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Science, 7 JANUARY 2022, VOL 375, ISSUE 6576
《科學(xué)》2022年1月7日，第375卷，6576期
物理學(xué)Physics
Evidence for a delocalization quantum phase transition without symmetry breaking in CeCoIn5
CeCoIn5非對(duì)稱破缺離域量子相變得證據(jù)
▲ 感謝分享：NIKOLA MAKSIMOVIC, DANIEL H. EILBOTT, TESSA COOKMEYER, FANGHUI WAN, JAN RUSZ, VIKRAM NAGARAJAN, et al.
▲ 鏈接：
感謝分享特別science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaz4566
▲ 摘要
量子相變研究與對(duì)稱破缺沒(méi)有明顯關(guān)聯(lián)，這是凝聚態(tài)物理學(xué)得一個(gè)重大研究方向，特別是高溫超導(dǎo)問(wèn)題，這種相變被認(rèn)為是超導(dǎo)機(jī)制本身得基礎(chǔ)。
研究組認(rèn)為在典型得非常規(guī)超導(dǎo)體CeCoIn5中，假定得量子臨界點(diǎn)由連接兩個(gè)不同體積費(fèi)米面躍遷中得電子離域所表征，沒(méi)有明顯得對(duì)稱破缺。
利用已建立得f-電子金屬理論，研究組討論了如何解釋這種涉及自旋-電荷分離得躍遷，該模型可有效描述他們測(cè)量霍爾效應(yīng)得異常輸運(yùn)行為。
▲ Abstract
The study of quantum phase transitions that are not clearly associated with broken symmetry is a major effort in condensed matter physics, particularly in regard to the problem of high-temperature superconductivity, for which such transitions are thought to underlie the mechanism of superconductivity itself. Here we argue that the putative quantum critical point in the prototypical unconventional superconductor CeCoIn5 is characterized by the delocalization of electrons in a transition that connects two Fermi surfaces of different volumes, with no apparent broken symmetry. Drawing on established theory of f-electron metals, we discuss an interpretation for such a transition that involves the fractionalization of spin and charge, a model that effectively describes the anomalous transport behavior we measured for the Hall effect.
材料科學(xué)Materials Science
Single-walled zeolitic nanotubes
單壁分子篩納米管
▲ 感謝分享：AKSHAY KORDE, BYUNGHYUN MIN, ELINA KAPACA, OMAR KNIO, IMAN NEZAM, ZIYUAN WANG, et al.
▲ 鏈接：
感謝分享特別science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abg3793
▲ 摘要
研究組報(bào)道了具有微孔分子篩壁得單壁硅酸鋁納米管得合成和結(jié)構(gòu)。這種準(zhǔn)一維分子篩由波拉型結(jié)構(gòu)導(dǎo)向劑（SDA）組裝而成，該分子篩含有一個(gè)中心聯(lián)苯基團(tuán)，由C10烷基鏈連接到奎寧環(huán)端基。
高分辨率電子顯微鏡和衍射及其他支持方法揭示了一種獨(dú)特得壁結(jié)構(gòu)，它是兩種分子篩結(jié)構(gòu)類型（β和MFI）得特征構(gòu)建層得混合體。這種混合結(jié)構(gòu)產(chǎn)生于彎曲納米管壁形成過(guò)程中應(yīng)變能得蕞小化。
由于SDA分子得自組裝，納米管得形成導(dǎo)致介觀結(jié)構(gòu)得早期出現(xiàn)。SDA分子得聯(lián)苯核心基團(tuán)證明了π堆積，外圍得奎寧環(huán)基團(tuán)則證明了微孔壁結(jié)構(gòu)。
▲ Abstract
We report the synthesis and structure of single-walled aluminosilicate nanotubes with microporous zeolitic walls. This quasi-one-dimensional zeolite is assembled by a bolaform structure-directing agent (SDA) containing a central biphenyl group connected by C10 alkyl chains to quinuclidinium end groups. High-resolution electron microscopy and diffraction, along with other supporting methods, revealed a unique wall structure that is a hybrid of characteristic building layers from two zeolite structure types, beta and MFI. This hybrid structure arises from minimization of strain energy during the formation of a curved nanotube wall. Nanotube formation involves the early appearance of a mesostructure due to self-assembly of the SDA molecules. The biphenyl core groups of the SDA molecules show evidence of π stacking, whereas the peripheral quinuclidinium groups direct the microporous wall structure.
metastable Dion-Jacobson 2D structure enables efficient and stable perovskite solar cells
亞穩(wěn)態(tài)Dion-Jacobson二維結(jié)構(gòu)實(shí)現(xiàn)高效穩(wěn)定得鈣鈦礦太陽(yáng)能電池
▲ 感謝分享：FEI ZHANG, SO YEON PARK, CANGLANG YAO, HAIPENG LU, SEAN P. DUNFIELD, CHUANXIAO XIAO, et al.
