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The time evolution of the Milky Way's oxygen abundance gradient (2018)
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Mollá, M., Díaz, Á. I., Cavichia, O., Gibson, B. K., Maciel, W. J., Costa, R. D., …Few, C. G. (2019). The time evolution of the Milky Way's oxygen abundance gradient. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 482(3), 3071-3088. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2877

© 2018 The Author(s). We study the evolution of oxygen abundance radial gradients as a function of time for the Milky Way Galaxy obtained with our MulChem chemical evolution model. We review the recent data of abundances for different objects observe... Read More about The time evolution of the Milky Way's oxygen abundance gradient.

The s process in AGB stars as constrained by a large sample of barium stars (2018)
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Cseh, B., Lugaro, M., D'Orazi, V., de Castro, D. B., Pereira, C. B., Karakas, A. I., …Cristallo, S. (2018). The s process in AGB stars as constrained by a large sample of barium stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 620, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201834079

© ESO 2018. Context. Barium (Ba) stars are dwarf and giant stars enriched in elements heavier than iron produced by the slow neutron-capture process (s process). These stars belong to binary systems in which the primary star evolved through the asymp... Read More about The s process in AGB stars as constrained by a large sample of barium stars.

The Gaia-ESO Survey: The N/O abundance ratio in the Milky Way (2018)
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Magrini, L., Vincenzo, F., Randich, S., Pancino, E., Casali, G., Tautvaišienė, G., …Worley, C. (2018). The Gaia-ESO Survey: The N/O abundance ratio in the Milky Way. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 618, Article A102. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833224

Context. The abundance ratio N/O is a useful tool to study the interplay of galactic processes, for example star formation efficiency, timescale of infall, and outflow loading factor. Aims. We aim to trace log(N/O) versus [Fe/H] in the Milky Way and... Read More about The Gaia-ESO Survey: The N/O abundance ratio in the Milky Way.

Metaparticles: Dressing nano-objects with a hyperbolic coating (2018)
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Wang, P., Krasavin, A. V., Viscomi, F. N., Adawi, A. M., Bouillard, J. G., Zhang, L., …Zayats, A. V. (2018). Metaparticles: Dressing nano-objects with a hyperbolic coating. Laser and Photonics Reviews, 12(11), 1800179. https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.201800179

The ability to engineer the optical response of a plasmonic nano‐object is highly desired to achieve better control over light–matter interactions. Due to the sensitivity of plasmon resonances to the surrounding media, isotropic dielectric coating is... Read More about Metaparticles: Dressing nano-objects with a hyperbolic coating.

The recent growth history of the Fornax Cluster derived from simultaneous sloshing and gas stripping: Simulating the infall of NGC 1404 (2018)
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Sheardown, A., Roediger, E., Su, Y., Kraft, R. P., Fish, T., ZuHone, J. A., …Nulsen, P. E. (2018). The recent growth history of the Fornax Cluster derived from simultaneous sloshing and gas stripping: Simulating the infall of NGC 1404. The Astrophysical journal, 865(2), 118. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aadc0f

We derive the recent growth history of the Fornax Cluster, in particular the recent infall of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1404. We show, using a simple cluster minor merger simulation tailored to Fornax and NGC 1404, that a second or more likely... Read More about The recent growth history of the Fornax Cluster derived from simultaneous sloshing and gas stripping: Simulating the infall of NGC 1404.

Passive memristor synaptic circuits with multiple timing dependent plasticity mechanisms (2018)
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Šuch, O., Klimo, M., Kemp, N. T., & Škvarek, O. (2018). Passive memristor synaptic circuits with multiple timing dependent plasticity mechanisms. AEÜ - International Journal of Electronics and Communications / Archiv für Elektronik und Übertragungstechnik, 96, 252-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeue.2018.09.025

Adaptation of synaptic strength is central to memory and learning in biological systems, enabling important high-level processes such as the ability of animals to respond to a changing environment. Memristor devices are a promising new, nanoscale tec... Read More about Passive memristor synaptic circuits with multiple timing dependent plasticity mechanisms.

