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Submissions from 2025

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Measurement of the depth of maximum of air-shower profiles with energies between 1018.5 and 1020 eV using the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory and deep learning, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Search for the Anomalous Events Detected by ANITA Using the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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The scintillator surface detector of the Pierre Auger observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Inference of the Mass Composition of Cosmic Rays with Energies from 1018.5 to 1020 eV Using the Pierre Auger Observatory and Deep Learning, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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The Distribution of Ultrahigh-energy Cosmic Rays along the Supergalactic Plane Measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Absence of TeV halos around millisecond pulsars, A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, et al.

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Efficient Quantum Dot Solar Cells with Sustainable Oxide Thin Films, Amit Acharya, Mingxiao Ye, Jeff Kabel, et al.

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Extended TeV Halos May Commonly Exist around Middle-Aged Pulsars, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, et al.

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Study of Long-term Spectral Evolution and X-Ray and γ-Ray Correlation of Blazars Seen by HAWC, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, A. Andrés, et al.

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A measurement of the all-particle energy spectrum of cosmic rays from 1013 to 1015eV using HAWC, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, et al.

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Orbital Modulation of Gamma Rays up to 100 TeV from LS 5039, R. Alfaro, M. Araya, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, et al.

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A Model Intercomparison Study of Aerosol-Cloud-Turbulence Interactions in a Cloud Chamber: 1. Model Results, Sisi Chen, Steven K. Krueger, Piotr Dziekan, et al.

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First-Principles Study of the Interaction of Atomic and Molecular Chlorine with Graphene, Silicene, Phosphorene, and h-BN Monolayer, Mukesh K. Choudhary, Ashima Rawat, Lokanath Patra, et al.

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Hydrogen storage in multilayer Ti3C2Tx MXene, Yi Zhi Chu and Kah Chun Lau

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First-Principles study of high-temperature thermoelectric performance induced by hydrogenation of ZnAs and CdAs monolayers, Zakariae Darhi, Mounaim bencheikh, El Farh Larbi, et al.

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First-Principles Study of the Heterostructure, ZnSb Bilayer/h-BN Monolayer for Thermoelectric Applications, Zakariae Darhi, Larbi El Farh, and Ravindra Pandey

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First-principles study of thermoelectric properties of the bulk and Sb-doped orthorhombic ZnAs and CdAs, Zakariae Darhi, Ashima Rawat, Ravindra Pandey, et al.

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The CosmoVerse White Paper: Addressing observational tensions in cosmology with systematics and fundamental physics, Eleonora Di Valentino, Jackson Levi Said, Adam Riess, et al.

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Boron nitride nanosheets, quantum dots, and dots: Synthesis, properties, and biomedical applications, Raksha Dubey, Matthew Cowles, Zohreh Salimi, et al.

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Forecasting for ESCAPE: A Multi-Institution Hybrid Forecasting and Nowcasting Operation for Sea-Breeze Convection Supporting a Ground-Based and Airborne Field Campaign, Andrew M. Dzambo, Eric Bruning, Mariko Oue, et al.

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Search for a diffuse flux of photons with energies above tens of PeV at the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Unveiling a New Class of Quasi-One-Dimensional van der Waals Crystal with Tunable Electronic and Magnetic Properties, Alyssa Horne, Matthew D. Sisson, Yongmei Jin, et al.

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Stockmayer fluid simulations for viscosity and glass transition temperature of ionic liquids, Jester Itliong, Amalie L. Frischknecht, Mark J. Stevens, et al.

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Porous micro-/nano-fibrous silver-coated polymeric scaffolds with tunable mechanical properties for wound healing applications, Parvathalu Kalakonda, Shalini Thudumu, Soujanya Laxmi Mynepall, et al.

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Engineered biochar-attapulgite clay composite: A novel slow-release phosphorus fertilizer, Harleen Kaur, Gurwinder Singh, Marjana Yeasmin, et al.

