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Dunstan MA, Manvell AS, Yutronkie NJ, Aribot F, Bendix J, Rogalev A, Pedersen KS. Tunable valence tautomerism in lanthanide-organic alloys. Nat Chem 2024; 16:735-740. [PMID: 38374454 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01422-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
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The inimitable electronic structures of the lanthanide (Ln) ions are key to advanced materials and technologies involving these elements. The trivalent ions are ubiquitous and are used much more widely than the divalent and tetravalent analogues, which possess vastly different optical and magnetic properties. Hence, alteration of the valence electron count by external stimuli can lead to dramatic changes in materials properties. Compounds exhibiting a temperature-induced complete Ln(III) ⇄ Ln(II) switch, referred to as a valence tautomeric (VT) transition, are rare. Here we present an abrupt and hysteretic VT transition in a lanthanide-based coordination polymer, SmI2(pyrazine)3, driven by the interconversion of Sm(II)-pyrazine(0) and Sm(III)-pyrazine(·-) redox pairs. Alloying SmI2(pyrazine)3 with Yb(II) yields isomorphous Sm1-xYbxI2(pyrazine)3 solid solutions with VT transition critical temperatures ranging widely from 200 K to ∼50 K at ambient pressure. These findings demonstrate a simple strategy to realize thermally switchable magnetic materials with chemically tunable transition temperatures.
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- Maja A Dunstan
- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
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Khan I, Gril B, Hoshino A, Yang HH, Lee MP, Difilippantonio S, Lyden DC, Steeg PS. Metastasis suppressor NME1 in exosomes or liposomes conveys motility and migration inhibition in breast cancer model systems. Clin Exp Metastasis 2022; 39:815-831. [PMID: 35939247 PMCID: PMC10642714 DOI: 10.1007/s10585-022-10182-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Tumor-derived exosomes have documented roles in accelerating the initiation and outgrowth of metastases, as well as in therapy resistance. Little information supports the converse, that exosomes or similar vesicles can suppress metastasis. We investigated the NME1 (Nm23-H1) metastasis suppressor as a candidate for metastasis suppression by extracellular vesicles. Exosomes derived from two cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231T and MDA-MB-435), when transfected with the NME1 (Nm23-H1) metastasis suppressor, secreted exosomes with NME1 as the predominant constituent. These exosomes entered recipient tumor cells, altered their endocytic patterns in agreement with NME1 function, and suppressed in vitro tumor cell motility and migration compared to exosomes from control transfectants. Proteomic analysis of exosomes revealed multiple differentially expressed proteins that could exert biological functions. Therefore, we also prepared and investigated liposomes, empty or containing partially purified rNME1. rNME1 containing liposomes recapitulated the effects of exosomes from NME1 transfectants in vitro. In an experimental lung metastasis assay the median lung metastases per histologic section was 158 using control liposomes and 15 in the rNME1 liposome group, 90.5% lower than the control liposome group (P = 0.016). The data expand the exosome/liposome field to include metastasis suppressive functions and describe a new translational approach to prevent metastasis.
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- Imran Khan
- Women's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Building 37, Convent Drive, Room 1126, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
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- Women's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Building 37, Convent Drive, Room 1126, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Children's Cancer and Blood Foundation Laboratories, Departments of Pediatrics, Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA
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- Laboratory Animal Sciences Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Children's Cancer and Blood Foundation Laboratories, Departments of Pediatrics, Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Women's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Building 37, Convent Drive, Room 1126, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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Holyoak GR, Premathilake HU, Lyman CC, Sones JL, Gunn A, Wieneke X, DeSilva U. The healthy equine uterus harbors a distinct core microbiome plus a rich and diverse microbiome that varies with geographical location. Sci Rep 2022; 12:14790. [PMID: 36042332 PMCID: PMC9427864 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-18971-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The goal of this study was to understand the composition and existence of the resident uterine microbiome in healthy mares and to establish the presence of a core microbiome for the healthy equine uterus. We analyzed the microbiomes of 35 healthy mares that are long-time residents of three farms in Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Australia as well as that of 19 mares purchased from scattered owners in the Southern Mid-Western states of the United States. Over 6 million paired-end reads of the V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene were obtained resulting in 19,542 unique Amplicon Sequence Variants (ASVs). ASVs were assigned to 17 known phyla and 213 known genera. Most abundant genera across all animals were Pseudomonas (27%) followed by Lonsdalea (8%), Lactobacillus (7.5%), Escherichia/Shigella (4.5%), and Prevotella (3%). Oklahoma and Louisiana samples were dominated by Pseudomonas (75%). Lonsdalea (28%) was the most abundant genus in the Australian samples but was not found in any other region. Microbial diversity, richness, and evenness of the equine uterine microbiome is largely dependent on the geographical location of the animal. However, we observed a core uterine microbiome consisting of Lactobacillus, Escherichia/Shigella, Streptococcus, Blautia, Staphylococcus, Klebsiella, Acinetobacter, and Peptoanaerobacter.
