Publications by authors named "Rafael Jaramillo"
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- Recent research in two-dimensional (2D) materials is advancing in areas like theory, synthesis, and device applications, highlighting their potential across various emergent systems.
- The study emphasizes the importance of understanding defects and intercalants in 2D materials, as well as the role of machine learning in improving synthesis and sensing processes.
- The review also discusses the optical properties, multi-dimensional application potential, and future directions for advanced 2D material heterostructures in logic and quantum devices.
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- Understanding the oxidation mechanisms of transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) is crucial for managing oxide formation and creating various oxide products.
- Reactive molecular dynamics simulations reveal that the oxygen partial pressure influences both the rate and morphology of ZrS oxidation.
- A shift from layer-by-layer oxidation to a continuous oxidation process occurs, depending on the pressure, highlighting different oxidation stages and mechanisms involved.
Although chronic otitis media is a major cause of conductive and mixed hearing loss, auditory rehabilitation is currently not optimal for this patient group. Planning for hearing rehabilitation must accompany strategies for infection control when surgically managing patients with chronic otitis media. Several barriers prevent adequate hearing restoration in such a heterogeneous patient population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To map healthcare utilized by subjects with chronic otitis media, with or without cholesteatoma and perform a cost analysis to determine key drivers of healthcare expenditure.
Methods: A registry study of 656 adult subjects with chronic otitis media that underwent a middle ear surgery between 2014 and 2018. Healthcare contacts related to all publicly funded specialist ENT care, audiological care and primary care for a disease of the ear and mastoid process were extracted.
van der Waals (vdW) layered chalcogenides have strongly direction-dependent (i.e., anisotropic) properties that make them interesting for photonic and optoelectronic applications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSuccess rates in restoring hearing loss in patients with chronic otitis media: A systematic review.
Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol
June 2021
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of tympanoplasty in treating chronic otitis media-related hearing loss, published literature was systematically reviewed to determine the clinical success rate of tympanoplasty at restoring hearing in chronic otitis media patients at a minimum follow-up period of 12-months.
Data Sources: PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Library.
Methods: Two independent reviewers performed literature searches.
The vulnerability of groundwater to pesticides is governed in part by sorption mechanisms in the vadose zone, commonly studied in soil but less well-known in the geological solids. To alleviate this lack of knowledge, adsorption of the herbicide S-metolachlor (SMOC) and of two of its metabolites-metolachlor ethane sulfonic acid (MESA) and metolachlor oxanilic acid (MOXA)-was studied with batch equilibrium method on seventeen surface soils and three geological solids of the vadose zone overlying a glaciofluvial aquifer. In grainsize terms, the latter three were sand for the first two samples and gravel for the third.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTin sulfide (SnS) is a candidate absorber material for Earth-abundant, non-toxic solar cells. SnS offers easy phase control and rapid growth by congruent thermal evaporation, and it absorbs visible light strongly. However, for a long time the record power conversion efficiency of SnS solar cells remained below 2%.
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