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Polarization statistics of thermal microwave radiation, Dan Kestner and Alex Kostinski

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Exploring the impact of surface topography on Rayleigh-Bénard dry convection in the Pi cloud chamber using OpenFOAM: In cylindrical and rectangular geometries, Hadi Zanganeh Kia, Fan Yang, Marat Khairoutdinov, et al.

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Least squares as random walks, Alex Kostinski, Glenn Ierley, and Sarah Kostinski

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Tunability in electronic and optical properties of GaS/PbS vdW heterostructure, Kuldeep Kumar, Munish Sharma, and Ravindra Pandey

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Vertical gradient in atmospheric particle phase state: a case study over the alaskan arctic oil fields, Nurun Nahar Lata, Zezhen Cheng, Darielle Dexheimer, et al.

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Understanding the Growth Mechanism of Thiol-Conjugated Au25 Cluster, Chunhui Liu, Haiying He, Ravindra Pandey, et al.

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Scaler Rates from the Pierre Auger Observatory: A New Proxy of Solar Activity, S. Mancuso, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, et al.

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Exclusive optimization of Cs2AgBi0.75Sb0.25Br6-based solar cells using dual ETL with better photo transmission, Kumar Neupane, Sagar Bhattarai, Nitumoni Deka, et al.

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Empowering rubidium-based halide PSCs: A deep dive into ETL material performance, Kumar Neupane, Pratap Kumar Dakua, Jayant Kumar Sahu, et al.

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NOx-responsive nitrogen-doped line defective graphene nanosensor, B. Keshav Rao, Debora C.M. Rodrigues, Wanderlã L. Scopel, et al.

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Scientific Directions for Cloud Chamber Research: Instrumentation, Modeling, New Chambers, and Emerging Chamber Concepts, Raymond A. Shaw, Sisi Chen, Matt Freer, et al.

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Simulating Droplet-Resolved Haze and Cloud Chemistry Forming Secondary Organic Aerosols in Turbulent Conditions within Laboratory and Cloud Parcels, Manish Shrivastava, Jie Zhang, Steven K. Krueger, et al.

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High inhibition efficiency and hydrogen permeation for novel N-heterocycles of SAE 1020 in HCl solution, Raquel Leal Silvério, Pedro M. Portugal, Rodrigo G. Amorim, et al.

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Advances in computational design of van der Waals heterostructures for photocatalytic water splitting, Ramandeep Singh, Pooja Jamdagni, Ashok Kumar, et al.

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Affinity of MoP (001) and MoP (010) Surfaces toward Nucleobases: A DFT Outlook, None Sonam, Mukesh K. Choudhary, Neetu Goel, et al.

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Fast recovery and ultrasensitive net-graphene sensor for monitoring SF6 decomposition by-products, Pedro Elias Priori Spalenza, Fábio Arthur Leão de Souza, Rodrigo G. Amorim, et al.

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Detection of Extended X-Ray Emission around the PeVatron Microquasar V4641 Sgr with XRISM, Hiromasa Suzuki, Naomi Tsuji, Yoshiaki Kanemaru, et al.

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An intercomparison of wall fluxes in a turbulent thermal convection chamber: Direct numerical simulations and wall-modeled large-eddy simulations enhanced by machine learning, Aaron Wang, Silvio Schmalfuß, Kamal Kant Chandrakar, et al.

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Superlattice-Induced Superfluorescence in Quasi-2D Metal Halide Perovskites, Aaron Wildenborg, Ryan J. Munter, Francisco Freire-Fernández, et al.

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Cryogenic hybrid magnonic circuits based on spalled YIG thin films, Jing Xu, Connor Horn, Yu Jiang, et al.

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Microphysics regimes due to haze–cloud interactions: cloud oscillation and cloud collapse, Fan Yang, Hamed F. Sadi, Raymond Shaw, et al.

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Investigation of Isobaric Mixing as a Mechanism for Boundary-Layer Cloud Formation, JaeMin Yeom, Nithin Allwayin, Virendra P. Ghate, et al.

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Cloud microphysical response to entrainment of dry air containing aerosols, Jae Min Yeom, Hamed F. Sadi, Jesse Anderson, et al.

