicity, have been extensively utilized as electrode materials for high-performance supercapacitors. …”
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Easy Direct Functionalization of 2D MoS2 Applied in Covalent Hybrids with PANI as Dual Blend Supercapacitive Materials by Matteo Crisci, Felix Boll, Sara Domenici, Jaime Gallego, Bernd Smarsly, Mengjiao Wang, Francesco Lamberti, Andrea Rubino, Teresa Gatti

“…To address this challenge, scientists persistently explore new compounds and hybrids and, in such a dynamic research field, 2D materials, particularly transition metal di‐chalcogenides (TMDCs), show great potential for electrochemical energy storage uses. …”
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Characterization of the oxygen-tolerant formate dehydrogenase from Clostridium carboxidivorans by Eva-Maria Brouwer, Hitesh K. R. Medipally, Hitesh K. R. Medipally, Saskia Schwab, Shanshan Song, Marc M. Nowaczyk, Marc M. Nowaczyk, Marc M. Nowaczyk, Martin Hagemann, Martin Hagemann

“…During the production of recombinant ccFDH, in which the selenocysteine codon was replaced by Cys, we were able to replace the W with Mo as the transition metal in the ccFDH metal cofactor, resulting in a two-fold increase of 6 μmol formate min−1 in enzyme activity. …”
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Prediction of Pt, Ir, Ru, and Rh complexes light absorption in the therapeutic window for phototherapy using machine learning by V. Vigna, T. F. G. G. Cova, A. A. C. C. Pais, E. Sicilia

“…Scientific Contribution: The proposed machine learning (ML) approach predicts the ability of transition metal-based complexes to absorb light in the UV–vis therapeutic window, a key trait for phototherapeutic agents. …”
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High-Performance Edge-Contact Monolayer Molybdenum Disulfide Transistors by Jiankun Xiao, Xiong Xiong, Xinhang Shi, Shiyuan Liu, Shenwu Zhu, Yue Zhang, Ru Huang, Yanqing Wu

“…This work highlights the great potential of edge contacts for high-performance monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) material electronics.…”
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Between-strain differences in hypothermic response in mice after intranasal administration of PtO nanoparticles by D. V. Petrovskii, A. V. Romashchenko, S. Yu. Troitskii, M. P. Moshkin

“…It has been shown that transition metal compounds, well- known toxic components of PM, are able to induce hypothermia following whole-body inhalation exposure. …”
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A Spontaneous Complexation–Exfoliation Strategy for a Flexible Anode Towards Superior Durable and Ultrafast Lithium-Ion Batteries by Heying Chu, Jingchuan Zhang, Pengsen Zhao, Yong Li, Zhaoxia Liu, Hongzhou Zhang

“…Transition metal oxides are considered promising anode materials for high performance flexible electrodes due to their abundant reserves and excellent specific capacity. …”
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Machine learning Hubbard parameters with equivariant neural networks by Martin Uhrin, Austin Zadoks, Luca Binci, Nicola Marzari, Iurii Timrov

“…Abstract Density-functional theory with extended Hubbard functionals (DFT + U + V) provides a robust framework to accurately describe complex materials containing transition-metal or rare-earth elements. It does so by mitigating self-interaction errors inherent to semi-local functionals which are particularly pronounced in systems with partially-filled d and f electronic states. …”
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In situ synthesis of Mo-doped carbon-coated NiCo2S4 nanosheet networks for supercapacitors by Kaiyu Wang, Fan Zhou, Jiangnan Chu, Wenchong Ouyang, Kun Wang, Zhengwei Wu

“…The doping of molybdenum, a transition metal with many oxidation states, significantly improved the electronic structure and stability of the electrode material. …”
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Synthetic design and analysis on microwave dielectric properties of novel garnet-type Ca3MTiGe3O12 (M = Co, Ni) ceramics by Yuan Nie, Yanjun Liu, Ziqi Zhao, Wenjie Zhang, Fangyi Huang, Huanfu Zhou

“…In this paper, novel Ca3CoTiGe3O12 (CCTG) and Ca3NiTiGe3O12 (CNTG) ceramics with transition metal elements and Ti co-occupying the B-site were designed by calculating the tolerance factor of the garnet structure. …”
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Intrinsically anisotropic 1D NbTe4 for self-powered polarization-sensitive photodetection by Huahu Luo, Fafa Wu, Chaowei He, Wanfu Shen, Chunguang Hu, Weina Zhao, Peng Yu, Guowei Yang

“…NbTe4, a quasi-1D transition metal tetra-chalcogenide, offers significant benefits for polarization-sensitive photodetection due to its structural anisotropy. …”
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Microstructural, Morphological, and Magnetic Effects of NiFe₂O₄ Shell Formation Around Nanospherical ZnFe₂O₄ Cores by Marija Šuljagić, Vuk Uskoković, Lukasz Kilanski, Sabina Lewinska, Abdul Khaliq, Anna Ślawska-Waniewska, Aleksandar Kremenović, Vladimir Pavlović, Dejan A. Jeremić, Ljubica Andjelković

“…First-row transition metal oxides have relatively modest magnetic properties compared to those of permanent magnets based on rare earth elements. …”
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Tailoring Borate Mediator Species Enables Industrial CO Production with Improved Overall Energy Efficiency by Sustainable Molten Salt CO2 Electrolysis by Xinyu Li, Bowen Deng, Kaifa Du, Wenmiao Li, Di Chen, Xin Qu, Fangzhao Pang, Xiaodan Zhang, Hao Zha, Huayi Yin, Dihua Wang

“…Cathodic CO2 electro‐reduction (CO2ER) with the anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at an overall current density of 500 mA cm−2 using non‐nanostructured transition‐metal plate electrodes at 650 °C is coupled. …”
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Structural evolution mechanisms and design strategies of layered cathodes for sodium-ion batteries by Li Zhang, Jun Wang, Wenhai Ji, Nuria Tapia-Ruiz, Martin Winter, Jie Li

“…Inspired by layered LiTMO2 (TM = transition metal) as cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, layered NaxTMO2 materials are investigated as cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries. …”
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Mn-doped ZnO thin films as a platform for reagentless uric acid biosensor by Bilasini Devi Naorem, Jatinder Pal Singh, Babita Sharma, Satyam Garg, Athira C, Hashima Sherin, Mahima Momaliya, Muskan, Shubhi Sahu, Arijit Chowdhuri, Mallika Verma, Monika Tomar, Neha Batra

“…This study brings to light an alternate approach in developing point of care biosensors using transition metal doped ZnO thin films.…”
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