[{"date_created":"2026-04-12T22:01:51Z","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","year":"2026","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1745-2481"],"issn":["1745-2473"]},"doi":"10.1038/s41567-026-03189-4","acknowledgement":"We thank E. Krasnopeeva for help with the bacterial culture, motility and genetic engineering. We thank Q. Martinet for help with the experimental design, F. Pertl for atomic force microscopy measurements and S. Hajek for the scanning electron microscopy imaging. This project has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (VULCAN, 101086998). The views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. J.P. thanks the Nanofabrication and Electron Microscopy Shared Scientific Units of ISTA for support. Open access funding provided by Institute of Science and Technology (IST Austria).","article_type":"original","publication_status":"epub_ahead","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"type":"journal_article","title":"The hydrodynamic torque dipole from rotary bacterial flagella powers symmetric discs","project":[{"grant_number":"101086998","name":"VULCAN: matter, powered from within","_id":"bdac72da-d553-11ed-ba76-eae56e802b74"}],"main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-026-03189-4"}],"oa_version":"Published Version","day":"27","PlanS_conform":"1","author":[{"id":"c692f879-718d-11ee-81f0-da7caa79c783","first_name":"Daniel B","last_name":"Grober","full_name":"Grober, Daniel B"},{"first_name":"Tanumoy","last_name":"Dhar","full_name":"Dhar, Tanumoy"},{"first_name":"David","last_name":"Saintillan","full_name":"Saintillan, David"},{"orcid":"0000-0002-7253-9465","full_name":"Palacci, Jérémie A","last_name":"Palacci","first_name":"Jérémie A","id":"8fb92548-2b22-11eb-b7c1-a3f0d08d7c7d"}],"date_published":"2026-03-27T00:00:00Z","publication":"Nature Physics","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Swimming bacteria move through a fluid by actuating their moving body parts. They are force-free and can be described as hydrodynamic force dipoles: pushers or pullers. This modelling description is broadly used in biological physics and active matter research, and it has successfully predicted, for example, the superfluid behaviour of suspensions of pushers or the bend instability and emergence of turbulent flows in active nematics. However, this description accounts only for the translational motion of the swimming body and neglects the effects of hydrodynamic torque dipoles, which are relevant to bacteria with rotary motor-driven flagella, such as swimming Escherichia coli. Here we show that the torque dipole of confined swimming E. coli can power the persistent rotation of symmetric discs. The torque dipole leads to a traction force on the discs, an additive mechanism that is both contactless and independent of the orientation of the bacteria. Our results indicate that the torque dipole of swimming E. coli is notable in confined geometries, which is relevant to bacterial transport through porous materials, biofilms and the development of chiral fluids."}],"oa":1,"date_updated":"2026-04-16T06:20:23Z","corr_author":"1","_id":"21721","status":"public","department":[{"_id":"JePa"}],"ddc":["570"],"scopus_import":"1","citation":{"apa":"Grober, D. B., Dhar, T., Saintillan, D., &#38; Palacci, J. A. (2026). The hydrodynamic torque dipole from rotary bacterial flagella powers symmetric discs. <i>Nature Physics</i>. Springer Nature. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-026-03189-4\">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-026-03189-4</a>","mla":"Grober, Daniel B., et al. “The Hydrodynamic Torque Dipole from Rotary Bacterial Flagella Powers Symmetric Discs.” <i>Nature Physics</i>, Springer Nature, 2026, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-026-03189-4\">10.1038/s41567-026-03189-4</a>.","ista":"Grober DB, Dhar T, Saintillan D, Palacci JA. 2026. The hydrodynamic torque dipole from rotary bacterial flagella powers symmetric discs. Nature Physics.","short":"D.B. Grober, T. Dhar, D. Saintillan, J.A. Palacci, Nature Physics (2026).","ama":"Grober DB, Dhar T, Saintillan D, Palacci JA. The hydrodynamic torque dipole from rotary bacterial flagella powers symmetric discs. <i>Nature Physics</i>. 2026. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-026-03189-4\">10.1038/s41567-026-03189-4</a>","chicago":"Grober, Daniel B, Tanumoy Dhar, David Saintillan, and Jérémie A Palacci. “The Hydrodynamic Torque Dipole from Rotary Bacterial Flagella Powers Symmetric Discs.” <i>Nature Physics</i>. Springer Nature, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-026-03189-4\">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-026-03189-4</a>.","ieee":"D. B. Grober, T. Dhar, D. Saintillan, and J. A. Palacci, “The hydrodynamic torque dipole from rotary bacterial flagella powers symmetric discs,” <i>Nature Physics</i>. Springer Nature, 2026."},"has_accepted_license":"1","quality_controlled":"1","OA_type":"hybrid","tmp":{"legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","short":"CC BY (4.0)"},"article_processing_charge":"Yes (via OA deal)","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"NanoFab"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"}],"month":"03","OA_place":"publisher","publisher":"Springer Nature"},{"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Bacteria, like eukaryotes, use conserved cytoskeletal systems for intracellular organization. The plasmid-encoded ParMRC system forms actin-like filaments that segregate low–copy number plasmids. In multicellular cyanobacteria such as Anabaena sp., we found that a chromosomally encoded ParMR system has evolved into a cytoskeletal system named CorMR with a function in cell shape control rather than DNA segregation. Live-cell imaging, in vitro reconstitution, and cryo–electron microscopy revealed that CorM formed dynamically unstable, antiparallel double-stranded filaments that were recruited to the membrane by CorR through an amphipathic helix conserved in multicellular cyanobacteria. CorMR filaments were regulated by MinC, which excluded them from the poles and division plane. Comparative genomics indicated that the repurposing of ParMR and Min systems coevolved with cyanobacterial multicellularity, highlighting the evolutionary plasticity of cytoskeletal systems in bacteria."}],"publication":"Science","external_id":{"pmid":["41990175"]},"date_published":"2026-04-16T00:00:00Z","author":[{"orcid":"0000-0002-3461-5391","first_name":"Benjamin L","id":"b4eb62ef-ac72-11ed-9503-ed3b4d66c083","full_name":"Springstein, Benjamin L","last_name":"Springstein"},{"last_name":"Javoor","full_name":"Javoor, Manjunath","id":"305ab18b-dc7d-11ea-9b2f-b58195228ea2","first_name":"Manjunath","orcid":"0000-0003-2311-2112"},{"first_name":"Daniela","full_name":"Megrian, Daniela","last_name":"Megrian"},{"last_name":"Hajdu","full_name":"Hajdu, Roman","id":"ffab949d-133f-11ed-8f02-94de21ace503","first_name":"Roman"},{"last_name":"Hanke","full_name":"Hanke, Dustin M.","first_name":"Dustin M."},{"first_name":"Bettina","id":"45FD126C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Zens, Bettina","last_name":"Zens","orcid":"0000-0002-9561-1239"},{"first_name":"Gregor L.","full_name":"Weiss, Gregor L.","last_name":"Weiss"},{"orcid":"0000-0003-4790-8078","last_name":"Schur","full_name":"Schur, Florian Km","id":"48AD8942-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Florian Km"},{"full_name":"Loose, Martin","last_name":"Loose","first_name":"Martin","id":"462D4284-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","orcid":"0000-0001-7309-9724"}],"day":"16","oa_version":"None","pmid":1,"issue":"6795","title":"Repurposing of a DNA segregation machinery into a cytoskeletal system controlling cell shape","type":"journal_article","project":[{"name":"IST-BRIDGE: International postdoctoral program","grant_number":"101034413","_id":"fc2ed2f7-9c52-11eb-aca3-c01059dda49c","call_identifier":"H2020"},{"name":"A molecular atlas of Actin filament IDentities in the cell motility machinery","grant_number":"101076260","_id":"bd980d18-d553-11ed-ba76-ceaa645c97eb"}],"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"publication_status":"published","article_type":"original","acknowledgement":"We thank all members of the Loose lab at ISTA for helpful discussions; M. Kojic for critical reading of the manuscript; A. Herrero (Sevilla University) for sharing her extensive BACTH plasmid library and other plasmids, as well as cyanobacterial strains; T. Dagan and F. Nies (both Kiel University) for sharing cyanobacterial strains and plasmids and for valuable discussions; N. Sapay and A. Michon for providing the Amphipaseek code, which enabled us to perform our large-scale amphipathic helix screen of cyanobacterial CorR proteins; V.-V. Hodirnau for support in cryo-ET data collection; and J. Hansen for advice about cryo-EM data processing.\r\nThis work was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of ISTA through resources provided by the Imaging & Optics Facility (IOF), the Scientific Computing (SciComp), the Electron Microscopy Facility (EMF), and the Lab Support Facility (LSF). This work was funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant 101034413 to B.L.S.); the European Research Council (ERC) of the European Union (grant ActinID 101076260 to F.K.M.S.); the Swiss National Science Foundation (starting grant TMSGI3_226208 to G.L.W.); and the Jean-Jacques et Letitia Lopez-Loreta Foundation (G.L.W.).","doi":"10.1126/science.aea6343","year":"2026","publication_identifier":{"issn":["0036-8075"],"eissn":["1095-9203"]},"article_number":"eaea6343","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","date_created":"2026-04-26T22:01:46Z","intvolume":"       392","publisher":"AAAS","month":"04","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"Bio"},{"_id":"ScienComp"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"article_processing_charge":"No","ec_funded":1,"OA_type":"closed access","volume":392,"quality_controlled":"1","citation":{"mla":"Springstein, Benjamin L., et al. “Repurposing of a DNA Segregation Machinery into a Cytoskeletal System Controlling Cell Shape.” <i>Science</i>, vol. 392, no. 6795, eaea6343, AAAS, 2026, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aea6343\">10.1126/science.aea6343</a>.","apa":"Springstein, B. L., Javoor, M., Megrian, D., Hajdu, R., Hanke, D. M., Zens, B., … Loose, M. (2026). Repurposing of a DNA segregation machinery into a cytoskeletal system controlling cell shape. <i>Science</i>. AAAS. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aea6343\">https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aea6343</a>","short":"B.L. Springstein, M. Javoor, D. Megrian, R. Hajdu, D.M. Hanke, B. Zens, G.L. Weiss, F.K. Schur, M. Loose, Science 392 (2026).","ista":"Springstein BL, Javoor M, Megrian D, Hajdu R, Hanke DM, Zens B, Weiss GL, Schur FK, Loose M. 2026. Repurposing of a DNA segregation machinery into a cytoskeletal system controlling cell shape. Science. 392(6795), eaea6343.","chicago":"Springstein, Benjamin L, Manjunath Javoor, Daniela Megrian, Roman Hajdu, Dustin M. Hanke, Bettina Zens, Gregor L. Weiss, Florian KM Schur, and Martin Loose. “Repurposing of a DNA Segregation Machinery into a Cytoskeletal System Controlling Cell Shape.” <i>Science</i>. AAAS, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aea6343\">https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aea6343</a>.","ama":"Springstein BL, Javoor M, Megrian D, et al. Repurposing of a DNA segregation machinery into a cytoskeletal system controlling cell shape. <i>Science</i>. 2026;392(6795). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aea6343\">10.1126/science.aea6343</a>","ieee":"B. L. Springstein <i>et al.</i>, “Repurposing of a DNA segregation machinery into a cytoskeletal system controlling cell shape,” <i>Science</i>, vol. 392, no. 6795. AAAS, 2026."},"scopus_import":"1","department":[{"_id":"MaLo"},{"_id":"FlSc"},{"_id":"GradSch"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"}],"status":"public","_id":"21762","corr_author":"1","date_updated":"2026-04-28T13:29:05Z"},{"doi":"10.1016/j.ces.2026.123348","acknowledgement":"The authors thank the support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grants No. 22302151) and Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (Grants No. 2024AFB755, 2024AFB267), Key Project of Hubei Provincial Department of Education Scientific Research Plan (F2023007). This work is supported by funding from Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of MonocrystallineSilicon Semiconductor Materials and Technology (2025KFKT021). This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of ISTA Austria through resources provided by the Electron Microscopy Facility (EMF) and the Nanofabrication Facility (NNF). “M.I. and S.H. acknowledge financial support from ISTA and the Werner Siemens Foundation.”","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["0009-2509"],"issn":["1873-4405"]},"year":"2026","article_number":"123348","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","date_created":"2026-01-25T23:01:39Z","title":"Hydrogen induced palladium-based heterojunction electrocatalysts to enhance the oxygen reduction reaction performance","type":"journal_article","project":[{"_id":"9B8F7476-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A","name":"HighTE: The Werner Siemens Laboratory for the High Throughput Discovery of Semiconductors for Waste Heat Recovery"}],"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"publication_status":"epub_ahead","article_type":"original","author":[{"full_name":"Shi, Changwei","last_name":"Shi","first_name":"Changwei"},{"full_name":"Horta, Sharona","last_name":"Horta","first_name":"Sharona","id":"03a7e858-01b1-11ec-8b71-99ae6c4a05bc"},{"orcid":"0000-0001-5013-2843","full_name":"Ibáñez, Maria","last_name":"Ibáñez","first_name":"Maria","id":"43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"first_name":"Tanja","full_name":"Kallio, Tanja","last_name":"Kallio"},{"first_name":"Paulina R.","last_name":"Martínez-Alanis","full_name":"Martínez-Alanis, Paulina R."},{"last_name":"Wang","full_name":"Wang, Xiang","first_name":"Xiang"},{"last_name":"Cabot","full_name":"Cabot, Andreu","first_name":"Andreu"}],"day":"12","PlanS_conform":"1","oa_version":"Published Version","main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2026.123348"}],"abstract":[{"text":"The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) remains a critical bottleneck in fuel cells and metal-air batteries due to the lack of highly efficient electrocatalysts. Here, we report a simple strategy for synthesizing a palladium-based heterostructured electrocatalyst supported on a carbon nitride matrix (PdH-Pd@CN), which exhibits remarkable ORR activity with a half-wave potential of 0.91 V and excellent durability in 0.1 M KOH. Within the heterostructure, hydrogen intercalation expands the Pd lattice, while interstitial hydrogen doping facilitates charge transfer from Pd to H owing to their electronegativity difference. These synergistic effects modulate the electronic structure, thereby enhancing both activity and stability. When employed in Zn-air batteries, PdH-Pd@CN delivers a maximum power density of 176 mW cm− (Liu et al., 2025) and capacity of 805 mAh g− (Sun et al., 2021) Zn. These findings demonstrate the strong potential of PdH-Pd@CN as an efficient ORR electrocatalyst for next-generation metal-air batteries and related energy technologies.","lang":"eng"}],"publication":"Chemical Engineering Science","date_published":"2026-01-12T00:00:00Z","date_updated":"2026-02-12T13:05:19Z","oa":1,"scopus_import":"1","department":[{"_id":"MaIb"}],"ddc":["540"],"status":"public","_id":"21037","tmp":{"legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","short":"CC BY (4.0)"},"acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"EM-Fac"},{"_id":"NanoFab"}],"article_processing_charge":"Yes (in subscription journal)","OA_type":"hybrid","quality_controlled":"1","volume":324,"citation":{"ieee":"C. Shi <i>et al.</i>, “Hydrogen induced palladium-based heterojunction electrocatalysts to enhance the oxygen reduction reaction performance,” <i>Chemical Engineering Science</i>, vol. 324. Elsevier, 2026.","ama":"Shi C, Horta S, Ibáñez M, et al. Hydrogen induced palladium-based heterojunction electrocatalysts to enhance the oxygen reduction reaction performance. <i>Chemical Engineering Science</i>. 2026;324. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2026.123348\">10.1016/j.ces.2026.123348</a>","chicago":"Shi, Changwei, Sharona Horta, Maria Ibáñez, Tanja Kallio, Paulina R. Martínez-Alanis, Xiang Wang, and Andreu Cabot. “Hydrogen Induced Palladium-Based Heterojunction Electrocatalysts to Enhance the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Performance.” <i>Chemical Engineering Science</i>. Elsevier, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2026.123348\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2026.123348</a>.","ista":"Shi C, Horta S, Ibáñez M, Kallio T, Martínez-Alanis PR, Wang X, Cabot A. 2026. Hydrogen induced palladium-based heterojunction electrocatalysts to enhance the oxygen reduction reaction performance. Chemical Engineering Science. 324, 123348.","short":"C. Shi, S. Horta, M. Ibáñez, T. Kallio, P.R. Martínez-Alanis, X. Wang, A. Cabot, Chemical Engineering Science 324 (2026).","mla":"Shi, Changwei, et al. “Hydrogen Induced Palladium-Based Heterojunction Electrocatalysts to Enhance the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Performance.” <i>Chemical Engineering Science</i>, vol. 324, 123348, Elsevier, 2026, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2026.123348\">10.1016/j.ces.2026.123348</a>.","apa":"Shi, C., Horta, S., Ibáñez, M., Kallio, T., Martínez-Alanis, P. R., Wang, X., &#38; Cabot, A. (2026). Hydrogen induced palladium-based heterojunction electrocatalysts to enhance the oxygen reduction reaction performance. <i>Chemical Engineering Science</i>. Elsevier. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2026.123348\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2026.123348</a>"},"has_accepted_license":"1","intvolume":"       324","publisher":"Elsevier","month":"01","OA_place":"publisher"},{"article_processing_charge":"No","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"Bio"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"},{"_id":"ScienComp"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"ec_funded":1,"tmp":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-SA 4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode","short":"CC BY-SA (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by_sa.png"},"has_accepted_license":"1","citation":{"ieee":"S. Naik, “Data associated with Keratins coordinate tissue spreading .” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2026.","chicago":"Naik, Suyash. “Data Associated with Keratins Coordinate Tissue Spreading .” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21137\">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21137</a>.","ama":"Naik S. Data associated with Keratins coordinate tissue spreading . 2026. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21137\">10.15479/AT-ISTA-21137</a>","ista":"Naik S. 2026. Data associated with Keratins coordinate tissue spreading , Institute of Science and Technology Austria, <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21137\">10.15479/AT-ISTA-21137</a>.","short":"S. Naik, (2026).","apa":"Naik, S. (2026). Data associated with Keratins coordinate tissue spreading . Institute of Science and Technology Austria. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21137\">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21137</a>","mla":"Naik, Suyash. <i>Data Associated with Keratins Coordinate Tissue Spreading </i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2026, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21137\">10.15479/AT-ISTA-21137</a>."},"publisher":"Institute of Science and Technology Austria","OA_place":"repository","month":"3","date_updated":"2026-06-10T09:44:10Z","oa":1,"file_date_updated":"2026-03-24T07:21:43Z","department":[{"_id":"GradSch"},{"_id":"CaHe"},{"_id":"EdHa"}],"status":"public","contributor":[{"first_name":"Yann-Edwin","contributor_type":"researcher","last_name":"Keta"},{"last_name":"Henkes","first_name":"Silke ","contributor_type":"supervisor"},{"id":"39427864-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","contributor_type":"supervisor","first_name":"Carl-Philipp J","last_name":"Heisenberg","orcid":"0000-0002-0912-4566"},{"last_name":"Hannezo","first_name":"Edouard B","contributor_type":"supervisor","id":"3A9DB764-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","orcid":"0000-0001-6005-1561"}],"corr_author":"1","_id":"21137","author":[{"orcid":"0000-0001-8421-5508","full_name":"Naik, Suyash","last_name":"Naik","first_name":"Suyash","id":"2C0B105C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"}],"day":"24","oa_version":"Published Version","date_published":"2026-03-24T00:00:00Z","file":[{"checksum":"5d1fda7e410f24c311fcf6bcf725698f","description":"Python3 library written in C++20 to integrate vertex models. Please read the readme at https://github.com/yketa/cells/blob/main/README.md for detailed instructions for installation and usage of the code in this repository. ","title":"Cell git repository","file_id":"21461","file_name":"cells-main.zip","access_level":"open_access","relation":"main_file","creator":"snaik","date_updated":"2026-03-16T11:51:10Z","date_created":"2026-03-16T11:51:10Z","content_type":"application/zip","file_size":725916},{"checksum":"ee350c8eaed99f3ca348c47c8b190d3c","access_level":"open_access","relation":"main_file","file_name":"DevBranchDataRepo.zip","file_id":"21464","date_updated":"2026-03-18T14:52:02Z","creator":"snaik","file_size":282168895,"success":1,"content_type":"application/x-zip-compressed","date_created":"2026-03-18T14:52:02Z"},{"checksum":"1ecaf2c1a2ce8ff9c75a128cc02d0b8f","relation":"main_file","access_level":"open_access","file_id":"21466","file_name":"ReadMe.md","date_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:32Z","creator":"snaik","file_size":2231,"date_created":"2026-03-18T15:01:32Z","content_type":"text/markdown","success":1},{"file_size":1951210,"success":1,"date_created":"2026-03-18T15:12:57Z","content_type":"image/svg+xml","date_updated":"2026-03-18T15:12:57Z","creator":"snaik","relation":"main_file","access_level":"open_access","file_name":"PaperSchematics.svg","file_id":"21467","checksum":"da9a4687e5144b61a64ca341f922046a"},{"file_size":1897,"success":1,"date_created":"2026-03-21T03:37:43Z","content_type":"application/octet-stream","date_updated":"2026-03-21T03:37:43Z","creator":"snaik","access_level":"open_access","relation":"main_file","file_name":"maxwell_sketch.tex","file_id":"21468","checksum":"9ac1054b16c212c6f34d402dce2c80e0"},{"file_size":749368723,"date_created":"2026-03-24T07:21:43Z","content_type":"application/x-zip-compressed","success":1,"date_updated":"2026-03-24T07:21:43Z","creator":"snaik","relation":"main_file","access_level":"open_access","file_id":"21495","file_name":"DataRepo.zip","checksum":"7c9ecf78e2593b3830d96fa94baa08df"}],"acknowledgement":"We thank all members of the Heisenberg, Henkes, and Hannezo groups for their support. We are also grateful to the Imaging and Optics, Scientific Computing, Life Science Support, and Cryo-Electron Microscopy facilities at ISTA for their technical assistance and support. Numerical simulations were performed using the computational resources from Lorentz Institute and the Academic Leiden Interdisciplinary Cluster Environment (ALICE) provided by Leiden University, and from PMMH provided by Sorbonne Université. S.N has received funding from European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 665385). This work was supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) under projects PAT5044023 and W1250 awarded to C.-P.H.","doi":"10.15479/AT-ISTA-21137","year":"2026","user_id":"68b8ca59-c5b3-11ee-8790-cd641c68093d","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","date_created":"2026-02-04T16:38:02Z","project":[{"name":"International IST Doctoral Program","grant_number":"665385","_id":"2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425","call_identifier":"H2020"},{"_id":"8f060199-16d5-11f0-9cad-f3253b266c46","grant_number":"PAT 5044023","name":"Keratins in epithelial tissue spreading"},{"grant_number":"W1250-B20","name":"Nano-Analytics of Cellular Systems","_id":"252C3B08-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425","call_identifier":"FWF"}],"type":"research_data","title":"Data associated with Keratins coordinate tissue spreading "},{"status":"public","corr_author":"1","_id":"19278","scopus_import":"1","ddc":["530"],"department":[{"_id":"ScWa"},{"_id":"LifeSc"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"}],"file_date_updated":"2025-03-04T10:05:18Z","related_material":{"link":[{"relation":"press_release","url":"https://ista.ac.at/en/news/an-electrifying-turn-in-an-age-old-quest/","description":"News on ISTA website"}],"record":[{"id":"20203","relation":"dissertation_contains","status":"public"}]},"oa":1,"date_updated":"2026-04-28T13:44:56Z","OA_place":"publisher","month":"02","intvolume":"       638","publisher":"Springer Nature","volume":638,"quality_controlled":"1","OA_type":"hybrid","has_accepted_license":"1","citation":{"short":"J.C.A. Sobarzo Ponce, F. Pertl, D. Balazs, T. Costanzo, M. Sauer, A. Foelske, M. Ostermann, C.M. Pichler, Y. Wang, Y. Nagata, M. Bonn, S.R. Waitukaitis, Nature 638 (2025).","ista":"Sobarzo Ponce JCA, Pertl F, Balazs D, Costanzo T, Sauer M, Foelske A, Ostermann M, Pichler CM, Wang Y, Nagata Y, Bonn M, Waitukaitis SR. 2025. Spontaneous ordering of identical materials into a triboelectric series. Nature. 638(8051), 664–669.","mla":"Sobarzo Ponce, Juan Carlos A., et al. “Spontaneous Ordering of Identical Materials into a Triboelectric Series.” <i>Nature</i>, vol. 638, no. 8051, 664–669, Springer Nature, 2025, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08530-6\">10.1038/s41586-024-08530-6</a>.","apa":"Sobarzo Ponce, J. C. A., Pertl, F., Balazs, D., Costanzo, T., Sauer, M., Foelske, A., … Waitukaitis, S. R. (2025). Spontaneous ordering of identical materials into a triboelectric series. <i>Nature</i>. Springer Nature. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08530-6\">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08530-6</a>","ieee":"J. C. A. Sobarzo Ponce <i>et al.</i>, “Spontaneous ordering of identical materials into a triboelectric series,” <i>Nature</i>, vol. 638, no. 8051. Springer Nature, 2025.","ama":"Sobarzo Ponce JCA, Pertl F, Balazs D, et al. Spontaneous ordering of identical materials into a triboelectric series. <i>Nature</i>. 2025;638(8051). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08530-6\">10.1038/s41586-024-08530-6</a>","chicago":"Sobarzo Ponce, Juan Carlos A, Felix Pertl, Daniel Balazs, Tommaso Costanzo, Markus Sauer, Annette Foelske, Markus Ostermann, et al. “Spontaneous Ordering of Identical Materials into a Triboelectric Series.” <i>Nature</i>. Springer Nature, 2025. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08530-6\">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08530-6</a>."},"ec_funded":1,"acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"M-Shop"},{"_id":"NanoFab"},{"_id":"ScienComp"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"article_processing_charge":"Yes (via OA deal)","tmp":{"legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","short":"CC BY (4.0)"},"publication_status":"published","article_type":"original","project":[{"_id":"0aa60e99-070f-11eb-9043-a6de6bdc3afa","name":"Tribocharge: a multi-scale approach to an enduring problem in physics","grant_number":"949120","call_identifier":"H2020"}],"type":"journal_article","title":"Spontaneous ordering of identical materials into a triboelectric series","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"isi":1,"user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","date_created":"2025-03-02T23:01:52Z","acknowledgement":"This project has received financing from the European Research Council grant agreement no. 949120 under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. The Analytical Instrumentation Center of the TU Wien acknowledges support by the FFG project ‘ELSA’ under grant no. 884672. C.M.P. and M.O. acknowledge the state of Lower Austria and the European Regional Development Fund under grant no. WST3-F-542638/004-2021. This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria through resources provided by the Miba Machine Shop, Nanofabrication Facility, Scientific Computing facility, Electron Microscopy Facility and Lab Support Facility. We thank J. Garcia-Suarez and G. Anciaux for the suggestion to look into the roughness power spectral density. We thank I.-M. Strugaru for help with testing the device for Young’s modulus measurements. Open access funding provided by Institute of Science and Technology (IST Austria).","doi":"10.1038/s41586-024-08530-6","year":"2025","publication_identifier":{"issn":["0028-0836"],"eissn":["1476-4687"]},"article_number":"664-669","publication":"Nature","file":[{"date_updated":"2025-03-04T10:05:18Z","creator":"dernst","file_size":3807415,"success":1,"date_created":"2025-03-04T10:05:18Z","content_type":"application/pdf","checksum":"fecf302274dd3218d3e7dd22f39a6c0c","relation":"main_file","access_level":"open_access","file_name":"2025_Nature_Sobarzo.pdf","file_id":"19289"}],"external_id":{"isi":["001428076100015"],"pmid":["39972227"]},"date_published":"2025-02-20T00:00:00Z","abstract":[{"text":"When two insulating, neutral materials are contacted and separated, they exchange electrical charge1. Experiments have long suggested that this ‘contact electrification’ is transitive, with different materials ordering into ‘triboelectric series’ based on the sign of charge acquired2. At the same time, the effect is plagued by unpredictability, preventing consensus on the mechanism and casting doubt on the rhyme and reason that series imply3. Here we expose an unanticipated connection between the unpredictability and order in contact electrification: nominally identical materials initially exchange charge randomly and intransitively, but—over repeated experiments—order into triboelectric series. We find that this evolution is driven by the act of contact itself—samples with more contacts in their history charge negatively to ones with fewer contacts. Capturing this ‘contact bias’ in a minimal model, we recreate both the initial randomness and ultimate order in numerical simulations and use it experimentally to force the appearance of a triboelectric series of our choosing. With a set of surface-sensitive techniques to search for the underlying alterations contact creates, we only find evidence of nanoscale morphological changes, pointing to a mechanism strongly coupled with mechanics. Our results highlight the centrality of contact history in contact electrification and suggest that focusing on the unpredictability that has long plagued the effect may hold the key to understanding it.","lang":"eng"}],"pmid":1,"oa_version":"Published Version","issue":"8051","author":[{"first_name":"Juan Carlos A","id":"4B807D68-AE37-11E9-AC72-31CAE5697425","full_name":"Sobarzo Ponce, Juan Carlos A","last_name":"Sobarzo Ponce"},{"orcid":"0000-0003-0463-5794","id":"6313aec0-15b2-11ec-abd3-ed67d16139af","first_name":"Felix","last_name":"Pertl","full_name":"Pertl, Felix"},{"orcid":"0000-0001-7597-043X","last_name":"Balazs","full_name":"Balazs, Daniel","id":"302BADF6-85FC-11EA-9E3B-B9493DDC885E","first_name":"Daniel"},{"orcid":"0000-0001-9732-3815","first_name":"Tommaso","id":"D93824F4-D9BA-11E9-BB12-F207E6697425","full_name":"Costanzo, Tommaso","last_name":"Costanzo"},{"first_name":"Markus","full_name":"Sauer, Markus","last_name":"Sauer"},{"full_name":"Foelske, Annette","last_name":"Foelske","first_name":"Annette"},{"first_name":"Markus","full_name":"Ostermann, Markus","last_name":"Ostermann"},{"last_name":"Pichler","full_name":"Pichler, Christian M.","first_name":"Christian M."},{"first_name":"Yongkang","full_name":"Wang, Yongkang","last_name":"Wang"},{"full_name":"Nagata, Yuki","last_name":"Nagata","first_name":"Yuki"},{"full_name":"Bonn, Mischa","last_name":"Bonn","first_name":"Mischa"},{"orcid":"0000-0002-2299-3176","first_name":"Scott R","id":"3A1FFC16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Waitukaitis, Scott R","last_name":"Waitukaitis"}],"day":"20"},{"_id":"19364","corr_author":"1","status":"public","department":[{"_id":"MaIb"}],"scopus_import":"1","related_material":{"link":[{"relation":"press_release","description":"News on ISTA website","url":"https://ista.ac.at/en/news/cooling-materials-out-of-the-3d-printer/"}]},"date_updated":"2026-04-28T13:43:53Z","month":"02","publisher":"AAAS","intvolume":"       387","citation":{"ieee":"S. Xu, S. Horta, A. Q. Lawal, K. Maji, M. Lorion, and M. Ibáñez, “Interfacial bonding enhances thermoelectric cooling in 3D-printed materials,” <i>Science</i>, vol. 387, no. 6736. AAAS, pp. 845–850, 2025.","chicago":"Xu, Shengduo, Sharona Horta, Abayomi Q Lawal, Krishnendu Maji, Magali Lorion, and Maria Ibáñez. “Interfacial Bonding Enhances Thermoelectric Cooling in 3D-Printed Materials.” <i>Science</i>. AAAS, 2025. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ads0426\">https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ads0426</a>.","ama":"Xu S, Horta S, Lawal AQ, Maji K, Lorion M, Ibáñez M. Interfacial bonding enhances thermoelectric cooling in 3D-printed materials. <i>Science</i>. 2025;387(6736):845-850. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ads0426\">10.1126/science.ads0426</a>","ista":"Xu S, Horta S, Lawal AQ, Maji K, Lorion M, Ibáñez M. 2025. Interfacial bonding enhances thermoelectric cooling in 3D-printed materials. Science. 387(6736), 845–850.","short":"S. Xu, S. Horta, A.Q. Lawal, K. Maji, M. Lorion, M. Ibáñez, Science 387 (2025) 845–850.","apa":"Xu, S., Horta, S., Lawal, A. Q., Maji, K., Lorion, M., &#38; Ibáñez, M. (2025). Interfacial bonding enhances thermoelectric cooling in 3D-printed materials. <i>Science</i>. AAAS. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ads0426\">https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ads0426</a>","mla":"Xu, Shengduo, et al. “Interfacial Bonding Enhances Thermoelectric Cooling in 3D-Printed Materials.” <i>Science</i>, vol. 387, no. 6736, AAAS, 2025, pp. 845–50, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ads0426\">10.1126/science.ads0426</a>."},"volume":387,"OA_type":"closed access","quality_controlled":"1","article_processing_charge":"No","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"EM-Fac"},{"_id":"LifeSc"},{"_id":"M-Shop"},{"_id":"NanoFab"}],"page":"845-850","article_type":"original","publication_status":"published","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"isi":1,"title":"Interfacial bonding enhances thermoelectric cooling in 3D-printed materials","type":"journal_article","project":[{"name":"HighTE: The Werner Siemens Laboratory for the High Throughput Discovery of Semiconductors for Waste Heat Recovery","_id":"9B8F7476-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A"}],"date_created":"2025-03-09T23:01:26Z","user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1095-9203"]},"year":"2025","acknowledgement":"This work was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of ISTA through resources provided by the Electron Microscopy Facility (EMF), the Lab Support Facility (LSF), the Communication & Events facility, the Miba Machine Shop, and the Nanofabrication Facility (NNF). The Mechanical Response of Materials (MRM) Service Unit of the Technical University of Wien is acknowledged for Mechanical tests. X. L. Yan and S. Bühler-Paschen (Institute of Solid-State Physics, Technical University of Wien) are acknowledged for granting us access to their equipment, which allowed us to perform independent corroborative measurements. M. Qin is acknowledged for help with Au deposition and wire bonding for samples used for PPMS measurements. The lab of B. Hof and Z. Lu is acknowledged for help with rheological properties measurements. The members of the Ibáñez research group, especially N. Jakhar, C. Fiedler, and T. Kleinhanns, are acknowledged for their feedback on the manuscript and fruitful discussions. This work was financially supported by ISTA and the Werner Siemens Foundation.","doi":"10.1126/science.ads0426","external_id":{"pmid":["39977506"],"isi":["001514422600026"]},"date_published":"2025-02-20T00:00:00Z","publication":"Science","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Thermoelectric coolers (TECs) are pivotal in modern heat management but face limitations in efficiency and manufacturing scalability. We address these challenges by using an extrusion-based 3D printing technique to fabricate high-performance thermoelectric materials. Our ink formulations ensure the integrity of the 3D-printed structure and effective particle bonding during sintering, achieving record-high figure of merit (zT) values of 1.42 for p-type bismuth antimony telluride [(Bi,Sb)2Te3] and 1.3 for n-type silver selenide (Ag2Se) materials at room temperature. The resulting TEC demonstrates a cooling temperature gradient of 50°C in air. Moreover, this scalable and cost-effective method circumvents energy-intensive and time-consuming steps, such as ingot preparation and subsequently machining processes, offering a transformative solution for thermoelectric device production and heralding a new era of efficient and sustainable thermoelectric technologies."}],"issue":"6736","pmid":1,"oa_version":"None","day":"20","author":[{"first_name":"Shengduo","id":"12ab8624-4c8a-11ec-9e11-e1ac2438f22f","full_name":"Xu, Shengduo","last_name":"Xu"},{"first_name":"Sharona","id":"03a7e858-01b1-11ec-8b71-99ae6c4a05bc","full_name":"Horta, Sharona","last_name":"Horta"},{"full_name":"Lawal, Abayomi Q","last_name":"Lawal","first_name":"Abayomi Q","id":"5bdaf946-5355-11ee-ae5a-8061700bd605"},{"first_name":"Krishnendu","id":"76bc9e9f-ba0b-11ee-8184-90edabd17a58","full_name":"Maji, Krishnendu","last_name":"Maji"},{"first_name":"Magali","id":"bc07ac4d-142e-11eb-a9d5-d72db792859d","full_name":"Lorion, Magali","last_name":"Lorion"},{"orcid":"0000-0001-5013-2843","first_name":"Maria","id":"43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Ibáñez, Maria","last_name":"Ibáñez"}]},{"author":[{"last_name":"Hlavata","full_name":"Hlavata, Annamaria","id":"36062FEC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Annamaria"}],"day":"20","oa_version":"Published Version","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Gene expression is crucial for cell differentiation, development and survival of\r\norganisms. It consists of several steps, starting with transcription that is mediated by\r\nRNA polymerases. These are protein machineries transcribing and producing different\r\ntypes of RNAs. Although, the individual steps of transcription by RNA polymerase II\r\n(Pol II) as well as the structure of Pol II has been extensively studied, surprisingly,\r\nthere is still little known about its regulation and assembly in cytoplasm. Among the\r\nproteins that are important in biogenesis of Pol II are RNA polymerase II associating\r\nproteins (RPAP) and small GPN-loop GTPases (GPN). Both of these protein groups\r\nwere shown to take essential part in assembly of Pol II.\r\nThe aim of this project was to deepen our knowledge in regulation of Pol II in\r\nthe cytoplasm as well as the proteins involved in this process. Techniques of structural\r\nbiology, biochemistry and cell biology were employed to study and characterize cytoplasmic Pol II and its interacting partners.\r\nThis study shows for the first time the structure of cytoplasmic Pol II at high\r\nresolution. The structure also reveals proteins interacting with Pol II in cytoplasm,\r\nnamely GDOWN1, RPAP2. Comparing the structure of cytoplasmic Pol II with transcribing Pol II revealed striking difference in clamp region that is not in closed state.\r\nFurthermore, GDOWN1 and RPAP2 make steric clashes with various transcription\r\nfactors bound to Pol II during different stages of transcription. Even though GPN1 and\r\nGPN3 proteins were not resolved in the cytoplasmic Pol II structure, they are part of\r\nthe complex and their interaction with Pol II was confirmed in vitro. RPAP2 stabilizes\r\nthese proteins on Pol II and several experiments suggest that they interact with the\r\nclamp region. In addition, GDOWN1, RPAP2 and GPNs might keep clamp in open or\r\npartially open state. Based on these results I propose a novel model of regulation of\r\nPol II in cytoplasm. GDOWN1, RPAP2, GPN1 and GPN3 bind to Pol II in cytoplasm\r\nand doing so they can prevent pre-mature binding of DNA or RNA and different transcription factors to Pol II in cytoplasm or before engaging in transcription nucleus.\r\nThis research contributes to the current knowledge of molecular mechanisms\r\nof Pol II regulation in cytoplasm."}],"date_published":"2025-03-20T00:00:00Z","file":[{"access_level":"closed","relation":"source_file","file_id":"19448","file_name":"PhD_Thesis_Hlavata_final_submission.docx","checksum":"b7ddf424ffe95f8c767c53c8bb62d4f3","embargo_to":"open_access","file_size":23506747,"date_created":"2025-03-24T12:48:36Z","content_type":"application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document","date_updated":"2026-03-20T23:30:04Z","creator":"ahlavata"},{"relation":"main_file","access_level":"open_access","embargo":"2026-03-20","file_name":"PhD_Thesis_Hlavata_final_submission_update.pdf","file_id":"19449","checksum":"6c5a59c9bac467c3d0b3ffb8ea6d9fd4","file_size":9478591,"date_created":"2025-03-24T12:51:10Z","content_type":"application/pdf","date_updated":"2026-03-20T23:30:04Z","creator":"ahlavata"}],"doi":"10.15479/10.15479/AT-ISTA-19431","acknowledgement":"I would also like to acknowledge the ISTA Facilities: Lab Support Facility, Protein Services and Electron Microscopy Facility (EMF) and Scientific Computing. EMF for their support during data collections and troubleshooting, especially Valentin. Scientific Computing for solving quickly any issues related with cluster.","publication_identifier":{"isbn":["978-3-99078-055-8"],"eissn":["2663-337X"]},"year":"2025","user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","date_created":"2025-03-20T12:52:47Z","alternative_title":["ISTA Thesis"],"title":"Regulation of Cytoplasmic RNA Polymerase II","type":"dissertation","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"publication_status":"published","page":"83","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"LifeSc"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"},{"_id":"ScienComp"}],"article_processing_charge":"No","has_accepted_license":"1","citation":{"ieee":"A. Hlavata, “Regulation of Cytoplasmic RNA Polymerase II,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025.","ama":"Hlavata A. Regulation of Cytoplasmic RNA Polymerase II. 2025. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/10.15479/AT-ISTA-19431\">10.15479/10.15479/AT-ISTA-19431</a>","chicago":"Hlavata, Annamaria. “Regulation of Cytoplasmic RNA Polymerase II.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/10.15479/AT-ISTA-19431\">https://doi.org/10.15479/10.15479/AT-ISTA-19431</a>.","short":"A. Hlavata, Regulation of Cytoplasmic RNA Polymerase II, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025.","ista":"Hlavata A. 2025. Regulation of Cytoplasmic RNA Polymerase II. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.","apa":"Hlavata, A. (2025). <i>Regulation of Cytoplasmic RNA Polymerase II</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/10.15479/AT-ISTA-19431\">https://doi.org/10.15479/10.15479/AT-ISTA-19431</a>","mla":"Hlavata, Annamaria. <i>Regulation of Cytoplasmic RNA Polymerase II</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/10.15479/AT-ISTA-19431\">10.15479/10.15479/AT-ISTA-19431</a>."},"supervisor":[{"orcid":"0000-0003-0893-7036","last_name":"Bernecky","full_name":"Bernecky, Carrie A","id":"2CB9DFE2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Carrie A"}],"publisher":"Institute of Science and Technology Austria","OA_place":"publisher","month":"03","date_updated":"2026-04-07T11:46:32Z","oa":1,"degree_awarded":"PhD","ddc":["572"],"file_date_updated":"2026-03-20T23:30:04Z","department":[{"_id":"GradSch"},{"_id":"CaBe"}],"status":"public","_id":"19431","corr_author":"1"},{"date_updated":"2025-09-30T12:19:51Z","scopus_import":"1","department":[{"_id":"MaIb"}],"status":"public","_id":"19629","page":"16096-16109","article_processing_charge":"No","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"EM-Fac"},{"_id":"NanoFab"}],"OA_type":"closed access","quality_controlled":"1","volume":19,"citation":{"ama":"Li J, Zeng G, Horta S, et al. Crystallographic engineering in micron-sized SiOx anode material toward stable high-energy-density Lithium-Ion batteries. <i>ACS Nano</i>. 2025;19(16):16096-16109. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c03074\">10.1021/acsnano.5c03074</a>","chicago":"Li, Jing, Guifang Zeng, Sharona Horta, Paulina R. Martínez-Alanis, Jordi Jacas Biendicho, Maria Ibáñez, Bingang Xu, Lijie Ci, Andreu Cabot, and Qing Sun. “Crystallographic Engineering in Micron-Sized SiOx Anode Material toward Stable High-Energy-Density Lithium-Ion Batteries.” <i>ACS Nano</i>. American Chemical Society, 2025. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c03074\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c03074</a>.","ieee":"J. Li <i>et al.</i>, “Crystallographic engineering in micron-sized SiOx anode material toward stable high-energy-density Lithium-Ion batteries,” <i>ACS Nano</i>, vol. 19, no. 16. American Chemical Society, pp. 16096–16109, 2025.","mla":"Li, Jing, et al. “Crystallographic Engineering in Micron-Sized SiOx Anode Material toward Stable High-Energy-Density Lithium-Ion Batteries.” <i>ACS Nano</i>, vol. 19, no. 16, American Chemical Society, 2025, pp. 16096–109, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c03074\">10.1021/acsnano.5c03074</a>.","apa":"Li, J., Zeng, G., Horta, S., Martínez-Alanis, P. R., Jacas Biendicho, J., Ibáñez, M., … Sun, Q. (2025). Crystallographic engineering in micron-sized SiOx anode material toward stable high-energy-density Lithium-Ion batteries. <i>ACS Nano</i>. American Chemical Society. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c03074\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c03074</a>","short":"J. Li, G. Zeng, S. Horta, P.R. Martínez-Alanis, J. Jacas Biendicho, M. Ibáñez, B. Xu, L. Ci, A. Cabot, Q. Sun, ACS Nano 19 (2025) 16096–16109.","ista":"Li J, Zeng G, Horta S, Martínez-Alanis PR, Jacas Biendicho J, Ibáñez M, Xu B, Ci L, Cabot A, Sun Q. 2025. Crystallographic engineering in micron-sized SiOx anode material toward stable high-energy-density Lithium-Ion batteries. ACS Nano. 19(16), 16096–16109."},"intvolume":"        19","publisher":"American Chemical Society","month":"04","doi":"10.1021/acsnano.5c03074","acknowledgement":"This work was supported by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2023A1515110828) and the Generalitat de Catalunya (2021SGR01581). This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of ISTA Austria through resources provided by the Electron Microscopy Facility (EMF) and the Nanofabrication Facility (NFF).","year":"2025","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1936-086X"],"issn":["1936-0851"]},"user_id":"317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345","date_created":"2025-04-27T22:02:14Z","type":"journal_article","title":"Crystallographic engineering in micron-sized SiOx anode material toward stable high-energy-density Lithium-Ion batteries","isi":1,"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"publication_status":"published","article_type":"original","author":[{"last_name":"Li","full_name":"Li, Jing","first_name":"Jing"},{"full_name":"Zeng, Guifang","last_name":"Zeng","first_name":"Guifang"},{"last_name":"Horta","full_name":"Horta, Sharona","id":"03a7e858-01b1-11ec-8b71-99ae6c4a05bc","first_name":"Sharona"},{"first_name":"Paulina R.","last_name":"Martínez-Alanis","full_name":"Martínez-Alanis, Paulina R."