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Open AccessAnomalous isotope effect on mechanical properties of single atomic layer Boron Nitride
The ideal mechanical properties and behaviors of materials without the influence of defects are of great fundamental and engineering significance but considered inaccessible. Here, we use single-atom-thin isot...
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Open AccessAsymmetric electric field screening in van der Waals heterostructures
A long-standing challenge facing the combination of two-dimensional crystals into heterojunction is the unknown effect of mixing layer of different electronic properties (semiconductors, metals, insulators) on...
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Open AccessMechanical properties of atomically thin boron nitride and the role of interlayer interactions
Atomically thin boron nitride (BN) nanosheets are important two-dimensional nanomaterials with many unique properties distinct from those of graphene, but investigation into their mechanical properties remains...
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Open AccessGas Protection of Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials from High-Energy Impacts
Two-dimensional (2D) materials can be produced using ball milling with the help of liquid surfactants or solid exfoliation agents, as ball milling of bulk precursor materials usually produces nanosized particl...
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Open AccessHigh-Efficient Production of Boron Nitride Nanosheets via an Optimized Ball Milling Process for Lubrication in Oil
Although tailored wet ball milling can be an efficient method to produce a large quantity of two-dimensional nanomaterials, such as boron nitride (BN) nanosheets, milling parameters including milling speed, ba...
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Hydrogen evolution by a metal-free electrocatalyst
Electrocatalytic reduction of water to molecular hydrogen via the hydrogen evolution reaction may provide a sustainable energy supply for the future, but its commercial application is hampered by the use of pr...
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Open AccessMechanical Property and Structure of Covalent Functionalised Graphene/Epoxy Nanocomposites
Thermally reduced graphene nanoplatelets were covalently functionalised via Bingel reaction to improve their dispersion and interfacial bonding with an epoxy resin. Functionalised graphene were characterized b...
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Open AccessFormation of the world's largest REE deposit through protracted fluxing of carbonatite by subduction-derived fluids
Rare Earth Elements (REE) are essential to modern society but the origins of many large REE deposits remain unclear. The U-Th-Pb ages, chemical compositions and C, O and Mg isotopic compositions of Bayan Obo, ...
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Open AccessTandem addition-cyclization reaction catalyzed by ytterbium chloride: An efficient one-step synthesis of 2-amino-4H-3,1-benzothiazine
A clean, efficient method to synthesize 2-amino-4H-3,1-benzothiazines by ytterbium chloride-catalyzed tandem addition-cyclization reaction of o-aminocinnamate and isothiocyanates under solvent-free conditions is ...
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Relationship between structure and function ofJWA in the modulation of cell differentiation
To elucidate the structure characteristic, regulation of expression and the potential function ofJWA— a novel retinoic acid responsible and cytoskeleton associate gene, a ratJWA homologue gene and a 621-bpJWA pro...