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Structural, wettability, optical, and electrical modifications by varying precursor solutions of sprayed Co3O4 thin films for solar cell applications

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The European Physical Journal B Pub Date : 2025-03-08 DOI: 10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00889-3

Younes Nezzari, Warda Darenfad, Kamel Mirouh, Noubeil Guermat, Nadir Bouarissa

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Spin-dependent resonant tunneling in CdTe/Cd1−xMnxTe nanostructures: effect of polaronic mass

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The European Physical Journal B Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI: 10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00888-4

L. Bruno Chandrasekar, A. Dinesh, Lalitha Gnanasekaran, Madhappan Santhamoorthy, M. Karunakaran, A. Manikandan, E. Priyadharshini, P. Shunmuga Sundaram, S. Kaleel Mohamed Ibrahim

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Density functional theory study on structural, mechanical, electronic, and phonon properties of CrAlB, MoAlB, WAlB, CrAlGa, MoAlGa, and WAlGa ternary compounds 关于 CrAlB、MoAlB、WAlB、CrAlGa、MoAlGa 和 WAlGa 三元化合物的结构、机械、电子和声子特性的密度泛函理论研究

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The European Physical Journal B Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI: 10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00876-8

B. O. Mnisi

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Magnetic impurities in an altermagnetic metal 变磁性金属中的磁性杂质

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The European Physical Journal B Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI: 10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00890-w

Yu-Li Lee

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Orientation of active particles in gradient fields

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The European Physical Journal B Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI: 10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00864-y

Yuheng Zhong, Weirong Zhong

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Probing the influence of hopping dimerization on persistent currents in cylindrical multi-channel systems

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The European Physical Journal B Pub Date : 2025-03-05 DOI: 10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00892-8

Ipshita Baruah, Anushka Patowary, Sudin Ganguly

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Exploring the electronic, elastic anisotropy, and thermodynamic properties of Li2SiO3 and Li2GeO3 compounds using first-principles calculations 利用第一原理计算探索 Li2SiO3 和 Li2GeO3 化合物的电子、弹性各向异性和热力学性质

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The European Physical Journal B Pub Date : 2025-03-02 DOI: 10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00886-6

Jian-Li Ma, Zhi-Gang Fan, Qun Wei

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Speech perception: a model of word recognition

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The European Physical Journal B Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00882-w

Jean-Marc Luck, Anita Mehta

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Single-particle spectrum of doped (textrm{C}_{20}textrm{H}_{12})-perylene

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The European Physical Journal B Pub Date : 2025-02-25 DOI: 10.1140/epjb/s10051-024-00859-1

Marcel Rodekamp, Evan Berkowitz, Christoph Gäntgen, Stefan Krieg, Thomas Luu, Johann Ostmeyer, Giovanni Pederiva

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Optical high harmonic generation in Dirac materials

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The European Physical Journal B Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00885-7

S. Rakhmanov, K. Matchonov, H. Yusupov, K. Nasriddinov, D. Matrasulov

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