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{"title":"Nanoengineered carbon coatings for ultra-high reduction of total electron emission yield","authors":"Chan How Oh,Sarah Dadouch,Alan G. Salek,Sean L. Butler,Alan Pickhaver,Lilian Wade,Jessica Benedicto,Nicolas Fil,Siu Hon Tsang,Alagappan Palaniappan,Eric Rius,Mohamed Belhaj,Dougal G. McCulloch,Edwin Hang Tong Teo","doi":"10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168312","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":247,"journal":{"name":"Applied Surface Science","volume":"12 1","pages":"168312"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148894012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Erratum to ‘Fluorinated graphene films for Ultra-High sensitivity of Surface-Enhanced Raman scattering’ [Appl. Surf. Sci. 616 (2023) 156496]","authors":"Longkun Que,Jianping Ai,Taihuan Shao,Ruipeng Han,Junhua Su,Yifan Guo,Yifan Liu,Jinyang Li,Xian Jian,Zuowan Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168314","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":247,"journal":{"name":"Applied Surface Science","volume":"20 1","pages":"168314"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148923033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unveiling the synergistic photocatalyst Hf/W-BPY@BN nanocomposite for synthetic dye degradation – Density functional theory insights, kinetics studies, thermodynamic studies, and isotherm models","authors":"Anu Vijayakumar,Sowmya Kumar Shivanand Chandapur,Sharanappa,S. Sandeep,A.S. Santhosh","doi":"10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168301","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":247,"journal":{"name":"Applied Surface Science","volume":"35 1","pages":"168301"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148894013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Au nanoparticles decorated vertically aligned ZnO nanorods for ppb-Level NO sensing toward asthma detection","authors":"Shivam Gupta,Nyan-Hwa Tai","doi":"10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168316","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":247,"journal":{"name":"Applied Surface Science","volume":"32 1","pages":"168316"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148894001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The dissolution behavior of silicon in aqueous HF-(HCl)-HClO3-mixtures: reactivity studies, analytics of etching solutions and surface morphologies","authors":"Ann-Lucia Neumann,Nils Schubert,André Stapf,Niklas Zomack,Dominic Walter,Andreas Lißner,Andreas Siegfried Braeuer,Edwin Kroke","doi":"10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168322","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":247,"journal":{"name":"Applied Surface Science","volume":"53 1","pages":"168322"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148894010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"High-performance conductive carbon thin films from coal via magnetron sputtering: A systematic study of target fabrication and deposition","authors":"Chongyang Li, Jie Cheng, Xinyue Zhang, Jingyi Lai, Jiushuai Deng, Shirong Ge","doi":"10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168260","url":null,"abstract":"Coal-based conductive carbon films represent an emerging field of research for future electronic applications, marking the transition of coal from a conventional fuel to a high-value-added functional material. Herein, we present a novel strategy for the fabrication of conductive carbon films via magnetron sputtering, utilizing cost-effective coal as the carbon source. Through a comparative evaluation of the processability of twelve laboratory-prepared coal-based targets, a high-quality bituminous coal-based target outperformed its peers and was selected as the most suitable candidate. The target exhibited a dense microstructure, with a compressive strength of 10.5 MPa and an electrical conductivity exceeding 6720 S/m. Under the optimized direct current magnetron sputtering process, conductive carbon films were deposited onto silicon and transparent quartz glass substrates, featuring a smooth and dense surface morphology, with a minimum surface roughness Ra of 1.95 nm and a resistivity as low as 6.58 × 10<ce:sup loc=\"post\">-4</ce:sup> Ω·m. For mechanical characteristics, the films achieved a maximum surface hardness of 12.99 GPa and an elastic modulus of 127.31 GPa, along with a film-substrate adhesion strength of approximately 3.4 N. Regarding optoelectronic properties, the coal-based carbon film exhibited widely tunable optical transmittance characteristics (38%–80%) within the 