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A method based on break-junction measurements to obtain information about the binding configuration of single-molecule junctions is reported. This approach also provides insight on how strain distributes along the molecule.
The study of the electronic, thermal and optical properties of dysprosium-doped cadmium oxide reveals high electron mobility, rendering the material suitable for plasmonic applications in the mid-infrared region.
Measurements in stretched epithelial cell sheets show that epithelial cracks are independent of tension and that epithelial fracture is caused by the hydraulic pressure that builds up in the extracellular matrix during stretching.
A generalized theory is provided for the quantitative description of wrinkling morphologies and of the transitions between surface patterns in curved elastic bilayer materials.
Design rules for the synthesis of donor–acceptor systems with efficient intramolecular singlet fission are now proposed. These guidelines have been applied to both small molecules and polymeric chains.
Room-temperature switchable polarization and the presence of charged domain walls with insulating and conducting configurations are now experimentally demonstrated in bulk (Ca,Sr)3Ti2O7.
Molecular beam epitaxy now enables the growth of nanowire heterostructures composed of a semiconducting core and a metallic epitaxial shell. This improved synthesis leads to the creation of a hard superconducting gap with no subgap states.
Nanosized faujasite crystals are promising catalysts and adsorbents. The template-free synthesis of such zeolites with a narrow particle size distribution and excellent thermal stability that lead to superior catalytic performances is now reported.