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23 items found for 2026 [total: 324]
Direct imaging reveals the atomic mechanism of active-site formation in nanoclusters for hydrogen production Advanced Materials, June 2026 DOI: 10.1002/adma.73454
Journal Paper E01-JEM ARM 200CF
Multi-modal three-dimensional observation of unknown morphology of Ni4Ti3 and NiTi2 precipitates in NiTi shape memory alloy Applied Physics Letters, 128 June 2026 DOI: 10.1063/5.0339559
Functionalized MOFs for subnanometric control of Pd speciation for selective hydrogenation of butadiene Acs Applied Nano Materials, June 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.6c00899
Structural properties, polymorphism, and multiscale disorder unravel energy transport limitations in perylene diimide semiconductors Science Advances, 12 May 2026 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aed0037
Interfacial porosity modulates fracture of brick-and-mortar multi-metal composites in additive manufacturing Composites Part B: Engineering, 353 May 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2026.113751
Operando study of the evolution of peritectic structures in metal solidification by quasi-simultaneous synchrotron X-ray diffraction and tomography Acta Materialia, 230 May 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2026.122308
Low-dose electron total scattering analysis resolves non-crystalline phase separation in polymer semiconductors and device multilayers Small Methods, 378 May 2026 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.70719
Atomic-resolution imaging of gold species at organic liquid-solid interfaces Science, 392 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1126/science.adw2469
Journal Paper E02-JEM ARM 300CF
Inorganic hybrid materials integrating carbon nanotubes with osmium compounds: formation mechanisms, structure and reactivity Dalton Transactions, 7 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D6DT00379F
Chemical vs. electrochemical solid electrolyte interphase formation in potassium-ion batteries Faraday Discussions, Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D6FD00043F
Structural and catalytic insights into Pd-UiO-67 frameworks for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 38 Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D5TA05950J
Multimodal electron microscopy of halide perovskite interfacial dynamics Nature, 633 Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10238-8
Operando XPS studies of precisely size-selected Pd nano-catalysts for methane oxidation Faraday Discussions, Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D5FD00171D
Journal Paper B07-C-Versatile Soft X-ray beamline: Ambient Pressure XPS and NEXAFS E01-JEM ARM 200CF open access
Affecting the properties of copper-graphene electroconductive composite by severe plastic deformation Advanced Engineering Materials, Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1002/adem.202503079
Defect-assisted refinement of nanoscale alpha in titanium alloys Communications Materials, 61 Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s43246-026-01096-y
Mapping nanoscale buckling in atomically thin Cr2Ge2Te6 Advanced Functional Materials, 10 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202526564
Rational design and improvement of Cu-based catalysts in CO oxidation Feb 2026
Thesis B07-C-Versatile Soft X-ray beamline: Ambient Pressure XPS and NEXAFS B18-Core EXAFS E01-JEM ARM 200CF I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES)
Enhanced stability and linearly polarized emission from CsPbI3 perovskite nanoplatelets through A-site cation engineering Light: Science & Applications, 15 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-025-02135-y
Synthesis of large-area 2D Prussian blue as ion-transport channels for non-volatile memristors Small, 1 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202512120
The important role of alloy-oxide interfaces in controlling methanol formation in CO2 hydrogenation Acs Catalysis, Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c06703
Quantum dot formation through controlled hybrid perovskite decomposition within metal organic framework glass Chemistry Of Materials, Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02293
Atomic imaging of 2D transition metal diiodides Acs Nano, Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c19196