},{"first_name":"Jordi","last_name":"Jacas Biendicho","full_name":"Jacas Biendicho, Jordi"},{"first_name":"Maria","id":"43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Ibáñez, Maria","last_name":"Ibáñez","orcid":"0000-0001-5013-2843"},{"last_name":"Xu","full_name":"Xu, Bingang","first_name":"Bingang"},{"first_name":"Lijie","last_name":"Ci","full_name":"Ci, Lijie"},{"first_name":"Andreu","full_name":"Cabot, Andreu","last_name":"Cabot"},{"first_name":"Qing","last_name":"Sun","full_name":"Sun, Qing"}],"day":"16","pmid":1,"oa_version":"None","issue":"16","abstract":[{"text":"The SiOx anode exhibits a high specific capacity and commendable durability for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, its practical application is hindered by significant volumetric fluctuations during lithiation/delithiation, alongside a metastable nature, which induces mechanical instability and irreversible lithium consumption, ultimately impairing long-term capacity retention in full-battery cell configurations. In this study, we present a phase-engineering approach designed to improve the structural stability of SiOx anodes for LIB applications. By incorporating lithium fluoride, amorphous SiOx undergoes partial transformation into a quartz-like phase, which enhances mechanical integrity and mitigates irreversible lithium loss. This modified anode demonstrates significantly improved stability and prolonged cycle lifespan. Through a combination of multiscale simulations and in situ characterizations, we elucidate the stabilization mechanisms conferred by the quartz phase, providing critical insights into the role of SiOx’s crystal structure in influencing degradation pathways. This work introduces an accessible and efficient method for controlling the crystallinity of SiOx, offering a practical solution to enhance the durability of high-energy-density LIBs.","lang":"eng"}],"publication":"ACS Nano","external_id":{"pmid":["40237414"],"isi":["001468606700001"]},"date_published":"2025-04-16T00:00:00Z"},{"article_type":"original","publication_status":"published","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"isi":1,"type":"journal_article","title":"Evidence of ferroelectric distortions in topological crystalline insulators via transverse thermoelectric measurements","project":[{"_id":"9B8F7476-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A","name":"HighTE: The Werner Siemens Laboratory for the High Throughput Discovery of Semiconductors for Waste Heat Recovery"}],"date_created":"2025-06-03T07:30:22Z","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","year":"2025","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1520-5126"],"issn":["0002-7863"]},"doi":"10.1021/jacs.5c01700","acknowledgement":"P.N. thanks the IISER Bhopal for a fellowship. S.R.C. acknowledges generous funding support and CIF facility (PXRD) from IISER Bhopal. C.F. acknowledges the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under SFB1143 (project no. 247310070), the Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence on Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter─ct.qmat (EXC 2147, project no. 390858490) and the QUAST-FOR5249-449872909. P.L. and D.U. acknowledge support by DFG EXC-2123 QuantumFrontiers–390837967. The work of M.I. was funded by the European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR-C17.I1, as well as by the IKUR Strategy under the collaboration agreement between Ikerbasque Foundation and DIPC on behalf of the Department of Education of the Basque Government. M.G.V. and M.I. thank support to the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (grant PID2022-142008NBI00). Y.Z. is supported by the Max Planck Partner lab from Max Planck Institute Chemical Physics of Solids. We acknowledge Petra III-DESY for the XPDF measurements and PXRD measurements. This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of ISTA Austria through resources provided by Electron Microscopy Facility (EMF) and the Nanofabrication Facility (NNF). ISTA acknowledges the Werner Siemens Foundation (WSS) for financial support.","external_id":{"pmid":["40402919"],"isi":["001493301300001"]},"date_published":"2025-05-22T00:00:00Z","publication":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","abstract":[{"text":"The transverse thermoelectric (Nernst) effect is a powerful probe for studying the electronic and structural properties of materials. In this study, we employ transverse thermoelectric measurements to investigate the ferroelectric distortion in the topological crystalline insulator (TCI) Pb0.60Sn0.40Te, a compound derived from PbTe and SnTe, known for their exceptional thermoelectric performance and distinct ferroelectric properties. By leveraging Nernst measurements, we provide direct evidence of ferroelectric distortion in this TCI, corroborated by Shubnikov–de Haas quantum oscillations that confirm the presence of two topologically nontrivial Fermi pockets. Density functional theory calculations show that these pockets originate from the L and T points in the Brillouin zone of the distorted structure within the TCI phase. Raman spectroscopy further identifies a structural phase transition below 50 K, consistent with the quantum oscillation observations. This observation is further substantiated by temperature-dependent synchrotron X-ray pair distribution function analysis and transmission electron microscopy, which confirm the local off-centering of cations at low temperature. These findings underscore the potential of transverse thermoelectric measurements in unveiling ferroelectric distortions and their role in modulating topological quantum states, opening new directions for research into the synergy between ferroelectricity and topological phases.","lang":"eng"}],"issue":"22","pmid":1,"oa_version":"None","day":"22","author":[{"full_name":"Negi, Pranav","last_name":"Negi","first_name":"Pranav"},{"full_name":"He, Bin","last_name":"He","first_name":"Bin"},{"last_name":"Ukolov","full_name":"Ukolov, Denis","first_name":"Denis"},{"first_name":"Sharona","id":"03a7e858-01b1-11ec-8b71-99ae6c4a05bc","full_name":"Horta, Sharona","last_name":"Horta"},{"id":"76bc9e9f-ba0b-11ee-8184-90edabd17a58","first_name":"Krishnendu","last_name":"Maji","full_name":"Maji, Krishnendu"},{"full_name":"Mao, Ning","last_name":"Mao","first_name":"Ning"},{"first_name":"Nikolai","full_name":"Peshcherenko, Nikolai","last_name":"Peshcherenko"},{"full_name":"Yanda, Premakumar","last_name":"Yanda","first_name":"Premakumar"},{"full_name":"Yao, Mengyu","last_name":"Yao","first_name":"Mengyu"},{"last_name":"Dutta","full_name":"Dutta, Moinak","first_name":"Moinak"},{"first_name":"Iñigo","last_name":"Robredo","full_name":"Robredo, Iñigo"},{"first_name":"Mikel","last_name":"Iraola","full_name":"Iraola, Mikel"},{"last_name":"Vergniory","full_name":"Vergniory, Maia G.","first_name":"Maia G."},{"full_name":"Lemmens, Peter","last_name":"Lemmens","first_name":"Peter"},{"first_name":"Yang","last_name":"Zhang","full_name":"Zhang, Yang"},{"first_name":"Chandra","full_name":"Shekhar, Chandra","last_name":"Shekhar"},{"orcid":"0000-0001-5013-2843","full_name":"Ibáñez, Maria","last_name":"Ibáñez","first_name":"Maria","id":"43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"first_name":"Claudia","last_name":"Felser","full_name":"Felser, Claudia"},{"first_name":"Subhajit","last_name":"Roychowdhury","full_name":"Roychowdhury, Subhajit"}],"_id":"19779","status":"public","department":[{"_id":"MaIb"}],"scopus_import":"1","date_updated":"2025-12-30T08:32:19Z","month":"05","publisher":"American Chemical Society","intvolume":"       147","citation":{"apa":"Negi, P., He, B., Ukolov, D., Horta, S., Maji, K., Mao, N., … Roychowdhury, S. (2025). Evidence of ferroelectric distortions in topological crystalline insulators via transverse thermoelectric measurements. <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>. American Chemical Society. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c01700\">https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c01700</a>","mla":"Negi, Pranav, et al. “Evidence of Ferroelectric Distortions in Topological Crystalline Insulators via Transverse Thermoelectric Measurements.” <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>, vol. 147, no. 22, American Chemical Society, 2025, pp. 18704–11, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c01700\">10.1021/jacs.5c01700</a>.","short":"P. Negi, B. He, D. Ukolov, S. Horta, K. Maji, N. Mao, N. Peshcherenko, P. Yanda, M. Yao, M. Dutta, I. Robredo, M. Iraola, M.G. Vergniory, P. Lemmens, Y. Zhang, C. Shekhar, M. Ibáñez, C. Felser, S. Roychowdhury, Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (2025) 18704–18711.","ista":"Negi P, He B, Ukolov D, Horta S, Maji K, Mao N, Peshcherenko N, Yanda P, Yao M, Dutta M, Robredo I, Iraola M, Vergniory MG, Lemmens P, Zhang Y, Shekhar C, Ibáñez M, Felser C, Roychowdhury S. 2025. Evidence of ferroelectric distortions in topological crystalline insulators via transverse thermoelectric measurements. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(22), 18704–18711.","ama":"Negi P, He B, Ukolov D, et al. Evidence of ferroelectric distortions in topological crystalline insulators via transverse thermoelectric measurements. <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>. 2025;147(22):18704-18711. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c01700\">10.1021/jacs.5c01700</a>","chicago":"Negi, Pranav, Bin He, Denis Ukolov, Sharona Horta, Krishnendu Maji, Ning Mao, Nikolai Peshcherenko, et al. “Evidence of Ferroelectric Distortions in Topological Crystalline Insulators via Transverse Thermoelectric Measurements.” <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>. American Chemical Society, 2025. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c01700\">https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c01700</a>.","ieee":"P. Negi <i>et al.</i>, “Evidence of ferroelectric distortions in topological crystalline insulators via transverse thermoelectric measurements,” <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>, vol. 147, no. 22. American Chemical Society, pp. 18704–18711, 2025."},"quality_controlled":"1","OA_type":"closed access","volume":147,"article_processing_charge":"No","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"EM-Fac"},{"_id":"NanoFab"}],"page":"18704-18711"},{"publisher":"Elsevier","intvolume":"         5","OA_place":"publisher","month":"06","ec_funded":1,"article_processing_charge":"Yes","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"M-Shop"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"tmp":{"legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","short":"CC BY (4.0)"},"has_accepted_license":"1","citation":{"mla":"Vorlaufer, Jakob, et al. “Image-Based 3D Active Sample Stabilization on the Nanometer Scale for Optical Microscopy.” <i>Biophysical Reports</i>, vol. 5, no. 2, 100211, Elsevier, 2025, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpr.2025.100211\">10.1016/j.bpr.2025.100211</a>.","apa":"Vorlaufer, J., Semenov, N., Kreuzinger, C., Javoor, M., Zens, B., Agudelo Duenas, N., … Danzl, J. G. (2025). Image-based 3D active sample stabilization on the nanometer scale for optical microscopy. <i>Biophysical Reports</i>. Elsevier. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpr.2025.100211\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpr.2025.100211</a>","ista":"Vorlaufer J, Semenov N, Kreuzinger C, Javoor M, Zens B, Agudelo Duenas N, Tavakoli M, Suplata M, Jahr W, Lyudchik J, Wartak A, Schur FK, Danzl JG. 2025. Image-based 3D active sample stabilization on the nanometer scale for optical microscopy. Biophysical Reports. 5(2), 100211.","short":"J. Vorlaufer, N. Semenov, C. Kreuzinger, M. Javoor, B. Zens, N. Agudelo Duenas, M. Tavakoli, M. Suplata, W. Jahr, J. Lyudchik, A. Wartak, F.K. Schur, J.G. Danzl, Biophysical Reports 5 (2025).","chicago":"Vorlaufer, Jakob, Nikolai Semenov, Caroline Kreuzinger, Manjunath Javoor, Bettina Zens, Nathalie Agudelo Duenas, Mojtaba Tavakoli, et al. “Image-Based 3D Active Sample Stabilization on the Nanometer Scale for Optical Microscopy.” <i>Biophysical Reports</i>. Elsevier, 2025. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpr.2025.100211\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpr.2025.100211</a>.","ama":"Vorlaufer J, Semenov N, Kreuzinger C, et al. Image-based 3D active sample stabilization on the nanometer scale for optical microscopy. <i>Biophysical Reports</i>. 2025;5(2). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpr.2025.100211\">10.1016/j.bpr.2025.100211</a>","ieee":"J. Vorlaufer <i>et al.</i>, “Image-based 3D active sample stabilization on the nanometer scale for optical microscopy,” <i>Biophysical Reports</i>, vol. 5, no. 2. Elsevier, 2025."},"quality_controlled":"1","volume":5,"OA_type":"gold","ddc":["570"],"file_date_updated":"2025-06-10T07:24:46Z","department":[{"_id":"JoDa"},{"_id":"GradSch"},{"_id":"FlSc"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"}],"scopus_import":"1","corr_author":"1","_id":"19795","status":"public","date_updated":"2026-04-07T11:48:07Z","oa":1,"related_material":{"record":[{"id":"20206","status":"public","relation":"dissertation_contains"}]},"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Super-resolution microscopy often entails long acquisition times of minutes to hours. Since drifts during the acquisition adversely affect data quality, active sample stabilization is commonly used for some of these techniques to reach their full potential. Although drifts in the lateral plane can often be corrected after acquisition, this is not always possible or may come with drawbacks. Therefore, it is appealing to stabilize sample position in three dimensions (3D) during acquisition. Various schemes for active sample stabilization have been demonstrated previously, with some reaching sub-nanometer stability in 3D. Here, we present a scheme for active drift correction that delivers the nanometer-scale 3D stability demanded by state-of-the-art super-resolution techniques and is straightforward to implement compared to previous schemes capable of reaching this level of stabilization precision. Using a refined algorithm that can handle various types of reference structure, without sparse signal peaks being mandatory, we stabilized sample position to ∼1 nm in 3D using objective lenses both with high and low numerical aperture. Our implementation requires only the addition of a simple widefield imaging path and we provide an open-source control software with graphical user interface to facilitate easy adoption of the module. Finally, we demonstrate how this has the potential to enhance data collection for diffraction-limited and super-resolution imaging techniques using single-molecule localization microscopy and cryo-confocal imaging as showcases."}],"file":[{"checksum":"4018c833f25a3ad3b57e3577fed70334","relation":"main_file","access_level":"open_access","file_name":"2025_BiophysicalReports_Vorlaufer.pdf","file_id":"19802","date_updated":"2025-06-10T07:24:46Z","creator":"dernst","file_size":7238179,"success":1,"date_created":"2025-06-10T07:24:46Z","content_type":"application/pdf"}],"date_published":"2025-06-11T00:00:00Z","publication":"Biophysical Reports","day":"11","author":[{"last_name":"Vorlaufer","full_name":"Vorlaufer, Jakob","id":"937696FA-C996-11E9-8C7C-CF13E6697425","first_name":"Jakob","orcid":"0009-0000-7590-3501"},{"id":"e64d39c7-72ef-11ef-b75a-ee3046860d1b","first_name":"Nikolai","last_name":"Semenov","full_name":"Semenov, Nikolai"},{"first_name":"Caroline","id":"382077BA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Kreuzinger, Caroline","last_name":"Kreuzinger"},{"orcid":"0000-0003-2311-2112","first_name":"Manjunath","id":"305ab18b-dc7d-11ea-9b2f-b58195228ea2","full_name":"Javoor, Manjunath","last_name":"Javoor"},{"full_name":"Zens, Bettina","last_name":"Zens","first_name":"Bettina","id":"45FD126C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","orcid":"0000-0002-9561-1239"},{"full_name":"Agudelo Duenas, Nathalie","last_name":"Agudelo Duenas","first_name":"Nathalie","id":"40E7F008-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"first_name":"Mojtaba","id":"3A0A06F4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Tavakoli, Mojtaba","last_name":"Tavakoli","orcid":"0000-0002-7667-6854"},{"full_name":"Suplata, Marek","last_name":"Suplata","first_name":"Marek","id":"EE8452B8-C26A-11E9-B157-E80CE6697425"},{"orcid":"0000-0003-0201-2315","last_name":"Jahr","full_name":"Jahr, Wiebke","id":"425C1CE8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Wiebke"},{"full_name":"Lyudchik, Julia","last_name":"Lyudchik","first_name":"Julia","id":"46E28B80-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"full_name":"Wartak, Andreas","last_name":"Wartak","first_name":"Andreas","id":"60aaa06c-3de5-11eb-9e53-baa88e955dcb"},{"orcid":"0000-0003-4790-8078","id":"48AD8942-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Florian Km","last_name":"Schur","full_name":"Schur, Florian Km"},{"orcid":"0000-0001-8559-3973","id":"42EFD3B6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Johann G","last_name":"Danzl","full_name":"Danzl, Johann G"}],"issue":"2","oa_version":"Published Version","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"project":[{"_id":"62909c6f-2b32-11ec-9570-e1476aab5308","name":"CryoMinflux-guided in-situ molecular census and structure determination","grant_number":"CZI01"},{"name":"Studying Organelle Structure and Function at Nanoscale Resolution with Expansion Microscopy","grant_number":"26137","_id":"6285a163-2b32-11ec-9570-8e204ca2dba5"},{"call_identifier":"H2020","name":"International IST Doctoral Program","grant_number":"665385","_id":"2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425"},{"call_identifier":"FWF","_id":"26AA4EF2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425","grant_number":"W1232-B24","name":"Molecular Drug Targets"},{"name":"High-speed 3D-nanoscopy to study the role of adhesion during 3D cell migration","grant_number":"LT00057","_id":"2668BFA0-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425"}],"title":"Image-based 3D active sample stabilization on the nanometer scale for optical microscopy","type":"journal_article","article_type":"original","DOAJ_listed":"1","publication_status":"published","article_number":"100211","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["2667-0747"]},"year":"2025","doi":"10.1016/j.bpr.2025.100211","acknowledgement":"We acknowledge expert support by ISTA’s scientific service units, including the Miba Machine Shop, the Electron Microscopy Facility, and the Lab Support Facility. This work has been made possible in part by CZI grant DAF2021-234754 and grant DOI: https://doi.org/10.37921/812628ebpcwg from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative DAF, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation (funder DOI: https://doi.org/10.13039/100014989) (F.K.M.S. and J.G.D.). We further gratefully acknowledge funding by the following sources: Austrian Science Fund (FWF) grant DK W1232 (M.R.T. and J.G.D.); Austrian Academy of Sciences DOC fellowship 26137 (M.R.T.); Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellowship GA no. 665385 under the EU Horizon 2020 program (J.L.); ISTA postdoctoral fellowship IST fellow (A.W.); and Human Frontier Science Program postdoctoral fellowship LT000557/2018 (W.J.).","date_created":"2025-06-08T22:01:22Z","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"publisher":"Fundació de la comunitat valenciana SCITO","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Supercrystals represent three-dimensional orderings of colloidal nanocrystals (NCs), showcasing collective properties in photonics, phononics, and electronics applications.1,2 Recent studies have shown that such assemblies are directly produced during nanocrystal reactions.3–6 However, a fundamental understanding of in situ formed supercrystals that withstand typical NC purification processes remains underexplored, which is important for further use. Herein, we report the reaction precursor-mediated formation of stable PbTe supercrystals. Rationalizing the formation of these assemblies through small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements, we unveil their formation mechanism. Our findings reveal that the supercrystal formation occurs in the presence of an excess of lead oleates in the crude solution. It should be noted that the formed supercrystals can be stabilized under specific conditions determined by the lead oleate cluster concentration, content of trioctylphosphine telluride (TOP-Te), NC size and the need of an annealing step at mild conditions. Furthermore, this approach allows for the continuous growth of a secondary phase within the supercrystal; for example in the case of PbTe supercrystals, a PbS shell can be grown on each PbTe NC constituent, resulting in core-shell PbTe-PbS supercrystals. Our work elucidates that reaction precursors play an important role in in situ SC formation and stabilization, implying the possibility of applying this knowledge to other NC reactions."