From photoinduced to dark cytotoxicity via an octahedral cluster hydrolysis (2018)
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Svezhentseva, E. V., Vorotnikov, Y. A., Solovieva, A. O., Pozmogova, T. N., Eltsov, I. V., Ivanov, A. A., …Shestopalov, M. A. (2018). From photoinduced to dark cytotoxicity via an octahedral cluster hydrolysis. Chemistry: a European journal, 24(68), 17915-17920. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201804663

Octahedral molybdenum and tungsten clusters have potential biological applications in photodynamic therapy and bioimaging. However, poor solubility and hydrolysis stability of these compounds hinder their application. The first water-soluble photolum... Read More about From photoinduced to dark cytotoxicity via an octahedral cluster hydrolysis.

Density functional theory for the crystallization of two-dimensional dipolar colloidal alloys (2018)
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Somerville, W. R., Stokes, J. L., Adawi, A. M., Horozov, T. S., Archer, A. J., & Buzza, D. M. (2018). Density functional theory for the crystallization of two-dimensional dipolar colloidal alloys. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 30(40), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/aaddc9

Two-dimensional mixtures of dipolar colloidal particles with different dipole moments exhibit extremely rich self-assembly behaviour and are relevant to a wide range of experimental systems, including charged and super-paramagnetic colloids at liquid... Read More about Density functional theory for the crystallization of two-dimensional dipolar colloidal alloys.

The kinematics of cluster galaxies via velocity dispersion profiles (2018)
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Bilton, L. E., & Pimbblet, K. A. (2018). The kinematics of cluster galaxies via velocity dispersion profiles. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 481(2), 1507-1521. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2379

© 2018 The Author(s). We present an analysis of the kinematics of a sample of 14 galaxy clusters via velocity dispersion profiles (VDPs), compiled using cluster parameters defined within the X-Ray Galaxy Clusters Database (BAX) cross-matched with dat... Read More about The kinematics of cluster galaxies via velocity dispersion profiles.

Shapley Supercluster Survey: Mapping the filamentary network connecting the clusters (2018)
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Haines, C. P., Busarello, G., Merluzzi, P., Pimbblet, K. A., Vogt, F. P., Dopita, M. A., …Limatola, L. (2018). Shapley Supercluster Survey: Mapping the filamentary network connecting the clusters. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 481(1), 1055-1074. https://doi.org/10.1093/MNRAS/STY2338

We have mapped the structure and connectivity of the Shapley supercluster core and its surroundings as traced by its member galaxies. To achieve this, we have carried out a new redshift survey of galaxies across a 21 square degree region (17×17 Mpc2)... Read More about Shapley Supercluster Survey: Mapping the filamentary network connecting the clusters.

Corrigendum to “Iron and nickel isotope compositions of presolar silicon carbide grains from supernovae” [Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 221 (2018) 127–144] (2018)
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Kodolányi, J., Stephan, T., Trappitsch, R., Hoppe, P., Pignatari, M., Davis, A. M., & Pellin, M. J. (2018). Corrigendum to “Iron and nickel isotope compositions of presolar silicon carbide grains from supernovae” [Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 221 (2018) 127–144]. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 239, 481-482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.07.042

Lyotropic 'hairy' TiO2 nanorods (2018)
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Cheng, F., Verrelli, E., Alharthi, F. A., Kelly, S. M., O'Neill, M., Kemp, N. T., …Anthopoulos, T. (2019). Lyotropic 'hairy' TiO2 nanorods. Nanoscale advances, 1(1), 254-264. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8na00054a

We report the synthesis of the first stable, solution-processable and photocrosslinkable hybrid organic/inorganic titanium dioxide nanorods as ‘hairy rods’ coated with phosphonate ligands with photoreactive coumarin groups located in a terminal posit... Read More about Lyotropic 'hairy' TiO2 nanorods.

Ultrafast double magnetization switching in GdFeCo with two picosecond-delayed femtosecond pump pulses (2018)
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Atxitia, U., & Ostler, T. A. (2018). Ultrafast double magnetization switching in GdFeCo with two picosecond-delayed femtosecond pump pulses. Applied physics letters, 113(6), Article 062402. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5044272

The recently discovered thermally induced magnetization switching (TIMS) induced by single femtosecond laser pulses in ferrimagnetic GdFeCo alloys proceeds on the picosecond time-scale. The rate at which data can be changed for use of TIMS in technol... Read More about Ultrafast double magnetization switching in GdFeCo with two picosecond-delayed femtosecond pump pulses.