1000 nm wavelength range. The coal-based carbon film also demonstrated uniform and stable Joule heating capability, achieving a temperature rise exceeding 50 ℃ under a low applied voltage of 5 V. These findings provide new insights into the preparation of functional carbon films using coal as a carbon source.","PeriodicalId":247,"journal":{"name":"Applied Surface Science","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148884323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Naphthalene-based hypercrosslinked polymer-derived hard carbon with tunable microstructure for high-performance sodium-ion battery anodes","authors":"Weijie Zhu, Jinglong Liang, Haojie Shan, Shiqi Zhou, Chaofan Yang, Linjun Shao, Junjie Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168250","url":null,"abstract":"The demand for grid-scale energy storage has propelled sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) into the spotlight due to sodium’s abundance and low cost. However, SIB deployment is hindered by the lack of suitable anodes, as the larger ionic radius (1.02 Å) of Na<ce:sup loc=\"post\">+</ce:sup> excludes conventional graphite. Hard carbon (HC) is promising but its performance relies on precursor selection and microstructure engineering. In this study, it is introduced a molecularly designed naphthalene-based hypercrosslinked polymer (HCP) as a novel precursor, synthesized via Friedel-Crafts alkylation and subsequently carbonized at different temperatures (1100, 1300, and 1500 °C) to produce HC materials (CHCP). CHCP1300 achieves an optimal short-range ordered structure with enlarged interlayer spacing (0.382 nm) and abundant closed micropores. As SIB anodes, it delivers a high reversible capacity of 357.8 mAh g<ce:sup loc=\"post\">−1</ce:sup> with 70.5% plateau contribution, excellent rate capability, and 81.5% capacity retention after 500 cycles. Kinetic analysis reveals a combined storage mechanism of adsorption, intercalation, and pore filling. This work establishes a rational precursor design strategy via HCP molecular tailorability to precisely engineer closed pores and graphitic domains in hard carbons. Keywords: sodium-ion batteries, hard carbon, hypercrosslinked polymers, microstructure tuning.","PeriodicalId":247,"journal":{"name":"Applied Surface Science","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148884345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fulvic acid-derived N, S co-doped carbon coating enables superior rate capability in Mn0.5Ti2(PO4)3 anodes","authors":"Huan Yang, Zishuo Ni, Xian Zhang, Qun Li, Zhongnian Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168252","url":null,"abstract":"NASICON-structured Mn<ce:inf loc=\"post\">0.5</ce:inf>Ti<ce:inf loc=\"post\">2</ce:inf>(PO<ce:inf loc=\"post\">4</ce:inf>)<ce:inf loc=\"post\">3</ce:inf> (MTP) has emerged as a competitive anode candidate for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), benefiting from its abundant lattice vacancies, robust structural integrity, and suitable operating voltage. Nevertheless, the practical scalability is constrained by intrinsically low electronic conductivity. Herein, fulvic acid (FA) is employed as a carbon precursor to composite with MTP via high-temperature carbonization, aiming to optimize the electrochemical performance of MTP. Electrochemical tests reveal that the composite with FA/MTP weight ratio of 0.30 carbonized at 800℃ achieves enhanced cycling stability and rate capability, delivering lithiation capacities of 391.4 and 198.9 mAh g<ce:sup loc=\"post\">−1</ce:sup> at 0.1 and 1.6 A g<ce:sup loc=\"post\">−1</ce:sup>, respectively. The superior performance is attributed to the formation of uniform N, S co-doped carbon coating layer derived from in-situ carbonization of FA. N, S co-doping not only facilitates rapid electron transport and buffers volume changes during repeated lithiation/delithiation but also introduces additional active sites for lithium storage. Simultaneously, the incorporation of a co-doped carbon layer on MTP improves the binding affinity with MTP, thereby conferring outstanding structural durability and electrical conductivity of the composite. This work provides a simple and effective strategy for utilizing natural biomass derivatives to improve the electrochemical performance of polyanionic compounds for advanced LIB anodes.","PeriodicalId":247,"journal":{"name":"Applied Surface Science","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148884341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Modulation of metal ion deposition behavior and evolution of wear and corrosion failure mechanisms in (Zr,Cr,Al)N nanolayered