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    Anomalous 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...

    Alexey Falin, Haifeng Lv, Eli Janzen, James H. Edgar, Rui Zhang in Nature Communications (2023)

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    Asymmetric 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...

    Lu Hua Li, Tian Tian, Qiran Cai, Chih-Jen Shih, Elton J. G. Santos in Nature Communications (2018)

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    Mechanical 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...

    Aleksey Falin, Qiran Cai, Elton J.G. Santos, Declan Scullion in Nature Communications (2017)

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    Gas 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...

    Tan **ng, Srikanth Mateti, Lu Hua Li, Fengxian Ma, Aijun Du in Scientific Reports (2016)

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    High-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...

    Deepika, Lu Hua Li, Alexey M. Glushenkov, Samik K. Hait in Scientific Reports (2014)

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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...

    Yao Zheng, Yan Jiao, Yihan Zhu, Lu Hua Li, Yu Han, Ying Chen in Nature Communications (2014)

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    Mechanical 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...

    Minoo Naebe, **g Wang, Abbas Amini, Hamid Khayyam, Nishar Hameed in Scientific Reports (2014)

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    Formation 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, ...

    Ming-**ng Ling, Yu-Long Liu, Ian S. Williams, Fang-Zhen Teng in Scientific Reports (2013)

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    Tandem 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 ...

    Jie Huang, Yong Yu, Lu Hua, ZhiGang Yao, Fan Xu, Qi Shen in Chinese Science Bulletin (2013)

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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...

    **a Wei, Zhou Jianwei, Cao Haixia, Zou Chang**, Wang Chengya in Chinese Science Bulletin (2001)