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Recent measurements of microsphere interactions in diverse media suggest that the standard dielectric-continuum models of solution-phase interactions are fundamentally incomplete. Experiments indicate that the interactions of charged…
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Interfacial nucleation is the dominant process of dislocation generation during the plastic deformation of nano-crystalline materials. Solute additions intended to stabilize nano-crystalline metals against grain growth, may segregate to the…
Transport of liquid mixtures through porous membranes is central to processes such as desalination, chemical separations and energy harvesting, with ultrathin membranes made from novel 2D nanomaterials showing exceptional promise. Here we…
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