Electronic nematic order in kagome materials has thus far been entangled with charge density waves. Now it is finally observed as a stand-alone phase in a titanium-based Kagome metal, a team of researchers led by Boston College ...
General Physics
Aug 24, 2023
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The stress-induced reorientation of low-symmetry defects due to substitution atom pairs can give rise to an internal friction peak called Zener relaxation. It is one of the most representative point defect relaxations in ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 23, 2023
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Researchers from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), have proposed a laser-assisted layer-by-layer covalent growth method to prepare highly crystalline all-graphene macrostructures ...
Condensed Matter
Aug 18, 2023
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Carbon dioxide levels in Earth's atmosphere—and, consequently, ocean temperatures—are rising. How high and how fast ocean temperatures can rise can be learned from temperature measurements of ancient oceans. At the same ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 1, 2023
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Topology plays an enormous role in modern condensed matter physics and beyond. It describes how solid materials can combine two very different and somewhat contradictory properties—for example, topological insulators are ...
Condensed Matter
Jul 31, 2023
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New research has unveiled the fatigue resistance of 2D hybrid materials. These materials, known for their low cost and high performance, have long-held promise across semiconductor fields. However, their durability under ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 25, 2023
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The "nothing" (empty space) feature of porous soft materials is foundational to their properties and applications, and has been a focus of study for many years. Now, researchers from Japan have solved a long-standing puzzle ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 21, 2023
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Pathogens have developed an extensive array of proteins during the co-evolutionary arms race with their hosts. This is particularly true for Phytophthora, a genus that causes significant damage to agriculture and forestry. ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 27, 2023
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Electrons inside crystals interact closely with phonons, defined as the discrete unit of crystal vibrations. The electron–phonon coupling strength is an important fundamental physical quantity in solid state physics, determining ...
Condensed Matter
Jun 21, 2023
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A quartet of chemists at the University of Oxford has, for the first time, found a way to get two beryllium atoms to bond with one another in a complex compound. In their paper published in the journal Science, Josef Boronski, ...