}],"date_published":"2025-03-15T00:00:00Z","month":"03","publication":"Proceedings of the MATSUS Spring 2025 Conference","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"EM-Fac"},{"_id":"NMR"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"day":"15","article_processing_charge":"No","author":[{"id":"BB243B88-D767-11E9-B658-BC13E6697425","first_name":"Seungho","last_name":"Lee","full_name":"Lee, Seungho","orcid":"0000-0002-6962-8598"},{"first_name":"Daniel","id":"302BADF6-85FC-11EA-9E3B-B9493DDC885E","full_name":"Balazs, Daniel","last_name":"Balazs","orcid":"0000-0001-7597-043X"},{"last_name":"Horta","full_name":"Horta, Sharona","id":"03a7e858-01b1-11ec-8b71-99ae6c4a05bc","first_name":"Sharona"},{"last_name":"Rayaroth Puthiyaveettil","full_name":"Rayaroth Puthiyaveettil, Aiswarya","id":"8aceb01b-8972-11ed-ae7b-d5fe53775add","first_name":"Aiswarya"},{"first_name":"Maria","id":"43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Ibáñez, Maria","last_name":"Ibáñez","orcid":"0000-0001-5013-2843"}],"citation":{"ieee":"S. Lee, D. Balazs, S. Horta, A. Rayaroth Puthiyaveettil, and M. Ibáñez, “Reaction precursor-mediated formation of stable supercrystals in colloidal nanocrystal synthesis: PbTe case,” in <i>Proceedings of the MATSUS Spring 2025 Conference</i>, Sevilla, Spain, 2025.","chicago":"Lee, Seungho, Daniel Balazs, Sharona Horta, Aiswarya Rayaroth Puthiyaveettil, and Maria Ibáñez. “Reaction Precursor-Mediated Formation of Stable Supercrystals in Colloidal Nanocrystal Synthesis: PbTe Case.” In <i>Proceedings of the MATSUS Spring 2025 Conference</i>. Fundació de la comunitat valenciana SCITO, 2025. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsusspring.2025.173\">https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsusspring.2025.173</a>.","ama":"Lee S, Balazs D, Horta S, Rayaroth Puthiyaveettil A, Ibáñez M. Reaction precursor-mediated formation of stable supercrystals in colloidal nanocrystal synthesis: PbTe case. In: <i>Proceedings of the MATSUS Spring 2025 Conference</i>. Fundació de la comunitat valenciana SCITO; 2025. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsusspring.2025.173\">10.29363/nanoge.matsusspring.2025.173</a>","ista":"Lee S, Balazs D, Horta S, Rayaroth Puthiyaveettil A, Ibáñez M. 2025. Reaction precursor-mediated formation of stable supercrystals in colloidal nanocrystal synthesis: PbTe case. Proceedings of the MATSUS Spring 2025 Conference. MATSUS: Materials for Sustainable Development Conference, 173.","short":"S. Lee, D. Balazs, S. Horta, A. Rayaroth Puthiyaveettil, M. Ibáñez, in:, Proceedings of the MATSUS Spring 2025 Conference, Fundació de la comunitat valenciana SCITO, 2025.","mla":"Lee, Seungho, et al. “Reaction Precursor-Mediated Formation of Stable Supercrystals in Colloidal Nanocrystal Synthesis: PbTe Case.” <i>Proceedings of the MATSUS Spring 2025 Conference</i>, 173, Fundació de la comunitat valenciana SCITO, 2025, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsusspring.2025.173\">10.29363/nanoge.matsusspring.2025.173</a>.","apa":"Lee, S., Balazs, D., Horta, S., Rayaroth Puthiyaveettil, A., &#38; Ibáñez, M. (2025). Reaction precursor-mediated formation of stable supercrystals in colloidal nanocrystal synthesis: PbTe case. In <i>Proceedings of the MATSUS Spring 2025 Conference</i>. Sevilla, Spain: Fundació de la comunitat valenciana SCITO. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsusspring.2025.173\">https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsusspring.2025.173</a>"},"quality_controlled":"1","OA_type":"closed access","oa_version":"None","department":[{"_id":"MaIb"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"title":"Reaction precursor-mediated formation of stable supercrystals in colloidal nanocrystal synthesis: PbTe case","type":"conference","project":[{"_id":"9B8F7476-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A","name":"HighTE: The Werner Siemens Laboratory for the High Throughput Discovery of Semiconductors for Waste Heat Recovery"}],"_id":"20055","corr_author":"1","publication_status":"published","status":"public","article_number":"173","year":"2025","acknowledgement":"ISTA and the Werner Siemens Foundation financially supported this work. The Scientific Service Units (SSU) of ISTA supported this research through resources provided by the Electron Microscopy Facility (EMF), NMR Facility and the Lab Support Facility (LSF).","doi":"10.29363/nanoge.matsusspring.2025.173","date_updated":"2026-02-19T09:25:57Z","date_created":"2025-07-21T08:33:20Z","conference":{"end_date":"2025-03-07","start_date":"2025-03-03","name":"MATSUS: Materials for Sustainable Development Conference","location":"Sevilla, Spain"},"user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"citation":{"ieee":"D. Babic <i>et al.</i>, “Biosynthesis of very long-chain fatty acids is required for Arabidopsis auxin-mediated embryonic and post-embryonic development,” <i>Plant Journal</i>, vol. 123, no. 3. Wiley, 2025.","ama":"Babic D, Abualia R, Fiedler L, et al. Biosynthesis of very long-chain fatty acids is required for Arabidopsis auxin-mediated embryonic and post-embryonic development. <i>Plant Journal</i>. 2025;123(3). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70396\">10.1111/tpj.70396</a>","chicago":"Babic, David, Rashed Abualia, Lukas Fiedler, Linlin Qi, Frédérique Tellier, Adrijana Smoljan, Hana Rakusova, et al. “Biosynthesis of Very Long-Chain Fatty Acids Is Required for Arabidopsis Auxin-Mediated Embryonic and Post-Embryonic Development.” <i>Plant Journal</i>. Wiley, 2025. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70396\">https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70396</a>.","short":"D. Babic, R. Abualia, L. Fiedler, L. Qi, F. Tellier, A. Smoljan, H. Rakusova, P. Valošek, H. Han, E. Benková, J.D. Faure, J. Friml, Plant Journal 123 (2025).","ista":"Babic D, Abualia R, Fiedler L, Qi L, Tellier F, Smoljan A, Rakusova H, Valošek P, Han H, Benková E, Faure JD, Friml J. 2025. Biosynthesis of very long-chain fatty acids is required for Arabidopsis auxin-mediated embryonic and post-embryonic development. Plant Journal. 123(3), e70396.","apa":"Babic, D., Abualia, R., Fiedler, L., Qi, L., Tellier, F., Smoljan, A., … Friml, J. (2025). Biosynthesis of very long-chain fatty acids is required for Arabidopsis auxin-mediated embryonic and post-embryonic development. <i>Plant Journal</i>. Wiley. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70396\">https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70396</a>","mla":"Babic, David, et al. “Biosynthesis of Very Long-Chain Fatty Acids Is Required for Arabidopsis Auxin-Mediated Embryonic and Post-Embryonic Development.” <i>Plant Journal</i>, vol. 123, no. 3, e70396, Wiley, 2025, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70396\">10.1111/tpj.70396</a>."},"has_accepted_license":"1","volume":123,"quality_controlled":"1","OA_type":"hybrid","tmp":{"legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","short":"CC BY (4.0)"},"article_processing_charge":"Yes (via OA deal)","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"Bio"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"month":"08","OA_place":"publisher","publisher":"Wiley","intvolume":"       123","oa":1,"related_material":{"record":[{"status":"public","relation":"dissertation_contains","id":"20362"}]},"date_updated":"2026-04-07T11:52:02Z","corr_author":"1","_id":"20187","status":"public","department":[{"_id":"EvBe"},{"_id":"JiFr"},{"_id":"GradSch"}],"file_date_updated":"2025-09-01T14:09:31Z","ddc":["580"],"scopus_import":"1","issue":"3","oa_version":"Published Version","pmid":1,"day":"01","PlanS_conform":"1","author":[{"id":"db566d23-f6e0-11ea-865d-e6f270e968e7","first_name":"David","last_name":"Babic","full_name":"Babic, David"},{"first_name":"Rashed","id":"4827E134-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Abualia, Rashed","last_name":"Abualia","orcid":"0000-0002-9357-9415"},{"first_name":"Lukas","id":"7c417475-8972-11ed-ae7b-8b674ca26986","full_name":"Fiedler, Lukas","last_name":"Fiedler"},{"first_name":"Linlin","id":"44B04502-A9ED-11E9-B6FC-583AE6697425","full_name":"Qi, Linlin","last_name":"Qi","orcid":"0000-0001-5187-8401"},{"first_name":"Frédérique","last_name":"Tellier","full_name":"Tellier, Frédérique"},{"id":"cced8a85-223e-11ed-af04-b0596c55053b","first_name":"Adrijana","last_name":"Smoljan","full_name":"Smoljan, Adrijana"},{"full_name":"Rakusova, Hana","last_name":"Rakusova","first_name":"Hana","id":"4CAAA450-78D2-11EA-8E57-B40A396E08BA"},{"first_name":"Petr","id":"3CDB6F94-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Valošek, Petr","last_name":"Valošek"},{"full_name":"Han, Huibin","last_name":"Han","first_name":"Huibin","id":"31435098-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"orcid":"0000-0002-8510-9739","first_name":"Eva","id":"38F4F166-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Benková, Eva","last_name":"Benková"},{"last_name":"Faure","full_name":"Faure, Jean Denis","first_name":"Jean Denis"},{"first_name":"Jiří","id":"4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Friml, Jiří","last_name":"Friml","orcid":"0000-0002-8302-7596"}],"date_published":"2025-08-01T00:00:00Z","external_id":{"isi":["001547884300001"],"pmid":["40782342"]},"file":[{"creator":"dernst","date_updated":"2025-09-01T14:09:31Z","content_type":"application/pdf","date_created":"2025-09-01T14:09:31Z","success":1,"file_size":5791111,"checksum":"1cdc3341d2d23101abca72521f1f23cb","file_id":"20264","file_name":"2025_PlantJournal_Babic.pdf","access_level":"open_access","relation":"main_file"}],"publication":"Plant Journal","abstract":[{"text":"Very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs), being constituents of different types of lipids, are critical factors in plant development, presumably due to their impact on the endomembrane system. The VLCFAs are synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum by a heterotetrameric enzymatic complex including β-ketoacyl CoA reductase 1 (KCR1), whose mutant is lethal. Here, we describe the ectopic shoot meristems (esm) mutant, a viable kcr1 allele presumably affecting surface properties of the KCR1 protein. This kcr1-2 mutant shows reduced fatty acyl elongation that impacts VLCFAs. The kcr1-2 plants show severe defects during different stages of development, which all correlate with defects in polar localization and subcellular trafficking of PIN auxin transporters and resulting asymmetric auxin distribution. Detailed analysis of KCR1 expression and patterning defects in kcr1-2 suggests that KCR1 plays a role in delineating boundaries around meristematic and specialized differentiating tissues, including root and shoot meristems, initiating lateral roots, lateral root primordia, and trichomes. In these contexts, KCR1-produced VLCFAs may act in a non-cell-autonomous manner. Viable kcr1-2 represents a useful tool to study VLCFA roles in plant development and highlights VLCFAs as critical developmental factors at the interface of cell polarity and tissue development.","lang":"eng"}],"date_created":"2025-08-17T22:01:36Z","user_id":"317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345","publication_identifier":{"issn":["0960-7412"],"eissn":["1365-313X"]},"year":"2025","article_number":"e70396","doi":"10.1111/tpj.70396","acknowledgement":"We gratefully acknowledge the Imaging and Optics, Electron Microscopy (especially Vanessa Zheden for technical assistance) and Life Science (in particular Dorota Jaworska) facilities at ISTA for their continuous support. Authors would like to thank Michelle Gallei for advice during the generation of the transgenic lines; Zuzana Gelová for advice with DR5rev::GFP analyses; Ivan Kulich for help and advice on trichome imaging; Aline Monzer for generous help with hypocotyl and root analyses; Shutang Tan for help with the NGS data analysis; and Milan Župunski for advice on abiotic stress experiments. We would like to thank Dolf Weijers for the SOSEKI (SOK) marker line seeds. This work has benefited from the support of IJPB's Plant Observatory platforms P0-Chem.