The results of the recent investigations of the crystal and magnetic structure of complex nanosized manganese and iron oxides using neutron diffraction, X-ray diffraction and other techniques over a wide range of thermodynamic parameters (temperature and pressure) are considered. In the nanostructured manganites La1-xSrxMnO3 (x = 0.28−0.47), the coexistence of the ferromagnetic (FM) and A-type antiferromagnetic (AFM) states has been evidenced, implying the production of core-shell nanoparticles with distinctive structural and magnetic properties of ordering of internal and external components. Application of high pressure significantly modifies the ratio of FM and AFM components. For the nanostructured Zn0.34Fe2.53O4 ferrite, a distribution of Zn and Fe atoms in the crystal structure, as well as the parameters of crystal and magnetic structures, have been estimated. The oxygen vacancies were detected and their amount was estimated. The gradual transition of the structural phase from the initial cubic spinel phase to the orthorhombic post spinel phase was observed at high pressures in this material, relevant to CoFe2O4 ferrite. In the latter case, the phase transition is also accompanied by suppression of the ordered magnetic moments. Surprisingly, in the most cases, the properties of structural and magnetic states of the studied nanosized manganites and ferrites are notably different from those for the relevant bulk forms of these materials. The microscopic mechanisms responsible for this distinction have been discussed in detail.
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24 April 2026 (the incorrect order of the authors and the affiliation of one of them were corrected)
This short review is devoted to the celebration of two major events in quantum physics. The first one is the birth of the concept of Bose–Einstein condensation (1925) and the second is the experimental proof that it does exist and appears in liquid 4He simultaneously with superfluidity below the λ-point (1975).
Both of these events are tightly related to the Bogoliubov theory of superfluidity (1947). The existence of condensate in the system of interacting bosons is the key ansatz of this theory. Therefore, the experiments started at JINR-Dubna in 1975 confirmed this prediction of the Bogoliubov theory that superfluidity of liquid 4He (He II) should emerge at the same time as the Bose–Einstein condensation.
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13 November 2025 (the captions to Figures 1 and 2 were changed)
26 November 2025 (changes were made in formulas (53) and (55))
The amyloid-beta peptide (Aβ peptide) is proposed to play a central role in the onset of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The pathology is associated with the fast accumulation of neurotoxic amyloid aggregates in brain tissues, though the fundamentals of the disease’s progression remain unsolved. It is noted that the preclinical stage of AD may play a crucial role in its further irreversible development. Namely, interactions between lipid membranes and Aβ-peptide molecules incorporated therein at relatively low concentrations should be under a close attention. In this review, we discuss recent works devoted to studying the lipid peptide interactions with a specific focus on the lipid membrane reorganizations caused by Aβ (25–35) peptide in the preclinical AD mimicking conditions. The interactions observed are believed to be important in understanding the mechanisms of the Aβ-peptide destructive effects on lipid membranes and the corresponding onset of the disease. The methods of applied nuclear physics have proven remarkably relevant in such research. The scattering methods provided instrumental information on a level of supramolecular assemblies, while spectrometry allowed obtaining information on the molecular level. Finally, molecular dynamics simulations provided details unachievable by experimental approaches, though the validation role of the latter cannot be undermined. Altogether, the recent advances in research results prove these complementary approaches the most appropriate for tackling the complex issues of biomembrane interactions.