composite coatings via substrate bias voltage","authors":"Yuqi Wang, Tao He, Xiangyang Du, Alexey Vereschaka, Artem Okulov, Catherine Sotova, Yang Ding","doi":"10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168251","url":null,"abstract":"In marine environments, the service life of aluminum alloy components is severely threatened by coupled wear and corrosion. Herein, Cr-(Zr,Cr)N-(Zr,Cr,Al)N nano-multilayer composite coatings were deposited on 7050 aluminum alloy via filtered cathodic vacuum arc deposition to investigate the regulatory mechanisms of substrate bias (50–200 V) on the friction and corrosion behaviors of the coating. Combined with density functional theory and microstructural characterizations, we reveal that a 100 V bias promoted Al ions to substitute for a portion of Zr ions and Cr ions at the lattice interfaces of ZrN and Cr<ce:inf loc=\"post\">2</ce:inf>N, forming an interfacial AlN phase, which alleviated interfacial lattice distortion and suppressed columnar grain growth, producing a dense structure with high hardness (23.5 GPa). The 100 V coating exhibited excellent friction and corrosion performance, demonstrating a low wear rate of 4.44 × 10<ce:sup loc=\"post\">−5</ce:sup> mm<ce:sup loc=\"post\">3</ce:sup>·(N·m)<ce:sup loc=\"post\">−1</ce:sup> and a high charge transfer resistance of 3018 Ω·cm<ce:sup loc=\"post\">2</ce:sup>. Mechanistic analysis indicates that the wear mechanism in the 100 V coating is primarily dominated by abrasive wear and oxidative wear, and the corrosion mechanism is primarily dominated by pitting and micro-galvanic corrosion. This study provides theoretical guidance for designing high-performance nano-multilayer coatings on aluminum alloy surfaces applied in marine environments.","PeriodicalId":247,"journal":{"name":"Applied Surface Science","volume":"491 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148884339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Interfacial dislocation evolution of Ag-Pd nanostructures during sintering: atomistic insights from deep learning","authors":"Shuang Shan, Chongyang Wang, Longfei Guo, Zhen Li, Fuyi Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168237","url":null,"abstract":"The durability of Ag–Pd bimetallic nano-electrocatalysts is often limited by surface and interface evolution during elevated-temperature sintering, where nanoparticle coalescence and coarsening can reduce active surface area and alter local atomic structures. Using molecular dynamics simulations based on a deep-learning interatomic potential, the coalescence kinetics, defect evolution, and densification behavior of pure Ag, pure Pd, and three Ag–Pd structural configurations—Janus, random alloy (RA), and Pd-core/Ag-shell core–shell (CS)—were investigated under 0° and 36.87° misorientation, with the latter corresponding to a Σ5(310) [001] grain boundary at the neck. The first dislocation events indicate that early-stage sintering involves local plastic deformation in addition to atomic diffusion. Under 0° alignment, pure Ag exhibits surface-associated Shockley partial emission at 300 K with a peak neck von Mises stress of 11.27 ± 0.58 GPa and a primary-yield time of 8.42 ± 0.15 ps, whereas pure Pd yields later at 650 K with 12.51 ± 0.87 GPa and 30.02 ± 0.37 ps, indicating a more restricted solid-state sintering response. Under 36.87° misorientation, Ag exhibits grain-boundary-associated Shockley partial emission at 370 K with 8.46 ± 0.87 GPa and 18.63 ± 0.08 ps, while Pd reaches 15.16 ± 0.31 GPa and yields at 15.02 ± 0.14 ps at 300 K, followed by a V-shaped HCP/twin-boundary-like network associated with limited shrinkage. For the bimetallic configurations, Janus yields earliest at the planar Ag/Pd boundary and exhibits high densification under 0° alignment, but its shrinkage decreases under 36.87° misorientation. RA shows the lowest densification, indicating restricted atomic rearrangement. In contrast, CS maintains relatively high shrinkage under both misorientation conditions, while defect activity is preferentially accommodated in the Ag shell and adjacent interface and the Pd-rich core remains comparatively ordered. These results show that Ag–Pd nanoparticle sintering is governed by configuration-dependent coupling between atomic transport and local plastic deformation, with the Pd-core/Ag-shell architecture maintaining relatively high densification while preferentially accommodating defect activity in the Ag-rich shell and adjacent heterointerface.","PeriodicalId":247,"journal":{"name":"Applied Surface Science","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148884340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}