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Investigation of structural and electrical properties of ITO thin films and correlation to optical parameters extracted using novel method based on PSO algorithm (2023)
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Amrani, R., Garoudja, E., Lekoui, F., Filali, W., Neggaz, H., Djebeli, Y. A., …Henini, M. (2023). Investigation of structural and electrical properties of ITO thin films and correlation to optical parameters extracted using novel method based on PSO algorithm. Bulletin of Materials Science, 46(1), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-022-02845-8

Thermally annealed DC sputtered indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films were investigated for improvement in properties. The structural and optoelectronic characteristics of as-grown and air annealed films were studied and correlated to the film deposition... Read More about Investigation of structural and electrical properties of ITO thin films and correlation to optical parameters extracted using novel method based on PSO algorithm.

Graphene FETs with high and low mobilities have universal temperature-dependent properties (2023)
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Gosling, J., Morozov, S. V., Vdovin, E. E., Greenaway, M. T., Khanin, Y. N., Kudrynskyi, Z., …Makarovsky, O. (2023). Graphene FETs with high and low mobilities have universal temperature-dependent properties. Nanotechnology, 34(12), Article 125702. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aca981

We use phenomenological modelling and detailed experimental studies of charge carrier transport to investigate the dependence of the electrical resistivity,ρ, on gate voltage,Vg, for a series of monolayer graphene field effect transistors with mobili... Read More about Graphene FETs with high and low mobilities have universal temperature-dependent properties.

Sonomaglev: Combining acoustic and diamagnetic levitation (2023)
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Hunter-Brown, G., Sampara, N., Scase, M. M., & Hill, R. J. (2023). Sonomaglev: Combining acoustic and diamagnetic levitation. Applied Physics Letters, 122(1), Article 014103. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0134297

Acoustic levitation and diamagnetic levitation are experimental methods that enable the contact-free study of both liquid droplets and solid particles. Here, we combine both the techniques into a single system that takes advantage of the strengths of... Read More about Sonomaglev: Combining acoustic and diamagnetic levitation.

Facilitation-Induced Transparency and Single-Photon Switch with Dual-Channel Rydberg Interactions (2023)
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Ding, Y., Bai, Z., Huang, G., & Li, W. (2023). Facilitation-Induced Transparency and Single-Photon Switch with Dual-Channel Rydberg Interactions. Physical Review Applied, 19(1), Article 014017. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.19.014017

We investigate facilitation-induced transparency (FIT) enabled by strong and long-range Rydberg atom interactions between two spatially separated optical channels. In this setting, the resonant two-photon excitation of Rydberg states in a target chan... Read More about Facilitation-Induced Transparency and Single-Photon Switch with Dual-Channel Rydberg Interactions.

Peculiar Size Effects in Nanoscaled Systems (2022)
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Maaza, M., Henini, M., Ezema, F., Manikandan, E., Kennedy, J., Bouziane, K., …Akbari, M. (2022). Peculiar Size Effects in Nanoscaled Systems. Nano-Horizons: Journal of Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies, 1, https://doi.org/10.25159/nanohorizons.9d53e2220e3

In this minireview, we intend to shed light on relatively recent examples related to the size and shape effects on materials at the nanoscale and their usage to test a set of quantum mechanics governed phenomena.

Superradiance-induced multistability in one-dimensional driven Rydberg lattice gases (2022)
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He, Y., Bai, Z., Jiao, Y., Zhao, J., & Li, W. (2022). Superradiance-induced multistability in one-dimensional driven Rydberg lattice gases. Physical Review A, 106(6), Article 063319. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.106.063319

We study steady-state phases of a one-dimensional array of Rydberg atoms coupled by a microwave (MW) field where the higher-energy Rydberg state decays to the lower-energy one via single-body and collective (superradiant) decay. Using mean-field appr... Read More about Superradiance-induced multistability in one-dimensional driven Rydberg lattice gases.

Photosensitisation of inkjet printed graphene with stable all-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals (2022)
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Austin, J. S., Cottam, N. D., Zhang, C., Wang, F., Gosling, J. H., Nelson-Dummet, O., …Turyanska, L. (2023). Photosensitisation of inkjet printed graphene with stable all-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals. Nanoscale, 15(5), 2134–2142. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2nr06429d

All-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) with enhanced environmental stability are of particular interest for optoelectronic applications. Here we report on the formulation of CsPbX3 (X is Br or I) inks for inkjet deposition and utilise these NCs... Read More about Photosensitisation of inkjet printed graphene with stable all-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals.