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- G. R. Holyoak
- grid.65519.3e0000 0001 0721 7331Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK USA
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- grid.65519.3e0000 0001 0721 7331Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK USA
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- grid.252546.20000 0001 2297 8753College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL USA
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- grid.64337.350000 0001 0662 7451School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA USA
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- grid.1037.50000 0004 0368 0777School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences and Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia
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- grid.65519.3e0000 0001 0721 7331Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK USA ,grid.16753.360000 0001 2299 3507Present Address: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Center for Genomics, Anne and Robert H. Lurie Children′s Hospital, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL USA
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- grid.65519.3e0000 0001 0721 7331Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK USA
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Liu R, Huang Y. CDC7 as a novel biomarker and druggable target in cancer. Clin Transl Oncol 2022; 24:1856-1864. [PMID: 35657477 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-022-02853-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Due to the bottlenecks encountered in traditional treatment for tumor, more effective drug targets need to be developed. Cell division cycle 7 kinase plays an important role in DNA replication, DNA repair and recombination signaling pathways. In this review, we first describe recent studies on the role of CDC7 in DNA replication in normal human tissues, and then we integrate new evidence focusing on the important role of CDC7 in replication stress tolerance of tumor cells and its impact on the prognosis of clinical oncology patients. Finally, we comb through the CDC7 inhibitors identified in recent studies as a reference for further research in clinical practice.
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- Runze Liu
- National Center for International Research of Bio-Targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bio-Targeting Theranostics, Collaborative Innovation Center for Targeting Tumor Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangxi Talent Highland of Bio-Targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China
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- National Center for International Research of Bio-Targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bio-Targeting Theranostics, Collaborative Innovation Center for Targeting Tumor Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangxi Talent Highland of Bio-Targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China.
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Schrecongost D, Xiang Y, Chen J, Ying C, Zhang HT, Yang M, Gajurel P, Dai W, Engel-Herbert R, Cen C. Rewritable Nanoplasmonics through Room-Temperature Phase Manipulations of Vanadium Dioxide. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:7760-7766. [PMID: 33016706 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The interactions between light and plasmonic charge oscillations in conducting materials are important venues for realizing nanoscale light manipulations. Conventional metal-based plasmonic devices lack tunability due to the fixed material permittivities. Here, we show that reconfigurable plasmonic functionalities can be achieved using the spatially controlled phase transitions in strongly correlated oxide films. The experimental results discussed here are enabled by a recently developed scanning probe-based technique that allows a nonvolatile, monoclinic-metal VO2 phase to be reversibly patterned at the nanoscale in ambient conditions. Using this technique, rewritable waveguides, spatially modulated plasmonic resonators, and reconfigurable wire-grid polarizers are successfully demonstrated. These structures, effectively controlling infrared lights through spatially confined mobile carriers, showcase a great potential for building programmable nanoplasmonic devices on correlated oxide platforms.
