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Discrete groups of packed, non-positively curved, Gromov hyperbolic metric spaces

We prove a quantitative version of the classical Tits' alternative for discrete groups acting on packed Gromov-hyperbolic spaces supporting a convex geodesic bicombing. Some geometric consequences, as uniform estimates on systole, diastole, algebraic entro ...

Springer2024

MCMC: Bridging Rendering, Optimization and Generative AI

Wenzel Alban Jakob

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has made unprecedented advances in vision language models over the past two years. These advances are largely due to diffusion-based generative models, which are very stable and simple to train. These diffusion model ...

Association for Computing Machinery, Inc2024

A Unified Discretization Approach to Compute–Forward: From Discrete to Continuous Inputs

Michael Christoph Gastpar, Adriano Pastore, Sung Hoon Lim, Chen Feng

Compute–forward is a coding technique that enables receiver(s) in a network to directly decode one or more linear combinations of the transmitted codewords. Initial efforts focused on Gaussian channels and derived achievable rate regions via nested lattice ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)2023

Impact of Annealing on ZrO2 Nanotubes for Photocatalytic Application

Sami Rtimi

This work aims to study the structural, optical, and photocatalytic properties of ZrO2 nanotubes (NTs) that have been synthesized using the electrochemical anodization method. The structural and morphological characteristics of unannealed and annealed (400 ...

MDPI2023

In situ construction of graphdiyne based heterojunctions by a deprotection-free approach for photocatalytic hydrogen generation

Cong Wang, Jian Li

Graphdiyne (GDY) with a direct bandgap, high charge carrier mobility, and ordered pore structure, is considered an excellent matrix for the construction of heterojunction photocatalysts. However, the traditional fabrication methods for GDY-based heterojunc ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2023

A MOF-Based Spatial-Separation Layer to Enable a Uniform Favorable Microenvironment for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

Jian Li

Regulating the local microenvironment of active sites to increase their specific CO2 concentration and pH gradient, is a promising approach to optimize the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (eCO(2)RR). However, currently reported morphological strateg ...

2023

Simulation and experimental characterization of VC precipitation and recovery stress formation in an FeMnSi-based shape memory alloy

Christian Leinenbach

In this study, TC-PRISMA was employed to simulate the precipitation (number density and radius) of an FeMnSi-based shape memory alloy (FeMnSi-SMA), with a chemical composition of Fe-17Mn-5Si-10Cr-4Ni-1(V, C) (wt%), during one-step and two-step aging proces ...

2023

Corrosion behavior and tribological-microstructural characterization of Al/ZrO2-Gr hybrid composite fabricated via Friction Stir Processing

Seyyedezzatollah Moosavi

The present study investigates the microstructural evolution, tribological properties, and corrosion behavior of hybrid metal matrix composites reinforced by a combination of graphite (Gr) and zirconia (ZrO2) particles fabricated by Friction Stir Processin ...

2023

Single-Particle Tracking and Trajectory Analysis of Fluorescent Nanodiamonds in Cell-Free Environment and Live Cells

Mayeul Sylvain Chipaux

Diamond magnetometry can provide new insights on the production of free radicals inside live cells due to its high sensitivity and spatial resolution. However, the measurements often lack intracellular context for the recorded signal. In this paper, the po ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

Maximizing friction by liquid flow clogging in confinement

Ignacio Pagonabarraga Mora, Xiaoqi Zhang

In the nanoscale regime, flow behaviors for liquids show qualitative deviations from bulk expectations. In this work, we reveal by molecular dynamics simulations that plug flow down to nanoscale induces molecular friction that leads to a new flow structure ...

SPRINGER2022

Cryogenic electron tomography to determine thermodynamic quantities for nanoparticle dispersions

Francesco Stellacci, Quy Ong Khac, Paulo Henrique Jacob Silva, Davide Demurtas, Xufeng Xu, Francesca Olgiati, Anna Murello, Ting Mao

Here we present a method to extract thermodynamic quantities for nanoparticle dispersions in solvents. The method is based on the study of tomograms obtained from cryogenic electron tomography (cryoET). The approach is demonstrated for gold nanoparticles ( ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2022

Pivotal Role of Intersite Hubbard Interactions in Fe-Doped alpha-MnO2

Iurii Timrov

We present a first-principles investigation of the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of the pristine and Fe-doped alpha-MnO2 using density-functional theory with extended Hubbard functionals. The onsite U and intersite V Hubbard parameters ar ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Construction of Fe3O4 bridged Pt/g-C3N4 heterostructure with enhanced solar to fuel conversion

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin

In this study, we report the effects of co-catalysts of Pt nanoparticles and Fe3O4 clusters on photocatalytic behaviors of g-C3N4 (CN) and the use of the resulting photocatalyst for CO2 photoreduction to solar fuels in a flow reactor operated at room-tempe ...

ELSEVIER2022

Nanotwinning-assisted recrystallization

Roland Logé

Dynamic recrystallization helps to refine grain structures in metals and tune their properties. Confining recrystallization within prior nanoscale twinning provides a path for reaching exceptional grain refinement. ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2022

Molecular Electronic Study of Spiro-[cyclopenta[1,2-b:5,4-b ']dithiophene-4,9 '-fluorene] Derivatives: Route to Decent Hole-Transporting Materials

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Peng Gao, Michael Saliba, Peng Gao

Spiro-type molecules have been extensively explored as hole-transporting materials (HTMs) in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, a closer look at the rule of design of such molecules is missing, and a combined experimental and theoretical study is need ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Bronze-Phase TiO2 as Anode Materials in Lithium and Sodium-Ion Batteries

Xile Hu

Titanium dioxide of bronze phase (TiO2(B)) has attracted considerable attention as a promising alternative lithium/sodium-ion battery anode due to its excellent operation safety, good reversible capacity, and environmental friendliness. However, several in ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

Connector theory for reusing model results to determine materials properties

Marco Vanzini

The success of Density Functional Theory (DFT) is partly due to that of simple approximations, such as the Local Density Approximation (LDA), which uses results of a model, the homogeneous electron gas, to simulate exchange-correlation effects in real mate ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2022

Revisiting the Impact of Morphology and Oxidation State of Cu on CO2 Reduction Using Electrochemical Flow Cell

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Dan Ren, Jing Gao

Electroreduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) in a flow electrolyzer represents a promising carbon-neutral technology with efficient production of valuable chemicals. In this work, the catalytic performance of polycrystalline copper (Cu), Cu2O-derived copper (O ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Perovskite Solar Cells with Carbon-Based Electrodes - Quantification of Losses and Strategies to Overcome Them

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Bowen Yang, Jiajia Suo

Carbon-based electrodes represent a promising approach to improve stability and up-scalability of perovskite photovoltaics. The temperature at which these contacts are processed defines the absorber grain size of the perovskite solar cell: in cells with lo ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

Multiple mobile excitons manifested as sidebands in quasi-one-dimensional metallic TaSe3

Oleg Yazyev, Christopher Marc Mudry, Daniel Gosalbez Martinez

Charge neutrality and their expected itinerant nature makes excitons potential transmitters of information. However, exciton mobility remains inaccessible to traditional optical experiments that only create and detect excitons with negligible momentum. Her ...

2022