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Tribotronic control and cyclic voltammetry of platinum interfaces with metal oxide nanofluids
Applied Surface Science. 2021. Vol. 566. Article 150675.
Seed C. M., Acharya B., Perelygin V., Smirnov A. I., Krim J.
Nanotribological and electrochemical behavior of platinum-nanofluid interfaces are reported for aqueous suspensions of positively charged Al2O3 and negatively charged TiO2 nanoparticles, employing Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) and cyclic voltammetry (CV) techniques. Tribotronic methods were employed to adjust the nanoparticles' positions relative to Pt surface electrodes, and both voltammetry and tribological performance measures were observed to be highly sensitive to the adjustments. Interfacial friction levels were observed to be higher for both types of nanoparticles when electrostatically driven towards the surface. For electric fields of sufficient amplitude and duration, the TiO2 nanosuspension exhibited properties consistent with reversible electrophoretic deposition of the nanoparticles, accompanied by changes in the electrochemical attributes of the electrode itself. Overall, the study suggests a method for active tribological control and optimization of device performance in applications where suspensions of charged nanoparticles are present and can be exposed to external fields.
Mazur D., Brandyshev P., Doronin S. V. et al., Electrochimica Acta 2026 Vol. 577 Article 149729
The electric double layer (EDL) at a single-crystal metal surface is controlled not only by the electrolyte composition and the electrode potential, but also by the atomic structure of the surface itself. This makes the Ag(hkl)/NaF interface a stringent test for continuum theories of the EDL. In the third part of our series, we examine ...
Added: August 20, 2026
Gimaev R., Karpenkov A., Shelkovyi F. et al., Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2026 No. 1080 Article 190307
The magnetothermal properties of the quaternary Fe49Rh46.1Pd3.1Ir1.8 alloy are investigated by a combination of first-principles calculations, structural characterization, magnetometry, calorimetry, and direct measurements of the adiabatic temperature change. An exceptional magnetocaloric response is obtained, with ΔTad reaching −11.9 K in a field of 1.85 T under the discontinuous protocol and −8.6 K under the continuous ...
Added: August 18, 2026
Beck M. E., Seidov S., Mukhin S., Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical physics 2026
Quantum dissipation is studied in the superradiant phase of the extended Dicke model. It is demonstrated analytically by quantum mechanical derivation of the Lindblad equation for the Dicke model in the superradiant state coupled to Caldeira-Leggett thermal bath that the effective viscosity appearing in the semiclassical equations of motion of polaritonic condensate survives in the zero-temperature limit ...
Added: August 13, 2026
Seidov S., Pugach N., Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2026
In this manuscript we consider a superconducting film in the vicinity of the critical temperature and presence of the proximity effect. We analytically solve the corresponding linearized Usadel equation and the self-consistency equation, defining the critical temperature. This is a system of coupled differential and integral equations for the anomalous Green's function and the order parameter of ...
Added: August 13, 2026
Ievlev E., Marshakov A., Sumbatian G. et al., Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 2026 Vol. 114 Article 046006
We continue the study of non-Abelian vortex string in 4D N =2 supersymmetric QCD (SQCD) as
critical superstring, and extend this analysis to UðNÞ gauge theory with arbitrary even N and Nf = 2N
number of quarks. We introduce a special mass deformation and show that the SQCD hadron spectrum is
still given by the string spectrum on the ...
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Ratnikov F., Bocharnikov V., Journal of High Energy Physics 2026 Vol. 2026 P. 1–21
The BM@N experiment (Baryonic Matter at the Nuclotron) is the first fixed-target experiment at the JINR NICA accelerator complex. In this work, data on the interactions of a carbon-ion beam with kinetic energies of 4.0A GeV and 4.5A GeV with C, Al, Cu, and Pb targets are used to measure transverse momentum spectra and rapidity ...
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Budkov Y., Kalikin N., Journal of Chemical Physics 2026 Vol. 165 Article 064506
A self-consistent statistical-mechanical theory of the Hall effect in electrolyte solutions is developed by extending the self-consistent Debye–Hückel–Onsager (SCDHO) framework to crossed electric and magnetic fields. The theory incorporates non-local ionic charge distributions via Slater-type form factors, regularizing the Coulomb interaction at short range, and accounts for dielectric friction through ion-specific coefficients, employing experimental values ...
