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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
E. M. Smelova, K. M. Tsysar, D. Galkin, V. I. Zverev, R. R. Gimaev
Summary: This study focuses on the magnetic properties of gold and manganese oxide nanowires. It was found that nanowires with different step edge geometries exhibit ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic configurations. The study also reveals the influence of oxidation and surface geometry on the magnetic properties of the nanowires.
JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Libo Fu, Deli Kong, Chengpeng Yang, Jiao Teng, Yan Lu, Yizhong Guo, Guo Yang, Xin Yan, Pan Liu, Mingwei Chen, Ze Zhang, Lihua Wang, Xiaodong Han
Summary: This study demonstrates that ultra-small nanocrystalline gold nanowires with grains in both the Hall-Petch and inverse Hall-Petch grain-size regions exhibit high strength and superplasticity at room temperature. The plastic deformation occurs in two stages, involving intergrain plasticity and intragrain plasticity.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Mariusz Krawiec, Agnieszka Stepniak-Dybala, Andrzej Bobyk, Ryszard Zdyb
Summary: The study investigated the adsorption and substitution of transition metal atoms (Fe and Co) on Au-supported planar silicene using density functional theory calculations. Fe-doped silicene was found to exhibit a ferromagnetic structure. This study represents the first attempt towards ferromagnetic epitaxial planar silicene and highlights the importance of the substrate in the structural and magnetic properties of silicene.
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Chemistry, Physical
Bryan Lim, Xiang Yuan Cui, Simon P. Ringer
Summary: This study presents a simple and efficient model for simulating strain-mediated bandgap modulation in straight and bent semiconductor nanowires. A systematic investigation of various semiconductor nanowires using hybrid density functional theory methods reveals common trends in bandgap evolution. The significance of geometrical relaxation in nanowire simulation is further emphasized through comparison with previous theoretical studies.
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Zhigang Wu, John W. Lawson
Summary: This study reports on the unresolved problems and proposed solutions when using the ab initio approach to study NiTi alloys. The results show that including the electronic free energy in the Gibbs free energy calculations significantly reduces errors in martensitic transition temperatures and resolves controversies on the ground state of NiTi. Additionally, it is discovered that the martensitic transition path in stoichiometric NiTi is directly from B2 to B19' without intermediate phases.
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Optics
Tevin Ding, Daniel Lin, Guowen Ding
Summary: This article discusses the effect of deposition conditions on the properties of nanostructural materials, particularly the refractive index of thin-metal alloys. By deriving a model based on the properties of the alloy's main elements, the refractive index of untested alloys under specific deposition conditions can be accurately predicted.
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Tingting Zhang, Wenfeng Pan, Ziye Zhang, Ning Qi, Zhiquan Chen
Summary: The study using first-principle calculations revealed that transition metal-doped germanium selenide monolayers have stronger adsorption capabilities for gas molecules, with Ti and V atoms showing adsorption energies up to 2 eV for O-2, NO, and NO2. The doping of TM atoms alters the charge transfer and electronic structures of the adsorption systems, making Ti-GeSe monolayer suitable for NH3 detection and Co-GeSe monolayer promising for SO2 gas sensors.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Nikola Koutna, Lukas Loefler, David Holec, Zhuo Chen, Zaoli Zhang, Lars Hultman, Paul H. Mayrhofer, Davide G. Sangiovanni
Summary: This study investigates the plasticity and crack growth mechanisms of B1 AlN(001)/TiN(001) superlattices under mechanical loading. The simulations reveal an anisotropic response of the superlattice in different tensile directions and suggest that controlling the thicknesses of the superlattice components can hinder crack growth.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Cangtao Yin, Viktor Tajti, Gabor Czako
Summary: This study reports a spin-orbit-corrected analytical potential energy surface for the HBr + C2H5 -> Br + C2H6 reaction and investigates the reaction dynamics using quasi-classical methods. The simulation results show that the reaction probability exhibits a non-monotonic dependence on collision energy and is influenced by the attack angle and approach direction.
