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Vanadium doped diamond-like carbon films prepared by unbalanced magnetron sputtering have been investigated by X-ray and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy measurements for the purpose of revealing electronic structures including values…
We present a time-dependent photoionization code that combines self-consistently metal evolution and dust destruction under an intense X-ray UV radiation field. Firstly, we extend the mathematical formulation of the time-dependent evolution…
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The ultrafast laser-induced solid-liquid phase transition in metals is still not clearly understood and its accurate quantitative description remains a challenge. Here we systematically investigated, both experimentally and theoretically,…