Added: August 12, 2026
Ali S., Bocharnikov V., Ratnikov F. et al., Sensors 2026 Vol. 26 No. 16 Article 5024
Large distributed sensor arrays require repeated recalibration as radiation damage, material aging, gain variation, and readout drift alter channel responses. We studied a high-granularity calorimeter as a large sensor array and addressed unsupervised recalibration from two unpaired datasets: a nominal reference response and an aged response with attenuated cell-wise signals. Aging was modeled by a ...
Added: August 11, 2026
Ponomarev A., Aleksandrov N., Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2026 Vol. 59 Article 315205
Electron attachment and detachment in H2O:O2 and H2O:air mixtures are theoretically studied at moderate (40–100 Td) reduced electric fields. It is shown that there are two synergistic mechanisms of ultra-rapid electron detachment from negative ions in these mixtures, whereas these detachment channels are absent in pure gases. Effective attachment coefficient calculated with consideration for fast ion–molecule ...
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Khrapai V., Tikhonov E., Nature Physics 2026 P. 1–2
Feng et al.1 presented transport measurements of three-terminal normal–superconductor–normal devices based on topological insulator nanowires. They measured the full differential conductance matrix, defined as Gij = ∂Ii /∂Vj , beyond the linear response regime as a function of various control parameters. Here i, j∈ [1, 2] denote normal terminals biased by the voltages V1 and ...
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G. G. Bondarenko, Kristya V. I., Savichkin D. O. et al., Journal of Surface Investigation: X-Ray, Synchrotron and Neutron Techniques 2026 Vol. 20 No. 2 P. 417–423
A model of a glow gas discharge in a mixture of argon and mercury vapor is formulated in the presence
of a thin insulating film on the cathode surface. Dependences of the discharge characteristics on the
mixture temperature are calculated in the range of its variation, in which a noticeable contribution to ionization
of the working gas is ...
Added: August 1, 2026
Касимов Р. Х., Аржанов А. И., Седых К. О. et al., Оптический журнал 2026 Т. 93 № 1 С. 80–86
Предмет исследования. Использование метода капельного нанесения для изготовления источника одиночных фотонов. Цель работы. Разработка технологического процесса изготовления источника одиночных фотонов на коллоидных квантовых точках для использования их в фотон- ных интегральных схемах. Метод. На первом этапе в программе ANSYS Lumerical рассчитыва- ются период и фактор заполнения фокусирующих элементов связи на длинах волн 545 и 600 ...
Added: July 31, 2026
Nevzorov A., Golikov A., Gneushev D. et al., JETP Letters 2026 Vol. 147–151 No. 3 P. 147–151
This paper demonstrates a special stochastic operation mode of a photonic element with a thin GeTe film deposited at a silicon nitride waveguide. As opposed to traditional deterministic switching between stable states, it has been shown that identical pump laser pulses cause a stochastic change in the transmission coefficient. The discovered effect opens up new ...
Added: July 31, 2026
Dual-mode infrared detection via photovoltaic and barrier pyroelectric effects in PbTe p–n junctions
Jarashneli A., Кобцев Д. М., Upcher A. et al., Journal of Applied Physics 2026 Vol. 140 No. 2 Article 024501
In the work, two effects appeared in PbTe p–n junctions under mid-wavelength infrared (2 − 5 μm) and long-wavelength infrared irradiation (≈10.6 μm). The first effect was created by the optical absorption of lR-photons in PbTe and caused by its photovoltage effect. The second novel effect is related to the heating process and the formation ...
Added: July 31, 2026
Nikolaev G. A., Orlov O. V., Andreeva S. et al., Physical Review Applied 2026 Vol. 26 Article 014099
We report the electrical detection of the spin resonance with temporal resolution in a two-dimensional electron system. Spin resonance was excited by pulses of subterahertz radiation characterized by relatively short rise and fall times on the order of 10 ns and was observed as a resonant peak in the high-frequency conductivity of the two-dimensional channel. The ...