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
F. J. Dominguez-Gutierrez, P. Grigorev, A. Naghdi, J. Byggmastar, G. Y. Wei, T. D. Swinburne, S. Papanikolaou, M. J. Alava
Summary: In this study, molecular dynamics simulations were used to emulate spherical nanoindentation experiments on crystalline W matrices at different temperatures and loading rates. Different approaches were employed and compared, including traditional potentials and a machine-learned tabulated Gaussian approximation potential (tabGAP). The results showed similarities in load-displacement curves and dislocation densities at low and room temperature, but significant differences in the early stages of elastic-to-plastic deformation transition, indicating different mechanisms for dislocation nucleation and dynamics.
PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Takuro Tsutsumi, Yuriko Ono, Tetsuya Taketsugu
Summary: The quantum chemical approach investigates chemical reaction mechanisms based on potential energy surfaces. Automated reaction path search methods and on-the-fly molecular dynamics method provide insights into the dynamics effects on reaction mechanisms.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Sherif Abdulkader Tawfik, Phuoc Nguyen, Truyen Tran, Tiffany R. Walsh, Svetha Venkatesh
Summary: This study introduces novel machine learning features for predicting the elastic moduli of materials, enabling the identification of materials with high Vickers hardness. It successfully predicts the moduli for a range of materials and explores materials with interesting mechanical properties. A number of ultrahard compounds and ultralight magnesium alloys were identified based on the machine learning models.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
(2022)
Article
Physics, Applied
Shiyu He, Baishan Liu, Zhongzheng Pei, Xiaohui Zhang, Bin Liu, Ding-Bang Xiong
Summary: The effect of Stone-Wales, single-vacancy, and double-vacancy defects on the interface properties of copper/graphene/copper sandwich models were investigated using first-principles study. The results showed that most defects forming in the Cu/Gr/Cu interface had lower formation energy than those in the free graphene slab. The introduction of defects enhanced interface bonding while decreasing electrical properties due to electron scattering. Analysis of the differential charge density revealed that the defects caused changes in electron distribution and facilitated charge transfer between graphene and adjacent copper layers by altering the atomic layer distance.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Bo Thomsen, Motoyuki Shiga
Summary: This study investigates the effect of nuclear quantum effects (NQEs) on the acidity constant (pK(A)) of liquid water isotopologs through simulations using different solvent models. The results show that NQEs play a crucial role in the accurate determination of pK(A) and can cause a downshift in the pK(A) value. Additionally, the study successfully predicts the pK(A) values of certain liquid water isotopologs.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Xiaohua Zhang, Xin Du, Yadong Wei, Zeng Yang, Xing Li, Guochun Yang
Summary: We report the discovery of a pressure-induced Li5AuP2 compound, which represents the first example of Au with sp(3) hybridization. Li5AuP2 exhibits various frameworks and noncentrosymmetry. The charge transfer and bonding in Li5AuP2 satisfy the octet rule, resulting in its semiconductor character and large nonlinear optical response.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xunshan Liu, Adam Matej, Tim Kratky, Jesus Mendieta-Moreno, Sebastian Guenther, Pingo Mutombo, Silvio Decurtins, Ulrich Aschauer, Jascha Repp, Pavel Jelinek, Shi-Xia Liu, Laerte L. Patera
Summary: In this study, selective C-H activation of hexaazatriphenylene by Scholl reaction was reported for the first time, achieving dehydrogenative C-C couplings. The formation of one-dimensional polymers with a double-chain structure was revealed using low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and atomic force microscopy. Density functional theory calculations rationalized the growth process, highlighting the cooperative catalytic action of Na and Ag adatoms in steering the C-H selectivity for polymerization.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Zhiwen Zeng, Dezhou Guo, Tao Wang, Qifan Chen, Adam Matej, Jianmin Huang, Dong Han, Qian Xu, Aidi Zhao, Pavel Jelinek, Dimas G. de Oteyza, Jean-Sabin Mcewen, Junfa Zhu
Summary: The study demonstrates the clear interdependence between surface-supported reactions and molecular-adsorption configurations, revealing completely different reaction pathways for two biphenyl-based molecules with different bromine substituents on an Ag(111) surface. The underlying reaction mechanism is unraveled through a combination of techniques including low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy, synchrotron radiation photoemission spectroscopy, and density functional theory calculations. Different chemisorption-induced precursor states between the molecules ultimately lead to distinct reaction pathways, highlighting the importance of surface interactions in determining reaction outcomes.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Jae Whan Park, Euihwan Do, Jin Sung Shin, Sun Kyu Song, Oleksandr Stetsovych, Pavel Jelinek, Han Woong Yeom
Summary: The study observed the movement of fractionalized phase defects in atomic chains formed along step edges of silicon surfaces, showing that these solitons can have fractional charges and can be created and annihilated at desired locations through current pulses. These mobile and manipulable topological solitons may serve as robust, topologically protected information carriers in future information technology.
NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Kalyan Biswas, Lin Yang, Ji Ma, Ana Sanchez-Grande, Qifan Chen, Koen Lauwaet, Jose M. Gallego, Rodolfo Miranda, David ecija, Pavel Jelinek, Xinliang Feng, Jose I. Urgel
Summary: The synthesis of nanographenes with open-shell ground states has attracted increasing attention due to their interesting physicochemical properties and potential applications in carbon-based magnetism. This study reports the on-surface synthesis of three open-shell nanographenes with non-benzenoid structures and investigates their properties using various techniques. The results provide access to new types of open-shell nanographenes that were previously difficult to synthesize.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Euihwan Do, Jae Whan Park, Oleksandr Stetsovych, Pavel Jelinek, Han Woong Yeom
Summary: In this study, the low-temperature structural distortion of a one-dimensional electronic system formed on Au-decorated vicinal silicon surfaces is unambiguously identified using high-resolution atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy. The buckling of the step-edge Si chains, forming trimer unit cells, is found to be the most important structural element of this surface. This observation supports the recent model of rehybridized dangling bonds and contradicts the previously proposed antiferromagnetic spin ordering.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Hanyan Fang, Aurelio Gallardo, Dikshant Dulal, Zhizhan Qiu, Jie Su, Mykola Telychko, Harshitra Mahalingam, Pin Lyu, Yixuan Han, Yi Zheng, Yongqing Cai, Aleksandr Rodin, Pavel Jelinek, Jiong Lu
Summary: Researchers have discovered a new electronic self-passivation scheme, known as single vacancy (SV), in monoelemental black phosphorus. By converting SV into negatively charged SV??? through thermal annealing or STM tip manipulation, the dangling bonds are passivated and the in-gap states are quenched. The formation of SV??? enhances passivation due to its weak dipolelike perturbation. As a result, SV??? acts as a more benign and weaker scattering center, potentially leading to improved charge mobility in black phosphorus and its analogs.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Benjamin Mallada, Qifan Chen, Taras Chutora, Ana Sanchez-Grande, Borja Cirera, Jose Santos, Nazario Martin, David Ecija, Pavel Jelinek, Bruno de la Torre
Summary: This study reveals that deliberately introducing atomic-scale defects into a specific anthracene-ethynylene pi-conjugated polymer can modify its inherent electronic and magnetic properties, affecting the material's performance. The results demonstrate a higher likelihood of forming low-dimensional defects at specific sites in polymers, offering new possibilities for engineering macroscopic defects in surface-synthesized conjugated polymers.