The Sherwood-Relics simulations: overview and impact of patchy reionization and pressure smoothing on the intergalactic medium (2022)
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Puchwein, E., Bolton, J. S., Keating, L. C., Molaro, M., Gaikwad, P., Kulkarni, G., …Meiksin, A. (2023). The Sherwood-Relics simulations: overview and impact of patchy reionization and pressure smoothing on the intergalactic medium. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519(4), 6162-6183. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3761

We present the Sherwood-Relics simulations, a new suite of large cosmological hydrodynamical simulations aimed at modelling the intergalactic medium (IGM) during and after the cosmic reionization of hydrogen. The suite consists of over 200 simulation... Read More about The Sherwood-Relics simulations: overview and impact of patchy reionization and pressure smoothing on the intergalactic medium.

High quality epitaxial graphene on 4H-SiC by face-to-face growth in ultra-high vacuum (2022)
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Zebardastan, N., Bradford, J., Lipton-Duffin, J., MacLeod, J., Ostrikov, K. (., Tomellini, M., & Motta, N. (2023). High quality epitaxial graphene on 4H-SiC by face-to-face growth in ultra-high vacuum. Nanotechnology, 34(10), Article 105601. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aca8b2

Epitaxial graphene on SiC is the most promising substrate for the next generation 2D electronics, due to the possibility to fabricate 2D heterostructures directly on it, opening the door to the use of all technological processes developed for silicon... Read More about High quality epitaxial graphene on 4H-SiC by face-to-face growth in ultra-high vacuum.

Establishing a Core Domain Set for early-phase clinical trials of electrical stimulation interventions for tinnitus in adults: protocol for an online Delphi study (2022)
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Labree, B., Hoare, D. J., Fackrell, K., Hall, D. A., Gascoyne, L. E., & Sereda, M. (2022). Establishing a Core Domain Set for early-phase clinical trials of electrical stimulation interventions for tinnitus in adults: protocol for an online Delphi study. Trials, 23(1), Article 1039. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-07020-2

Background: Tinnitus is the awareness of a sound in the ear or head in the absence of an external source. It affects around 10–15% of people and current treatment options are limited. Experimental treatments include various forms of electrical stimul... Read More about Establishing a Core Domain Set for early-phase clinical trials of electrical stimulation interventions for tinnitus in adults: protocol for an online Delphi study.

Comparing magnetic resonance liver fat fraction measurements with histology in fibrosis: the difference between proton density fat fraction and tissue mass fat fraction (2022)
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Bawden, S. J., Hoad, C., Kaye, P., Stephenson, M., Dolman, G., James, M. W., …Aithal, G. P. (2023). Comparing magnetic resonance liver fat fraction measurements with histology in fibrosis: the difference between proton density fat fraction and tissue mass fat fraction. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, 36(4), 553-563. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10334-022-01052-0

Objective: Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) provides a powerful method of measuring fat fraction. However, previous studies have shown that MRS results give lower values compared with visual estimates from biopsies in fibrotic livers. This study... Read More about Comparing magnetic resonance liver fat fraction measurements with histology in fibrosis: the difference between proton density fat fraction and tissue mass fat fraction.

Probing quasar lifetimes with proximate 21-centimetre absorption in the diffuse intergalactic medium at redshifts z ≥ 6 (2022)
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Šoltinský, T., Bolton, J. S., Molaro, M., Hatch, N., Haehnelt, M. G., Keating, L. C., …Puchwein, E. (2023). Probing quasar lifetimes with proximate 21-centimetre absorption in the diffuse intergalactic medium at redshifts z ≥ 6. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519(2), 3027-3045. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3710

Enhanced ionizing radiation in close proximity to redshift z ≳ 6 quasars creates short windows of intergalactic Ly α transmission blueward of the quasar Ly α emission lines. The majority of these Ly α near-zones are consistent with quasars that have... Read More about Probing quasar lifetimes with proximate 21-centimetre absorption in the diffuse intergalactic medium at redshifts z ≥ 6.

Beyond the Beta Rebound: Post-Task Responses in Oscillatory Activity follow Cessation of Working Memory Processes (2022)
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Coleman, S. C., Seedat, Z. A., Whittaker, A. C., Lenartowicz, A., & Mullinger, K. J. (2023). Beyond the Beta Rebound: Post-Task Responses in Oscillatory Activity follow Cessation of Working Memory Processes. NeuroImage, 265, Article 119801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119801

Post-task responses (PTRs) are transitionary responses occurring for several seconds between the end of a stimulus/task and a period of rest. The most well-studied of these are beta band (13 – 30 Hz) PTRs in motor networks following movement, often c... Read More about Beyond the Beta Rebound: Post-Task Responses in Oscillatory Activity follow Cessation of Working Memory Processes.

