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Rational design of anti-freezing electrolytes for extremely low-temperature aqueous batteries
Designing anti-freezing electrolytes through choosing suitable H2O–solute systems is crucial for low-temperature aqueous batteries (LTABs). However, the lack of an effective guideline for choosing H2O–solute syst...
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Open AccessRevealing the role of liquid preordering in crystallisation of supercooled liquids
The recent discovery of non-classical crystal nucleation pathways has revealed the role of fluctuations in the liquid structural order, not considered in classical nucleation theory. On the other hand, classic...
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Origin of the boson peak in amorphous solids
It is widely known that the low-temperature physical properties, such as the heat capacity and thermal conductivity, of a disordered amorphous solid are markedly different from those of its ordered crystalline...
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Open AccessRepeated evolution of durophagy during ichthyosaur radiation after mass extinction indicated by hidden dentition
Marine tetrapods quickly diversified and were established as marine top predators after the end-Permian Mass extinction (EPME). Ichthyosaurs were the forerunner of this rapid radiation but the main drivers of ...
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Open AccessSeparating sexual dimorphism from other morphological variation in a specimen complex of fossil marine reptiles (Reptilia, Ichthyosauriformes, Chaohusaurus)
The Early Triassic Chaohu Fauna from Anhui Province, China, contains the oldest record of Mesozoic marine reptiles, such as Cartorhynchus and Sclerocormus. Most specimens from the fauna belong to the ichthyosauri...
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Effects of thermal aging on Fe ion-irradiated Fe–0.6%Cu alloy investigated by positron annihilation
Thermal aging effects on surface of 2.5 MeV Fe ion-irradiated Fe–0.6%Cu alloy were investigated using positron annihilation techniques. The samples were irradiated at 573 K to a dose of 0.1 dpa. Their thermal ...
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Open AccessA large aberrant stem ichthyosauriform indicating early rise and demise of ichthyosauromorphs in the wake of the end-Permian extinction
Contrary to the fast radiation of most metazoans after the end-Permian mass extinction, it is believed that early marine reptiles evolved slowly during the same time interval. However, emerging discoveries of ...