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- Dustin Schrecongost
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Peterson Institute of NanoScience and Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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Mazzone DG, Dzero M, Abeykoon AM, Yamaoka H, Ishii H, Hiraoka N, Rueff JP, Ablett JM, Imura K, Suzuki HS, Hancock JN, Jarrige I. Kondo-Induced Giant Isotropic Negative Thermal Expansion. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:125701. [PMID: 32281848 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.125701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Negative thermal expansion is an unusual phenomenon appearing in only a handful of materials, but pursuit and mastery of the phenomenon holds great promise for applications across disciplines and industries. Here we report use of x-ray spectroscopy and diffraction to investigate the 4f-electronic properties in Y-doped SmS and employ the Kondo volume collapse model to interpret the results. Our measurements reveal an unparalleled decrease of the bulk Sm valence by over 20% at low temperatures in the mixed-valent golden phase, which we show is caused by a strong coupling between an emergent Kondo lattice state and a large isotropic volume change. The amplitude and temperature range of the negative thermal expansion appear strongly dependent on the Y concentration and the associated chemical disorder, providing control over the observed effect. This finding opens avenues for the design of Kondo lattice materials with tunable, giant, and isotropic negative thermal expansion.
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- D G Mazzone
- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, BP 48 Saint-Aubin, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, 75005 Paris, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, BP 48 Saint-Aubin, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Research Center for Advanced Measurement and Characterization, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Sengen, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan
- The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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Sousanis A, Poelman D, Detavernier C, Smet PF. Switchable Piezoresistive SmS Thin Films on Large Area. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 19:s19204390. [PMID: 31614444 PMCID: PMC6832629 DOI: 10.3390/s19204390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Samarium monosulfide (SmS) is a switchable material, showing a pressure-induced semiconductor to metal transition. As such, it can be used in different applications such as piezoresistive sensors and memory devices. In this work, we present how e-beam sublimation of samarium metal in a reactive atmosphere can be used for the deposition of semiconducting SmS thin films on 150 mm diameter silicon wafers. The deposition parameters influencing the composition and properties of the thin films are evaluated, such as the deposition rate of Sm metal, the substrate temperature and the H2S partial pressure. We then present the changes in the optical, structural and electrical properties of this compound after the pressure-induced switching to the metallic state. The back-switching and stability of SmS thin films are studied as a function of temperature and atmosphere via in-situ X-ray diffraction. The thermally induced back switching initiates at 250 °C, while above 500 °C, Sm2O2S is formed. Lastly, we explore the possibility to determine the valence state of the samarium ions by means of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
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- Andreas Sousanis
- Lumilab, Department of Solid State Sciences, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S1, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Lumilab, Department of Solid State Sciences, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S1, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Cocoon, Department of Solid State Sciences, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S1, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Lumilab, Department of Solid State Sciences, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S1, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Li Q, Marks SD, Bean S, Fisher M, Walko DA, DiChiara AD, Chen X, Imura K, Sato NK, Liu M, Evans PG, Wen H. Simultaneous scanning near-field optical and X-ray diffraction microscopy for correlative nanoscale structure-property characterization. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2019; 26:1790-1796. [PMID: 31490171 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577519008609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A multimodal imaging instrument has been developed that integrates scanning near-field optical microscopy with nanofocused synchrotron X-ray diffraction imaging. The instrument allows for the simultaneous nanoscale characterization of electronic/near-field optical properties of materials together with their crystallographic structure, facilitating the investigation of local structure-property relationships. The design, implementation and operating procedures of this instrument are reported. The scientific capabilities are demonstrated in a proof-of-principle study of the insulator-metal phase transition in samarium sulfide (SmS) single crystals induced by applying mechanical pressure via a scanning tip. The multimodal imaging of an in situ tip-written region shows that the near-field optical reflectivity can be correlated with the heterogeneously transformed structure of the near-surface region of the crystal.
