Caizhen Yao

Energy-dependent competing pathways in the plasma processing of fused silica: from topology-selective relaxation to network disordering

Oxygen-plasma processing can attenuate polishing-induced topographic features on fused silica, whereas increasingly energetic bombardment can disorder the near-surface network. Atomic force microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, laser-damage measurements, plasma diagnostics, and molecul...

Topological Confinement and Energetic–Configurational Compensation at Nanoporous Silica Interfaces

Abstract Conventional descriptions of adsorption stability emphasize direct adsorbate–surface interactions, leaving the configurational consequences of three-dimensional nanoconfinement insufficiently resolved. Here, simulations reveal how nanoporous topology reorganizes energeti...