The physical mechanisms of induced earthquakes

MJA Moein, C Langenbruch, R Schultz… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Anthropogenic operations involving underground fluid extraction or injection can cause
unexpectedly large and even damaging earthquakes, despite operational and regulatory …

Noble-metal based single-atom catalysts for the water-gas shift reaction

Y Chen, J Lin, X Wang - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted great attention in heterogeneous catalysis. In
this Feature Article, we summarize the recent advances of typical Au and Pt-group-metal …

Catalysis by dark states in vibropolaritonic chemistry

M Du, J Yuen-Zhou - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Collective strong coupling between a disordered ensemble of N localized molecular
vibrations and a resonant optical cavity mode gives rise to two polariton and N-1≫ 2 dark …

Direct observation of polaritonic chemistry by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

B Patrahau, M Piejko, RJ Mayer… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Polaritonic chemistry is emerging as a powerful approach to modifying the properties and
reactivity of molecules and materials. However, probing how the electronics and dynamics of …

Key progresses of MOE key laboratory of macromolecular synthesis and functionalization in 2021

Q Wen, Q Cai, P Fu, D Chang, X Xu, TJ Wen… - Chinese Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In 2021, The MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and
Functionalization in Zhejiang University had achieved several important results. First, a …

Dynamical degeneracy splitting and directional invisibility in non-Hermitian systems

K Zhang, C Fang, Z Yang - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
In this Letter, we introduce the concept of dynamical degeneracy splitting to describe the
anisotropic decay behaviors in non-Hermitian systems. We demonstrate that systems with …

Making ab initio QED functional (s): Nonperturbative and photon-free effective frameworks for strong light–matter coupling

C Schäfer, F Buchholz, M Penz… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Strong light–matter coupling provides a promising path for the control of quantum matter
where the latter is routinely described from first principles. However, combining the …

Organic solar powered greenhouse performance optimization and global economic opportunity

E Ravishankar, RE Booth, JA Hollingsworth… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Greenhouses conserve land and water while increasing crop production, making them an
attractive system for low environmental impact agriculture. Yet, to achieve this goal, there is …

[HTML][HTML] Global physics-based database of injection-induced seismicity

IR Kivi, A Boyet, H Wu, L Walter… - Earth System …, 2023 - essd.copernicus.org
Fluid injection into geological formations for energy resource development frequently
induces (micro) seismicity. Moderate-to large-magnitude induced earthquakes may cause …

[HTML][HTML] Collective response in light–matter interactions: The interplay between strong coupling and local dynamics

B Cui, A Nizan - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
A model designed to mimic the implications of the collective optical response of molecular
ensembles in optical cavities on molecular vibronic dynamics is investigated. Strong …