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2025

© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Acta Materialia Inc.

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Towards coupling agent-free composites made from regenerated cellulose/HDPE by UV radiation-induced cross-linking

© 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Hexagons on rectangles: Epitaxial graphene on Ru(1010)
2024

© 2024 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
Plagioclase feldspars (Ca₁₋ₓNaₓ)(Al₂₋ₓSi₂₊ₓ)O₈: synthesis and characterizations of mechanical weathering relevant to Martian regolith

© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Characterization of structure and mixing in nanoparticle hetero-aggregates using convolutional neural networks: 3D-reconstruction versus 2D-projection

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Synthesis, structural and spectroscopic characterization of defect-rich forsterite as a representative phase of Martian regolith

© 2024 The Author(s). Advanced Functional Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
Photo Electrocatalytic Water Splitting Using Sn Doped In₂S₃ Homologous Series Synthesized in Oxygen Deficient Flame

© 2024, Author(s). This article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license
Composition and strain of the pseudomorphic α-phase intermediate layer at the Ga₂O₃/Al₂O₃ interface

© 2024 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
Mechanochemical synthesis of (Mg₁₋ₓFeₓ)₂SiO₄ olivine phases relevant to Martian regolith: structural and spectroscopic characterizations

© 2024 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
Synthesis, characterization and structure-property relations in mullite-type Pb₂(Pb₁₋ₓSnₓ)O₄ solid solution

© 2024 The Authors. ChemCatChem published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
Broadening the Realm of Nanoporous Gold Catalysts: Preparation and Properties When Emanating from AuCu as Parent Alloy

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Synergizing ICP-MS, STEM-EDXS, and SMPS single particle analytics exemplified by superlattice L1ₒ Pt/Fe aerosol nanoparticles produced by spark ablation

© 2024 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Synthesis of a stable crystalline nitrene

© 2024 The Authors. ChemPhysChem published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
In situ Low-Energy Electron Microscopy of Chemical Waves on a Composite V-oxide/Rh(110) Surface

© 2024 Elsevier B.V.
Influence of surface orientation on the variability of olivine dissolution rates

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Tuning the morphology and chemical distribution of Ag atoms in Au rich nanoparticles using electrochemical dealloying

© 2024 IOP Publishing Ltd
Atomic vs. sub-atomic layer deposition: impact of growth rate on the optical and structural properties of MoS₂ and WS₂

© 2024 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd
Using convolutional neural networks for stereological characterization of 3D hetero-aggregates based on synthetic STEM data

© 2024 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
Synthesis and characterization of (Pb₁₋ₓ Srₓ )MnBO₄: a structural and spectroscopic study

© 2024 The Authors. Journal of Microscopy published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Microscopical Society.
GaN atomic electric fields from a segmented STEM detector: Experiment and simulation

© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Atom counting based on Voronoi averaged STEM intensities using a crosstalk correction scheme

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Growth, catalysis, and faceting of α-Ga₂O₃ and α-(InₓGa₁₋ₓ)₂O₃ on m-plane α-Al₂O₃ by molecular beam epitaxy

© 2024 The Authors. Nano Select published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
Characterization of mixing in nanoparticle hetero-aggregates by convolutional neural networks
2023

© 2023, IEEE
Sputter-Deposited β-Ga₂O₃ Films With Al Top Electrodes for Resistive Random Access Memory Technology

© 2023 Author(s). Published under an exclusive license by AIP Publishing.
Growth and characterization of sputter-deposited Ga₂O₃ -based memristive devices

© 2023 The authors. Advanced Engineering Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
Gold Nanoparticle-Coated Bioceramics for Plasmonically Enhanced Molecule Detection via Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

© 2023 The Authors
Quantitative three-dimensional local order analysis of nanomaterials through electron diffraction

© 2023 GeoScienceWorld
Timing of carbon uptake by oceanic crust determined by rock reactivity

© The Author(s) 2023
Correlative analysis on InGaN/GaN nanowires: structural and optical properties of self-assembled short-period superlattices

© 2022 The Authors.
Low‐energy electron microscopy intensity–voltage data – Factorization, sparse sampling and classification

