Kan-Hao Xue、Leonardo R. C. Fonseca、Xiang-Shui Miao2016-03-03arXiv
The LDA-1/2 method expands Slater's half occupation technique to infinite solid state materials by introducing a self-energy potential centered at the anions to cancel the energy associated with electron-hole self-interaction. To avoid an infinite summation of long-ranged self-energy potentials they must be trimmed at…
Materials Sciencephysics.comp-ph
Sina Hashemizadeh、Alberto Biancoli、Dragan Damjanovic2016-03-03Journal of Applied Physics
BaTiO3 appears in cubic and hexagonal variants, both of which are centrosymmetric. Samples of cubic BaTiO3 are known to exhibit breaking of the centric symmetry locally and globally. It has been proposed that the local symmetry breaking originates in polar regions, the precursors of the ferroelectric phase. Origins of…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materialsPhotorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
Bartomeu Monserrat2016-03-03Physical review. B./Physical review. B
A method is proposed for the inclusion of electron correlation in the calculation of the temperature dependence of band structures arising from electron-phonon coupling. It relies on an efficient exploration of the vibrational phase space along the recently introduced thermal lines. Using the ${G}_{0}{W}_{0}$ approxim…
Physics of Superconductivity and MagnetismHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsThermal properties of materials
Duk‐Hyun Choe、Ha‐Jun Sung、K. J. Chang2016-03-03Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Despite considerable interest in layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), such as $M{X}_{2}$ with $M=(\mathrm{Mo},\mathrm{W})$ and $X=(\mathrm{S},\mathrm{Se},\mathrm{Te})$, the physical origin of their topological nature is still poorly understood. In the conventional view of topological phase transition (TPT)…
Graphene research and applications2D Materials and ApplicationsTopological Materials and Phenomena
Paola Laurino、Ágnes Tóth-Petróczy、Rubén Meana‐Pañeda 等 6 位作者2016-03-03PLoS Biology
Nucleoside-based cofactors are presumed to have preceded proteins. The Rossmann fold is one of the most ancient and functionally diverse protein folds, and most Rossmann enzymes utilize nucleoside-based cofactors. We analyzed an omnipresent Rossmann ribose-binding interaction: a carboxylate side chain at the tip of th…
RNA and protein synthesis mechanismsEnzyme Structure and FunctionBiochemical and Molecular Research
Daqin Chen、Zhongyi Wan、Shen Liu2016-03-03Analytical Chemistry
A strategy to achieve high sensitivity of noncontact optical thermometer via the structure design of nanoglass-ceramic and the usage of Ln(3+) (Ln = Eu, Tb, Dy) luminescence as reference signal and Cr(3+) emission as temperature signal was provided. Specifically, the synthesized dual-phase glass-ceramics were evidence…
Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsOptical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials
Chenying Yang、Chengang Ji、Weidong Shen 等 7 位作者2016-03-03ACS Photonics
We present a novel scheme for ultrabroadband and omnidirectional perfect absorbers with compact multilayer film structure. Our proposed device shows an average absorption of ∼98% over a wide range of wavelengths ranging from 400 to 2000 nm. The ultrabroadband characteristics are achieved with strongly overlapped optic…
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
Jung Kyu Choi、Benjamin E. Haynie、Urice N. Tohgha 等 10 位作者2016-03-03ACS Nano
L-cysteine derivatives induce and modulate the optical activity of achiral cadmium selenide (CdSe) and cadmium sulfide (CdS) quantum dots (QDs). Remarkably, N-acetyl-L-cysteine-CdSe and L-homocysteine-CdSe as well as N-acetyl-L-cysteine-CdS and L-cysteine-CdS showed "mirror-image" circular dichroism (CD) spectra regar…
Quantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesNanocluster Synthesis and ApplicationsMolecular spectroscopy and chirality
Fei Xue、Libo Chen、Jian Chen 等 11 位作者2016-03-03Advanced Materials
A plasma-induced p-type MoS2 flake and n-type ZnO film diode, which exhibits an excellent rectification ratio, is demonstrated. Under 365 nm optical irradiation, this p-n diode shows a strong photoresponse with an external quantum efficiency of 52.7% and a response time of 66 ms. By increasing the pressure on the junc…
Perovskite Materials and Applications2D Materials and ApplicationsGas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
Xiaowu He、Xiaofang Liu、Rongfeng Li 等 7 位作者2016-03-03Scientific Reports
Ce(3+)-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG:Ce) nanocrystals were successfully synthesized via a facile sol-gel method. Multiple characterization techniques were employed to study the structure, morphology, composition and photoluminescence properties of YAG:Ce nanophosphors. The YAG:Ce0.0055 sintered at 1030 °C exhibit…
Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
Jun Wang、Baoliang Chen、Baoshan Xing2016-03-03Environmental Science & Technology