Method to reduce the formation of crystallites in ZnO nanorod thin-films grown via ultra-fast microwave heating (2018)
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Gray, R. J., Jaafar, A. H., Verrelli, E., & Kemp, N. T. (2018). Method to reduce the formation of crystallites in ZnO nanorod thin-films grown via ultra-fast microwave heating. Thin solid films, 662, 116-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2018.07.034

© 2018 This paper discusses the nucleation and growth mechanisms of ZnO nanorod thin-films and larger sized crystallites that form within the solution and on surfaces during an ultra-fast microwave heating growth process. In particular, the work focu... Read More about Method to reduce the formation of crystallites in ZnO nanorod thin-films grown via ultra-fast microwave heating.

Amphiphile-Induced Anisotropic Colloidal Self-Assembly (2018)
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Rey, M., Yu, T., Bley, K., Landfester, K., Buzza, D. M. A., & Vogel, N. (2018). Amphiphile-Induced Anisotropic Colloidal Self-Assembly. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 34(34), 9990-10000. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01382

Spherical colloidal particles typically self-assemble into hexagonal lattices when adsorbed at liquid interfaces. More complex assembly structures, including particle chains and phases with square symmetry, were theoretically predicted almost two dec... Read More about Amphiphile-Induced Anisotropic Colloidal Self-Assembly.

Roles of heating and helicity in ultrafast all-optical magnetization switching in TbFeCo (2018)
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Lu, X., Zou, X., Hinzke, D., Liu, T., Wang, Y., Cheng, T., …Xu, Y. (2018). Roles of heating and helicity in ultrafast all-optical magnetization switching in TbFeCo. Applied physics letters, 113(3), Article 032405. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5036720

Using the time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect method, helicity-dependent all-optical magnetization switching (HD-AOS) is observed in ferrimagnetic TbFeCo films. Our results reveal the individual roles of the thermal and nonthermal effects after... Read More about Roles of heating and helicity in ultrafast all-optical magnetization switching in TbFeCo.

On the [$\alpha$/Fe]-[Fe/H] relations in early-type galaxies (2018)
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Vincenzo, F., Kobayashi, C., & Taylor, P. (2018). On the [$\alpha$/Fe]-[Fe/H] relations in early-type galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 480(1), L38–L42. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/sly128

We study how the predicted [$\alpha$/Fe]-[Fe/H] relations in early-type galaxies vary as functions of their stellar masses, ages and stellar velocity dispersions, by making use of cosmological chemodynamical simulations with feedback from active gala... Read More about On the [$\alpha$/Fe]-[Fe/H] relations in early-type galaxies.

NuGrid stellar data set – II. Stellar yields from H to Bi for stellar models with MZAMS = 1–25 M⊙ and Z = 0.0001–0.02 (2018)
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Ritter, C., Herwig, F., Jones, S., Pignatari, M., Fryer, C., & Hirschi, R. (2018). NuGrid stellar data set – II. Stellar yields from H to Bi for stellar models with MZAMS = 1–25 M⊙ and Z = 0.0001–0.02. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 480(1), 538-571. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1729

We provide here a significant extension of the NuGrid Set 1 models in mass coverage and towards lower metallicity, adopting the same physics assumptions. The combined data set now includes the initial masses MZAMS/M⊙ = 1, 1.65, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,... Read More about NuGrid stellar data set – II. Stellar yields from H to Bi for stellar models with MZAMS = 1–25 M⊙ and Z = 0.0001–0.02.

Probability distribution of substituted titanium in RT12 (R = Nd and Sm; T = Fe and Co) Structures (2018)
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Skelland, C., Ostler, T., Westmoreland, S. C., Evans, R. F., Chantrell, R. W., Yano, M., …Hrkac, G. (2018). Probability distribution of substituted titanium in RT12 (R = Nd and Sm; T = Fe and Co) Structures. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 54(11), Article 2103405. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2018.2832603

We investigated the atomic fill site probability distributions across supercell structures of RT12-x Ti (R = Nd and Sm; T = Fe and Co). We use a combined molecular dynamics and Boltzmann distribution approach to extrapolate the probability distributi... Read More about Probability distribution of substituted titanium in RT12 (R = Nd and Sm; T = Fe and Co) Structures.