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- Qian Li
- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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Chui ST, Chen X, Hu H, Hu D, Dai Q, Liu M. Photo-induced charge density distribution in metal surfaces and its extraction with apertureless near-field optics. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2019; 31:24LT01. [PMID: 30870819 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab0fb3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Electromagnetic (EM) waves impinging on finite metallic structures can induce non-uniform electrical currents and create oscillating charge densities. These local charges govern the important physical processes such as plasmonic behavior or enhanced Raman scattering. Yet the quantitative calculation and probing of the spatial distribution of the charge density still remain challenging at the subwavelength scale. This is especially the case if one considers the boundary effect, where the charge density can become divergent and conventional finite element methods fail to obtain accurate information. With an approach we recently developed, we calculate this charge density for subwavelength structures with and without sharp corners: gold disks and equilateral triangles. We also devise an independent way to extract the surface charge density distributions from experiments using scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope (s-SNOM). We found that the charge density [Formula: see text] is related to the near field signal S n by [Formula: see text] With no adjustable parameters, the extracted surface charge distribution from the experiments matches well with that from the theoretical prediction, both in magnitude and phase. Our work provides a quantitative study of the surface charge distributions and a systematic and rigorous treatment to extract surface charge distributions at the nanoscale, opening opportunities for mining the near-field data from s-SNOM.
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- S T Chui
- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States of America
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Chen X, Hu D, Mescall R, You G, Basov DN, Dai Q, Liu M. Modern Scattering-Type Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy for Advanced Material Research. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1804774. [PMID: 30932221 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201804774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2018] [Revised: 02/27/2019] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Infrared and optical spectroscopy represents one of the most informative methods in advanced materials research. As an important branch of modern optical techniques that has blossomed in the past decade, scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) promises deterministic characterization of optical properties over a broad spectral range at the nanoscale. It allows ultrabroadband optical (0.5-3000 µm) nanoimaging, and nanospectroscopy with fine spatial (<10 nm), spectral (<1 cm-1 ), and temporal (<10 fs) resolution. The history of s-SNOM is briefly introduced and recent advances which broaden the horizons of this technique in novel material research are summarized. In particular, this includes the pioneering efforts to study the nanoscale electrodynamic properties of plasmonic metamaterials, strongly correlated quantum materials, and polaritonic systems at room or cryogenic temperatures. Technical details, theoretical modeling, and new experimental methods are also discussed extensively, aiming to identify clear technology trends and unsolved challenges in this exciting field of research.
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- Xinzhong Chen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Division of Nanophotonics, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical Systems and Engineering Research Center of Optical Instrument and System, Ministry of Education, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Division of Nanophotonics, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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Yao Z, Semenenko V, Zhang J, Mills S, Zhao X, Chen X, Hu H, Mescall R, Ciavatti T, March S, Bank SR, Tao TH, Zhang X, Perebeinos V, Dai Q, Du X, Liu M. Photo-induced terahertz near-field dynamics of graphene/InAs heterostructures. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:13611-13623. [PMID: 31163822 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.013611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In this letter, we report optical pump terahertz (THz) near-field probe (n-OPTP) and optical pump THz near-field emission (n-OPTE) experiments of graphene/InAs heterostructures. Near-field imaging contrasts between graphene and InAs using these newly developed techniques as well as spectrally integrated THz nano-imaging (THz s-SNOM) are systematically studied. We demonstrate that in the near-field regime (λ/6000), a single layer of graphene is transparent to near-IR (800 nm) optical excitation and completely "screens" the photo-induced far-infrared (THz) dynamics in its substrate (InAs). Our work reveals unique frequency-selective ultrafast dynamics probed at the near field. It also provides strong evidence that n-OPTE nanoscopy yields contrast that distinguishes single-layer graphene from its substrate.
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Dai S, Zhang J, Ma Q, Kittiwatanakul S, McLeod A, Chen X, Corder SG, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Lu J, Dai Q, Jarillo-Herrero P, Liu M, Basov DN. Phase-Change Hyperbolic Heterostructures for Nanopolaritonics: A Case Study of hBN/VO 2. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1900251. [PMID: 30907483 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201900251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2019] [Revised: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Unlike conventional plasmonic media, polaritonic van der Waals (vdW) materials hold promise for active control of light-matter interactions. The dispersion relations of elementary excitations such as phonons and plasmons can be tuned in layered vdW systems via stacking using functional substrates. In this work, infrared nanoimaging and nanospectroscopy of hyperbolic phonon polaritons are demonstrated in a novel vdW heterostructure combining hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) and vanadium dioxide (VO2 ). It is observed that the insulator-to-metal transition in VO2 has a profound impact on the polaritons in the proximal hBN layer. In effect, the real-space propagation of hyperbolic polaritons and their spectroscopic resonances can be actively controlled by temperature. This tunability originates from the effective change in local dielectric properties of the VO2 sublayer in the course of the temperature-tuned insulator-to-metal phase transition. The high susceptibility of polaritons to electronic phase transitions opens new possibilities for applications of vdW materials in combination with strongly correlated quantum materials.