\r\n\r\nThis work was supported by Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (I 6123-B) and Science and Technology Department of Jiangxi Province (20223BCJ25037) to Huibin Han. The IJPB benefits from the support of Saclay Plant Sciences-SPS (ANR-17-EUR-0007).","article_type":"original","publication_status":"published","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"isi":1,"title":"Biosynthesis of very long-chain fatty acids is required for Arabidopsis auxin-mediated embryonic and post-embryonic development","type":"journal_article","project":[{"name":"Peptide receptors for auxin canalization in Arabidopsis","grant_number":"I06123","_id":"bd76d395-d553-11ed-ba76-f678c14f9033"}]},{"day":"06","author":[{"full_name":"He, Ren","last_name":"He","first_name":"Ren"},{"last_name":"Lee","full_name":"Lee, Seungho","id":"BB243B88-D767-11E9-B658-BC13E6697425","first_name":"Seungho","orcid":"0000-0002-6962-8598"},{"full_name":"Ding, Yang","last_name":"Ding","first_name":"Yang"},{"last_name":"Huang","full_name":"Huang, Chen","first_name":"Chen"},{"last_name":"Lu","full_name":"Lu, Xuan","first_name":"Xuan"},{"first_name":"Lirong","last_name":"Zheng","full_name":"Zheng, Lirong"},{"full_name":"Yu, Ao","last_name":"Yu","first_name":"Ao"},{"full_name":"Zhang, Chaoyue","last_name":"Zhang","first_name":"Chaoyue"},{"first_name":"Canhuang","last_name":"Li","full_name":"Li, Canhuang"},{"last_name":"Bi","full_name":"Bi, Xiaoyu","first_name":"Xiaoyu"},{"first_name":"Yaqiang","full_name":"Li, Yaqiang","last_name":"Li"},{"first_name":"Yaqi","full_name":"Liao, Yaqi","last_name":"Liao"},{"last_name":"Li","full_name":"Li, Junshan","first_name":"Junshan"},{"last_name":"Ostovari Moghaddam","full_name":"Ostovari Moghaddam, Ahmad","first_name":"Ahmad"},{"first_name":"Salimov","last_name":"Yernar","full_name":"Yernar, Salimov"},{"first_name":"Ying","full_name":"Xu, Ying","last_name":"Xu"},{"orcid":"0000-0001-5013-2843","last_name":"Ibáñez","full_name":"Ibáñez, Maria","id":"43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Maria"},{"last_name":"Zhang","full_name":"Zhang, Chaoqi","first_name":"Chaoqi"},{"last_name":"Yang","full_name":"Yang, Linlin","first_name":"Linlin"},{"full_name":"Zhou, Yingtang","last_name":"Zhou","first_name":"Yingtang"},{"first_name":"Andreu","full_name":"Cabot, Andreu","last_name":"Cabot"}],"main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202513859"}],"oa_version":"Published Version","abstract":[{"text":"High-entropy alloys (HEAs) show great potential for catalyzing complex multi-step reactions, but optimizing their parameters, i.e., composition, but also their crystallinity and morphology, remains a significant challenge. In this study, FeCoNiMoW HEAs are synthesized into either amorphous nanosheets (HEANS) or crystalline nanoparticles (HEANP), which are then used to catalyze the lithium–sulfur (Li–S) reaction of Li–S batteries (LSBs). Evaluations in symmetric cells, coin cells, and pouch cells reveal that HEANS significantly enhance LSB performance, achieving initial discharge capacities up to 1632 mAh g−1. The batteries also exhibit excellent cycling stability over 1000 cycles at 3Cand maintain high-rate performance up to 10C with a capacity of 614 mAh g−1. Comprehensive in situ analyses and density functional theory calculations demonstrate that amorphous HEANS provide more active sites, better ionic conductivity and stronger chemical interactions with lithium polysulfides (LiPS). These properties effectively suppress the shuttle effect, promote the complete S8 → Li2S conversion by reducing the impedance of the solid-electrolyte interphase, and accelerate the Li2S4 → Li2S2 step by lowering the nucleation energy barrier. Overall, this study highlights the superior catalytic properties of amorphous 2D HEAs in LSBs and offers new insights into the mechanisms of LiPS conversion.","lang":"eng"}],"external_id":{"isi":["001544757200001"]},"date_published":"2025-08-06T00:00:00Z","publication":"Advanced Functional Materials","year":"2025","publication_identifier":{"issn":["1616-301X"],"eissn":["1616-3028"]},"article_number":"e13859","acknowledgement":"The authors acknowledge support from the 2BoSS project of the ERA-MIN3 program with the Spanish grant number PCI2022-132985/AEI/10.13039/50110001103, and funding from Generalitat de Catalunya 2021SGR01581 and European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR. L.Yang, C.Huang, X.Lu, A.Yu, C.Li, J.Yu, and X.Bi thank the China Scholarship Council (CSC) for the scholarship support. This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of ISTA through resources provided by the Electron Microscopy Facility (EMF), and by the Werner Siemens Foundation (WSS) for financial support.","doi":"10.1002/adfm.202513859","date_created":"2025-08-17T22:01:37Z","user_id":"317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345","isi":1,"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"project":[{"_id":"9B8F7476-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A","name":"HighTE: The Werner Siemens Laboratory for the High Throughput Discovery of Semiconductors for Waste Heat Recovery"}],"title":"Amorphous high entropy alloy nanosheets enabling robust Li–S batteries","type":"journal_article","article_type":"original","publication_status":"epub_ahead","article_processing_charge":"Yes (in subscription journal)","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"EM-Fac"}],"tmp":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode","image":"/images/cc_by_nc_nd.png","short":"CC BY-NC-ND (4.0)"},"has_accepted_license":"1","citation":{"short":"R. He, S. Lee, Y. Ding, C. Huang, X. Lu, L. Zheng, A. Yu, C. Zhang, C. Li, X. Bi, Y. Li, Y. Liao, J. Li, A. Ostovari Moghaddam, S. Yernar, Y. Xu, M. Ibáñez, C. Zhang, L. Yang, Y. Zhou, A. Cabot, Advanced Functional Materials (2025).","ista":"He R, Lee S, Ding Y, Huang C, Lu X, Zheng L, Yu A, Zhang C, Li C, Bi X, Li Y, Liao Y, Li J, Ostovari Moghaddam A, Yernar S, Xu Y, Ibáñez M, Zhang C, Yang L, Zhou Y, Cabot A. 2025. Amorphous high entropy alloy nanosheets enabling robust Li–S batteries. Advanced Functional Materials., e13859.","apa":"He, R., Lee, S., Ding, Y., Huang, C., Lu, X., Zheng, L., … Cabot, A. (2025). Amorphous high entropy alloy nanosheets enabling robust Li–S batteries. <i>Advanced Functional Materials</i>. Wiley. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202513859\">https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202513859</a>","mla":"He, Ren, et al. “Amorphous High Entropy Alloy Nanosheets Enabling Robust Li–S Batteries.” <i>Advanced Functional Materials</i>, e13859, Wiley, 2025, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202513859\">10.1002/adfm.202513859</a>.","ieee":"R. He <i>et al.</i>, “Amorphous high entropy alloy nanosheets enabling robust Li–S batteries,” <i>Advanced Functional Materials</i>. Wiley, 2025.","chicago":"He, Ren, Seungho Lee, Yang Ding, Chen Huang, Xuan Lu, Lirong Zheng, Ao Yu, et al. “Amorphous High Entropy Alloy Nanosheets Enabling Robust Li–S Batteries.” <i>Advanced Functional Materials</i>. Wiley, 2025. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202513859\">https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202513859</a>.","ama":"He R, Lee S, Ding Y, et al. Amorphous high entropy alloy nanosheets enabling robust Li–S batteries. <i>Advanced Functional Materials</i>. 2025. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202513859\">10.1002/adfm.202513859</a>"},"OA_type":"hybrid","quality_controlled":"1","publisher":"Wiley","OA_place":"publisher","month":"08","date_updated":"2025-09-30T14:20:56Z","oa":1,"ddc":["540"],"department":[{"_id":"MaIb"}],"scopus_import":"1","_id":"20191","status":"public"},{"date_updated":"2026-04-28T13:44:56Z","oa":1,"related_material":{"record":[{"relation":"part_of_dissertation","status":"public","id":"12109"},{"id":"15322","status":"public","relation":"part_of_dissertation"},{"relation":"part_of_dissertation","status":"public","id":"19278"}]},"file_date_updated":"2025-08-28T08:19:07Z","department":[{"_id":"GradSch"},{"_id":"ScWa"}],"ddc":["530"],"degree_awarded":"PhD","_id":"20203","corr_author":"1","status":"public","tmp":{"legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","short":"CC BY (4.0)"},"ec_funded":1,"acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"M-Shop"},{"_id":"NanoFab"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"},{"_id":"LifeSc"},{"_id":"ScienComp"}],"article_processing_charge":"No","page":"96","citation":{"chicago":"Sobarzo Ponce, Juan Carlos A. “Tribocharging of Identical Insulators : Triboelectric Series, Triboelectric Cycles and Surface Charges.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20203\">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20203</a>.","ama":"Sobarzo Ponce JCA. Tribocharging of identical insulators : Triboelectric series, triboelectric cycles and surface charges. 2025. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20203\">10.15479/AT-ISTA-20203</a>","ieee":"J. C. A. Sobarzo Ponce, “Tribocharging of identical insulators : Triboelectric series, triboelectric cycles and surface charges,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025.","mla":"Sobarzo Ponce, Juan Carlos A. <i>Tribocharging of Identical Insulators : Triboelectric Series, Triboelectric Cycles and Surface Charges</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20203\">10.15479/AT-ISTA-20203</a>.","apa":"Sobarzo Ponce, J. C. A. (2025). <i>Tribocharging of identical insulators : Triboelectric series, triboelectric cycles and surface charges</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20203\">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20203</a>","short":"J.C.A. Sobarzo Ponce, Tribocharging of Identical Insulators : Triboelectric Series, Triboelectric Cycles and Surface Charges, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025.","ista":"Sobarzo Ponce JCA. 2025. Tribocharging of identical insulators : Triboelectric series, triboelectric cycles and surface charges. Institute of Science and Technology Austria."},"has_accepted_license":"1","supervisor":[{"orcid":"0000-0002-2299-3176","full_name":"Waitukaitis, Scott R","last_name":"Waitukaitis","first_name":"Scott R","id":"3A1FFC16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"}],"publisher":"Institute of Science and Technology Austria","month":"08","OA_place":"publisher","year":"2025","publication_identifier":{"isbn":["978-3-99078-062-6"],"issn":["2663-337X"]},"doi":"10.15479/AT-ISTA-20203","acknowledgement":"The project in Chapter 2 has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under\r\nthe European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement\r\nNo. 949120).\r\nThe project in Chapter 3 has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under\r\nthe European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement\r\nNo. 949120).\r\nThe project in Chapter 4 has received financing from the European Research Council grant\r\nagreement No. 949120 under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation\r\nprogramme. The Analytical Instrumentation Center of the TU Wien acknowledges support by\r\nthe FFG project ‘ELSA’ under grant no. 884672. C.M.P. and M.O. acknowledge the state\r\nof Lower Austria and the European Regional Development Fund under grant no. WST3-F542638/004-2021.\r\n","alternative_title":["ISTA Thesis"],"date_created":"2025-08-21T11:42:59Z","user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"title":"Tribocharging of identical insulators : Triboelectric series, triboelectric cycles and surface charges","type":"dissertation","project":[{"call_identifier":"H2020","_id":"0aa60e99-070f-11eb-9043-a6de6bdc3afa","grant_number":"949120","name":"Tribocharge: a multi-scale approach to an enduring problem in physics"}],"publication_status":"published","day":"27","author":[{"full_name":"Sobarzo Ponce, Juan Carlos A","last_name":"Sobarzo Ponce","first_name":"Juan Carlos A","id":"4B807D68-AE37-11E9-AC72-31CAE5697425"}],"oa_version":"Published Version","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Tribocharging, or contact electrification, is the phenomenon in which two initially neutral materials exchange electric charge through contact and subsequent separation. While it is widely observed in everyday life and crucial to numerous natural processes, even the most basic aspects of tribocharging are still a mystery—what are the charge carriers involved and what drives their exchange? This work spans three separate projects that address different aspects of tribocharging. First, we introduce a novel strategy combining Finite Element Method (FEM) simulations with Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (KPFM) to quantitatively extract surface charge density from surface voltage maps. Second, we present a simple theoretical model that allows for the existence of triboelectric cycles, under the assumption that multiple charge carrying species are involved. Third, we present experimental evidence that identical materials can spontaneously evolve into a triboelectric series, driven by contact history. Modeling this behavior enables the replication of experimental results with simulations, and even experimentally forcing the appearance of a pre-designed series by manipulating contact history. Together, the findings from these projects challenge traditional views on tribocharging, provide new tools for probing it, and open up new avenues of research—all with the hopes of bringing us closer to understanding this puzzling phenomenon."}],"file":[{"date_updated":"2025-08-27T14:50:32Z","creator":"jsobarzo","file_size":12667200,"success":1,"date_created":"2025-08-27T14:50:32Z","content_type":"application/pdf","checksum":"661b9d3786cfc985be811befc3262bf5","relation":"main_file","access_level":"open_access","file_name":"2025_Sobarzo_JuanCarlos_Thesis.pdf","file_id":"20237"},{"file_size":18940521,"date_created":"2025-08-27T14:50:32Z","content_type":"application/x-zip-compressed","date_updated":"2025-08-28T08:19:07Z","creator":"jsobarzo","access_level":"closed","relation":"source_file","file_name":"2025_Sobarzo_JuanCarlos_Thesis.zip","file_id":"20238","checksum":"ca2f24e6c3b55912982521707552a0f5"}],"date_published":"2025-08-27T00:00:00Z"},{"month":"08","OA_place":"publisher","publisher":"Institute of Science and Technology Austria","supervisor":[{"orcid":"0000-0001-8559-3973","id":"42EFD3B6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Johann G","last_name":"Danzl","full_name":"Danzl, Johann G"}],"citation":{"chicago":"Vorlaufer, Jakob. “Construction of a Cryo-Super-Resolution Microscope to Guide in Situ Structure Analysis.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20206\">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20206</a>.","ama":"Vorlaufer J. Construction of a cryo-super-resolution microscope to guide in situ structure analysis. 2025. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20206\">10.15479/AT-ISTA-20206</a>","ieee":"J. Vorlaufer, “Construction of a cryo-super-resolution microscope to guide in situ structure analysis,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025.","apa":"Vorlaufer, J. (2025). <i>Construction of a cryo-super-resolution microscope to guide in situ structure analysis</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20206\">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20206</a>","mla":"Vorlaufer, Jakob. <i>Construction of a Cryo-Super-Resolution Microscope to Guide in Situ Structure Analysis</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20206\">10.15479/AT-ISTA-20206</a>.","ista":"Vorlaufer J. 2025. Construction of a cryo-super-resolution microscope to guide in situ structure analysis. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.","short":"J. Vorlaufer, Construction of a Cryo-Super-Resolution Microscope to Guide in Situ Structure Analysis, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025."},"has_accepted_license":"1","page":"107","tmp":{"legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by_nc_sa.png","short":"CC BY-NC-SA (4.0)"},"acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"M-Shop"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"},{"_id":"Bio"}],"article_processing_charge":"No","status":"public","corr_author":"1","_id":"20206","degree_awarded":"PhD","file_date_updated":"2025-08-25T13:49:56Z","department":[{"_id":"GradSch"},{"_id":"JoDa"}],"ddc":["621","535"],"oa":1,"related_material":{"record":[{"id":"19795","relation":"part_of_dissertation","status":"public"}]},"date_updated":"2026-04-07T11:48:07Z","file":[{"date_updated":"2025-08-25T13:49:55Z","creator":"jvorlauf","file_size":39735535,"content_type":"application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document","date_created":"2025-08-25T13:49:55Z","checksum":"191db3367c19c9b32b65f4bc3a7c19de","access_level":"closed","relation":"source_file","file_id":"20228","file_name":"2025_Vorlaufer_Jakob_Thesis.docx"},{"relation":"main_file","access_level":"open_access","file_name":"2025_Vorlaufer_Jakob_Thesis.pdf","file_id":"20229","checksum":"104400e6036921569610230c1d4899dc","file_size":10947446,"success":1,"content_type":"application/pdf","date_created":"2025-08-25T13:49:56Z","date_updated":"2025-08-25T13:49:56Z","creator":"jvorlauf"}],"date_published":"2025-08-25T00:00:00Z","abstract":[{"text":"The internal structure of biomolecules and their organization in higher-order arrangements are key factors governing the working principles of biological systems. Bioimaging has successfully revealed arrangements across relevant spatial scales. For example, cryo-electron tomography has become widely used for analyzing biomolecular structures in situ due to its comprehensive structural visualization of near-natively preserved samples, and its capability of sub-nm resolution via averaging. However, the identification of molecules within crowded cellular environments is often hindered by low contrast. Fluorescence microscopy, on the other hand, routinely visualizes specifically labeled targets at single-molecule contrast against essentially zero background. Moreover, it provides comparatively high throughput and is amenable to multiplexing. Due to this complementarity, combining datasets from both modalities acquired on the same region via correlative light and electron microscopy can reveal novel types of information. \r\nThe spatial scale at which information can be extracted depends on imaging resolution and correlation accuracy. Since diffraction of light limits the resolution of conventional fluorescence microscopy to few hundreds of nanometers, reaching the full potential of correlative imaging requires super-resolution approaches. Performing imaging at cryogenic temperature preserves structures in a near-native state and minimizes distortions between the fluorescence and the electron microscopy datasets. Implementations of this concept have achieved correlation on the scale of cellular organelles or bacterial domains.