Recent advances in irradiation-mediated synthesis and tailoring of inorganic nanomaterials for photo-/electrocatalysis

S Huang, C Yue, K Uvdal, Z Hu - Nanoscale Advances, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Photo-/electrocatalysis serves as a cornerstone in addressing global energy shortages and
environmental pollution, where the development of efficient and stable catalysts is essential …

Challenging the ideal strength limit in single-crystalline gold nanoflakes through phase engineering

T Zhang, Y Tong, C Pan, J Pei, X Wang, T Liu… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Materials usually fracture before reaching their ideal strength limits. Meanwhile, materials
with high strength generally have poor ductility, and vice versa. For example, gold with the …

Electron Beam-Assisted Au Nanocrystal Shear and Rotation

J Guan, W Yang, W Zhang, W Gao, Z He, Z Wang - Nano Letters, 2025 - ACS Publications
Understanding metastable structural transitions under beam irradiation is essential for the
phase engineering of nanomaterials. However, in situ studies of beam-induced structural …

Fast W/Ni alloying on medium carbon steel surface via scanning electron beam for excellent mechanical properties

R Wang, H Yan, J Lu, X Sui, D Wei, K Wang, J Zhang… - Vacuum, 2023 - Elsevier
Next-generation medium carbide steel development requires fabricating novel structural
materials with superior mechanical properties. Herein, scanning electron beam alloying is …

In situ atomistic observations of dynamics of Lomer dislocations in Au subjected to electron-beam irradiation

SB Lee, S Sung, J Jung, HN Han - Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Electron-beam-induced dynamics of Lomer (L) dislocations in an Au low-angle grain
boundary (LAGB) was captured in situ at the atomic scale with a transmission electron …

Lattice destabilization in electron-beam-irradiated antimony in TEM

SB Lee, J Kwon, SJ Yoo, HS Kim - Materials Characterization, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the effect of electron-beam heating in transmission electron
microscopy (TEM) on the structure of antimony (Sb) thin films. TEM of Sb irradiated with 300 …

Pb Segregation in SnPb eutectic solder alloy induced by gamma irradiation

Q Guan, C Hang, W Zhang, S Li, X Tang, D Yu, Y Ding… - Corrosion …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pb segregated and formed a Pb segregation area in SnPb eutectic solder joint after 100 h of
gamma irradiation. With the irradiation time increased to 150 h, Pb segregating stopped. The …

Increasing Atomic Electron Cloud Density Leads to Formation of Body Centered Cubic (BCC) Gold

H Gu, J Ren, S Wu, M Li, L Zhang, C Liu, F Yuan, F Han… - 2024 - chemrxiv.org
Most metallic elements possess one relatively close packed structure of body-centered cubic
(BCC), face-centered cubic (FCC) and hexagonal close packed (HCP) structures under …