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2026

04/27/2026

Aerospace materials: Rotating expansion process extends fatigue life of superalloy hole structures

Published in Materials Science & Engineering: A

Interrupted fatigue tests reveal that compressive residual stress relaxation governs fatigue life improvement in HCR-EP-strengthened Inconel 718 components

03/23/2026

Neural networks: Directional wiring shapes biologically relevant activity patterns in engineered networks

Published in Neural Networks

Microfluidic brain-on-a-chip platform reveals how hierarchical modularity and axon-to-dendrite connectivity regulate the balance between integration and segregation

02/24/2026

(6,5) Carbon nanotubes: Ultrahigh-purity synthesis achieved through trimetallic catalyst innovation

Published in ACS Nano

NiSnFe catalyst enables 95.8% purity synthesis of semiconductor carbon nanotubes with ideal bandgap properties

01/26/2026

Materials chemistry: Uncovering the low-temperature oxygen storage and release mechanism of Mn–CeO₂ nanoparticles

Published in Chemistry of Materials

Precise continuous-flow synthesis reveals how Mn valence and local structure control lattice oxygen storage and release in ultrasmall ceria-based nanoparticles
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