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Phonon-assisted Casimir interactions between piezoelectric materials 压电材料间声子辅助卡西米尔相互作用

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Communications Materials Pub Date : 2024-12-02 DOI: 10.1038/s43246-024-00701-2

Dai-Nam Le, Pablo Rodriguez-Lopez, Lilia M. Woods

{"title":"Phonon-assisted Casimir interactions between piezoelectric materials","authors":"Dai-Nam Le, Pablo Rodriguez-Lopez, Lilia M. Woods","doi":"10.1038/s43246-024-00701-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43246-024-00701-2","url":null,"abstract":"The strong coupling between electromagnetic fields and lattice oscillations in piezoelectric materials gives rise to phonon polariton excitations. Such quasiparticles are important in modulating the ubiquitous Casimir force. Here by utilizing the generalized Born-Huang hydrodynamics model exemplified in SiC, three types of phonons are studied: longitudinal optical phonon, transverse optical phonon and phonon polariton. The Fresnel reflection coefficients for the piezoelectric composed of semi-infinite substrates or thin films are then obtained by taking into account the phonon-electromagnetic coupling. The Casimir interaction, calculated via a generalized Lifshitz approach, is examined to highlight the interplay between different types of phonon modes and electromagnetic excitations. Our study shows that piezoelectrics emerge as materials where this ubiquitous force can be controlled via phonon properties. Different types of surface phonon polaritons associated with structural polytypes may also be distinguished through the Casimir interaction. Strong coupling between electromagnetic fields and lattice oscillations in piezoelectric materials gives rise to interesting phonon polariton excitations. Here, the role of these modes in modulating the Casimir force of piezoelectric plates is investigated theoretically, expanding the range of materials where the Casimir interaction can be detected and controlled.","PeriodicalId":10589,"journal":{"name":"Communications Materials","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43246-024-00701-2.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142758121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Ultra-tough light-curing ionogels for UV shielding 用于紫外线屏蔽的超强光固化离子凝胶

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Communications Materials Pub Date : 2024-11-30 DOI: 10.1038/s43246-024-00702-1

Zeyu Zhang, Dejun Peng, Xueyan Shang, Xin Zhao, Shixue Ren, Jiuyin Pang, Shujun Li

{"title":"Ultra-tough light-curing ionogels for UV shielding","authors":"Zeyu Zhang, Dejun Peng, Xueyan Shang, Xin Zhao, Shixue Ren, Jiuyin Pang, Shujun Li","doi":"10.1038/s43246-024-00702-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43246-024-00702-1","url":null,"abstract":"The mechanical properties of polyurethane ionogels prepared by UV light-curing are usually inferior to those of conventional polyurethanes. Highly entangled polymer chain networks with chemical crosslinking can potentially address this problem. Here, we prepare ionogels (PU-HRs) using UV curing technology with esterified rutin as a cross-linking agent. After optimization of the preparation process by response surface methodology, we obtain PU-HRs with a tensile strength of 34.96 MPa and toughness as high as 88.11 MJ m−3 (1.26-fold higher than that of silk from the silkworm, Bombyx mori (70 MJ m−3)). The high strength and toughness of PU-HR are mainly attributed to the three-dimensional cross-linked network structure formed by the “rigid-flexible” esterified rutin, the micro-phase separation structure between the soft-chain fragments, and the hard-chain fragments that form stable interfacial regions. These ionogels have great prospects in sunscreen coating applications, such as for sunscreen umbrellas and automotive or architectural sunscreen glass. Polyurethane ionogels can be made with UV light curing but suffer from low mechanical properties compared to conventional polyurethane. Here, robust UV light curable ionogels are made by using prepolymers containing carbon-carbon double bonds as monomers which cross-links to form entangled polymer networks.","PeriodicalId":10589,"journal":{"name":"Communications Materials","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43246-024-00702-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142754215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Advancements in operando X-ray techniques for metal additive manufacturing 金属增材制造的operando x射线技术进展

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Communications Materials Pub Date : 2024-11-29 DOI: 10.1038/s43246-024-00699-7

Kaushalendra K. Singh, Akane Wakai, Atieh Moridi

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Biochar-augmented climate-positive 3D printable concrete 生物炭增强气候积极的3D打印混凝土

