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Volume 12,

Issue 8,

August 2024

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APL Materials is a high-impact open access journal embracing all research across materials science. The journal aims to highlight research at the forefront of the field, with particular emphasis given to high quality and timely research.

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Research Article

| August 15 2024

Interpretable machine learning for materials discovery: Predicting CO₂ adsorption properties of metal–organic frameworks

Yukun Teng, Guangcun Shan

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), as novel porous crystalline materials with high porosity and a large specific surface area, have been increasingly utilized for CO₂ adsorption. Machine learning (ML) ...

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| July 25 2024

Design and synthesis of metal–organic cycles/cages (MOCs) and their applications

Yuanyuan Li, Fengmin Zhang et al.

Metal–organic cycles/cages (MOCs) are a class of nanoscale molecular entities that possess distinct shapes and sizes and are designed and synthesized through the predictable integration of organic ...

Research Article

| July 24 2024

Comparative performance of fluorite-structured materials for nanosupercapacitor applications

Grégoire Magagnin, Jordan Bouaziz et al.

Over the last fifteen years, ferroelectric (FE) and antiferroelectric (AFE) ultra-thin films based on fluorite-structured materials have drawn significant attention for a wide variety of applications ...

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Review Article

| September 04 2024

Material discovery and modeling acceleration via machine learning

Carmine Zuccarini, Karthikeyan Ramachandran et al.

This paper delves into the transformative role of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in materials science, spotlighting their capability to expedite the discovery and development ...

Research Article

| September 03 2024

Magnetic casein/CaCO₃/Fe₃O₄ microspheres stimulate osteogenic differentiation

Mingjie Zhang, Xiaolei Li et al.

The quality of life is significantly impacted by bone defects, which calls for the creation of optimum restorative materials with particular qualities. Current repair materials, such as metal alloys, ...

Research Article

| August 14 2024

Thermal contribution to current-driven antiferromagnetic-order switching

Myoung-Woo Yoo, Virginia O. Lorenz et al.

In information technology devices, current-driven state switching is crucial in various disciplines including spintronics, where the contribution of heating to the switching mechanism plays an ...

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Research Article

| September 06 2024

α-Ta films on c-plane sapphire with enhanced microstructure

Lena N. Majer, Sander Smink et al.

Superconducting films of α-Ta are promising candidates for the fabrication of advanced superconducting qubits. However, α-Ta films suffer from many growth-induced structural inadequacies that ...

Research Article

| September 05 2024

Growth of bilayer transition metal dichalcogenides at controlled locations

Chengyu Wen, Carl H. Naylor et al.

Layered transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) materials have attracted great interest for applications in electronics. Here, we report a method to synthesize TMD materials at controlled locations ...

Research Article

| September 05 2024

Composition and strain of the pseudomorphic α-phase intermediate layer at the Ga₂O₃/Al₂O₃ interface

M. Schowalter, A. Karg et al.

We investigate the composition of α-phase intermediate layers at epitaxial Ga₂O₃/Al₂O₃ interfaces using high angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy. Their presence is ...

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