Added: July 31, 2026
S. A. Andreeva, Orlov O. V., A. V. Shchepetilnikov et al., Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2026 Vol. 114 No. 6 Article 065420
We investigate the temperature dependence of the pseudospin phase transition at filling factor 𝜈=2 in the quantum Hall regime. Experiments were performed on a high-quality, wide AlAs quantum well, where the pseudospin degree of freedom arises naturally from the near degeneracy and equivalence of the two conduction-band valleys. The anisotropic 𝑔-factor inherent to AlAs enabled independent measurement of ...
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Voropaeva D., S. Novikova, I. Stenina et al., Solid State Ionics 2026 Vol. 445 Article 117288
Composite gel polymer electrolytes based on a perfluorinated sulfonic acid cation-exchange MF-4SC membrane
containing surface-sulfonated nanoparticles of aluminum oxide, cerium (IV) oxide, and titanium oxide (sAl2O3,
sCeO2, and sTiO2, respectively) were prepared by casting from a dispersion in N,N-dimethylformamide and
plasticized with a 1,3-dioxolane/1,2-dimethoxyethane mixture. The influence of the filler nature on ionic conductivity,
solvent uptake, activation energy, lithium ...
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Гущина В. А., Mendeleev Communications 2025 Vol. 35 No. 2 P. 193–195
All-inorganic perovskite CsPbBr3 and Cs4PbBr6 nanoparticles are intensively studied for their unique optical properties, though synthesizing single-phase nanoparticles has posed challenges. Detailed synthesis method of CsPbBr3 and Cs4PbBr6 single-phase nanoparticles and their chemical and phase analysis are described. Distinctive optical characteristics, such as photoluminescence, optical band gap and the Urbach tail region, are revealed and explained within the current ...
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Dolgov L., Orlovskaya E., Shaidulin Artem et al., Physica B: Condensed Matter 2024 Vol. 695 Article 416562
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Lashkari A. H., Ostovari Moghaddam A., Shokuhfar A., Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing 2023 Vol. 129 Article 373
Nickel-doped off-stoichiometric bornite Cu5–xNixFeS3.71 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 nanoparticles were synthesized by high-energy mechanical alloying (MA) and subsequent annealing at 653 K for 1 h. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of the annealed powders revealed low-orthorhombic bornite as the main phase with a minor amount (< 2%) of digenite as the second phase. XRD analysis, scanning electron microscopy ...
Added: February 18, 2025
Yang L., He R., Chai J. et al., Advanced Materials 2025 Vol. 37 No. 1 Article 2412337
Nanoparticles (NPs) of high entropy materials (HEMs) have attracted significant attention due to their versatility and wide range of applications. HEM NPs can be synthesized by fragmenting bulk HEMs or disintegrating and recrystallizing them. Alternatively, directly producing HEMs in NP form from atomic/ionic/molecular precursors presents a significant challenge. A widely adopted strategy involves thermodynamically driving ...
Added: January 12, 2025
Minkin A., Lebedeva I., Popov A. et al., Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2023 Vol. 108 No. 8 Article 085411
The potential energy surface (PES) of the interlayer interaction of infinite twisted bilayer graphene is calculated for a set of commensurate moiré patterns using the registry-dependent Kolmogorov-Crespi empirical potential. The calculated PESs have the same shape for all considered moiré patterns, and the unit cell size of the PESs is inversely related to the unit ...
Added: August 22, 2023
Perelygin V., Voinov M., Marek A. et al., Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2019 Vol. 123 No. 49 P. 29972–29985
Interfacial electrostatic properties of monodisperse silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) in aqueous suspensions as a function of bulk pH were characterized by spin labeling EPR of two ionizable nitroxides: (1) IMTSL (S-(1-oxyl-2,2,3,5,5-pentamethylimidazolidin-4-yl)methylmethanesulfo-nothioate) and IKMTSL (S-4-(4-(dimethylamino)-2-ethyl-5,5-dimethyl-1-oxyl-2,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl). SiNPs of ca. 116 nm in diameter (by particle number) were synthesized using the Stöber method, and their surface was modified by ...
Added: June 10, 2022