Sustainable polymers

AK Mohanty, F Wu, R Mincheva… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Sustainable polymers are materials derived from renewable, recycled and waste carbon
resources and their combinations, which at the end of life can be recycled, biodegraded or …

Beyond the average: spatial and temporal fluctuations in oxide glass-forming systems

KA Kirchner, DR Cassar, ED Zanotto, M Ono… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Atomic structure dictates the performance of all materials systems; the characteristic of
disordered materials is the significance of spatial and temporal fluctuations on composition …

Vibrational spectroscopy analysis of silica and silicate glass networks

H Liu, H Kaya, YT Lin, A Ogrinc… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Vibrational spectroscopy has been widely used to investigate various structural aspects of
the glass network, and there are a plethora of papers reporting subtle but consistent …

Revealing 'invisible'subsurface structural change/damage in silicate glass made by 'nearly-elastic contact'with a spherical smooth surface

YT Lin, AL Ogrinc, AN Zoba, J Lee, S Jang, NJ Smith… - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
This research delves into the hypothesis that elastic contact with an external object can
generateinvisible'surface defects, consequently reducing the apparent load to failure, or …

Subsurface structural change of silica upon nanoscale physical contact: Chemical plasticity beyond topographic elasticity

H He, Z Chen, YT Lin, SH Hahn, J Yu, ACT van Duin… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Surface defects or flaws on materials made by physical contacts with foreign objects can
deteriorate their mechanical properties and limit technical applications. Thus, understanding …

Decrypting the Electron‐Withdrawing Effect of Au‐Decorated Bi2O3 for Efficient CO2‐to‐Formate Electroreduction

X Wang, W Wang, B Liu, Z Song, Z Ren, H Fu - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although the electron‐withdrawing effect of gold (Au) is highlighted in catalytic reactions, its
enhancement mechanism for electron transport, especially in the electrochemical process, is …

Searching for correlations between vibrational spectral features and structural parameters of silicate glass network

H Liu, SH Hahn, M Ren… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Infrared (IR) and Raman spectroscopic features of silicate glasses are often interpreted
based on the analogy with those of smaller molecules, molecular clusters, or crystalline …

Role of fictive temperature distribution involved in CO2 laser polishing of fused silica and its optimization for achieving even heat-affected zones

T Zhang, L Zhao, J Cheng, Z Yin, T Li, M Chen… - Applied Surface …, 2024 - Elsevier
CO 2 laser polishing process is a highly effective way for enhancing the surface quality and
laser-induced damage threshold of fused silica optics. Nevertheless, due to the thermal …

Numerical and atomistic models for predicting structural relaxation in glasses

C Wilkinson - Computational Materials Science, 2024 - Elsevier
From optical fiber to high-tech displays, glass relaxation plays a critical role. Due to the non-
equilibrium nature of glass, there is a constant evolution associated with relaxation that …

Probing hydrogen-bonding interactions of water molecules adsorbed on silica, sodium calcium silicate, and calcium aluminosilicate glasses

N Sheth, D Ngo, J Banerjee, Y Zhou… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Vibrational sum frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy was used to study how hydrogen
bonding interactions of physisorbed water layers vary with the glass composition and …