Journal Paper E02-JEM ARM 300CF
Noise2Void for denoising atomic resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy images Npj Computational Materials, 102 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41524-025-01939-1
- Emerson C. Kohlrausch, Christopher Leist, Gazi N. Aliev, Mohsen Danaie, Matthew Young, Madasamy Thangamuthu, Yifan Chen, William J. Cull, Wolfgang Theis, Ute Kaiser, Andrei N. Khlobystov, Jesum Alves Fernandes, "Direct imaging reveals the atomic mechanism of active-site formation in nanoclusters for hydrogen production", Advanced Materials (2026), DOI: 10.1002/adma.73454
- Zifan Wang, Radim Kocich, Lenka Kunčická, Miaomiao Zou, "Multi-modal three-dimensional observation of unknown morphology of Ni4Ti3 and NiTi2 precipitates in NiTi shape memory alloy", Applied Physics Letters, 128 (2026), DOI: 10.1063/5.0339559
- Donato Decarolis, Sahra Ahmed, James King, Alin-Marin Elena, Linda Zhang, Jeff Armstrong, Ines Lezcano-Gonzalez, Mohsen Danaie, Michael Hirscher, Simone Meloni, Andrew M. Beale, Petra A. Szilagyi, "Functionalized MOFs for subnanometric control of Pd speciation for selective hydrogenation of butadiene", Acs Applied Nano Materials (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.6c00899
- Christopher J. H. Smalley, Colan E. Hughes, Tom Willhammar, Raj Pandya, Semion K. Saikin, Duncan N. Johnstone, Jeffrey Gorman, Jooyoung Sung, Gianni Jacucci, Paul A. Midgley, Demie M. Kepaptsoglou, Quentin M. Ramasse, Akshay Rao, Kenneth D. M. Harris, Sean M. Collins, "Structural properties, polymorphism, and multiscale disorder unravel energy transport limitations in perylene diimide semiconductors", Science Advances, 12 (2026), DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aed0037
- Zifan Wang, Radim Kocich, Miaomiao Zou, Darren Batey, Matthew Spink, Lenka Kunčická, "Interfacial porosity modulates fracture of brick-and-mortar multi-metal composites in additive manufacturing", Composites Part B: Engineering, 353 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2026.113751
- Kang Xiang, Yueyuan Wang, Shi Huang, Hongyuan Song, Alberto Leonardi, Peter Garland, Sharif Ahmed, Michał M. Kłosowski, Hongmei Yang, Mengnie Li, Jiawei Mi, "Operando study of the evolution of peritectic structures in metal solidification by quasi-simultaneous synchrotron X-ray diffraction and tomography", Acta Materialia, 230 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2026.122308
- Sang T. Pham, Adam F. Sapnik, Sean M. Collins, "Low-dose electron total scattering analysis resolves non-crystalline phase separation in polymer semiconductors and device multilayers", Small Methods, 378 (2026), DOI: 10.1002/smtd.70719
- Sam Sullivan-Allsop, Nick Clark, Wendong Wang, Rongsheng Cai, William Thornley, David G. Hopkinson, James G. Mchugh, Ben Davies, Samuel Pattisson, Nicholas F. Dummer, Rui Zhang, Matthew Lindley, Gareth Tainton, Jack Harrison, Hugo De Latour, Joseph Parker, Joshua Swindell, Eli G. Castanon, Amy Carl, David J. Lewis, Natalia Martsinovich, Christopher S. Allen, Mohsen Danaie, Andrew J. Logsdail, Vladimir Fal’ko, Graham J. Hutchings, Alex Summerfield, Roman Gorbachev, Sarah J. Haigh, "Atomic-resolution imaging of gold species at organic liquid-solid interfaces", Science, 392, 77 - 82 (2026), DOI: 10.1126/science.adw2469
- Luke T. Norman, William J. Cull, Craig T. Stoppiello, Christopher S. Allen, Johannes Biskupek, Maxwell A. Astle, Rhys W. Lodge, Ute Kaiser, Jesum Alves Fernandes, Graham A. Rance, Andrei N. Khlobystov, "Inorganic hybrid materials integrating carbon nanotubes with osmium compounds: formation mechanisms, structure and reactivity", Dalton Transactions, 7 (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D6DT00379F
- Ben Jagger, Yiming Xu, Christopher S. Allen, Mauro Pasta, "Chemical vs. electrochemical solid electrolyte interphase formation in potassium-ion batteries", Faraday Discussions (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D6FD00043F
- Elif Tezel, Beatrice Garetto, Davide Salusso, Dag K. Sannes, Izar Capel Berdiell, Sahra Ahmed, Prantik Sarkar, Stian Svelle, Michael Hirscher, Unni Olsbye, Elisa Borfecchia, Petra Ágota Szilágyi, "Structural and catalytic insights into Pd-UiO-67 frameworks for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol", Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 38 (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D5TA05950J
