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Feldspar reduces fault frictional healing rate under hydrothermal conditions

By integrating macro-scale and nano-scale experiments that reproduce the seismic cycle, this study reveals that feldspars, very common minerals, reduce the rate at which faults heal after a seismic rupture under certain hydrothermal conditions.

Wei Feng
Wenzhou Wang
Giulio Di Toro
ResearchOpen Access23 Dec 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 17, P: 1-8
Spontaneous droplets gyrating via asymmetric self-splitting on heterogeneous surfaces

Controlling droplet impact and rebound behaviour can have applications in inkjet printing and self-cleaning. Here the authors show how a chemically-patterned surface with high-adhesive spirals surrounded by hydrophobic, low-adhesive regions leads to gyration behaviour of impacting droplets.

Huizeng Li
Wei Fang
Yanlin Song
ResearchOpen Access05 Mar 2019
Nature Communications

Volume: 10, P: 1-6
Frictional ageing from interfacial bonding and the origins of rate and state friction

Qunyang Li
Terry E. Tullis
Robert W. Carpick
Research30 Nov 2011
Nature

Volume: 480, P: 233-236
Robust ultra-low-friction state of graphene via moiré superlattice confinement

Two-dimensional materials show remarkable lubrication properties, yet chemical modifications may hinder such capabilities. Here, the authors show that when graphene is aligned on a Ge(111) substrate, ultra-low friction can be preserved even after graphene fluorination or oxidation.

Xiaohu Zheng
Lei Gao
Xi Wang
ResearchOpen Access19 Oct 2016
Nature Communications

Volume: 7, P: 1-7
Evolution of the flat band and the role of lattice relaxations in twisted bilayer graphene

By combining nano-spot angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy, the authors resolve the fine electronic structure of the flat band and remote bands of twisted bilayer graphene as the twist angle varies, revealing a spectral weight transfer between remote bands that is attributed to lattice relaxations.

Qian Li
Hongyun Zhang
Shuyun Zhou
Research24 Apr 2024
Nature Materials

Volume: 23, P: 1070-1076
Tuning friction force and reducing wear by applying alternating electric current in conductive AFM experiments

Friction and wear cause widespread energy loss and damage. Here, the authors propose a strategy to reduce friction and wear through inducing dynamic electronic density redistribution via alternating electric current.

Aisheng Song
Jian-Xun Zhao
Tian-Bao Ma
ResearchOpen Access20 May 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-9
The evolving quality of frictional contact with graphene

Atomistic simulations reproduce experimental observations of transient frictional strengthening of graphene on an amorphous silicon substrate, an effect which diminishes as the number of graphene layers increases.

Suzhi Li
Qunyang Li
Ju Li
Research23 Nov 2016
Nature

Volume: 539, P: 541-545
Elastocapillary cleaning of twisted bilayer graphene interfaces

Here, the authors investigate the long-range interaction and coalescence mechanism of water and ethanol nanopockets encapsulated in twisted bilayer graphene, showing the complete recovery of moiré patterns after the motion of the contaminants.

Yuan Hou
Zhaohe Dai
Zhong Zhang
ResearchOpen Access20 Aug 2021
Nature Communications

Volume: 12, P: 1-9
Adhesion-dependent negative friction coefficient on chemically modified graphite at the nanoscale

Classically, friction is known to increase with increasing normal load. Scanning probe experiments now show that reversible local delamination of chemically modified graphite can lead to an enhancement in friction as the applied load decreases, resulting in an effectively negative friction coefficient.

Zhao Deng
Alex Smolyanitsky
Rachel J. Cannara
Research14 Oct 2012
Nature Materials

Volume: 11, P: 1032-1037
Iced photochemical reduction to synthesize atomically dispersed metals by suppressing nanocrystal growth

Photochemical synthesis is a popular approach to fabricate metallic nanoparticles, however stabilizing individually-dispersed atoms by this method remains challenging. Here, the authors freeze their precursor solution prior to UV irradiation to obtain atomically-dispersed platinum catalysts with high electrocatalytic performance.

Hehe Wei
Kai Huang
Hui Wu
ResearchOpen Access14 Nov 2017
Nature Communications

Volume: 8, P: 1-8
Tribo-biological deposits on the articulating surfaces of metal-on-polyethylene total hip implants retrieved from patients

Zhiwei Cui
Yi-Xing Tian
Qunyang Li
ResearchOpen Access27 Jun 2016
Scientific Reports

Volume: 6, P: 1-8
Domino-like stacking order switching in twisted monolayer–multilayer graphene

The interface stacking order of twisted graphene can be actively flipped between locally stable states using a mechanical impulse, and this flipping propagates spontaneously through the network in a domino-like fashion.

Shuai Zhang
Qiang Xu
Qunyang Li
Research21 Apr 2022
Nature Materials

Volume: 21, P: 621-626
Optocapillarity-driven assembly and reconfiguration of liquid crystal polymer actuators

When floating at the air water interface, the shape of objects determines their capillary menisci and mutual interaction. Hu et al. show how dynamically changing shapes of liquid-crystal polymer actuators can be used to achieve optically controlled and reconfigurable assembly.

Zhiming Hu
Wei Fang
Jiu-an Lv
ResearchOpen Access13 Nov 2020
Nature Communications

Volume: 11, P: 1-10
Dispersal from the Qinghai-Tibet plateau by a high-altitude butterfly is associated with rapid expansion and reorganization of its genome

The butterfly Parnassius glacialis experienced vast environmental transition when it dispersed out of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. Here, the authors find that P. glacialis has an unusually large genome with rapid accumulation of transposable elements possibly facilitating its evolutionary adaptation.

Youjie Zhao
Chengyong Su
Jiasheng Hao
ResearchOpen Access11 Dec 2023
Nature Communications

Volume: 14, P: 1-13
Continuous epitaxy of single-crystal graphite films by isothermal carbon diffusion through nickel

Isothermal dissolution–diffusion–precipitation of carbon drives continuous epitaxial growth of single-crystal multilayer graphene.

Zhibin Zhang
Mingchao Ding
Kaihui Liu
Research27 Oct 2022
Nature Nanotechnology

Volume: 17, P: 1258-1264
Epitaxial growth of a 100-square-centimetre single-crystal hexagonal boron nitride monolayer on copper

The epitaxial growth of large single-crystal hexagonal boron nitride monolayers on low-symmetry copper foils is demonstrated.

Li Wang
Xiaozhi Xu
Kaihui Liu
Research22 May 2019
Nature

Volume: 570, P: 91-95
Dual-coupling-guided epitaxial growth of wafer-scale single-crystal WS₂ monolayer on vicinal a-plane sapphire

A dual-coupling-guided growth mechanism enables the realization of wafer-scale single-crystal WS₂ on vicinal a-plane sapphire.

Jinhuan Wang
Xiaozhi Xu
Kaihui Liu
Research15 Nov 2021
Nature Nanotechnology

Volume: 17, P: 33-38
Dated phylogeny and dispersal history of the butterfly subfamily Nymphalinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Chengyong Su
Qinghui Shi
Qun Yang
ResearchOpen Access18 Aug 2017
Scientific Reports

Volume: 7, P: 1-11

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