Accelerating Ionizable Lipid Discovery for mRNA Delivery Using Machine Learning and Combinatorial Chemistry

Accelerating the Discovery of Ionizable Lipids for mRNA Delivery using Machine Learning and Combinatorial Chemistry Research Background To fully realize the potential of mRNA therapies, it is essential to expand the toolkit of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs). However, a key bottleneck in LNP development is identifying new ionizable lipids. Previous stud...

Quantum Coherent Spin in Hexagonal Boron Nitride at Ambient Conditions

Report on the Study of Quantum Coherent Spins in Hexagonal Boron Nitride at Room Temperature Introduction The realization of quantum networks and sensors requires solid-state spin-photon interfaces that possess single-photon emission capabilities and long-lived spin coherence, which can be integrated into scalable devices. Ideally, these devices sh...

Correlated Electron-Nuclear Dynamics of Photoinduced Water Dissociation on Rutile TiO2

Correlated Electron-Nuclear Dynamics of Photoinduced Water Dissociation on Rutile TiO2

Electron-Nucleus Dynamics Study of Photocatalytic Water Splitting on Rutile Titanium Dioxide Surface Background and Motivation Photocatalytic water splitting is one of the important applications of photocatalytic technology, while titanium dioxide (TiO₂) is a photocatalytic material with significant application potential. Although TiO₂ performs rem...

Electric-Field-Induced Multiferroic Topological Solitons

Study on Electric-field-induced Multiferroic Topological Solitons in BiFeO3 Thin Films Academic Background Topologically protected magnetic structures in magnetic materials are predicted to be powerful tools for topological information technology. However, future magnetic soliton technology may rely more on antiferromagnetic materials due to their ...

Exciton Polaron Formation and Hot-Carrier Relaxation in Rigid Dion–Jacobson-Type Two-Dimensional Perovskites

Study Report on the Formation of Exciton Polarons and High Carrier Relaxation in Rigid Dion–Jacobson Type Two-Dimensional Perovskite Two-dimensional organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites (HOIPs) have garnered widespread attention due to their strongly confined exciton states and reduced dielectric screening effects resulting from their two-dimension...

Clamping Enables Enhanced Electromechanical Responses in Antiferroelectric Thin Films

Study on Enhanced Electromechanical Response of Antiferroelectric Thin Films Based on Clamping Effect Background Antiferroelectric thin film materials have garnered significant attention for their potential applications in micro/nano electromechanical systems. These systems require materials with high electromechanical responses, capable of generat...

Sweet-spot operation of a germanium hole spin qubit with highly anisotropic noise sensitivity

Sweet-spot operation of a germanium hole spin qubit with highly anisotropic noise sensitivity

Optimal Working Point of Heavy Hole Spin Qubit in Germanium and Its High Anisotropic Noise Sensitivity Background and Motivation The development of quantum computers holds great promise for solving complex problems. However, building a fault-tolerant quantum computer requires the integration of a large number of highly coherent qubits. Spin qubits,...

Phase Segregation and Nanoconfined Fluid O2 in a Lithium-Rich Oxide Cathode

Dynamic and Thermodynamic Study of Structural Changes in Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode Materials Academic Background and Research Motivation Lithium-ion batteries are a crucial power source for modern portable electronic devices and electric vehicles, traditionally using layered LiCoO2 cathode materials. However, the ongoing demand for high energy de...

Regulation of Metal Bond Strength Enables Large-Scale Synthesis of Intermetallic Nanocrystals for Practical Fuel Cells

In recent years, fuel cells, as a clean and renewable energy technology, have garnered widespread attention. However, the extensive application of fuel cells faces the challenge of the stability of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts. L10-structured intermetallic nanocrystals (INCs) with chemically ordered structures, due to their lowe...

A Programmable Topological Photonic Chip

A Programmable Topological Photonic Chip

Research Progress on Programmable Topological Photonic Chips Research Background In recent years, topological insulators (TI) have garnered significant attention in the physics community due to their rich physical mechanisms and the potential applications of topological boundary modes, leading to rapid development in this field. Since the discovery...