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Open AccessSteep-slope vertical-transport transistors built from sub-5 nm Thin van der Waals heterostructures
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor-based vertical-transport field-effect transistors (VTFETs) – in which the current flows perpendicularly to the substrate surface direction – are in the drive to surmount the ...
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Open AccessMicroscopic and nanoscale mechanical properties of tonkin cane bamboo measured by advanced AFM methods
Bamboo is a natural composite material with a high strength-to-weight ratio traditionally used in various consumer products as well as in building and modern advanced and sustainable manufacturing technology. ...
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Open AccessCrackling noise microscopy
Crackling noise is a scale-invariant phenomenon found in various driven nonlinear dynamical material systems as a response to external stimuli such as force or external fields. Jerky material movements in the ...
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Ferroelectric order in van der Waals layered materials
Structurally different from conventional oxide ferroelectrics with rigid lattices, van der Waals (vdW) ferroelectrics have stable layered structures with a combination of strong intralayer and weak interlayer ...
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Perovskite solar cells based on spiro-OMeTAD stabilized with an alkylthiol additive
Spiro-OMeTAD, one of the most widely used hole-transport materials (HTMs) in optoelectronic devices, typically requires chemical do** with a lithium compound (LiTFSI) to attain sufficient conductivity and ef...
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Open AccessExploration of sub-bandgap states in 2D halide perovskite single-crystal photodetector
Greater stability of low-dimensional halide perovskites as opposed to their three-dimensional counterparts, alongside their high extinction coefficient and thus excellent emission properties, have made them po...
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Open AccessInducing sterile pyramidal neuronal death in mice to model distinct aspects of gray matter encephalitis
Up to one person in a population of 10,000 is diagnosed once in lifetime with an encephalitis, in 50–70% of unknown origin. Recognized causes amount to 20–50% viral infections. Approximately one third of affec...
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Open AccessPreadult polytoxicomania—strong environmental underpinnings and first genetic hints
Considering the immense societal and personal costs and suffering associated with multiple drug use or “polytoxicomania”, better understanding of environmental and genetic causes is crucial. While previous stu...
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Trouble on my mind: the effect of catastrophic events on people’s worries
Major economic, environmental, or social shocks induce uncertainty, which in turn may impact economic development and may require institutional change. Based on the idea that catastrophic events (CEs) affect p...
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Open AccessSuperior polarization retention through engineered domain wall pinning
Ferroelectric materials possess a spontaneous polarization that is switchable by an electric field. Robust retention of switched polarization is critical for non-volatile nanoelectronic devices based on ferroe...
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Interfacial Responsive Functional Oxides for Nanoelectronics
Functional interfaces can be considered ‘materials within materials’ that are active at the nanoscale and are responsive to an applied external stimulus. At these interfaces, the material properties are not on...
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Open AccessViolent aggression predicted by multiple pre-adult environmental hits
Early exposure to negative environmental impact shapes individual behavior and potentially contributes to any mental disease. We reported previously that accumulated environmental risk markedly decreases age a...
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Open AccessUncoupling the widespread occurrence of anti-NMDAR1 autoantibodies from neuropsychiatric disease in a novel autoimmune model
Autoantibodies of the IgG class against N-methyl-D-aspartate-receptor subunit-NR1 (NMDAR1-AB) were considered pathognomonic for anti-NMDAR encephalitis. This view has been challenged by the age-dependent serop...
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Open AccessExpansion of the spin cycloid in multiferroic BiFeO3 thin films
Understanding and manipulating complex spin texture in multiferroics can offer new perspectives for electric field-controlled spin manipulation. In BiFeO3, a well-known room temperature multiferroic, the competit...
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Nanoelectronics based on topological structures
Topological structures have considerable potential in nanoelectronics and new device concepts. They are key to the design and understanding of novel functionalities in ferroic materials — that is, materials th...
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Open AccessLight- and bias-induced structural variations in metal halide perovskites
Organic–inorganic metal halide perovskites have gained considerable attention for next-generation photovoltaic cells due to rapid improvement in power conversion efficiencies. However, fundamental understandin...
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Convergence of placenta biology and genetic risk for schizophrenia
Defining the environmental context in which genes enhance disease susceptibility can provide insight into the pathogenesis of complex disorders. We report that the intra-uterine environment modulates the assoc...
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Electric-field-induced spin disorder-to-order transition near a multiferroic triple phase point
The emergence of a triple phase point in a two-dimensional parameter space (such as pressure and temperature) can offer unforeseen opportunities for the coupling of two seemingly independent order parameters. ...
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Open AccessDirect evidence for the spin cycloid in strained nanoscale bismuth ferrite thin films
Magnonic devices that utilize electric control of spin waves mediated by complex spin textures are an emerging direction in spintronics research. Room-temperature multiferroic materials, such as bismuth ferrit...
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Open AccessEnhanced conductivity at orthorhombic–rhombohedral phase boundaries in BiFeO3 thin films
Enhanced properties in modern functional materials can often be found at structural transition regions, such as morphotropic phase boundaries (MPB), owing to the coexistence of multiple phases with nearly equi...