\r\nWe have worked towards pushing correlative imaging to the single-molecule scale by improving cryo-super-resolution microscopy, and devising a refined image correlation workflow. As part of this project, I constructed a microscopy setup and adopted it for super-resolution fluorescence microscopy at room temperature and cryogenic conditions. I explored different cryo-stages and acquisition strategies. Specifically, I developed a new scheme for correcting sample drift, thus increasing mechanical stability during microscopy acquisitions.\r\n","lang":"eng"}],"oa_version":"Published Version","author":[{"full_name":"Vorlaufer, Jakob","last_name":"Vorlaufer","first_name":"Jakob","id":"937696FA-C996-11E9-8C7C-CF13E6697425","orcid":"0009-0000-7590-3501"}],"day":"25","publication_status":"published","title":"Construction of a cryo-super-resolution microscope to guide in situ structure analysis","type":"dissertation","project":[{"_id":"62909c6f-2b32-11ec-9570-e1476aab5308","name":"CryoMinflux-guided in-situ molecular census and structure determination","grant_number":"CZI01"}],"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","alternative_title":["ISTA Thesis"],"date_created":"2025-08-22T08:12:55Z","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","doi":"10.15479/AT-ISTA-20206","acknowledgement":"The project was supported by CZI grant DAF2021-234754 and grant\r\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.37921/812628ebpcwg from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative DAF, an\r\nadvised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation (funder\r\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.13039/100014989), as well as internal grants from ISTA’s Equipment\r\nInvestment Committee and Interdisciplinary Project Committee. ","publication_identifier":{"issn":["2663-337X"]},"year":"2025"},{"publication":"ACS Nano","external_id":{"isi":["001550173000001"]},"date_published":"2025-08-26T00:00:00Z","abstract":[{"text":"Zirconia nanocrystals (ZrO2 NCs) are a stable host material for lanthanides, but their performance lags behind that of the leading NaYF4 nanomaterials. Here, we leverage surface chemistry and core/shell architectures to uncover the contribution of dopants at the nanocrystal surface and of dopants in the nanocrystal bulk. We first assess the doping efficiency by ICP and find that, while Eu is almost quantitatively incorporated, the other lanthanides (La, Ce, Tb, Tm, Er, Yb) have about 50% incorporation efficiency over the studied doping range of 1–10%. We then determine the nanocrystal surface chemistry using NMR spectroscopy, despite the additional spectral line broadening caused by the paramagnetic lanthanide dopants. By varying the surface ligands and measuring the photoluminescence, we resolve the spectroscopic signals that are sensitive to a change in surface chemistry. Time-resolved emission spectra further reinforce the notion of a bulk component with a long luminescent lifetime and a surface component with a fast lifetime. Upon shelling Eu- or Tb-doped zirconia NCs with pure zirconia, the surface component disappears, and the photoluminescence quantum yield increases. We further functionalized the surface of the core/shell particles with oleylphosphonic acid ligands to obtain excellent dispersibility. These results show that lanthanide-doped zirconia NCs can be engineered to eliminate deactivation pathways.","lang":"eng"}],"oa_version":"Preprint","issue":"33","main_file_link":[{"url":"https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-r1gw4","open_access":"1"}],"author":[{"first_name":"Nico","full_name":"Reichholf, Nico","last_name":"Reichholf"},{"last_name":"Horta","full_name":"Horta, Sharona","id":"03a7e858-01b1-11ec-8b71-99ae6c4a05bc","first_name":"Sharona"},{"first_name":"David","last_name":"Van Der Heggen","full_name":"Van Der Heggen, David"},{"full_name":"Seno, Carlotta","last_name":"Seno","first_name":"Carlotta"},{"first_name":"Jikson","full_name":"Pulparayil Mathew, Jikson","last_name":"Pulparayil Mathew"},{"orcid":"0000-0001-5013-2843","last_name":"Ibáñez","full_name":"Ibáñez, Maria","id":"43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Maria"},{"first_name":"Philippe F.","last_name":"Smet","full_name":"Smet, Philippe F."},{"full_name":"De Roo, Jonathan","last_name":"De Roo","first_name":"Jonathan"}],"day":"26","publication_status":"published","article_type":"original","project":[{"name":"HighTE: The Werner Siemens Laboratory for the High Throughput Discovery of Semiconductors for Waste Heat Recovery","_id":"9B8F7476-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A"}],"title":"Identification and elimination of surface emission in lanthanide (Co)doped zirconia nanocrystals","type":"journal_article","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"isi":1,"user_id":"317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345","date_created":"2025-08-31T22:01:31Z","doi":"10.1021/acsnano.5c09137","acknowledgement":"N.R. and C.S. thank the SNSF Eccellenza funding scheme (Project 194172) for funding. D.V.d.H. is supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) through a Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (N° 1237825N). P.F.S. acknowledges the Special Research Fund at UGent (bof/baf/4y/2024/01/037). M.I. acknowledges financial support from ISTA and the Werner Siemens Foundation. This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of ISTA Austria through resources provided by the electron microscopy facility (EMF). We thank Tommaso Costanzo for providing assistance during STEM measurements. We acknowledge DESY (Hamburg, Germany), a member of the Helmholtz Association HGF, for the provision of experimental facilities. Parts of this research were carried out using beamline P21.1 at PETRA III, and the authors thank Ann-Christin Dippel, Jiatu Liu, and Fernando Igoa for assistance in using the beamline for PDF acquisition (Proposal I-20231114 EC). The authors thank Daniel Häussinger for help with the analysis of NMR spectra.","year":"2025","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1936-086X"]},"OA_place":"repository","month":"08","intvolume":"        19","publisher":"American Chemical Society","volume":19,"OA_type":"green","quality_controlled":"1","citation":{"short":"N. Reichholf, S. Horta, D. Van Der Heggen, C. Seno, J. Pulparayil Mathew, M. Ibáñez, P.F. Smet, J. De Roo, ACS Nano 19 (2025) 30371–30382.","ista":"Reichholf N, Horta S, Van Der Heggen D, Seno C, Pulparayil Mathew J, Ibáñez M, Smet PF, De Roo J. 2025. Identification and elimination of surface emission in lanthanide (Co)doped zirconia nanocrystals. ACS Nano. 19(33), 30371–30382.","apa":"Reichholf, N., Horta, S., Van Der Heggen, D., Seno, C., Pulparayil Mathew, J., Ibáñez, M., … De Roo, J. (2025). Identification and elimination of surface emission in lanthanide (Co)doped zirconia nanocrystals. <i>ACS Nano</i>. American Chemical Society. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c09137\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c09137</a>","mla":"Reichholf, Nico, et al. “Identification and Elimination of Surface Emission in Lanthanide (Co)Doped Zirconia Nanocrystals.” <i>ACS Nano</i>, vol. 19, no. 33, American Chemical Society, 2025, pp. 30371–82, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c09137\">10.1021/acsnano.5c09137</a>.","ieee":"N. Reichholf <i>et al.</i>, “Identification and elimination of surface emission in lanthanide (Co)doped zirconia nanocrystals,” <i>ACS Nano</i>, vol. 19, no. 33. American Chemical Society, pp. 30371–30382, 2025.","ama":"Reichholf N, Horta S, Van Der Heggen D, et al. Identification and elimination of surface emission in lanthanide (Co)doped zirconia nanocrystals. <i>ACS Nano</i>. 2025;19(33):30371-30382. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c09137\">10.1021/acsnano.5c09137</a>","chicago":"Reichholf, Nico, Sharona Horta, David Van Der Heggen, Carlotta Seno, Jikson Pulparayil Mathew, Maria Ibáñez, Philippe F. Smet, and Jonathan De Roo. “Identification and Elimination of Surface Emission in Lanthanide (Co)Doped Zirconia Nanocrystals.” <i>ACS Nano</i>. American Chemical Society, 2025. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c09137\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c09137</a>."},"page":"30371-30382","article_processing_charge":"No","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"EM-Fac"}],"status":"public","_id":"20252","scopus_import":"1","department":[{"_id":"MaIb"}],"oa":1,"date_updated":"2025-09-30T14:27:03Z"},{"citation":{"short":"Y. Liu, T. Kleinhanns, S. Horta, E. Dutkiewicz, S. Lu, M.C. Spadaro, A. Genç, L. Chen, K.H. Lim, M. Hong, J. Arbiol, M. Ibáñez, Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (2025) 32199–32208.","ista":"Liu Y, Kleinhanns T, Horta S, Dutkiewicz E, Lu S, Spadaro MC, Genç A, Chen L, Lim KH, Hong M, Arbiol J, Ibáñez M. 2025. Liquid-solid interface reactions drive enhanced thermoelectric performance in Ag2Se. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(35), 32199–32208.","apa":"Liu, Y., Kleinhanns, T., Horta, S., Dutkiewicz, E., Lu, S., Spadaro, M. C., … Ibáñez, M. (2025). Liquid-solid interface reactions drive enhanced thermoelectric performance in Ag2Se. <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>. American Chemical Society. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c11435\">https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c11435</a>","mla":"Liu, Yu, et al. “Liquid-Solid Interface Reactions Drive Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance in Ag2Se.” <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>, vol. 147, no. 35, American Chemical Society, 2025, pp. 32199–208, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c11435\">10.1021/jacs.5c11435</a>.","ieee":"Y. Liu <i>et al.</i>, “Liquid-solid interface reactions drive enhanced thermoelectric performance in Ag2Se,” <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>, vol. 147, no. 35. American Chemical Society, pp. 32199–32208, 2025.","chicago":"Liu, Yu, Tobias Kleinhanns, Sharona Horta, Ewelina Dutkiewicz, Shaoqing Lu, Maria Chiara Spadaro, Aziz Genç, et al. “Liquid-Solid Interface Reactions Drive Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance in Ag2Se.” <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>. American Chemical Society, 2025. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c11435\">https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c11435</a>.","ama":"Liu Y, Kleinhanns T, Horta S, et al. Liquid-solid interface reactions drive enhanced thermoelectric performance in Ag2Se. <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>. 2025;147(35):32199-32208. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c11435\">10.1021/jacs.5c11435</a>"},"has_accepted_license":"1","OA_type":"hybrid","volume":147,"quality_controlled":"1","tmp":{"legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","short":"CC BY (4.0)"},"acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"EM-Fac"},{"_id":"LifeSc"},{"_id":"NanoFab"}],"article_processing_charge":"Yes (via OA deal)","page":"32199-32208","month":"08","OA_place":"publisher","publisher":"American Chemical Society","intvolume":"       147","oa":1,"related_material":{"record":[{"status":"for_moderation","relation":"dissertation_contains","id":"22017"}]},"date_updated":"2026-06-22T06:14:35Z","_id":"20326","corr_author":"1","status":"public","department":[{"_id":"MaIb"}],"file_date_updated":"2025-09-10T06:55:17Z","ddc":["540"],"scopus_import":"1","issue":"35","oa_version":"Published Version","day":"22","PlanS_conform":"1","author":[{"id":"2A70014E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Yu","last_name":"Liu","full_name":"Liu, Yu","orcid":"0000-0001-7313-6740"},{"orcid":"0000-0003-1537-7436","last_name":"Kleinhanns","full_name":"Kleinhanns, Tobias","id":"8BD9DE16-AB3C-11E9-9C8C-2A03E6697425","first_name":"Tobias"},{"id":"03a7e858-01b1-11ec-8b71-99ae6c4a05bc","first_name":"Sharona","last_name":"Horta","full_name":"Horta, Sharona"},{"id":"0601cc46-c082-11ec-9b07-bb29641d1de9","first_name":"Ewelina","last_name":"Dutkiewicz","full_name":"Dutkiewicz, Ewelina"},{"last_name":"Lu","full_name":"Lu, Shaoqing","first_name":"Shaoqing"},{"last_name":"Spadaro","full_name":"Spadaro, Maria Chiara","first_name":"Maria Chiara"},{"last_name":"Genç","full_name":"Genç, Aziz","first_name":"Aziz"},{"first_name":"Lei","full_name":"Chen, Lei","last_name":"Chen"},{"last_name":"Lim","full_name":"Lim, Khak Ho","first_name":"Khak Ho"},{"first_name":"Min","full_name":"Hong, Min","last_name":"Hong"},{"first_name":"Jordi","last_name":"Arbiol","full_name":"Arbiol, Jordi"},{"first_name":"Maria","id":"43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Ibáñez, Maria","last_name":"Ibáñez","orcid":"0000-0001-5013-2843"}],"file":[{"file_size":9997327,"date_created":"2025-09-10T06:55:17Z","content_type":"application/pdf","success":1,"date_updated":"2025-09-10T06:55:17Z","creator":"dernst","relation":"main_file","access_level":"open_access","file_id":"20334","file_name":"2025_JACS_Liu.pdf","checksum":"52892fa91adadd39a1c42da9e01139a5"}],"date_published":"2025-08-22T00:00:00Z","external_id":{"isi":["001558320100001"]},"publication":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","abstract":[{"text":"Ag2Se is a promising n-type thermoelectric material, but its performance is limited by excessive carrier concentration, compositional inhomogeneity, and phase instability, challenges rooted in a narrow homogeneity range and uncontrolled Ag+ diffusion in the superionic phase. Here, we address these issues by exploiting liquid–solid interface reactions using CdSe complexes that remove surface excess Ag to yield stoichiometric Ag2Se and generate CdSe nanodomains that inhibit Ag+ diffusion and constrain grain growth. The resulting Ag2Se-CdSe nanocomposites exhibit a reproducible, stable figure of merit (zT) of 1.04 between 300 and 390 K. Beyond demonstrating high performance, we elucidate the interfacial chemical reactions that give rise to the observed microstructure and transport properties, providing a foundation for rationally engineering interfacial chemistry to tailor transport properties across diverse thermoelectric material systems.","lang":"eng"}],"date_created":"2025-09-10T05:44:03Z","user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","year":"2025","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1520-5126"],"issn":["0002-7863"]},"doi":"10.1021/jacs.5c11435","acknowledgement":"M.I. acknowledges financial support from ISTA and the Werner Siemens Foundation. The Scientific Service Units (SSU) of ISTA supported this work through resources provided by the Electron Microscopy Facility (EMF), the Lab Support Facility (LSF) and the Nanofabrication Facility (NNF) and the LSF Mass Spectrometry Service. The members of the Ibáñez research group are acknowledged, especially Christine Fiedler for scientific illustration and Ihor Cherniukh for valuable discussions. Y.L. acknowledges funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grants No. 22209034), the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project of Overseas Returnees in Anhui Province (Grant No. 2022LCX002) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (JZ2024HGTB0239). K.H.L. acknowledges financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant No. 22208293). ICN2 acknowledges funding from Generalitat de Catalunya 2021SGR00457. Authors acknowledge the Advanced Materials programme by the Spanish Government with funding from European Union NextGenerationEU (PRTR-C17.I1) and by Generalitat de Catalunya (Project In-CAEM). The authors thank support from the project AMaDE (PID2023-149158OB-C43), funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/and by “ERDF Away of making Europe”, by the “European Union”. ICN2 is supported by the Severo Ochoa program from Spanish MCIN/AEI (Grant No.: CEX2021-001214-S) and is funded by the CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya. ICN2 is founding member of e-DREAM. (68) M.H. acknowledges the funding from the Australian Research Council (FT230100316 and IH200100035). M.H. acknowledges the computational support from the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) and Pawsey Supercomputing Centre, Australia.","article_type":"original","publication_status":"published","isi":1,"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"type":"journal_article","title":"Liquid-solid interface reactions drive enhanced thermoelectric performance in Ag2Se","project":[{"name":"HighTE: The Werner Siemens Laboratory for the High Throughput Discovery of Semiconductors for Waste Heat Recovery","_id":"9B8F7476-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A"}]},{"file":[{"checksum":"d42476279287a9a2f8aeafaef032f4a7","access_level":"open_access","relation":"main_file","file_name":"2025_ACSPhotonics_Lorenc.pdf","file_id":"20502","date_updated":"2025-10-20T11:02:21Z","creator":"dernst","file_size":6609950,"success":1,"date_created":"2025-10-20T11:02:21Z","content_type":"application/pdf"}],"date_published":"2025-08-11T00:00:00Z","external_id":{"isi":["001547359300001"],"arxiv":["2406.05032"]},"publication":"ACS Photonics","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Dielectric breakdown of physical vacuum (Schwinger effect) is the textbook demonstration of compatibility of Relativity and Quantum theory. Although observing this effect is still practically unachievable, its analogue generalizations have been shown to be more readily attainable. This paper demonstrates that a gapped Dirac semiconductor, methylammonium lead-bromide perovskite (MAPbBr3), exhibits analogue dynamic Schwinger effect. Tunneling ionization under deep subgap mid-infrared irradiation leads to intense photoluminescence in the visible range, in full agreement with quasi-adiabatic theory. In addition to revealing a gapped extended system suitable for studying the analogue Schwinger effect, this observation holds great potential for nonperturbative field sensing, i.e., sensing electric fields through nonperturbative light-matter interactions. First, this paper illustrates this by measuring the local deviation from the nominally cubic phase of a perovskite single crystal, which can be interpreted in terms of frozen-in fields. Next, it is shown that analogue dynamic Schwinger effect can be used for nonperturbative amplification of nonparametric upconversion process in perovskites driven simultaneously by multiple optical fields. This discovery demonstrates the potential for material response beyond perturbation theory in the tunneling regime, offering extremely sensitive light detection and amplification across an ultrabroad spectral range not accessible by conventional devices."