Design principles for zero-strain Li-ion cathodes

X Zhao, Y Tian, Z Lun, Z Cai, T Chen, B Ouyang… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
The cycling of cathode materials for Li-ion batteries is often accompanied by a change in
volume, posing a challenge to the integrity of cathode particles and electrolyte/cathode …

Effect of interfacial microstructure on the mechanical properties of GNPs/Al composites

B Ju, W Yang, P Shao, M Hussain, Q Zhang, Z **u… - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
The interfacial bonding affects the performance of Graphene/Al matrix composites
significantly. However, the relationship between interfacial structure and mechanical …

Interactions between carbon-based nanoparticles and steroid hormone micropollutants in water

MN Nguyen, PG Weidler, R Schwaiger… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The occurrence of micropollutants (MPs) including steroid hormones is a global
environmental and health challenge. Carbon-based nanoparticles can be incorporated with …

Structural, electronic, and energetic investigations of acrolein adsorption on B36 borophene nanosheet: a dispersion-corrected DFT insight

H Allal, Y Belhocine, S Rahali, M Damous… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
The adsorption of acrolein (AC) onto the surface of B 36 borophene nanosheet was studied
using dispersion-corrected density functional theory (DFT). The structural and electronic …

Effects of dispersion corrections on the theoretical description of bulk metals

AA Adeleke, ER Johnson - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
The addition of a London dispersion correction to standard Kohn-Sham density-functional
theory is essential for an accurate description of noncovalent interactions. While several …

Removal of benzene by non-thermal plasma catalysis over manganese oxides through a facile synthesis method

H Guo, X Liu, H Hojo, X Yao, H Einaga… - … Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
Three manganese oxide catalysts (MnO x) were synthesized via a simple method, and then
they were introduced into the non-thermal plasma (NTP) system for benzene removal. The …

van der Waals Correction to the Physisorption of Graphene on Metal Surfaces

H Tang, J Tao, A Ruzsinszky… - The Journal of Physical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Adsorption is a scientifically and technologically important interfacial phenomenon, which
however presents challenges to conventional density functional theory (DFT) due to the long …

Oxidation effect on the shear strength of graphene on aluminum and titanium surfaces

S Bagchi, C Ke, HB Chew - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
We report the interfacial shear strength of graphene on pure and oxidized Ti and Al metal
surfaces using density functional theory calculations. Our results show significant changes to …

Sliding energy landscape governs interfacial failure of nanotube-reinforced ceramic nanocomposites

N Li, CM Dmuchowski, Y Jiang, C Yi, F Gou, J Deng… - Scripta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
We report the sliding adhesion of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) and graphene on silica
using single nanotube pullout force measurements and potential energy landscape …

Powder‐Metallurgical Fabrication and Electrical Contact Resistance Characterization of Copper–Nickel Composites Reinforced by Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

D García, S Suárez, K Aristizábal… - Advanced Engineering …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This article studies copper (Cu)‐based composites alloyed with nickel (Ni) and reinforced
with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) fabricated via powder metallurgy under pressureless …