▲ 鏈接：
感謝分享特別science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abj2637
▲ 摘要
三維（3D）有機(jī)-無(wú)機(jī)鹵化物鈣鈦礦太陽(yáng)能電池（PSC）得性能可通過(guò)使用具有高效電荷傳輸?shù)?D層狀鈣鈦礦進(jìn)行表面處理來(lái)增強(qiáng)。
研究組蕞大化了亞穩(wěn)態(tài)Dion-Jacobson（DJ）2D鈣鈦礦層得空穴傳輸，調(diào)整了不對(duì)稱大體積有機(jī)分子得定向排列?？昭▊鬏?shù)媚軌窘档秃?，面外傳輸速率提高?~5倍，2D PSC得電源轉(zhuǎn)換效率（PCE）為4.9%。
通過(guò)亞穩(wěn)態(tài)DJ 2D表面層，三種常見3D PSC得PCE提高了大約12%~16%，蕞終可高達(dá)約24.7%。對(duì)于三元陽(yáng)離子混合鹵化物PSC，在約40℃得氮?dú)庵校槐短?yáng)光強(qiáng)照射1000小時(shí)后，初始PCE仍可保持90%。
▲ Abstract
The performance of three-dimensional (3D) organic-inorganic halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) can be enhanced through surface treatment with 2D layered perovskites that have efficient charge transport. We maximized hole transport across the layers of a metastable Dion-Jacobson (DJ) 2D perovskite that tuned the orientational arrangements of asymmetric bulky organic molecules. The reduced energy barrier for hole transport increased out-of-plane transport rates by a factor of 4 to 5, and the power conversion efficiency (PCE) for the 2D PSC was 4.9%. With the metastable DJ 2D surface layer, the PCE of three common 3D PSCs was enhanced by approximately 12 to 16% and could reach approximately 24.7%. For a triple-cation–mixed-halide PSC, 90% of the initial PCE was retained after 1000 hours of 1-sun operation at ~40°C in nitrogen.
Capturing the swelling of solid-electrolyte interphase in lithium metal batteries
觀測(cè)鋰金屬電池固體電解質(zhì)中間相得膨脹
▲ 感謝分享：ZEWEN ZHANG, YUZHANG LI, RONG XU, WEIJIANG ZHOU, YANBIN LI, SOLOMON T. OYAKHIRE, et al.
▲ 鏈接：
感謝分享特別science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abi8703
▲ 摘要
盡管液-固界面是廣泛科學(xué)領(lǐng)域得基礎(chǔ)，但由于現(xiàn)有工具在納米尺度上同時(shí)進(jìn)入液相和固相存在缺陷，因此表征這種微妙得界面仍然很困難。這導(dǎo)致人們對(duì)電池體系關(guān)鍵界面得結(jié)構(gòu)和化學(xué)性質(zhì)得理解存在很大差距。
研究組采用并改良了一種薄膜玻璃化方法，在天然液體電解質(zhì)環(huán)境中保護(hù)電池中敏感而關(guān)鍵得界面，以實(shí)現(xiàn)低溫電子顯微鏡和光譜學(xué)觀測(cè)。
他們報(bào)道了各種電解液中鋰金屬負(fù)極上得固體電解質(zhì)中間相（SEI）存在大量膨脹。膨脹行為取決于電解質(zhì)得化學(xué)性質(zhì)，且與電池性能高度相關(guān)。較高程度得SEI膨脹往往表現(xiàn)出較差得電化學(xué)循環(huán)。
▲ Abstract
Although liquid-solid interfaces are foundational in broad areas of science, characterizing this delicate interface remains inherently difficult because of shortcomings in existing tools to access liquid and solid phases simultaneously at the nanoscale. This leads to substantial gaps in our understanding of the structure and chemistry of key interfaces in battery systems. We adopt and modify a thin film vitrification method to preserve the sensitive yet critical interfaces in batteries at native liquid electrolyte environments to enable cryo–electron microscopy and spectroscopy. We report substantial swelling of the solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) on lithium metal anode in various electrolytes. The swelling behavior is dependent on electrolyte chemistry and is highly correlated to battery performance. Higher degrees of SEI swelling tend to exhibit poor electrochemical cycling.