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Communications Materials Pub Date : 2024-11-28 DOI: 10.1038/s43246-024-00700-3

Lei Wang, Venkatesh Naidu Nerella, Dianmo Li, Yuying Zhang, Bin Ma, Egor Ivaniuk, Junyi Zhang, Xiaohong Zhu, Jianhua Yan, Viktor Mechtcherine, Daniel C. W. Tsang

{"title":"Biochar-augmented climate-positive 3D printable concrete","authors":"Lei Wang, Venkatesh Naidu Nerella, Dianmo Li, Yuying Zhang, Bin Ma, Egor Ivaniuk, Junyi Zhang, Xiaohong Zhu, Jianhua Yan, Viktor Mechtcherine, Daniel C. W. Tsang","doi":"10.1038/s43246-024-00700-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43246-024-00700-3","url":null,"abstract":"Three-dimensional (3D) concrete printing is a revolutionary technology in the construction industry. Here we show that climate-positive biochar is a carbon-negative additive for decreasing the carbon footprint of 3D printable concrete, while enhancing its performance. As biochar enhanced the effective water-to-binder ratio and served as a substrate for hydrates, the polymerization of hydrates increased in biochar-augmented concrete. The incorporation of 2 wt% biochar enhanced the structural build-up rate of fresh mixtures by 22% at 40 min. The 3D printing tests demonstrated that biochar improved the pumpability and extrudability of mixtures at the initial 20 min, and enhanced the buildability of 3D printed concretes at the after 40 min. The carbon footprint of 3D printable concrete was reduced by 8.3% through incorporating 2 wt% biochar. Thus, we developed a desirable biochar-augmented mixture for 3D concrete printing. Future field-scale application will make substantial contribution to the attainment of carbon emission reduction. 3D printing of concrete is promising for the manufacture of bespoke structures, but the high cement component leads to large carbon dioxide emissions. Here, climate-positive biochar is shown to decrease the carbon footprint of 3D printed concrete, while improving its pumpability, extrudability, and buildability","PeriodicalId":10589,"journal":{"name":"Communications Materials","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43246-024-00700-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142754221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Magnetic domain walls interacting with dislocations in micromagnetic simulations 微磁模拟中与位错相互作用的磁畴壁

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Communications Materials Pub Date : 2024-11-21 DOI: 10.1038/s43246-024-00697-9

Sami Kaappa, Suvi Santa-aho, Mari Honkanen, Minnamari Vippola, Lasse Laurson

{"title":"Magnetic domain walls interacting with dislocations in micromagnetic simulations","authors":"Sami Kaappa, Suvi Santa-aho, Mari Honkanen, Minnamari Vippola, Lasse Laurson","doi":"10.1038/s43246-024-00697-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43246-024-00697-9","url":null,"abstract":"Defects, impurities, and embedded particles in ferromagnetic materials are long known to be responsible for the Barkhausen effect due to the jerky field-driven motion of domain walls and have more recently been shown to play a role also in domain wall dynamics in nanoscale ferromagnetic structures used in spintronics devices. Simulating the magnetic domain wall dynamics in the micromagnetic framework offers a straightforward route to study such systems and phenomena. However, the related work in the past suffers from material imperfections being introduced without proper physical foundation. Here, we implement dislocation stress fields in micromagnetic simulations through the induced anisotropy fields by inverse magnetostriction. The effects of individual dislocations on domain wall dynamics in thin films of different Fe surface lattice planes are characterized numerically. As a demonstration of the applicability of the implementation, we consider disorder fields due to randomly positioned dislocations with different densities, and study the avalanche-like transient approach towards the depinning transition of a domain wall driven by a slowly increasing external magnetic field. Simulating the magnetic domain wall dynamics in ferromagnetic materials is crucial for designing spintronics devices, but including material imperfections is often challenging. Here, the effects of individual dislocations on domain wall dynamics in thin films of iron is investigated by micromagnetic simulations.","PeriodicalId":10589,"journal":{"name":"Communications Materials","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43246-024-00697-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142679983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Hypercrosslinked polymer membranes via interfacial polymerization for organic dye separations 用于有机染料分离的界面聚合超交联聚合物膜

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Communications Materials Pub Date : 2024-11-20 DOI: 10.1038/s43246-024-00668-0

