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![Brillouin Light Scattering has revealed the presence of an interfacial layer that controls mechanical reinforcement. By fitting BLS data (red) with a continuum model (blue) the shear modulus of the interface was determined. Inset: The BE SPM work has enab Brillouin Light Scattering has revealed the presence of an interfacial layer that controls mechanical reinforcement. By fitting BLS data (red) with a continuum model (blue) the shear modulus of the interface was determined. Inset: The BE SPM work has enab](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Glassy%20Polymer%20Nanocomposites%20image%20for%20HL_0.png?itok=ZeKLVGfW)
Scientists have unraveled details of the mechanism of mechanical reinforcement in glassy polymer nanocomposites.1 Measurements in the interfacial layer ~2–4 nm around nanoparticles revealed that Young’s modulus, which defines the relationship between
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Concentrated transition metal alloys with the formula NiCoCrx, with x≈1, and a simple cubic crystal structure, display transport, magnetic and thermodynamic signatures exhibited by more structurally complex compounds near a quantum critical point (QCP).
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Researchers have demonstrated a process to prepare morphologically tailored carbon materials with good electrochemical capacity and stability for sodium-ion battery anodes.
![Charge density slices in the ab-plane of beryl overlain on the beryl structure. A macroscopic green beryl crystal (emerald) is also shown. Charge density slices in the ab-plane of beryl overlain on the beryl structure. A macroscopic green beryl crystal (emerald) is also shown.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Quantum%20Tunneling%20image.png?itok=S_D0fX8g)
Scientific Achievement
Found that, when confined in the ~ 5 Å wide channels in a beryl crystal, the water molecule undergoes quantum tunneling between six symmetrically equivalent positions around the c-axis in the structure.
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