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26 Oct 01:18

Programmable devices based on reversible solid-state doping of two-dimensional semiconductors with superionic silver iodide

by Sung-Joon Lee

Nature Electronics, Published online: 28 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41928-020-00472-x

The superionic phase transition in silver iodide can be used to tailor the carrier type in two-dimensional tungsten diselenide and create programmable transistors, diodes and logic gates, the functions of which can be erased by external triggers such as ultraviolet irradiation.
08 Oct 02:33

Two-dimensional graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets: a novel platform for flexible, robust and optically active triboelectric nanogenerators

Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR03879B, Paper
S. Bayan, D. Bhattacharya, R. K. Mitra, S. K. Ray
A photograph of g-C3N4 (CN)-based flexible triboelectric nanogenerator and scheme of its applicability for power generation.
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08 Oct 02:32

Recent advancement in biomedical applications on the surface of two-dimensional materials: from biosensing to tissue engineering

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,19043-19067
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR05287F, Review Article
Emily P. Nguyen, Cecilia de Carvalho Castro Silva, Arben Merkoçi
This review highlights the importance of the dimensionality and surface interactions of 2D materials with examples of recent biosensing and biomedical applications.
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08 Oct 02:30

Minimizing two-dimensional Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheet loading in carbon-free silicon anodes

Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR06086K, Paper
Kasturi T. Sarang, Xiaofei Zhao, Dustin Holta, Miladin Radovic, Micah J. Green, Eun-Suok Oh, Jodie L. Lutkenhaus
Replacing hydrophobic carbon with a minimal amount of highly conductive and hydrophilic Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets increases the total capacity of the silicon electrode.
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08 Oct 02:30

Morphology-controlled MoS2 by low-temperature atomic layer deposition

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,20404-20412
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR03863F, Paper
Open Access Open Access
Chengxu Shen, Muhammad Hamid Raza, Patrick Amsalem, Thorsten Schultz, Norbert Koch, Nicola Pinna
Morphologies-controlled MoS2 deposited by low temperature ALD exhibit tunable optical properties.
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08 Oct 02:29

2D-SnSe Film with Ferroelectricity and Its Bio-Realistic Synapse Application

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR03724A, Paper
Hong Wang, Wanheng Lu, Shuaihang Hou, Bingxue Yu, Zhenyu Zhou, Yuli Xue, Rui Guo, Shufang Wang, Kaiyang Zeng, Xiaobing Yan
Catering to the general trend of artificial intelligence development, simulating human’s learning and thinking behavior have become the research focus. Second-order memristors, which is more analogous to biologic synapses, are...
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08 Oct 02:29

High-Performance 5.1 nm In-Plane Janus WSeTe Schottky-Barrier Field Effect Transistors

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR05269H, Paper
ZhiQiang Fan, Zhenhua Zhang, S Yang
By using ab initio quantum-transport simulations, we study the intrinsic transfer characteristics and benchmarks of the ballistic performance of 5.1 nm double-gated Schottky-Barrier field effect transistors (SBFETs) consisting of in-plane...
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08 Oct 02:29

Electronic and excitonic properties of ultrathin (In,Ga)N layers: the role of alloy and monolayer width fluctuations

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,20258-20269
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR03748F, Paper
Daniel S. P. Tanner, Stefan Schulz
Atomistic many-body calculations reveal that small structural inhomogeneities in ultrathin (In,Ga)N layers may lead to indirect excitons.
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08 Oct 02:28

Ultrafast Auger process in few-layer PtSe2

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR05897A, Paper
Hee Jun Shin, Seongkwang Bae, Sangwan Sim
Enhanced many-body interactions due to strong Coulomb interactions and quantum confinement are one of the most prominent features of two-dimensional systems. Auger process is a representative many-body interaction typically observed...
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08 Oct 02:28

Visible light-driven oxidative coupling of dibenzylamine and substituted anilines with 2D WSe2 nanomesh material

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR05128D, Paper
Kejie Chai, Yifeng Shi, Yan-qiong Wang, Peijie Zou, Qingrong Yuan, Weiming Xu, Peng-Fei Zhang
A novel 2D WSe2 nanomesh material was synthesized with a 3D SBA-15 mesoporous material via nanocasting strategy. The formation of the 2D sheet-like nanomesh structure of WSe2 inside a 3D...
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08 Oct 02:20