- Xinjuan Li, Qichun Gu, Wei Huang, Simon M. Fairclough, Richard H. Friend, Samuel D. Stranks, Tianjun Liu, Caterina Ducati, "Multimodal electron microscopy of halide perovskite interfacial dynamics", Nature, 633 (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10238-8
- Alexander I. Large, Henry Hoddinott, Haamidah Sana, Elizabeth Jones, James J. C. Counter, Matthijs Van Spronsen, Santosh Kumar, David C. Grinter, Pilar Ferrer, Bernd Von Issendorff, Richard Edward Palmer, Georg Held, "Operando XPS studies of precisely size-selected Pd nano-catalysts for methane oxidation", Faraday Discussions (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D5FD00171D
- Radim Kocich, Lenka Kunčická, Pavel Czernek, Zifan Wang, "Affecting the properties of copper-graphene electroconductive composite by severe plastic deformation", Advanced Engineering Materials (2026), DOI: 10.1002/adem.202503079
- Abigail K. Ackerman, Benjamin H. Savitzky, Colin Ophus, Mohsen Danaie, Phani Karamched, David Dye, "Defect-assisted refinement of nanoscale alpha in titanium alloys", Communications Materials, 61 (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s43246-026-01096-y
- Amy Carl, Nicholas Clark, David G. Hopkinson, Matthew Hamer, Matthew Watson, Laxman Nagireddy, James E. Nunn, Alexei Barinov, Yichao Zou, William Thornley, Casey Cheung, Wendong Wang, Sam Sullivan-Allsop, Xiao Li, Astrid Weston, Eli G. Castanon, Andrey V. Kretinin, Cephise Cacho, Neil R. Wilson, Sarah J. Haigh, Roman Gorbachev, "Mapping nanoscale buckling in atomically thin Cr2Ge2Te6", Advanced Functional Materials, 10 (2026), DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202526564
- [Thesis] Yifei Ren, "Rational design and improvement of Cu-based catalysts in CO oxidation" (2026)
- Woo Hyeon Jeong, Junzhi Ye, Jongbeom Kim, Rui Xu, Xinyu Shen, Chia-Yu Chang, Eilidh L. Quinn, Hyungju Ahn, Myoung Hoon Song, Peter D. Nellist, Henry J. Snaith, Yunwei Zhang, Bo Ram Lee, Robert L. Z. Hoye, "Enhanced stability and linearly polarized emission from CsPbI3 perovskite nanoplatelets through A-site cation engineering", Light: Science & Applications, 15 (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s41377-025-02135-y
- Ramón Torres-Cavanillas, Hewen Chen, Javier Castells-Gil, Dunia Hidalgo, Maria Arenós-Amat, Christopher S. Allen, Gianluca Fabi, Georg Gramse, Eugenio Coronado, Lapo Bogani, "Synthesis of large-area 2D Prussian blue as ion-transport channels for non-volatile memristors", Small, 1 (2026), DOI: 10.1002/smll.202512120
- Naomi Lawes, Igor Kowalec, Sofia Mediavilla-Madrigal, Kieran J. Aggett, Louise R. Smith, Malcolm Dearg, Thomas J. A. Slater, Eimear Mccarthy, Herzain I. Rivera-Arrieta, Matthias Scheffler, David J. Morgan, David J. Willock, Andrew M. Beale, Andrew J. Logsdail, Nicholas F. Dummer, Michael Bowker, C. Richard A. Catlow, Stuart H. Taylor, Graham J. Hutchings, "The important role of alloy-oxide interfaces in controlling methanol formation in CO2 hydrogenation", Acs Catalysis (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c06703
- Jaeho Lee, Wengang Huang, Xiangyi Zha, Xuemei Li, Zixi Xie, Peng Chen, Chenghan Sun, Muhammad Yazid Bin Zulkifli, Sang T. Pham, Bun Chan, Marija Švegovec, Atul Shukla, Junyong Zhu, Rijia Lin, Nicholas M. Bedford, Vicki Chen, Sean Collins, Andraž Krajnc, Anthony K. Cheetham, Lianzhou Wang, Jingwei Hou, "Quantum dot formation through controlled hybrid perovskite decomposition within metal organic framework glass", Chemistry Of Materials (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02293
- Wendong Wang, Gareth R. Tainton, Nicholas J. Clark, James G. Mchugh, Xue Li, Sam Sullivan-Allsop, David G. Hopkinson, Oldrich Cicvárek, Francisco Selles, Rui Zhang, Joshua D. Swindell, Alex Summerfield, David J. Lewis, Vladimir I. Fal'Ko, Zdenek Sofer, Sarah Haigh, Roman Gorbachev, "Atomic imaging of 2D transition metal diiodides", Acs Nano (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c19196
- William Thornley, Sam Sullivan-Allsop, Rongsheng Cai, Nick Clark, Roman Gorbachev, Sarah J. Haigh, "Noise2Void for denoising atomic resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy images", Npj Computational Materials, 102 (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s41524-025-01939-1
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