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Optimized green synthesis of dual-phase metal oxide nanoparticles for environmental remediation 环境修复用双相金属氧化物纳米颗粒绿色合成优化研究

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Current Applied Physics Pub Date : 2025-06-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2025.06.013

Harpreet Kaur , Gassoumi Bouzid , Sanjeev Kumar , Ramandeep Kaur , Sahbi Ayachi , Mir Waqas Alam

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Advanced toxic gas sensors based on polyvinylpyrrolidone-polypyrrole/graphene oxide-ITO nanocomposites: Enhanced sensitivity toward reducing and oxidizing gases 基于聚乙烯吡咯烷酮-聚吡咯/氧化石墨烯- ito纳米复合材料的先进有毒气体传感器：增强对还原性和氧化性气体的敏感性

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Current Applied Physics Pub Date : 2025-06-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2025.06.012

Rand Waleed, Ehssan Al-Bermany

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Electrical characteristic depending on the doping concentration of the AlGaSb barrier in the GaSb based dual-band nBn detector 基于GaSb的双波段nBn探测器中AlGaSb势垒掺杂浓度的电特性

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Current Applied Physics Pub Date : 2025-06-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2025.06.011

Jong Hun Lee , Geun Hyeong Kim , Tae In Kang , Min Soo Kwak , Jong Su Kim , Sang Jun Lee , Dong Wan Kim

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Revisiting LaMnO3: A density functional theory study 再论LaMnO3：密度泛函理论研究

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Current Applied Physics Pub Date : 2025-06-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2025.06.010

Ju Hyeon Lee, Bongjae Kim

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Selective hydrogen molecule dissociation on Ca2N monolayer 氢分子在Ca2N单层上的选择性解离

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Current Applied Physics Pub Date : 2025-06-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2025.06.009

Gwan Woo Kim , Soonmin Jang , Gunn Kim

{"title":"Selective hydrogen molecule dissociation on Ca2N monolayer","authors":"Gwan Woo Kim , Soonmin Jang , Gunn Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.06.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.06.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The development of efficient hydrogen conversion and storage technologies is critical for sustainable energy systems. We report the remarkable discovery of barrierless hydrogen dissociation on dicalcium nitride (Ca<sub>2</sub>N) monolayers through density functional theory calculations and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. Our investigations reveal that molecular hydrogen adsorption occurs exclusively at a bridge site between calcium atoms (site B), while dissociated hydrogen atoms preferentially migrate to a calcium-centered hollow site (site A). Importantly, our simulations demonstrate a self-regulating mechanism wherein initial H<sub>2</sub> dissociation at B-sites inhibits subsequent molecular hydrogen adsorption, effectively controlling the dissociation process. The absence of an activation energy barrier indicates an exceptionally favorable thermodynamic pathway for hydrogen dissociation under ambient conditions. These findings establish pristine Ca<sub>2</sub>N monolayers as promising candidates for catalyzing hydrogen evolution reactions and other hydrogen-related energy applications, offering a novel direction for the development of electride-based catalysts with unprecedented hydrogen activation properties.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11037,"journal":{"name":"Current Applied Physics","volume":"78 ","pages":"Pages 15-23"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144480361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Strain-dependent charge density wave stability in monolayer Kagome AV3Sb5 (A = K, Rb, Cs) Kagome AV3Sb5单层膜应变相关电荷密度波稳定性（A = K, Rb, Cs）

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Current Applied Physics Pub Date : 2025-06-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2025.06.008

Jun-Hee Im , Chang-Jong Kang , Chang-Youn Moon

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Study on the effect of different crystal forms of benzamide on the luminescence properties of Mn2+ in organic-inorganic hybrid metal halides 苯甲酰胺不同晶型对有机-无机杂化金属卤化物中Mn2+发光性能影响的研究

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Current Applied Physics Pub Date : 2025-06-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2025.06.007

Mengyu Guan, Ranran Bu, Haizhen Song, Changyuan Xu, Yichao Wang, Yan Zhang, Hongming Yin

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Revealing the anisotropies in elasticity, sound velocities and thermal conductivities of o-HfO2: A density functional theory investigation 揭示o-HfO2弹性、声速和导热系数的各向异性：密度泛函理论研究

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Current Applied Physics Pub Date : 2025-06-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2025.06.003

Cheng-Di Qi , Jian-Li Ma , Ze-Qing Guo , Wei-Wen Wang , Qun Wei

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The significant improvements of DC magnetron sputtering plasma source via cryogenic cooling method for spintronics applications 低温冷却方法对自旋电子学应用中直流磁控溅射等离子体源的显著改进

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Current Applied Physics Pub Date : 2025-06-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2025.06.004

Joonwoo Kim , Jaehun Cho , Si-Ho Oh , June-Seo Kim

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Dirac nodal line and pseudo-gap in 1T-VS2 single crystal 1T-VS2单晶中的Dirac节线和赝隙

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Current Applied Physics Pub Date : 2025-06-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2025.06.005

Mincheol Kim , Hyuk Jin Kim , Byoung Ki Choi , Tae Gyu Rhee , Chris Jozwiak , Aaron Bostwick , Eli Rotenberg , Sunghun Lee , Young Jun Chang

{"title":"Dirac nodal line and pseudo-gap in 1T-VS2 single crystal","authors":"Mincheol Kim , Hyuk Jin Kim , Byoung Ki Choi , Tae Gyu Rhee , Chris Jozwiak , Aaron Bostwick , Eli Rotenberg , Sunghun Lee , Young Jun Chang","doi":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.06.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.06.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Vanadium disulfide (VS<sub>2</sub>), one of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) family, attracts elevated interests for its charge-density wave phase transition, ferromagnetism, optoelectronic switching, and catalytic reactivity, but the topological Dirac surface states have not been observed yet. Here we report the Dirac nodal line states of VS<sub>2</sub> single crystals via angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements. ARPES analysis reveals that Dirac nodal line surface states are extended from the Μ point toward the Γ point with energy of −1.1 eV. Comparison with the other vanadium chalcogenides shows monotonic energy shift of the Dirac states depending on the spin-orbit coupling strength of the chalcogen atoms. Furthermore, we studied the temperature-dependence of pseudo gaps near both the M and Γ points. Our observations provide experimental evidence of topological electronic structures, contributing to the understanding of the correlated TMDC systems and their potential in switching devices, optical saturable absorber, and electrocatalysis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11037,"journal":{"name":"Current Applied Physics","volume":"77 ","pages":"Pages 94-99"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144254393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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