Boson peak and structural heterogeneity in ternary SiO 2 ‐Al 2 O 3 ‐B 2 O 3 glasses

To address how the chemical and structural heterogeneity of Pt50Ru50 nanoparticles affects methanol oxidation activity, we have employed an arsenal of transmission electron microscopy techniques (conventional bright field-imaging, selected area diffraction, atomic-resolution lattice imaging, electron-energy loss spectroscopy, and energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy) to characterize 2.5-nm particles in differing oxidation and hydration states. Our studies demonstrate that electrocatalysts containing a high fraction of Ru-rich hydrous oxide, as apposed to the anhydrous PtRu bimetallic alloy, have as much as 250x higher methanol oxidation activityThe nominally 2.5-nm Pt50Ru50 particles were studied in as-received, reduced and reoxidized forms. The reducing treatment consisted of 2 h at 100 °C in flowing 10% PL/argon mixture. For re-oxidation, the reduced particles were heated for 20 h at 100 °C in an H2O-saturated oxygen atmosphere. The particles were suspended in methanol, and pipetted onto holey-carboncoated Cu grids for TEM studies.

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Heterogeneity in hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents: SAXS prepeak and local environments

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ◽

10.1039/d0cp05407k ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 23 (6) ◽

pp. 3915-3924

Author(s):

Akshay Malik ◽

Hemant K. Kashyap

Keyword(s):

Structure Function ◽

Deep Eutectic Solvents ◽

Structural Heterogeneity ◽

X Ray ◽

Intermediate Range ◽

X Ray Scattering ◽

Local Environments ◽

Ray Scattering

The observation of the prepeak in the simulated total X-ray scattering structure function (S(q)) reveals the presence of intermediate-range structural heterogeneity in hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents.

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Correction: Histidine protonation controls structural heterogeneity in the cyanobacteriochrome AnPixJg2

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ◽

10.1039/d1cp90071d ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Aditya G. Rao ◽

Christian Wiebeler ◽

Saumik Sen ◽

David S. Cerutti ◽

Igor Schapiro

Keyword(s):

Structural Heterogeneity ◽

Chem Phys ◽

Phys Chem Chem Phys

Correction for ‘Histidine protonation controls structural heterogeneity in the cyanobacteriochrome AnPixJg2’ by Aditya G. Rao et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05314g.

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Heparan sulfate proteoglycans of human lung fibroblasts. Structural heterogeneity of the core proteins of the hydrophobic cell-associated forms.

Journal of Biological Chemistry ◽

10.1016/s0021-9258(19)75865-7 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 262 (2) ◽

pp. 854-859 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

V Lories ◽

H De Boeck ◽

G David ◽

J J Cassiman ◽

H Van den Berghe

Keyword(s):

Heparan Sulfate ◽

Human Lung ◽

Structural Heterogeneity ◽

Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans ◽

Lung Fibroblasts ◽

Human Lung Fibroblasts ◽

The Core ◽

Core Proteins

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Investigation of the Structural Heterogeneity and Corrosion Performance of the Annealed Fe-Based Metallic Glasses

Materials ◽

10.3390/ma14040929 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 929

Author(s):

Dandan Liang ◽

Jo-Chi Tseng ◽

Xiaodi Liu ◽

Yuanfei Cai ◽

Gang Xu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Corrosion Resistance ◽

Passive Film ◽

Metallic Glasses ◽

Function Analysis ◽

Supercooled Liquid ◽

Structural Heterogeneity ◽

Coordination Shell ◽

Supercooled Liquid Region ◽

Liquid Region ◽

Corrosion Performance

This study investigated the structural heterogeneity, mechanical property, electrochemical behavior, and passive film characteristics of Fe–Cr–Mo–W–C–B–Y metallic glasses (MGs), which were modified through annealing at different temperatures. Results showed that annealing MGs below the glass transition temperature enhanced corrosion resistance in HCl solution owing to a highly protective passive film formed, originating from the decreased free volume and the shrinkage of the first coordination shell, which was found by pair distribution function analysis. In contrast, the enlarged first coordination shell and nanoscale crystal-like clusters were identified for MGs annealed in the supercooled liquid region, which led to a destabilized passive film and thereby deteriorated corrosion resistance. This finding reveals the crucial role of structural heterogeneity in tuning the corrosion performance of MGs.

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Elasticity of colloidal gels: structural heterogeneity, floppy modes, and rigidity

Soft Matter ◽

10.1039/d0sm00053a ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

D. Zeb Rocklin ◽

Lilian C Hsiao ◽

Megan E Szakasits ◽

Michael J Solomon ◽

Xiaoming Mao

Keyword(s):

Coordination Number ◽

Volume Fraction ◽

Structural Parameters ◽

Structural Heterogeneity ◽

Colloidal Gels ◽

Shear Moduli ◽

Rheological Measurements

Rheological measurements of model colloidal gels reveal that large variations in the shear moduli as colloidal volume-fraction changes are not reflected by simple structural parameters such as the coordination number,...

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