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We study the H2 molecular content in high redshift damped Lyman-alpha systems (DLAs) as a function of the HI column density. We find a significant increase of the H2 molecular content around log N(HI) (cm^-2)~21.5-22, a regime unprobed…
Kinetics parameters for three anion exchange reactions - Zn-LDH-NO3 - Zn-LDH-Cl, Zn-LDH-NO3 - Zn-LDH-SO4 and Zn-LDH-NO3 - Zn-LDH-VOx - were obtained by in situ synchrotron study. The first and the second ones are two-stage reactions; the…
The mixing of organic cations represents yet another direction to explore in the field of chiral organic-inorganic hybrid metal halides (OIHMH). Here, we perform structural optimizations, electronic structures, and non-linear optical (NLO)…
We report a coherent layer-by-layer high-order harmonic generation (HHG) build-up in artificially stacked transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) crystals in their various stacking configurations. In the experiments, millimeter-sized single…
The phase stabilities and ordering tendencies in the quaternary full-Heusler alloys NiCoMnAl and NiCoMnGa have been investigated by in-situ neutron diffraction, calorimetry and magnetization measurements. NiCoMnGa was found to adopt the…
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