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    Sample characteristics by condition.

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    <p>Doctors included consultant and staff grade psychiatrists.</p

    ā€˜Suicideā€™ and ā€˜Non-suicideā€™ responses by condition.

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    <p>ā€˜Suicideā€™ and ā€˜Non-suicideā€™ responses by condition.</p

    ā€˜Suicideā€™ responses for male and female participants by professional group.

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    <p>ā€˜Suicideā€™ responses for male and female participants by professional group.</p

    Quantitative Phase-Change Thermodynamics and Metastability of Perovskite-Phase Cesium Lead Iodide

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    The perovskite phase of cesium lead iodide (Ī±-CsPbI<sub>3</sub> or ā€œblackā€ phase) possesses favorable optoelectronic properties for photovoltaic applications. However, the stable phase at room temperature is a nonfunctional ā€œyellowā€ phase (Ī“-CsPbI<sub>3</sub>). Black-phase polycrystalline thin films are synthesized above 330 Ā°C and rapidly quenched to room temperature, retaining their phase in a metastable state. Using differential scanning calorimetry, it is shown herein that the metastable state is maintained in the absence of moisture, up to a temperature of 100 Ā°C, and a reversible phase-change enthalpy of 14.2 (Ā±0.5) kJ/mol is observed. The presence of atmospheric moisture hastens the black-to-yellow conversion kinetics without significantly changing the enthalpy of the transition, indicating a catalytic effect, rather than a change in equilibrium due to water adduct formation. These results delineate the conditions for trapping the desired phase and highlight the significant magnitude of the entropic stabilization of this phase

    BaTiO<sub>3</sub> Thin Films from Atomic Layer Deposition: A Superlattice Approach

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    A superlattice approach for the atomic layer deposition of polycrystalline BaTiO<sub>3</sub> thin films is presented as an example for an effective route to produce high-quality complex oxide films with excellent thickness and compositional control. This method effectively mitigates any undesirable reactions between the different precursors and allows an individual optimization of the reaction conditions for the Baā€“O and the Tiā€“O subcycles. By growth of nanometer thick alternating BaĀ­(OH)<sub>2</sub> and TiO<sub>2</sub> layers, the advantages of binary oxide atomic layer deposition are transferred into the synthesis of ternary compounds, permitting extremely high control of the cation ratio and superior uniformity. Whereas the BaĀ­(OH)<sub>2</sub> layers are partially crystalline after the deposition, the TiO<sub>2</sub> layers remain mostly amorphous. The layers react to polycrystalline, polymorph BaTiO<sub>3</sub> above 500 Ā°C, releasing H<sub>2</sub>O. This solid-state reaction is accompanied by an abrupt decrease in film thickness. Transmission electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy reveal the presence of hexagonal BaTiO<sub>3</sub> in addition to the perovskite phase in the annealed films. The microstructure with relatively small grains of āˆ¼70 ƅ and different phases is a direct consequence of the abrupt formation reaction. The electrical properties transition from the initially highly insulating dielectric semiamorphous superlattice into a polycrystalline BaTiO<sub>3</sub> thin film with a dielectric constant of 117 and a dielectric loss of 0.001 at 1 MHz after annealing at 600 Ā°C in air, which, together with the suppression of ferroelectricity at room temperature, are very appealing properties for voltage tunable devices
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