Challenges in Liquid-Phase Exfoliation of Non-van der Waals CrS.

Two-dimensional (2D) chromium(III) sulfide has recently attracted increased attention from researchers due to its interesting electronic and magnetic properties and has great potential for application in spintronics and optoelectronics to create sensitive photodetectors. However, the synthesis of 2D CrS crystals is still a challenging task. At present, the mainly used method is vapor deposition, which is a poorly scalable, time-consuming, and expensive process.

A new material built with alternating Cu sulfide and (Al,Mg) hydroxide molecular sheets: hydrothermal synthesis and selected characteristics.

Two-dimensional materials with new physical phenomena are gaining popularity due to their unique properties. In recent years, a new family of layered compounds inspired by the minerals valleriite and tochilinite which are composed of alternating quasi-atomic sheets of transition metal chalcogenides (sulfides and selenides of Fe, Fe-Cu and other metals) and hydroxides of Mg, Al, Fe, Li, ., assembled electrostatic interaction, has arisen as a new synthetic platform for 2D materials.

Metal Chalcogenide-Hydroxide Hybrids as an Emerging Family of Two-Dimensional Heterolayered Materials: An Early Review.

Two-dimensional (2D) materials and phenomena attract huge attention in modern science. Herein, we introduce a family of layered materials inspired by the minerals valleriite and tochilinite, which are composed of alternating "incompatible", and often incommensurate, quasi-atomic sheets of transition metal chalcogenide (sulfides and selenides of Fe, Fe-Cu and other metals) and hydroxide of Mg, Al, Fe, Li, etc., stacked via electrostatic interaction rather than van der Waals forces.

Specificity of the Thermal Stability and Reactivity of Two-Dimensional Layered Cu-Fe Sulfide-Mg-Based Hydroxide Compounds (Valleriites).

We recently synthesized prospective new materials composed of alternating quasi-atomic sheets of brucite-type hydroxide (Mg, Fe)(OH) and CuFeS sulfide (valleriites). Herein, their thermal behavior important for many potential applications has been studied in inert (Ar) and oxidative (20% O) atmospheres using thermogravimetry (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analyses and characterization with X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX). In the Ar media, the processes are determined by the dehydroxylation of the hydroxide layers forming MgO, with the temperature of the major endothermic maximum of the mass loss at 413 °C.

Convolutional neural networks for mode on-demand high finesse optical resonator design.

We demonstrate the use of machine learning through convolutional neural networks to solve inverse design problems of optical resonator engineering. The neural network finds a harmonic modulation of a spherical mirror to generate a resonator mode with a given target topology ("mode on-demand"). The procedure allows us to optimize the shape of mirrors to achieve a significantly enhanced coupling strength and cooperativity between a resonator photon and a quantum emitter located at the center of the resonator.

Copper Ferrite Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Anion-Exchange Resin: Influence of Synthesis Parameters on the Cubic Phase Stability.

Copper ferrite is of great interest to researchers as a material with unique magnetic, optical, catalytic, and structural properties. In particular, the magnetic properties of this material are structurally sensitive and can be tuned by changing the distribution of Cu and Fe cations in octahedral and tetrahedral positions by controlling the synthesis parameters. In this study, we propose a new, simple, and convenient method for the synthesis of copper ferrite nanoparticles using a strongly basic anion-exchange resin in the OH form.

Safety and Efficacy of Dabigatran Etexilate vs Dose-Adjusted Warfarin in Patients With Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Patients with cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) are at risk of recurrent venous thrombotic events (VTEs). Non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants have not been evaluated in randomized controlled trials in CVT.

Objective: To compare the efficacy and safety of dabigatran etexilate with those of dose-adjusted warfarin in preventing recurrent VTEs in patients who have experienced a CVT.

Ultrasmall microdisk and microring lasers based on InAs/InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots.

Unlabelled: Ultrasmall microring and microdisk lasers with an asymmetric air/GaAs/Al0.98Ga0.02As waveguide and an active region based on InAs/InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots emitting around 1.

Quantitative estimation of transmembrane ion transport in rat renal collecting duct principal cells.

Kidney collecting duct principal cells play a key role in regulated tubular reabsorption of water and sodium and secretion of potassium. The importance of this function for the maintenance of the osmotic homeostasis of the whole organism motivates extensive study of the ion transport properties of collecting duct principal cells. We performed experimental measurements of cell volume and intracellular sodium concentration in rat renal collecting duct principal cells from the outer medulla (OMCD) and used a mathematical model describing transmembrane ion fluxes to analyze the experimental data.

Regulatory volume decrease of rat kidney principal cells after successive hypo-osmotic shocks.

Outer Medullary Collecting Duct (OMCD) principal cells are exposed to significant changes of the extracellular osmolarity and thus the analysis of their regulatory volume decrease (RVD) function is of great importance in order to avoid cell membrane rupture and subsequent death. In this paper we provide a sub-second temporal analysis of RVD events occurring after two successive hypo-osmotic challenges in rat kidney OMCD principal cells. We performed experimental cell volume measurements and created a mathematical model based on our experimental results.