To create more wrinkles and folds as available adsorption sites, graphene nanosheets (GNS) were thermally treated with KOH for morphological alteration. The surface structures and properties of the activated graphene nanosheets (AGN) were characterized by BET-N2, SEM, TEM, Raman, XRD, XPS, and FTIR. After KOH etching,…
Graphene research and applicationsMembrane Separation TechnologiesGraphene and Nanomaterials Applications
Weixin Huang2016-03-03Accounts of Chemical Research
Model catalysts with uniform and well-defined surface structures have been extensively employed to explore structure-property relationships of powder catalysts. Traditional oxide model catalysts are based on oxide single crystals and single crystal thin films, and the surface chemistry and catalysis are studied under…
Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCopper-based nanomaterials and applicationsNanomaterials for catalytic reactions
Kyoung‐Duck Park、Omar Khatib、Vasily Kravtsov 等 6 位作者2016-03-03Nano Letters
Many classes of two-dimensional (2D) materials have emerged as potential platforms for novel electronic and optical devices. However, their physical properties are strongly influenced by nanoscale heterogeneities in the form of edges, twin boundaries, and nucleation sites. Using combined tip-enhanced Raman scattering…
Perovskite Materials and Applications2D Materials and ApplicationsMXene and MAX Phase Materials
Steven P. Koenig、Rostislav A. Doganov、Leandro Seixas 等 10 位作者2016-03-03Nano Letters
Few-layer black phosphorus is a monatomic two-dimensional crystal with a direct band gap that has high carrier mobility for both holes and electrons. Similarly to other layered atomic crystals, like graphene or layered transition metal dichalcogenides, the transport behavior of few-layer black phosphorus is sensitive…
Graphene research and applications2D Materials and ApplicationsMXene and MAX Phase Materials
Robert M. Hewlett、Martyn A. McLachlan2016-03-03Advanced Materials
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a widely utilized, versatile material implemented in a diverse range of technological applications, particularly in optoelectronic devices, where its inherent transparency, tunable electronic properties, and accessible nanostructures can be combined to confer superior device properties. ZnO is a co…
ZnO doping and propertiesQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesCopper-based nanomaterials and applications
Syed Khalid、Chuanbao Cao、Lin Wang 等 4 位作者2016-03-03Scientific Reports
Large areal capacitance is essentially required to integrate the energy storage devices at the microscale electronic appliances. Energy storage devices based on metal oxides are mostly fabricated with low mass loading per unit area which demonstrated low areal capacitance. It is still a challenge to fabricate supercap…
Advancements in Battery MaterialsSupercapacitor Materials and FabricationAdvanced battery technologies research
Ananth Govind Rajan、Jamie H. Warner、Daniel Blankschtein 等 4 位作者2016-03-03ACS Nano
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) like molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and tungsten disulfide (WS2) are layered materials capable of growth to one monolayer thickness via chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Such CVD methods, while powerful, are notoriously difficult to extend across different reactor types and conditio…
Perovskite Materials and Applications2D Materials and ApplicationsMXene and MAX Phase Materials
Wenjie Tian、Huayang Zhang、Xiaoguang Duan 等 7 位作者2016-03-03ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Heteroatom (nitrogen and sulfur)-codoped porous carbons (N-S-PCs) with high surface areas and hierarchically porous structures were successfully synthesized via direct pyrolysis of a mixture of glucose, sodium bicarbonate, and thiourea. The resulting N-S-PCs exhibit excellent adsorption abilities and are highly effici…
Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCovalent Organic Framework ApplicationsNanomaterials for catalytic reactions
Yanjie Liang、Feng Liu、Yafei Chen 等 6 位作者2016-03-03Light Science & Applications
The trivalent ytterbium (Yb3+) ion has been extensively used as an emitter in short-wave infrared (SWIR) lasers, a sensitizer to activate other lanthanide ions for up-conversion luminescence, and a spectral converter in Ln3+-Yb3+ doubly doped quantum cutting phosphors. Here we report a new function of the Yb3+ ion—as…
Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsRadiation Detection and Scintillator TechnologiesLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials
Fabian Menges、Philipp Mensch、Heinz Schmid 等 6 位作者2016-03-03Nature Communications
Imaging temperature fields at the nanoscale is a central challenge in various areas of science and technology. Nanoscopic hotspots, such as those observed in integrated circuits or plasmonic nanostructures, can be used to modify the local properties of matter, govern physical processes, activate chemical reactions and…
Force Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsThermal properties of materialsThermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies