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Open AccessTwisted-layer boron nitride ceramic with high deformability and strength
Moiré superlattices formed by twisted stacking in van der Waals materials have emerged as a new platform for exploring the physics of strongly correlated materials and other emergent phenomena1–5. However, there ...
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Structural transition and migration of incoherent twin boundary in diamond
Grain boundaries (GBs), with their diversity in both structure and structural transitions, play an essential role in tailoring the properties of polycrystalline materials1–5. As a unique GB subset, {112} incohere...
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Open AccessUltrastrong conductive in situ composite composed of nanodiamond incoherently embedded in disordered multilayer graphene
Traditional ceramics or metals cannot simultaneously achieve ultrahigh strength and high electrical conductivity. The elemental carbon can form a variety of allotropes with entirely different physical properti...
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Flexible all-perovskite tandem solar cells approaching 25% efficiency with molecule-bridged hole-selective contact
Lightweight flexible perovskite solar cells are promising for building integrated photovoltaics, wearable electronics, portable energy systems and aerospace applications. However, their highest certified effic...
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Hard nanocrystalline gold materials prepared via high-pressure phase transformation
As one of the important materials, nanocrystalline Au (n-Au) has gained numerous interests in recent decades owing to its unique properties and promising applications. However, most of the current n-Au thin fi...
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Open AccessCoherent interfaces govern direct transformation from graphite to diamond
Understanding the direct transformation from graphite to diamond has been a long-standing challenge with great scientific and practical importance. Previously proposed transformation mechanisms1–3, based on tradi...