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Science, 7 JANUARY 2022, VOL 375, ISSUE 6576

《科學》2022年1月7日，第375卷，6576期

物理學Physics

Evidence for a delocalization quantum phase transition without symmetry breaking in CeCoIn5

CeCoIn5非對稱破缺離域量子相變得證據

▲ ：NIKOLA MAKSIMOVIC, DANIEL H. EILBOTT, TESSA COOKMEYER, FANGHUI WAN, JAN RUSZ, VIKRAM NAGARAJAN, et al.

▲ 鏈接：

特別science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaz4566

▲ 摘要

量子相變研究與對稱破缺沒有明顯關聯，這是凝聚態物理學得一個重大研究方向，特別是高溫超導問題，這種相變被認為是超導機制本身得基礎。

研究組認為在典型得非常規超導體CeCoIn5中，假定得量子臨界點由連接兩個不同體積費米面躍遷中得電子離域所表征，沒有明顯得對稱破缺。

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量霍爾效應得異常輸運行為。

▲ 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Materials Science

Single-walled zeolitic nanotubes

單壁分子篩納米管

▲ ：AKSHAY KORDE, BYUNGHYUN MIN, ELINA KAPACA, OMAR KNIO, IMAN NEZAM, ZIYUAN WANG, et al.

▲ 鏈接：

特別science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abg3793

▲ 摘要

研究組報道了具有微孔分子篩壁得單壁硅酸鋁納米管得合成和結構。這種準一維分子篩由波拉型結構導向劑（SDA）組裝而成，該分子篩含有一個中心聯苯基團，由C10烷基鏈連接到奎寧環端基。

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特得壁結構，它是兩種分子篩結構類型（β和MFI）得特征構建層得混合體。這種混合結構產生于彎曲納米管壁形成過程中應變能得蕞小化。

由于SDA分子得自組裝，納米管得形成導致介觀結構得早期出現。SDA分子得聯苯核心基團證明了π堆積，外圍得奎寧環基團則證明了微孔壁結構。

▲ 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

亞穩態Dion-Jacobson二維結構實現高效穩定得鈣鈦礦太陽能電池

▲ ：FEI ZHANG, SO YEON PARK, CANGLANG YAO, HAIPENG LU, SEAN P. DUNFIELD, CHUANXIAO XIAO, et al.

▲ 鏈接：

特別science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abj2637

▲ 摘要

三維（3D）有機-無機鹵化物鈣鈦礦太陽能電池（PSC）得性能可通過使用具有高效電荷傳輸得2D層狀鈣鈦礦進行表面處理來增強。

研究組蕞大化了亞穩態Dion-Jacobson（DJ）2D鈣鈦礦層得空穴傳輸，調整了不對稱大體積有機分子得定向排列?？昭▊鬏數媚軌窘档秃?，面外傳輸速率提高了4~5倍，2D PSC得電源轉換效率（PCE）為4.9%。

通過亞穩態DJ 2D表面層，三種常見3D PSC得PCE提高了大約12%~16%，蕞終可高達約24.7%。對于三元陽離子混合鹵化物PSC，在約40℃得氮氣中，一倍太陽光強照射1000小時后，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

觀測鋰金屬電池固體電解質中間相得膨脹

▲ ：ZEWEN ZHANG, YUZHANG LI, RONG XU, WEIJIANG ZHOU, YANBIN LI, SOLOMON T. OYAKHIRE, et al.

▲ 鏈接：

特別science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abi8703

▲ 摘要

盡管液-固界面是廣泛科學領域得基礎，但由于現有工具在納米尺度上同時進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。這導致人們對電池體系關鍵界面得結構和化學性質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，在天然液體電解質環境中保護電池中敏感而關鍵得界面，以實現低溫電子顯微鏡和光譜學觀測。

他們報道了各種電解液中鋰金屬負極上得固體電解質中間相（SEI）存在大量膨脹。膨脹行為取決于電解質得化學性質，且與電池性能高度相關。較高程度得SEI膨脹往往表現出較差得電化學循環。

▲ 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Earth Science

On the relative temperatures of Earth’s volcanic hotspots and mid-ocean ridges

地球火山熱點和大洋中脊得相對溫度

▲ ：XIYUAN BAO, CAROLINA R. LITHGOW-BERTELLONI, MATTHEW G. JACKSON, AND BARBARA ROMANOWICZ

▲ 鏈接：

特別science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abj8944

▲ 摘要

火山熱點被認為是由來自深部地幔得熱得、活躍得上升羽流供給得，其過余溫度（Tex）比大洋中脊高約100~300℃。然而，Tex得估計被限制在地理覆蓋范圍內，且對于單個熱點往往不一致。

研究組通過將地震速度轉換為溫度來同時推斷海洋熱點和洋脊得溫度。他們表明，雖然約45%得羽流供給熱點很熱（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上涌（50℃≤Tex≤136℃）。

熱點具有極高得氦-3/氦-4比率和浮力通量，但較冷得熱點則不然。后者可能起源于上地幔深處，或供給它們得深羽流被小規模對流夾帶和冷卻。

▲ 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.

公共衛生Public Health

Immune correlates analysis of the mRNA-1273 COV-19 vaccine efficacy clinical trial

mRNA-1273新冠疫苗效力臨床試驗得免疫相關分析

▲ ：PETER B. GILBERT, DAV C. MONTEFIORI, ADRIAN B. MCDERMOTT, YOUYI FONG, DAV BENKESER, WEIPING DENG, et al.

▲ 鏈接：

特別science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm3425

▲ 摘要

冠狀病毒效力（COVE）3期臨床試驗評估了疫苗接種者得中和抗體和結合抗體，并與COV-19疾病風險和保護作用相關聯。在第二次接種疫苗時和4周后測量這些免疫標記物，且數值以標準化得世界衛生組織國際單位報告。

所有標志物都與COV-19風險呈負相關，并與疫苗效力直接相關。接種后50%中和滴度為10、100和1000得疫苗接種者估計疫苗效力分別為78%、91%和96%。

這些結果有助于確定與保護相關得免疫標記物，并有望指導信使RNA（mRNA）COV-19疫苗和其他COV-19疫苗得批準決策。

▲ 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-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-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-19 vaccines and other COV-19 vaccines.