Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is evolving beyond binary compounds to complex oxides and doped structures, taking advantage of the nanometer precision ALD provides. In practice, the development of complex ALD-processes ...

This Perspective presents an overview on recent experimental and computational studies on the off-cycle reactions of palladium- and nickel-catalyzed cross-couplings. Several reactions entering or leaving the catalytic cycle ...

Variation of electron-induced x-ray emission with the crystal direction of an incoming electron beam (channeling) is used to study the crystal site preference of different elements in a promising thermoelectric half-Heusler ...

The current study extends the insight into solid-state diffusion in alloys of the Platinum Group Metals (PGMs). Thereby, we pave the way for tailor making surface compositions of binary platinum (Pt) – rhodium (Rh) model ...

The composition of intestinal microbiota commonly varies among animal hosts and may affect host health. However, we have limited knowledge about the different relative roles of assembly processes, such as drift, dispersal ...

Abstract Friction is the force resisting relative motion of objects. The force depends on material properties, loading conditions and external factors such as temperature and humidity, but also contact aging has ...

Recent increases in industrial activity have resulted in elevated chromium (Cr) pollution in the natural environment, from the degradation of concrete and the leakage of water from landfills or mine waste. The release of ...

Abstract The first interstellar object to be observed in our solar system, 1I/2017 U1 ’Oumuamua, combines the lack of observable cometary activity with an extra-gravitational acceleration. This has given rise to ...