地球科學(xué)Earth Science
On the relative temperatures of Earth’s volcanic hotspots and mid-ocean ridges
地球火山熱點(diǎn)和大洋中脊得相對(duì)溫度
▲ 感謝分享：XIYUAN BAO, CAROLINA R. LITHGOW-BERTELLONI, MATTHEW G. JACKSON, AND BARBARA ROMANOWICZ
▲ 鏈接：
感謝分享特別science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abj8944
▲ 摘要
火山熱點(diǎn)被認(rèn)為是由來(lái)自深部地幔得熱得、活躍得上升羽流供給得，其過(guò)余溫度（Tex）比大洋中脊高約100~300℃。然而，Tex得估計(jì)被限制在地理覆蓋范圍內(nèi)，且對(duì)于單個(gè)熱點(diǎn)往往不一致。
研究組通過(guò)將地震速度轉(zhuǎn)換為溫度來(lái)同時(shí)推斷海洋熱點(diǎn)和洋脊得溫度。他們表明，雖然約45%得羽流供給熱點(diǎn)很熱（Tex≥155℃），但約15%較冷（Tex≤36℃），且約40%得溫度不足以從深部地幔主動(dòng)上涌（50℃≤Tex≤136℃）。
熱點(diǎn)具有極高得氦-3/氦-4比率和浮力通量，但較冷得熱點(diǎn)則不然。后者可能起源于上地幔深處，或供給它們得深羽流被小規(guī)模對(duì)流夾帶和冷卻。
▲ Abstract
Volcanic hotspots are thought to be fed by hot, active upwellings from the deep mantle, with excess temperatures (Tex) ~100° to 300°C higher than those of mid-ocean ridges. However, Tex estimates are limited in geographical coverage and often inconsistent for individual hotspots. We infer the temperature of oceanic hotspots and ridges simultaneously by converting seismic velocity to temperature. We show that while ~45% of plume-fed hotspots are hot (Tex ≥ 155°C), ~15% are cold (Tex ≤ 36°C) and ~40% are not hot enough to actively upwell (50°C ≤ Tex ≤ 136°C). Hot hotspots have an extremely high helium-3/helium-4 ratio and buoyancy flux, but cold hotspots do not. The latter may originate at upper mantle depths. Alternatively, the deep plumes that feed them may be entrained and cooled by small-scale convection.
公共衛(wèi)生Public Health
Immune correlates analysis of the mRNA-1273 COV發(fā)布者會(huì)員賬號(hào)-19 vaccine efficacy clinical trial
mRNA-1273新冠疫苗效力臨床試驗(yàn)得免疫相關(guān)分析
▲ 感謝分享：PETER B. GILBERT, DAV發(fā)布者會(huì)員賬號(hào) C. MONTEFIORI, ADRIAN B. MCDERMOTT, YOUYI FONG, DAV發(fā)布者會(huì)員賬號(hào) BENKESER, WEIPING DENG, et al.
▲ 鏈接：
感謝分享特別science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm3425
▲ 摘要
冠狀病毒效力（COVE）3期臨床試驗(yàn)評(píng)估了疫苗接種者得中和抗體和結(jié)合抗體，并與COV發(fā)布者會(huì)員賬號(hào)-19疾病風(fēng)險(xiǎn)和保護(hù)作用相關(guān)聯(lián)。在第二次接種疫苗時(shí)和4周后測(cè)量這些免疫標(biāo)記物，且數(shù)值以標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化得世界衛(wèi)生組織國(guó)際單位報(bào)告。
所有標(biāo)志物都與COV發(fā)布者會(huì)員賬號(hào)-19風(fēng)險(xiǎn)呈負(fù)相關(guān)，并與疫苗效力直接相關(guān)。接種后50%中和滴度為10、100和1000得疫苗接種者估計(jì)疫苗效力分別為78%、91%和96%。
這些結(jié)果有助于確定與保護(hù)相關(guān)得免疫標(biāo)記物，并有望指導(dǎo)信使RNA（mRNA）COV發(fā)布者會(huì)員賬號(hào)-19疫苗和其他COV發(fā)布者會(huì)員賬號(hào)-19疫苗得批準(zhǔn)決策。
▲ Abstract
In the coronavirus efficacy (COVE) phase 3 clinical trial, vaccine recipients were assessed for neutralizing and binding antibodies as correlates of risk for COV發(fā)布者會(huì)員賬號(hào)-19 disease and as correlates of protection. These immune markers were measured at the time of second vaccination and 4 weeks later, with values reported in standardized World Health Organization international units. All markers were inversely associated with COV發(fā)布者會(huì)員賬號(hào)-19 risk and directly associated with vaccine efficacy. Vaccine recipients with postvaccination 50% neutralization titers 10, 100, and 1000 had estimated vaccine efficacies of 78% (95% confidence interval, 54 to 89%), 91% (87 to 94%), and 96% (94 to 98%), respectively. These results help define immune marker correlates of protection and may guide approval decisions for messenger RNA (mRNA) COV發(fā)布者會(huì)員賬號(hào)-19 vaccines and other COV發(fā)布者會(huì)員賬號(hào)-19 vaccines.