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Kalyan Biswas, Diego Soler, Shantanu Mishra, Qiang Chen, Xuelin Yao, Ana Sanchez-Grande, Kristjan Eimre, Pingo Mutombo, Cristina Martin-Fuentes, Koen Lauwaet, Jose M. Gallego, Pascal Ruffieux, Carlo A. Pignedoli, Klaus Mullen, Rodolfo Miranda, Jose I. Urgel, Akimitsu Narita, Roman Fasel, Pavel Jelinek, David Ecij
Summary: This study explores three families of nanographenes (A, B, and C) and finds that open-shell nanographenes exhibit the strongest magnetic exchange coupling, especially near the transition from closed-shell to open-shell states. Experimental results confirm the predictions, and two specific nanographenes show record values of magnetic exchange coupling measured on the Au(111) surface, close to 200 meV. This research provides insights for designing carbon nanomaterials with robust magnetic ground states.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Federico Frezza, Frederik Schiller, Ales Cahlik, Jose Enrique Ortega, Johannes V. Barth, Andres Arnau, Maria Blanco-Rey, Pavel Jelinek, Martina Corso, Ignacio Piquero-Zulaica
Summary: In this study, quinoidal ligands were reacted with single cobalt atoms on an Au(788) surface in ultra-high vacuum, resulting in the formation of cobalt-quinoid chains. The electronic structure of these chains was investigated using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, and their narrow bandgap structure was revealed using low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy. Theoretical calculations confirmed that the observed electronic bands originated from the efficient hybridization of cobalt and molecular orbitals. This work provides a foundation for the systematic search of similar one-dimensional π-d hybridized metal-organic chains with tunable electronic and magnetic properties.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
P. Jelinek
Summary: An organic quantum magnet has been created by synthesizing short chains of porphyrin derivatives on a surface and manipulating atoms using a scanning probe microscope tip.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
F. Ming, X. Wu, C. Chen, K. D. Wang, P. Mai, T. A. Maier, J. Strockoz, J. W. F. Venderbos, C. Gonzalez, J. Ortega, S. Johnston, H. H. Weitering
Summary: Adatoms on a Si(111) substrate form a triangular lattice with unpaired electrons. Doping the Sn layer results in a superconducting state, which may exhibit chiral d-wave symmetry. Experiments confirm a doping-dependent critical temperature, fully gapped order parameter, time-reversal symmetry breaking, and enhanced zero-bias conductance near superconducting domain edges.
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Jaime Carracedo-Cosme, Carlos Romero-Muniz, Pablo Pou, Ruben Perez
Summary: We propose a chemical characterization approach based on noncontact atomic force microscopy with metal tips functionalized with a CO molecule (HR-AFM) to resolve the internal structure of individual molecules. Our work demonstrates that a stack of constant-height HR-AFM images provides enough chemical information for the identification of quasiplanar organic molecules, and this information can be retrieved using machine learning techniques. The algorithm, trained with a large dataset, can generate the IUPAC name of the imaged molecule as the final output. Our findings highlight the potential of deep learning algorithms in the automatic identification of molecular compounds by AFM.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Tao Wang, Paula Angulo-Portugal, Alejandro Berdonces-Layunta, Andrej Jancarik, Andre Gourdon, Jan Holec, Manish Kumar, Diego Soler, Pavel Jelinek, David Casanova, Martina Corso, Dimas G. de Oteyza, Jan Patrick Calupitan
Summary: The coupling of a sterically demanded pentacene derivative on Au(111) into fused dimers connected by non-benzenoid rings was studied using high-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy and density functional theory. The diradical character of the products was tuned by modifying the coupling section, with the antiaromaticity of cyclobutadiene and its position within the structure playing a significant role. Understanding these structure-property relationships is crucial for designing new complex and functional molecular structures.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Emiliano Ventura-Macias, Carlos Romero-Muniz, Pablo Gonzalez-Sanchez, Pablo Pou, Ruben Perez
Summary: Functionalized tips with carbon monoxide (CO) in frequency modulation atomic force microscopy (AFM) can achieve high resolution imaging of molecules and reveal their internal structure on frequency shift maps. Traditionally, frequency shift measurements at low amplitudes have been interpreted as the force gradient between the probe and the sample, but our study shows that this interpretation fails for CO-terminated tips even at amplitudes as small as 0.2-0.3 Å. This is due to the rapid variation in tip-sample interaction caused by the mobility of the CO probe, which deflects to reduce the Pauli repulsion with the sample. In addition, we propose a new and simple approach to the frequency shift based on the force at the closest tip-sample separation, independent of CO deflection. This force approximation accurately reproduces the real frequency maps for amplitudes larger than ~0.3 Å.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
M. N. Nair, I. Palacio, A. Mascaraque, E. G. Michel, A. Taleb-Ibrahimi, A. Tejeda, C. Gonzalez, A. Martin-Rodero, J. Ortega, F. Flores
Summary: This study reports an experimental and theoretical investigation of the electron-phonon coupling in α-Sn/Ge(111). The results show the presence of a significant electron-phonon interaction in a specific phase of α-Sn/Ge(111), which may play a role in the formation of different phases at low temperatures.