Qingyin Li, Shuqing Li, Caimei Yu, Zhen Zhan, Guang Cheng, Bien Tan, Shijie Ren

{"title":"Hypercrosslinked polymer membranes via interfacial polymerization for organic dye separations","authors":"Qingyin Li, Shuqing Li, Caimei Yu, Zhen Zhan, Guang Cheng, Bien Tan, Shijie Ren","doi":"10.1038/s43246-024-00668-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43246-024-00668-0","url":null,"abstract":"Hypercrosslinked polymers (HCPs) have gained attention as promising materials for separation membranes due to their abundant porosity, low cost, ease of preparation, and excellent stability. Here, we demonstrate an interfacial-assisted polymerization approach to prepare continuous HCP membranes at room temperature. The method demonstrates versatility in constructing HCP membranes using various precursors, including small molecules and polymers. Specifically, the HCP membranes prepared using benzene as the monomer exhibit controllable thickness and a remarkable Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area of up to 855 m2 g−1. Leveraging physical size sieving and electrostatic interaction, the fabricated benzene-based membranes effectively reject small anionic dye molecules, such as Congo Red, Acid Fuchsin, and Methyl Orange, achieving rejection rates exceeding 93% while maintaining a high-water flux of up to 55 L m−2 h−1 bar−1. This study shows a versatile approach for the design of HCP membranes capable of efficiently separating mixtures containing small molecules. Hypercrosslinked polymers are promising materials for separation membranes due to their low cost and high porosity. Here, continuous hypercrosslinked polymer membranes are prepared using interfacial polymerization that effectively rejects small dye molecules with high water flux.","PeriodicalId":10589,"journal":{"name":"Communications Materials","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43246-024-00668-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142679934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Ideal spin-orbit-free Dirac semimetal and diverse topological transitions in Y8CoIn3 family Y8CoIn3 族中的理想无自旋轨道狄拉克半金属和多种拓扑转变

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Communications Materials Pub Date : 2024-11-15 DOI: 10.1038/s43246-024-00635-9

Manabu Sato, Juba Bouaziz, Shuntaro Sumita, Shingo Kobayashi, Ikuma Tateishi, Stefan Blügel, Akira Furusaki, Motoaki Hirayama

{"title":"Ideal spin-orbit-free Dirac semimetal and diverse topological transitions in Y8CoIn3 family","authors":"Manabu Sato, Juba Bouaziz, Shuntaro Sumita, Shingo Kobayashi, Ikuma Tateishi, Stefan Blügel, Akira Furusaki, Motoaki Hirayama","doi":"10.1038/s43246-024-00635-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43246-024-00635-9","url":null,"abstract":"Topological semimetals, known for their intriguing properties arising from band degeneracies, have garnered significant attention. However, the discovery of a material realization and the detailed characterization of spinless Dirac semimetals have not yet been accomplished. Here, we propose from first-principles calculations that the RE8CoX3 group (RE = rare earth elements, X = Al, Ga, or In) contains ideal spinless Dirac semimetals whose Fermi surfaces are fourfold degenerate band-crossing points (without including spin degeneracy). Despite the lack of space inversion symmetry in these materials, Dirac points are formed on the rotation-symmetry axis due to accidental degeneracies of two bands corresponding to different 2-dimensional irreducible representations of the C6v group. We also investigate, through first-principles calculations and effective model analysis, various phase transitions caused by lattice distortion or elemental substitutions from the Dirac semimetal phase to distinct topological semimetallic phases such as nonmagnetic linked-nodal-line and Weyl semimetals (characterized by the second Stiefel–Whitney class) and ferromagnetic Weyl semimetals. Band degeneracies at the Fermi level in topological semimetals are sources of intriguing interference effects between electronic states around the degeneracy points. Here, the RE8CoX3 compounds, with RE = rare-earth and X = Al, Ga, or In, are proposed as realizations of ideal spinless Dirac semimetals hosting the fourfold degenerate band-crossing points without the spin degrees of freedom.","PeriodicalId":10589,"journal":{"name":"Communications Materials","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43246-024-00635-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142645746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Design of highly responsive chemiresistor-based sensors by interfacing NiPc with graphene 通过将 NiPc 与石墨烯连接，设计基于化学电阻器的高响应传感器

