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Solid cylindrical nanowires are vulnerable to a Rayleigh-Plateau-type morphological instability. The instability results in a wire breakup, followed by formation of a chain array of spherical nanoparticles. In this paper, a base model of a…
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We show that finite-size violations of local electroneutrality in confined electrolytes are governed by the topology of the confining domain, yielding a universal hierarchy of deviations across spherical, cylindrical, and planar geometries.…
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In nanoparticulate phase-separating electrodes, phase separation inside the particles can be hindered during their charge/discharge cycles even when a thermodynamic driving force for phase separation exists. In such cases, particles may…