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Technical University of Berlin
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About: Technical University of Berlin is a education organization based out in Berlin, Germany. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Laser & Catalysis. The organization has 27292 authors who have published 59342 publications receiving 1414623 citations. The organization is also known as: Technische Universität Berlin & TU Berlin.
Topics: Laser, Catalysis, Quantum dot, Computer science, Context (language use)
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TL;DR: Using aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy, an element-specific anisotropic growth mechanism of platinum (Pt) bimetallic nano-octahedra is revealed where compositional anisotropy couples to geometric anisOTropy, which explains earlier reports on unusual compositional segregations and chemical degradation pathways of bicentenary catalysts and may aid rational synthesis of shaped alloy catalysts with desired compositional patterns and properties.
Abstract: Morphological shape in chemistry and biology owes its existence to anisotropic growth and is closely coupled to distinct functionality. Although much is known about the principal growth mechanisms of monometallic shaped nanocrystals, the anisotropic growth of shaped alloy nanocrystals is still poorly understood. Using aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy, we reveal an element-specific anisotropic growth mechanism of platinum (Pt) bimetallic nano-octahedra where compositional anisotropy couples to geometric anisotropy. A Pt-rich phase evolves into precursor nanohexapods, followed by a slower step-induced deposition of an M-rich (M = Ni, Co, etc.) phase at the concave hexapod surface forming the octahedral facets. Our finding explains earlier reports on unusual compositional segregations and chemical degradation pathways of bimetallic polyhedral catalysts and may aid rational synthesis of shaped alloy catalysts with desired compositional patterns and properties.
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TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that crystallization in vitro of freshly prepared amorphous ferric hydroxide to goethite or haematite is virtually complete after a few months or years, even at room temperature.
Abstract: SOILS and sediments often contain large quantities of hydrous ferric oxide which, according to X-ray analysis, cannot be accounted for by crystalline forms of iron oxide. This is surprising in view of the fact that crystallization in vitro of freshly prepared amorphous ferric hydroxide to goethite or haematite is virtually complete after a few months or years, even at room temperature1. Some recent experiments of a preliminary nature have led to a possible explanation of this discrepancy.
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TL;DR: It was showed that 'field-scale' piggery manure is a reservoir of broad-host range plasmids conferring multiple antibiotic resistance genes, and that IncP-1 and pHHV216-like plasids were detected in all manures, while IncN and IncW ones were less frequent.
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TL;DR: The ordered state of a neat material in which a local chiral structure is expressed as twisted layers is reported, a state made possible by spatial limitation of layering to a periodic array of nanoscale filaments.
Abstract: Assembling achiral molecules typically generates achiral domains. However, odd things can happen when the molecules are banana-or boomerang-shaped—their cores can twist out of plain to form left- or right-handed helices, which can then pack into chiral domains that will polarize light (see the Perspective by Amabilino ). Hough et al. (p. [452][1]) show that if you make the situation even more complex by frustrating the packing of adjacent layers, you can create a material that appears to be macroscopically isotropic with only very local positional and orientational ordering of the molecules but still shows an overall chirality. In a second paper, Hough et al. (p. [456][2]) also show that if you change the chemistry of the molecules to allow for better overall packing, you can create a situation where helical filaments form that also tend to pack in layered structures. However, the frustration between the two types of packing leads to macroscopically chiral and mesoporous structures.
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Markus Antonietti | 176 | 1068 | 127235 |
Jian Li | 133 | 2863 | 87131 |
Klaus-Robert Müller | 129 | 764 | 79391 |
Michael Wagner | 124 | 351 | 54251 |
Shi Xue Dou | 122 | 2028 | 74031 |
Xinchen Wang | 120 | 349 | 65072 |
Michael S. Feld | 119 | 552 | 51968 |
Jian Liu | 117 | 2090 | 73156 |
Ary A. Hoffmann | 113 | 907 | 55354 |
Stefan Grimme | 113 | 680 | 105087 |
David M. Karl | 112 | 461 | 48702 |
Lester Packer | 112 | 751 | 63116 |
Andreas Heinz | 108 | 1078 | 45002 |
Horst Weller | 105 | 451 | 44273 |
G. Hughes | 103 | 957 | 46632 |