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- Siyuan Dai
- Materials Research and Education Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 36849, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
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- National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
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- Division of Nanophotonics, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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Giant isotropic negative thermal expansion in Y-doped samarium monosulfides by intra-atomic charge transfer. Sci Rep 2019; 9:122. [PMID: 30644408 PMCID: PMC6333773 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-36568-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Stimulated by strong demand for thermal expansion control from advanced modern industries, various giant negative thermal expansion (NTE) materials have been developed during the last decade. Nevertheless, most such materials exhibit anisotropic thermal expansion in the crystal lattice. Therefore, strains and cracks induced during repeated thermal cycling degrade their performance as thermal-expansion compensators. Here we achieved giant isotropic NTE with volume change exceeding 3%, up to 4.1%, via control of the electronic configuration in Sm atoms of SmS, (4 f)6 or (4 f)5(5d)1, by partial replacement of Sm with Y. Contrary to NTE originating from cooperative phenomena such as magnetism, the present NTE attributable to the intra-atomic phenomenon avoids the size effect of NTE and therefore provides us with fine-grained thermal-expansion compensators, which are strongly desired to control thermal expansion of microregions such as underfill of a three-dimensional integrated circuit. Volume control of lanthanide monosulfides via tuning of the 4 f electronic configuration presents avenues for novel mechanical functions of a material, such as a volume-change driven actuator by an electrical field, which has a different drive principle from those of conventional strain-driven actuators such as piezostrictive or magnetostrictive materials.
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Tian C, Wang L, Luan F, Fu X, Zhuang X, Chen L. A novel electrochemiluminescent emitter of europium hydroxide nanorods and its application in bioanalysis. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:12479-12482. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc07129f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The high electrochemiluminescence intensity from europium hydroxide nanorods was reported for sensitive detection of thrombin.
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- Chunyuan Tian
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Yantai University
- Yantai 264005
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Yantai University
- Yantai 264005
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Yantai University
- Yantai 264005
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Yantai University
- Yantai 264005
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Yantai University
- Yantai 264005
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation
- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yantai 264003
- China
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Ryu YK, Knoll AW. Oxidation and Thermal Scanning Probe Lithography for High-Resolution Nanopatterning and Nanodevices. ELECTRICAL ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY FOR NANOELECTRONICS 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-15612-1_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Zhang J, Xie H, Shen Y, Zhao W, Li Y. Facile synthesis of highly monodisperse EuSe nanocubes with size-dependent optical/magnetic properties and their electrochemiluminescence performance. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:13617-13625. [PMID: 29979461 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr02500b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We reported a facile and robust method for the synthesis of highly monodisperse EuSe nanocubes (EuSe NCs) with controllable edge lengths in the range of 8-70 nm. The EuSe NCs were formed through the aggregation of EuSe small particles (cores) and then their surface reconstruction under the influence of 1-dodecanethiol (DDT) that acted as a capping surfactant. DDT was not only found to be critical to the nucleation temperature of preparing EuSe NCs, but also played a decisive role in the formation of structurally well-defined nanocubes. The results indicated that the remarkable monodispersity and high shape consistency of EuSe NCs were highly controlled by the change in the DDT concentration. Furthermore, the size-dependent optical/magnetic properties based on the quantum size effect and the influence of edge lengths of EuSe NCs were also investigated and discussed. More importantly, the electrochemiluminescence (ECL) performance of EuSe NCs was first reported. This will make possible more biomedical applications in future.
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- Jinzha Zhang
- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China.
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