Recent reports have demonstrated the Z2 topological property of the superconductor PbTaSe2 (Tc∼3.8 K). PbTaSe2 simultaneously exhibits superconductivity and nontrivial Z2 topology without the need for doping or proxi...
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Recent reports have demonstrated the Z2 topological property of the superconductor PbTaSe2 (Tc∼3.8 K). PbTaSe2 simultaneously exhibits superconductivity and nontrivial Z2 topology without the need for doping or proximity effect. Scanning tunneling microscopy confirms that the topological surface states are gapped by superconductivity, indicating the likelihood of the chiral px+ipy pairing mechanism. Motivated by these exciting findings, we predict by means of the first-principles scheme that ABSe2 (A=Pb or Sn and B=Ta or Nb) is also a superconductor with nontrivial Z2 topology. Among these, SnNbSe2 shows the highest Tc∼7.0 K. Due to the fact that the required energy resolution to detect the Majorana bound states is of the order of Δ2/ɛF, the predicted higher Tc of ABSe2 may help mitigate some experimental challenges and provides a better platform for the exploration of the topological superconductivity.
The conversion of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) into solar fuels by imitation of a natural photosynthesis using only water vapor and sunlight for energy has attracted widespread attention recently. One of the key c...
The conversion of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) into solar fuels by imitation of a natural photosynthesis using only water vapor and sunlight for energy has attracted widespread attention recently. One of the key challenges is to design a photocatalyst that can bind and activate the CO2 molecule with smallest possible activation energy and produce selective solar fuel production. In this contribution, we report a combined experimental and computational studies on Ni nanocluster loaded black TiO2 (Ni@TiO2[Vo]) with built-in dual active sites for selective photocatalytic CO2 conversion. Our findings reveal that, the synergistic effect of deliberately induced unsaturated Ni nanocluster and oxygen vacancies provide (1) energetically stable CO2 binding sites with lowest activation energy (0.08eV), (2) highly reactive sites, (3) fast electron transfer pathway, (4) enhanced light harvesting by lowering the band gap. The Ni@TiO2[Vo] photocatalyst has demonstrated highly selective and enhanced photocatalytic activity of more than 18 times higher solar fuel production than the commercial TiO2 (P-25). An insight to the mechanism of interfacial charge transfer and product formation mechanism are explored. The proposed approach to adsorb and activate CO2 molecule on dual active sites can be applied to design other catalysts for photocatalytic CO2 reduction.
A liquid crystal device which shows the capacity to perform as an electrical switchable diffraction grating is demonstrated. Periodical modulation in field-induced refractive index was realized in the in-plane switchi...
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The development of energy‐conversion devices using water movement has actively progressed. Ionovoltaic devices, which are driven by ion dynamics, show ion specificity by which different ions with identical charges sh...
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The development of energy‐conversion devices using water movement has actively progressed. Ionovoltaic devices, which are driven by ion dynamics, show ion specificity by which different ions with identical charges show different output performance. However, the ion specificity remains poorly understood because the influence of the ion species on generated electric signals is not elucidated. The ion specificity in electric signals induced by flowing water droplet was investigated in terms of its relationship with the potential profile across the solid–liquid interface.
To prepare PEGylated recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rHuG-CSF) with enhanced pharmacokinetic properties we prepared a cysteine-substituted mutant of rHuG-CSF (mrHuG-CSF). For site-specific PEG...
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Human apolipoprotein kringle domain V (rHualkV) that has an anti-angiogenic activity was expressed and purified in large scale from Pichia pastoris. rHualkV was captured by SP-Streamline resin directly from 40 L cultu...
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This paper is a continuation of our work on the development of multiscale numerical scheme from low-speed isothermal flow to compressible flows at high Mach numbers. In our earlier work [Z. L. Guo et al., Phys. Rev. ...
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This paper is a continuation of our work on the development of multiscale numerical scheme from low-speed isothermal flow to compressible flows at high Mach numbers. In our earlier work [Z. L. Guo et al., Phys. Rev. E 88, 033305 (2013)], a discrete unified gas kinetic scheme (DUGKS) was developed for low-speed flows in which the Mach number is small so that the flow is nearly incompressible. In the current work, we extend the scheme to compressible flows with the inclusion of thermal effect and shock discontinuity based on the gas kinetic Shakhov model. This method is an explicit finite-volume scheme with the coupling of particle transport and collision in the flux evaluation at a cell interface. As a result, the time step of the method is not limited by the particle collision time. With the variation of the ratio between the time step and particle collision time, the scheme is an asymptotic preserving (AP) method, where both the Chapman-Enskog expansion for the Navier-Stokes solution in the continuum regime and the free transport mechanism in the rarefied limit can be precisely recovered with a second-order accuracy in both space and time. The DUGKS is an idealized multiscale method for all Knudsen number flow simulations. A number of numerical tests, including the shock structure problem, the Sod tube problem in a whole range of degree of rarefaction, and the two-dimensional Riemann problem in both continuum and rarefied regimes, are performed to validate the scheme. Comparisons with the results of direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) and other benchmark data demonstrate that the DUGKS is a reliable and efficient method for multiscale flow problems.
This paper presents with the effect orientation on the mechanical properties of coconut fiber reinforced epoxy resin composite. The composite materials were prepared by using the hand lay-up technique with three total...
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This paper presents with the effect orientation on the mechanical properties of coconut fiber reinforced epoxy resin composite. The composite materials were prepared by using the hand lay-up technique with three totally different oriented patterns as follows: random, continuous unidirectional and weaving patterns. Evaluate and compare the mechanical properties such as tensile strength and impact strength. Fracture surface and the adhesion between fiber and matrix were studied by scanning electron microscope (SEM). Results from the study showed that the mechanical properties of weaving patterns are significantly higher than in continuous unidirectional and randomly oriented fiber composite. The best mechanical properties of the composite were succeed by fiber orientation that is weaving patterns, which showed increase in tensile strength by 123.75%, elasticity of modulus by 501.11% and Impact strength by 10.46% compared to the pure epoxy resin. Surface morphology observation using SEM showed fiber pull out and matrix-fiber adhesion.
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