© 2023 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society
Oxygen Storage by Tin Oxide Monolayers on Pt₃Sn(111)

© 2022 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
Halide-sodalites: thermal behavior at low temperatures and local deviations from the average structure

© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license
Gas Atomization of Duplex Stainless Steel Powder for Laser Powder Bed Fusion
2022

© The authors 2022.
Deformed Honeycomb Lattices of InGaAs Nanowires Grown on Silicon-on-Insulator for Photonic Crystal Surface-Emitting Lasers

© Reprinted with permission from ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2022, 5, 12, 17702–17710. Copyright 2022 American Chemical Society.
Growth Mechanism of Single-Domain Monolayer MoS₂ Nanosheets on Au(111) Revealed by In Situ Microscopy: Implications for Optoelectronics Applications

© The authors 2022.
New Perspectives for Evaluating the Mass Transport in Porous Catalysts and Unfolding Macro- and Microkinetics

© 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Dose efficient annular bright field contrast with the ISTEM method: A proof of principle demonstration

© © 2022 The Authors. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
On red tin (II) oxide: temperature-dependent structural, spectroscopic, and thermogravimetric properties

© Reprinted with permission from the Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2022 126 (45), 19101-19112. Copyright 2022 American Chemical Society.
Phase Separation within Vanadium Oxide Islands under Reaction Conditions: Methanol Oxidation at Vanadium Oxide Films on Rh(111)

© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2022
Effects of iron substitution and anti-site disorder on crystal structures, vibrational, optical and magnetic properties of double perovskites Sr₂(Fe₁₋ₓNiₓ)TeO₆

© Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Nano-crystalline precursor formation, stability, and transformation to mullite-type visible-light photocatalysts

© 2022 The Author(s).
Investigation of the dealloying front in partially corroded alloys

© Mineralogical Society of America
Enhanced weathering in the seabed: Rapid olivine dissolution and iron sulfide formation in submarine volcanic ash

© 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Angle-dependence of ADF-STEM intensities for chemical analysis of InGaN/GaN

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Towards the interpretation of a shift of the central beam in nano-beam electron diffraction as a change in mean inner potential

© Reprinted with permission from ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 8, 4415–4429. Copyright 2022 American Chemical Society
Promoting Effect of the Residual Silver on the Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Methanol and Its Intermediates on Nanoporous Gold

© Reprinted with permission from https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.2c00030. Copyright 2022 American Chemical Society.
Revisiting the Growth of Large (Mg,Zr):SrGa₁₂O₁₉ Single Crystals: Core Formation and Its Impact on Structural Homogeneity Revealed by Correlative X-ray Imaging

© 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of European Ceramic Society.
Plasmonic porous ceramics based on zirconia-toughened alumina functionalized with silver nanoparticles for surface-enhanced Raman scattering

© 2022 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
Halide-sodalites: thermal expansion, decomposition and the Lindemann criterion
2021

© 2021 The Authors. Journal of the American Ceramic Society published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Ceramic Society
Structural, vibrational, thermal, and magnetic properties of mullite-type NdMnTiO₅ ceramic

© 2021 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
Thermal anomalies and phase transitions in Pb₂Sc₂Si₂O₉ and Pb₂In₂Si₂O₉

© 2021 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society
Structural Transitions Driving Interface Pulses in Methanol Oxidation on Rh(110) and VOₓ/Rh(110): A LEEM Study

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The role of crystal heterogeneity in alkali feldspar dissolution kinetics

© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license
Influence of Processing Route on the Surface Reactivity of Cu₄₇Ti₃₃Zr₁₁Ni₆Sn₂Si₁ Metallic Glass

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The Transition From MoS₂ Single-Layer to Bilayer Growth on the Au(111) Surface

© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Microscopy Society of America
Quantitative 3D Characterization of Nanoporous Gold Nanoparticles by Transmission Electron Microscopy

© 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Multiscale investigation of olivine (0 1 0) face dissolution from a surface control perspective

© 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Precise measurement of the electron beam current in a TEM

