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Low-density amorphous ice contains crystalline ice grains
Ice on Earth typically adopts a neatly arranged hexagonal crystalline structure. A range of amorphous ices—solids without long-range order—also exist. The oldest known form is called low-density amorphous (LDA) ice. […]
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Room temperature water splitting at the basal plane of graphene grown on nickel
In this joint experimental and theoretical Density Functional Theory (DFT) study we demonstrate that coupling of graphene (GR) with a Ni metal substrate can reduce the chemical neutrality of GR […]
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On the fracture mechanics validity of small scale tests
There is growing interest in mechanical micro-scale experiments, which can be combined with in-situ microscopy to gain new insight into the interplay between crack growth and microstructural phenomena (e.g., dislocation […]