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The Pierre Auger Observatory open data, M. Zavrtanik, D. Zavrtanik, E. Zas, et al.

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Tuning the strength of exceptional points and their transition to diabolic points, Qi Zhong, Seth Nelson, Şahin K. Özdemir, et al.

Submissions from 2024

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Constraints on metastable superheavy dark matter coupled to sterile neutrinos with the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Large-scale Cosmic-ray Anisotropies with 19yr of Data from the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Testing hadronic-model predictions of depth of maximum of air-shower profiles and ground-particle signals using hybrid data of the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Search for photons above 1018 eV by simultaneously measuring the atmospheric depth and the muon content of air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Constraining models for the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with a novel combined analysis of arrival directions, spectrum, and composition data measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Demonstrating Agreement between Radio and Fluorescence Measurements of the Depth of Maximum of Extensive Air Showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Radio measurements of the depth of air-shower maximum at the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Multiwavelength Investigation of γ-Ray Source MGRO J1908+06 Emission Using Fermi-LAT, VERITAS and HAWC, A. Acharyya, C. B. Adams, P. Bangale, et al.

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Windows on the Universe: Establishing the Infrastructure for a Collaborative Multi-messenger Ecosystem, Tomas Ahumada, Jennifer E. Andrews, Sarah Antier, et al.

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Observation of the Galactic Center PeVatron beyond 100 TeV with HAWC, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, et al.

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Performance of the HAWC Observatory and TeV Gamma-Ray Measurements of the Crab Nebula with Improved Extensive Air Shower Reconstruction Algorithms, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, et al.

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Search for decaying dark matter in the Virgo cluster of galaxies with HAWC, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, et al.

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Evidence for rapid variability at high energies in GRBs, E. Casey Aldrich and Robert J. Nemiroff

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Exploring the Coronal Magnetic Field with Galactic Cosmic Rays: The Sun Shadow Observed by HAWC, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, et al.

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Galactic Gamma-Ray Diffuse Emission at TeV Energies with HAWC Data, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, et al.

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Ultra-high-energy gamma-ray bubble around microquasar V4641 Sgr, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, et al.

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Search for Joint Multimessenger Signals from Potential Galactic Cosmic-Ray Accelerators with HAWC and IceCube, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, et al.

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Testing the molecular cloud paradigm for ultra-high-energy gamma ray emission from the direction of SNR G106.3+2.7, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, et al.

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Spectral Study of Very-high-energy Gamma Rays from SS 433 with HAWC, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, et al.

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Analysis of the Emission and Morphology of the Pulsar Wind Nebula Candidate HAWC J2031+415, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, et al.

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Characterization of water-soluble inorganic ions and carbonaceous aerosols in the urban atmosphere in Amman, Jordan, Afnan Al-Hunaiti, Zaid Bakri, Xinyang Li, et al.

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Locally narrow droplet size distributions are ubiquitous in stratocumulus clouds, Nithin Allwayin, Michael L. Larsen, Susanne Glienke, et al.

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Droplet Growth or Evaporation does not Buffer the Variability in Supersaturation in Clean Clouds, Jesse Anderson, Ian Helman, Raymond Shaw, et al.

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Spin dependent tunneling and strain sensitivity in a Co2MnSb/HfIrSb magnetic tunneling junction: a first-principles study, Joydipto Bhattacharya, Ashima Rawat, Ranjit Pati, et al.

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Low-Frequency Raman Study of Large-Area Twisted Bilayers of WS2 Stacked by an Etchant-Free Transfer Method, Manpreet Boora, Yu Chuan Lin, Chen Chen, et al.

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Ion-induced cloud modulation through new particle formation and runaway cloud condensation nuclei production, Kamal Kant Chandrakar, Will Cantrell, and Raymond Shaw

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First-principles study of MXene properties with varying hydrofluoric acid concentration, Yi Zhi Chu, Megan Hoover, Patrick Ward, et al.