}],"issue":"9","oa_version":"Published Version","day":"11","PlanS_conform":"1","author":[{"last_name":"Lorenc","full_name":"Lorenc, Dusan","id":"40D8A3E6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Dusan"},{"orcid":"0000-0003-0393-5525","full_name":"Volosniev, Artem","last_name":"Volosniev","first_name":"Artem","id":"37D278BC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"full_name":"Zhumekenov, Ayan A.","last_name":"Zhumekenov","first_name":"Ayan A."},{"last_name":"Lee","full_name":"Lee, Seungho","id":"BB243B88-D767-11E9-B658-BC13E6697425","first_name":"Seungho","orcid":"0000-0002-6962-8598"},{"orcid":"0000-0001-5013-2843","full_name":"Ibáñez, Maria","last_name":"Ibáñez","first_name":"Maria","id":"43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"full_name":"Bakr, Osman M.","last_name":"Bakr","first_name":"Osman M."},{"orcid":"0000-0002-6990-7802","full_name":"Lemeshko, Mikhail","last_name":"Lemeshko","first_name":"Mikhail","id":"37CB05FA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"full_name":"Alpichshev, Zhanybek","last_name":"Alpichshev","first_name":"Zhanybek","id":"45E67A2A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","orcid":"0000-0002-7183-5203"}],"article_type":"original","publication_status":"published","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"isi":1,"project":[{"_id":"9B8F7476-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A","name":"HighTE: The Werner Siemens Laboratory for the High Throughput Discovery of Semiconductors for Waste Heat Recovery"}],"type":"journal_article","title":"Observation of analogue dynamic Schwinger effect and non-perturbative light sensing in lead halide perovskites","date_created":"2025-09-28T22:01:26Z","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["2330-4022"]},"year":"2025","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.5c01360","acknowledgement":"A.G.V. thanks Peter Balling for useful discussions. This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of ISTA through resources provided by the Electron Microscopy Facility (EMF), and by the Werner Siemens Foundation (WSS) for financial support.","OA_place":"publisher","month":"08","publisher":"American Chemical Society","intvolume":"        12","has_accepted_license":"1","citation":{"short":"D. Lorenc, A. Volosniev, A.A. Zhumekenov, S. Lee, M. Ibáñez, O.M. Bakr, M. Lemeshko, Z. Alpichshev, ACS Photonics 12 (2025) 5220–5230.","ista":"Lorenc D, Volosniev A, Zhumekenov AA, Lee S, Ibáñez M, Bakr OM, Lemeshko M, Alpichshev Z. 2025. Observation of analogue dynamic Schwinger effect and non-perturbative light sensing in lead halide perovskites. ACS Photonics. 12(9), 5220–5230.","mla":"Lorenc, Dusan, et al. “Observation of Analogue Dynamic Schwinger Effect and Non-Perturbative Light Sensing in Lead Halide Perovskites.” <i>ACS Photonics</i>, vol. 12, no. 9, American Chemical Society, 2025, pp. 5220–30, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c01360\">10.1021/acsphotonics.5c01360</a>.","apa":"Lorenc, D., Volosniev, A., Zhumekenov, A. A., Lee, S., Ibáñez, M., Bakr, O. M., … Alpichshev, Z. (2025). Observation of analogue dynamic Schwinger effect and non-perturbative light sensing in lead halide perovskites. <i>ACS Photonics</i>. American Chemical Society. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c01360\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c01360</a>","ieee":"D. Lorenc <i>et al.</i>, “Observation of analogue dynamic Schwinger effect and non-perturbative light sensing in lead halide perovskites,” <i>ACS Photonics</i>, vol. 12, no. 9. American Chemical Society, pp. 5220–5230, 2025.","chicago":"Lorenc, Dusan, Artem Volosniev, Ayan A. Zhumekenov, Seungho Lee, Maria Ibáñez, Osman M. Bakr, Mikhail Lemeshko, and Zhanybek Alpichshev. “Observation of Analogue Dynamic Schwinger Effect and Non-Perturbative Light Sensing in Lead Halide Perovskites.” <i>ACS Photonics</i>. American Chemical Society, 2025. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c01360\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c01360</a>.","ama":"Lorenc D, Volosniev A, Zhumekenov AA, et al. Observation of analogue dynamic Schwinger effect and non-perturbative light sensing in lead halide perovskites. <i>ACS Photonics</i>. 2025;12(9):5220-5230. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c01360\">10.1021/acsphotonics.5c01360</a>"},"volume":12,"quality_controlled":"1","OA_type":"hybrid","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"EM-Fac"}],"article_processing_charge":"Yes (via OA deal)","tmp":{"legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","short":"CC BY (4.0)"},"page":"5220-5230","_id":"20405","corr_author":"1","status":"public","ddc":["540","530"],"file_date_updated":"2025-10-20T11:02:21Z","department":[{"_id":"MaIb"},{"_id":"MiLe"},{"_id":"ZhAl"}],"scopus_import":"1","arxiv":1,"oa":1,"date_updated":"2025-12-01T12:59:51Z"},{"related_material":{"record":[{"relation":"part_of_dissertation","status":"public","id":"15357"},{"status":"public","relation":"part_of_dissertation","id":"12237"}]},"date_updated":"2026-04-07T11:52:32Z","status":"public","_id":"20415","corr_author":"1","degree_awarded":"PhD","file_date_updated":"2025-10-07T08:57:14Z","department":[{"_id":"GradSch"},{"_id":"MaIb"}],"ddc":["540"],"citation":{"ista":"Lee S. 2025. Nanoparticle-based precursors toward advanced crystalline inorganic solids. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.","short":"S. Lee, Nanoparticle-Based Precursors toward Advanced Crystalline Inorganic Solids, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025.","mla":"Lee, Seungho. <i>Nanoparticle-Based Precursors toward Advanced Crystalline Inorganic Solids</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20415\">10.15479/AT-ISTA-20415</a>.","apa":"Lee, S. (2025). <i>Nanoparticle-based precursors toward advanced crystalline inorganic solids</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20415\">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20415</a>","ieee":"S. Lee, “Nanoparticle-based precursors toward advanced crystalline inorganic solids,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025.","ama":"Lee S. Nanoparticle-based precursors toward advanced crystalline inorganic solids. 2025. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20415\">10.15479/AT-ISTA-20415</a>","chicago":"Lee, Seungho. “Nanoparticle-Based Precursors toward Advanced Crystalline Inorganic Solids.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20415\">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20415</a>."},"has_accepted_license":"1","page":"144","article_processing_charge":"No","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"LifeSc"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"}],"month":"10","OA_place":"publisher","publisher":"Institute of Science and Technology Austria","supervisor":[{"last_name":"Ibáñez","full_name":"Ibáñez, Maria","id":"43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Maria","orcid":"0000-0001-5013-2843"},{"first_name":"Loredana","last_name":"Protesescu","full_name":"Protesescu, Loredana"},{"first_name":"Stefan Alexander","id":"A8CA28E6-CE23-11E9-AD2D-EC27E6697425","full_name":"Freunberger, Stefan Alexander","last_name":"Freunberger","orcid":"0000-0003-2902-5319"}],"user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","alternative_title":["ISTA Thesis"],"date_created":"2025-10-01T09:04:00Z","doi":"10.15479/AT-ISTA-20415","publication_identifier":{"issn":["2663-337X"]},"year":"2025","publication_status":"published","type":"dissertation","title":"Nanoparticle-based precursors toward advanced crystalline inorganic solids","project":[{"name":"HighTE: The Werner Siemens Laboratory for the High Throughput Discovery of Semiconductors for Waste Heat Recovery","_id":"9B8F7476-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A"}],"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"oa_version":"Published Version","author":[{"orcid":"0000-0002-6962-8598","full_name":"Lee, Seungho","last_name":"Lee","first_name":"Seungho","id":"BB243B88-D767-11E9-B658-BC13E6697425"}],"day":"01","file":[{"creator":"slee","date_updated":"2025-10-07T08:57:14Z","content_type":"application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document","date_created":"2025-10-03T12:29:43Z","file_size":88706648,"checksum":"fa6d5946feb37b678ee1c6dffb4fa167","file_name":"2025_Lee_Seungho_Thesis.docx","file_id":"20420","access_level":"closed","relation":"source_file"},{"relation":"main_file","embargo":"2026-10-03","access_level":"closed","file_name":"2025_Lee_Seungho_Thesis__.pdf","file_id":"20421","checksum":"c5ba6d464113ad0c5812a9d24b539b86","embargo_to":"open_access","file_size":14587276,"date_created":"2025-10-03T12:29:25Z","content_type":"application/pdf","date_updated":"2025-10-03T12:29:25Z","creator":"slee"}],"date_published":"2025-10-01T00:00:00Z"},{"year":"2025","publication_identifier":{"issn":["1545-9993"],"eissn":["1545-9985"]},"doi":"10.1038/s41594-024-01448-7","acknowledgement":"We thank the members of the Bernecky laboratory for helpful discussions and A. Hlavata for providing Pol II for use in the fluorescence anisotropy binding assay. We thank V.-V. Hodirnau for SerialEM data collection and support with EPU data collection. We thank D. Slade (Max Perutz Laboratories and Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria) for the wild-type TFIIF expression plasmid. We thank N. Thompson and R. Burgess (McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA) for the 8WG16 hybridoma cell line. We thank C. Plaschka and M. Loose for critical reading of the manuscript. This work was supported by Austrian Science Fund (FWF) grant no. P34185 (DOI 10.55776/P34185) (C.B.). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript. This research was further supported by the Scientific Service Units of ISTA through resources provided by the Laboratory Support Facility, Electron Microscopy Facility, Scientific Computing and the Preclinical Facility.","date_created":"2025-01-08T11:20:20Z","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","isi":1,"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"project":[{"_id":"c08a6700-5a5b-11eb-8a69-82a722b2bc30","name":"Regulation of mammalian transcription by noncoding RNA","grant_number":"P34185"}],"title":"Mechanism of mammalian transcriptional repression by noncoding RNA","type":"journal_article","article_type":"original","publication_status":"published","day":"01","APC_amount":"12348 EUR","author":[{"full_name":"Tluckova, Katarina","last_name":"Tluckova","first_name":"Katarina","id":"4AC7D980-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"id":"36FA4AFA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Beata M","last_name":"Kaczmarek","full_name":"Kaczmarek, Beata M"},{"id":"41F1F098-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Anita P","last_name":"Testa Salmazo","full_name":"Testa Salmazo, Anita P"},{"orcid":"0000-0003-0893-7036","id":"2CB9DFE2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Carrie A","last_name":"Bernecky","full_name":"Bernecky, Carrie A"}],"oa_version":"Published Version","pmid":1,"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Transcription by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) can be repressed by noncoding RNA, including the human RNA Alu. However, the mechanism by which endogenous RNAs repress transcription remains unclear. Here we present cryogenic-electron microscopy structures of Pol II bound to Alu RNA, which reveal that Alu RNA mimics how DNA and RNA bind to Pol II during transcription elongation. Further, we show how distinct domains of the general transcription factor TFIIF control repressive activity. Together, we reveal how a noncoding RNA can regulate mammalian gene expression."}],"date_published":"2025-04-01T00:00:00Z","external_id":{"pmid":["39762629"],"isi":["001390268000001"]},"file":[{"creator":"dernst","date_updated":"2025-04-16T08:17:27Z","date_created":"2025-04-16T08:17:27Z","content_type":"application/pdf","success":1,"file_size":9306639,"checksum":"2919b30b271f395888e880076a680d73","file_id":"19573","file_name":"2025_NatureStrucMolBiol_Tluckova.pdf","relation":"main_file","access_level":"open_access"}],"publication":"Nature Structural & Molecular Biology","date_updated":"2025-11-20T10:28:36Z","oa":1,"related_material":{"record":[{"status":"public","relation":"earlier_version","id":"14644"}]},"ddc":["570"],"file_date_updated":"2025-04-16T08:17:27Z","department":[{"_id":"CaBe"}],"scopus_import":"1","_id":"18778","corr_author":"1","status":"public","article_processing_charge":"Yes (in subscription journal)","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"LifeSc"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"},{"_id":"ScienComp"},{"_id":"PreCl"}],"tmp":{"legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","short":"CC BY (4.0)"},"page":"607-612","has_accepted_license":"1","citation":{"chicago":"Tluckova, Katarina, Beata M Kaczmarek, Anita P Testa Salmazo, and Carrie Bernecky. “Mechanism of Mammalian Transcriptional Repression by Noncoding RNA.” <i>Nature Structural &#38; Molecular Biology</i>. Springer Nature, 2025. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-024-01448-7\">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-024-01448-7</a>.","ama":"Tluckova K, Kaczmarek BM, Testa Salmazo AP, Bernecky C. Mechanism of mammalian transcriptional repression by noncoding RNA. <i>Nature Structural &#38; Molecular Biology</i>. 2025;32:607-612. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-024-01448-7\">10.1038/s41594-024-01448-7</a>","ieee":"K. Tluckova, B. M. Kaczmarek, A. P. Testa Salmazo, and C. Bernecky, “Mechanism of mammalian transcriptional repression by noncoding RNA,” <i>Nature Structural &#38; Molecular Biology</i>, vol. 32. Springer Nature, pp. 607–612, 2025.","mla":"Tluckova, Katarina, et al. “Mechanism of Mammalian Transcriptional Repression by Noncoding RNA.” <i>Nature Structural &#38; Molecular Biology</i>, vol. 32, Springer Nature, 2025, pp. 607–12, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-024-01448-7\">10.1038/s41594-024-01448-7</a>.","apa":"Tluckova, K., Kaczmarek, B. M., Testa Salmazo, A. P., &#38; Bernecky, C. (2025). Mechanism of mammalian transcriptional repression by noncoding RNA. <i>Nature Structural &#38; Molecular Biology</i>. Springer Nature. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-024-01448-7\">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-024-01448-7</a>","short":"K. Tluckova, B.M. Kaczmarek, A.P. Testa Salmazo, C. Bernecky, Nature Structural &#38; Molecular Biology 32 (2025) 607–612.","ista":"Tluckova K, Kaczmarek BM, Testa Salmazo AP, Bernecky C. 2025. Mechanism of mammalian transcriptional repression by noncoding RNA. Nature Structural &#38; Molecular Biology. 32, 607–612."},"quality_controlled":"1","OA_type":"hybrid","volume":32,"publisher":"Springer Nature","intvolume":"        32","OA_place":"publisher","month":"04"}]