© 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Angle-resolved STEM using an iris aperture: Scattering contributions and sources of error for the quantitative analysis in Si

© 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Morphological transition during prograde olivine growth formed by high-pressure dehydration of antigorite-serpentinite to chlorite-harzburgite in a subduction setting

© 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Accurate measurement of strain at interfaces in 4D-STEM: A comparison of various methods
2020

© 2020 Nature Scientific Reports
The morphology of VO₂/TiO₂(001): terraces, facets, and cracks

© Copyright 2020 American Chemical Society
KLi₂RE(BO₃)₂ (RE = Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Y): Structural, Spectroscopic, And Thermogravimetric Studies on a Series of Mixed-Alkali Rare-Earth Orthoborates

© 2020 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
Crystal structure and temperature-dependent properties of Na₂H₄Ga₂GeO₈ – a novel gallogermanate

© 2020 Nature Scientific Reports
Influence of plasmon excitations on atomic-resolution quantitative 4D scanning transmission electron microscopy

© 2020 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
On the nature of the phase transitions of aluminosilicate perrhenate sodalite

© 2020 Advanced Engineering Materials
Strong Macroscale Supercrystalline Structures by 3D Printing Combined with Self‐Assembly of Ceramic Functionalized Nanoparticles

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Adsorption of sulfur on Si(111)

© Wolf-Achim Kahl
Crystal surface reactivity analysis using a combined approach of X-ray micro-computed tomography and vertical scanning interferometry
2019

© 2019 American Chemical Society
Controlling the Multiscale Structure of Nanofibrous Fibrinogen Scaffolds for Wound Healing

© 2017 Science of The Total Environment
A new test system for unraveling the effects of soil components on the uptake and toxicity of silver nanoparticles (NM-300K) in simulated pore water

© 2019 Journal of Anatomy
Morphology, shape variation and movement of skeletal elements in starfish (Asterias rubens)

© 2019 Physical Review Letters
Electrical Polarization in AlN/GaN Nanodisks Measured by Momentum-Resolved 4D Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Kinetic concepts for quantitative prediction of fluid-solid interactions

© 2019 Ultramicroscopy
Influence of distortions of recorded diffraction patterns on strain analysis by nano-beam electron diffraction
2018

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Kinetics of pipeline steel corrosion studied by Raman spectroscopy-coupled vertical scanning interferometry
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© 2018 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
Low-temperature anharmonicity and symmetry breaking in the sodalite |Na₈I₂|[AlSiO₄]₆

© 2018 Lithos
Textural evolution during high-pressure dehydration of serpentinite to peridotite and its relation to stress orientations and kinematics of subducting slabs: Insights from the Almirez ultramafic massif

© 2018 American Chemical Society
Temperature-dependent Structural and Spectroscopic Studies of (Bi₁₋ₓFeₓ)FeO₃

© 2018 University of Oxford
Discrimination of Ceramic Surface Finishing by Vertical Scanning Interferometry

© 2018 Computers & Geosciences
Ambient occlusion – A powerful algorithm to segment shell and skeletal intrapores in computed tomography data

© 2018 Ultramicroscopy
Quantitative HAADF STEM of SiGe in presence of amorphous surface layers from FIB preparation
2017

© 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Structural and spectroscopic comparison between polycrystalline, nanocrystalline and quantum dot visible light photo-catalyst Bi₂WO₆

© 2017 Journal of Catalysis
Quantitative determination of residual silver distribution in nanoporous gold and its influence on structure and catalytic performance

© 2017 Fossil Record
Classical and new bioerosion trace fossils in Cretaceous belemnite guards characterised via micro-CT

© 2017 Journal of Microscopy
3-D microstructure of olivine in complex geological materials reconstructed by correlative X-ray µ-CT and EBSD analyses
2016

© 2017 Lithos
Reaction-induced porosity and onset of low-temperature carbonation in abyssal peridotites: insights from 3D high-resolution microtomography

© 2017 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Growth and structure of ultrathin praseodymium oxide layers on ruthenium (0001)

© Jens Falta / Universität Bremen
Isotropic thin PTCDA films on GaN(0001)

© 2016 Lithos