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First-principles study of hydrogen storage application of Ti3C2Tx monolayer MXene, Yi Zhi Chu and Kah Chun Lau

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A first-principles study of multilayer TiCT MXene model, Yi Zhi Chu and Kah Chun Lau

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Band structure reconfiguration and surface Faraday rotation in Bi-substituted iron garnets, Sushree Dash, Gregory Odegard, and Miguel Levy

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A topological route to engineering robust and bright supersymmetric laser arrays, Soujanya Datta, Mohammad Alizadeh Fard, Ramy El-Ganainy, et al.

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The Green Monster Hiding in Front of Cas A: JWST Reveals a Dense and Dusty Circumstellar Structure Pockmarked by Ejecta Interactions, Ilse De Looze, Dan Milisavljevic, Tea Temim, et al.

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Machine learning techniques for intermediate mass gap lepton partner searches at the large hadron collider, Bhaskar Dutta, Tathagata Ghosh, Alyssa Horne, et al.

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Physical science research needed to evaluate the viability and risks of marine cloud brightening, Graham Feingold, Virendra P. Ghate, Lynn M. Russell, et al.

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Structural and optoelectronic properties of Zn1-x-yBexMgyTe/InP quaternary alloys: A theoretical study, Debankita Ghosh, Manish Debbarma, Ravindra Pandey, et al.

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Resolving the topology of encircling multiple exceptional points, Chitres Guria, Qi Zhong, Sahin Kaya Ozdemir, et al.

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Demonstrating Agreement between Radio and Fluorescence Measurements of the Depth of Maximum of Extensive Air Showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Large-scale Cosmic-ray Anisotropies with 19 yr of Data from the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Probing non-Hermitian zero modes in a nanophotonic trimer: From nonuniform to twisted coupling, Melissa Hedir, Kaiwen Ji, Juan Ariel Levenson, et al.

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Are adverse events during surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia device related? A review of the MAUDE database, Daniel J. Heidenberg, Ethan Nethery, Kevin M. Wymer, et al.

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Near-collapse of the geomagnetic field may have contributed to atmospheric oxygenation and animal radiation in the Ediacaran Period, Wentao Huang, John A. Tarduno, Tinghong Zhou, et al.

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Optical excitation of multiple standing spin modes in three-dimensional optomagnonic nanocavities, Daria O. Ignatyeva, Denis M. Krichevsky, Dolendra Karki, et al.

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Theoretical advances in predicting the thermoelectric performance of materials, Mukesh Jakhar, Poonam Chauhan, Ashok Kumar, et al.

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Density functional theory study of the structure, stability, magnetic properties, and (hyper)polarizability of (sub-nm) rare-earth (RE) doped gold clusters: Au5RE with RE = Sc, Y, La-Lu, Mukesh Jakhar, Anil K. Kandalam, Ravindra Pandey, et al.

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Janus PtSSe-based van der Waals heterostructures for direct Z-scheme photocatalytic water splitting, Pooja Jamdagni, Ashok Kumar, Sunita Srivastava, et al.

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Sustainable solutions for clean water: Green synthesized Cu-Ag-Bimetallic nanoparticles based nano catalyst, Parvathalu Kalakonda, Anusha Bashitangu, Pritam Mandal, et al.

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Argyreia nervosa-driven biosynthesis of Cu-Ag bimetallic nanoparticles from plant leaves extract unveils enhanced antibacterial properties, Parvathalu Kalakonda, Rajitha Kathi, Merlinsheeba Gali Ligory, et al.

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Comparison of Multi-metallic Nanoparticles-Alternative Antibacterial Agent: Understanding the Role of Their Antibacterial Properties, Parvathalu Kalakonda, Pritam Mandal, Soujanya Laxmi Mynepally, et al.

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Eco-Friendly Fabrication of Silver Nanoparticles for Sustainable Water Purification and Antibacterial Synergy, Parvathalu Kalakonda, Mahesh Thodeti, Cheguveera Ganneboina, et al.

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Photoinduced Charge Transport Dynamics under the Influence of an Electric Field on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with a D−π-A Structure, Hemjot Kaur and Neetu Goel