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Communications Materials Pub Date : 2024-11-15 DOI: 10.1038/s43246-024-00693-z

Daniele Perilli, Sonia Freddi, Michele Zanotti, Giovanni Drera, Andrea Casotto, Stefania Pagliara, Luca Schio, Luigi Sangaletti, Cristiana Di Valentin

{"title":"Design of highly responsive chemiresistor-based sensors by interfacing NiPc with graphene","authors":"Daniele Perilli, Sonia Freddi, Michele Zanotti, Giovanni Drera, Andrea Casotto, Stefania Pagliara, Luca Schio, Luigi Sangaletti, Cristiana Di Valentin","doi":"10.1038/s43246-024-00693-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43246-024-00693-z","url":null,"abstract":"Highly sensitive and selective gas-sensing materials are critical for applications ranging from environmental monitoring to breath analysis. A rational approach at the nanoscale is urgent to design next-generation sensing devices. In previous work, we unveiled interesting charge transfer channels at the interface between p-type doped graphene and a layer of nickel phthalocyanine (NiPc) molecules, which we believe could be successfully exploited in gas sensing devices. Here, we have investigated the graphene-NiPc interface’s response to adsorbed gas molecules via first-principles calculations. We focused on NH3 and NO2 as test molecules, representing electron donors and acceptors, respectively. Notably, we identified the Ni dz2 orbital as a key player in mediating the charge transfer and affecting the charge carrier density in graphene. As a proof-of-concept, we then prepared the graphene-NiPc system as a chemiresistor device and exposed it to NH3 and NO2 at room temperature. The sensing tests revealed excellent sensitivity and selectivity, along with a rapid recovery time and a remarkably low detection limit. Highly sensitive and selective gas-sensing materials are important for applications ranging from environmental monitoring to breath analysis. Here, the gas sensing response of the heterointerface between graphene and nickel phthalocyanine is investigated by first-principles calculations and tested in a chemiresistor device exposed to NH3 and NO2 at room temperature.","PeriodicalId":10589,"journal":{"name":"Communications Materials","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43246-024-00693-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142645792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Rapid and precise large area mapping of rare-earth doping homogeneity in luminescent materials 发光材料中稀土掺杂均匀性的快速精确大面积绘图

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Communications Materials Pub Date : 2024-11-14 DOI: 10.1038/s43246-024-00679-x

Jan Hrabovsky, Miroslav Kucera, Lucie Palousova, Jakub Zazvorka, Jan Kubat, Lei Bi, Martin Veis

{"title":"Rapid and precise large area mapping of rare-earth doping homogeneity in luminescent materials","authors":"Jan Hrabovsky, Miroslav Kucera, Lucie Palousova, Jakub Zazvorka, Jan Kubat, Lei Bi, Martin Veis","doi":"10.1038/s43246-024-00679-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43246-024-00679-x","url":null,"abstract":"Doping of luminescent materials by rare-earth ions is common practice to achieve desired emission properties for a large variety of applications. As several rare-earths ions are frequently combined, it is subsequently difficult to effectively detect and control their homogeneous distribution within the host material. Here, we present a simple, rapid, large scale and precise method of rare-earth mapping using a commercial UV-Vis scanner. We discuss the influence of rare-earth distribution on the physical, optical and luminescent properties with no observable qualitative effect on photoluminescent properties and optical anisotropy. On the contrary, rare-earth-rich areas exhibit significantly higher values of refractive index and optical absorption, which allowed for their identification by the commercial scanner device. The presented method thus provides fast and accurate information about the rare-earth distribution in the material volume with high resolution (≈2.7 µm) and low limit of concentration difference detection (≈0.014 at.%) compared to other techniques, which makes it a promising candidate for high throughput measurements. Mapping the distributions of various rare-earth dopants when combined within a host material is challenging, Here, a fast and precise approach to mapping rare-earth doping distribution based on a commercial UV-Vis scanner shows that dopants locally modify the optical properties of the material.","PeriodicalId":10589,"journal":{"name":"Communications Materials","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43246-024-00679-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142645811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Machine vision system by optically tunable 2D magnetic junctions 利用光可调二维磁性结的机器视觉系统

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Communications Materials Pub Date : 2024-11-14 DOI: 10.1038/s43246-024-00696-w

Aldo Isidori

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