Many-Body Radiative Decay in Strongly Interacting Rydberg Ensembles (2022)
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Nill, C., Brandner, K., Olmos, B., Carollo, F., & Lesanovsky, I. (2022). Many-Body Radiative Decay in Strongly Interacting Rydberg Ensembles. Physical Review Letters, 129(24), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.129.243202

When atoms are excited to high-lying Rydberg states they interact strongly with dipolar forces. The resulting state-dependent level shifts allow to study many-body systems displaying intriguing nonequilibrium phenomena, such as constrained spin syste... Read More about Many-Body Radiative Decay in Strongly Interacting Rydberg Ensembles.

Anxiety onset in adolescents: a machine-learning prediction (2022)
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Chavanne, A. V., Martinot, M.-L. P., Penttilä, J., Grimmer, Y., Conrod, P., Stringaris, A., …Consortium, I. (2022). Anxiety onset in adolescents: a machine-learning prediction. Molecular Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-022-01840-z

Recent longitudinal studies in youth have reported MRI correlates of prospective anxiety symptoms during adolescence, a vulnerable period for the onset of anxiety disorders. However, their predictive value has not been established. Individual predict... Read More about Anxiety onset in adolescents: a machine-learning prediction.

Anxiety onset in adolescents: a machine-learning prediction (2022)
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Chavanne, A. V., Paillère Martinot, M. L., Penttilä, J., Grimmer, Y., Conrod, P., Stringaris, A., …IMAGEN consortium. (2022). Anxiety onset in adolescents: a machine-learning prediction. Molecular Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-022-01840-z

Recent longitudinal studies in youth have reported MRI correlates of prospective anxiety symptoms during adolescence, a vulnerable period for the onset of anxiety disorders. However, their predictive value has not been established. Individual predict... Read More about Anxiety onset in adolescents: a machine-learning prediction.

Magnetic and Electric Field Dependent Charge Transfer in Perovskite/Graphene Field Effect Transistors (2022)
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Cottam, N. D., Austin, J. S., Zhang, C., Patanè, A., Escoffier, W., Goiran, M., …Makarovsky, O. (2023). Magnetic and Electric Field Dependent Charge Transfer in Perovskite/Graphene Field Effect Transistors. Advanced Electronic Materials, 9(2), Article 2200995. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202200995

Stable all-inorganic CsPbX3 perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) with high optical yield can be used in combination with graphene as photon sensors with high responsivity (up to 106 A W−1) in the VIS-UV range. The performance of these perovskite/graphene f... Read More about Magnetic and Electric Field Dependent Charge Transfer in Perovskite/Graphene Field Effect Transistors.

Nanostructured, Alkaline Titanate‐Converted, and Heat‐Treated Ti6Al4V Microspheres via Wet‐Chemical Alkaline Modification and their ORR Electrocatalytic Response (2022)
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Wadge, M. D., Bird, M. A., Sankowski, A., Constantin, H., Fay, M. W., Cooper, T. P., …Grant, D. M. (2023). Nanostructured, Alkaline Titanate‐Converted, and Heat‐Treated Ti6Al4V Microspheres via Wet‐Chemical Alkaline Modification and their ORR Electrocatalytic Response. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10(5), Article 2201523. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202201523

This study describes the chemical conversion and heat treatment of Ti6Al4V microspheres (Ti6_MS), and the resulting effects on their electrocatalytic properties. The wet-chemical conversion (5.0m NaOH, 60°C, 24h; Sample label: Ti6_TC) converts the to... Read More about Nanostructured, Alkaline Titanate‐Converted, and Heat‐Treated Ti6Al4V Microspheres via Wet‐Chemical Alkaline Modification and their ORR Electrocatalytic Response.

Unshielded portable optically pumped magnetometer for the remote detection of conductive objects using eddy current measurements (2022)
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Rushton, L. M., Pyragius, T., Meraki, A., Elson, L., & Jensen, K. (2022). Unshielded portable optically pumped magnetometer for the remote detection of conductive objects using eddy current measurements. Review of Scientific Instruments, 93(12), Article 125103. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0102402

Electrically conductive objects can be detected using the principle of electromagnetic induction, where a primary oscillating magnetic field induces eddy currents in the object, which in turn produce a secondary magnetic field that can be measured wi... Read More about Unshielded portable optically pumped magnetometer for the remote detection of conductive objects using eddy current measurements.