Large-scale flexible and transparent electronics based on monolayer molybdenum disulfide field-effect transistors

by Na Li

Nature Electronics, Published online: 21 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41928-020-00475-8

Wafer-scale monolayers of MoS2 can be used to create flexible transistors and circuits that exhibit on/off ratios of 1010, current densities of ~35 μA μm−1 and mobilities of ~55 cm2 V−1 s−1.
08 Oct 02:19

A molecular shift register made using tunable charge patterns in one-dimensional molecular arrays on graphene

by Hsin-Zon Tsai

Nature Electronics, Published online: 28 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41928-020-00479-4

One-dimensional molecular arrays on graphene field-effect transistors can be reversibly switched between different periodic charge states by tuning the graphene Fermi level via a back-gate electrode and by manipulating individual molecules, allowing them to function as a nanoscale shift register.
08 Oct 02:17

Observation of flat bands in twisted bilayer graphene

by Simone Lisi

Nature Physics, Published online: 28 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41567-020-01041-x

Spectroscopic measurements using nano-ARPES on twisted bilayer graphene directly highlight the presence of the flat bands.
08 Oct 02:17

Inertial spin dynamics in ferromagnets

by Kumar Neeraj

Nature Physics, Published online: 28 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41567-020-01040-y

Inertial dynamics are observed in a ferromagnet. Specifically, a nutation is seen on top of the usual spin precession that has a lifetime on the order of 10 picoseconds.
08 Oct 02:15

Optical fibres with embedded two-dimensional materials for ultrahigh nonlinearity

by Yonggang Zuo

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 21 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41565-020-0770-x

The internal surface of an optical fibre can be covered by uniform two-dimensional-material layers for highly nonlinear and low-loss light propagation.
08 Oct 02:15

2D metal–organic framework for stable perovskite solar cells with minimized lead leakage

by Shengfan Wu

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 21 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41565-020-0765-7

Two-dimensional conjugated metal–organic frameworks used as an electron-extraction layer enable the realization of highly stable perovskite solar cells with minimized lead ion leakage.
08 Oct 02:08

Towards chirality control of graphene nanoribbons embedded in hexagonal boron nitride

by Hui Shan Wang

Nature Materials, Published online: 21 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41563-020-00806-2

Oriented trenches are created in h-BN using different catalysts, and used as templates to grow seamlessly integrated armchair and zigzag graphene nanoribbons with chirality-dependent electrical and magnetic conductance properties.
21 Sep 05:36

Mapping the capacitance of self-assembled monolayers at metal/electrolyte interfaces at the nanoscale by in-liquid scanning dielectric microscopy

Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR05723A, Paper
Ruben Millan-Solsona, Martí Checa, Laura Fumagalli, Gabriel Gomila
The specific capacitance of ultrathin organic self-assembled monolayers at metal/electrolyte interfaces is measured with nanoscale spatial resolution.
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21 Sep 05:31

Tunable free-electron X-ray radiation from van der Waals materials

by Michael Shentcis

Nature Photonics, Published online: 14 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41566-020-0689-7

Tunable X-ray generation, from ultrathin van der Waals materials impacted by relativistic electrons, is demonstrated.
21 Sep 05:25

Ledge-directed epitaxy of continuously self-aligned single-crystalline nanoribbons of transition metal dichalcogenides

by Areej Aljarb

Nature Materials, Published online: 07 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41563-020-0795-4

Aligned arrays of single-crystalline monolayer TMD nanoribbons with high aspect ratios, as well as their lateral heterostructures, are realized, with the growth directed by the ledges on the β-Ga2O3 substrate. This approach provides an epitaxy platform for advanced electronics applications of TMD nanoribbons.
21 Sep 05:25

Emergent phenomena and proximity effects in two-dimensional magnets and heterostructures

by Bevin Huang

Nature Materials, Published online: 18 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41563-020-0791-8

This Review summarizes recent progress in exploring the intrinsic magnetism of atomically thin van der Waals materials, manipulation of their magnetism by tuning the interlayer coupling, and device structures for spin- and valleytronic applications.
21 Sep 05:20

Editorial Expression of Concern: Living annulative π-extension polymerization for graphene nanoribbon synthesis

by Yuuta Yano

Nature, Published online: 18 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2756-0

Editorial Expression of Concern: Living annulative π-extension polymerization for graphene nanoribbon synthesis
15 Sep 10:37

The DNA controllable peroxidase mimetic activity of MoS2 nanosheets for constructing a robust colorimetric biosensor

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,19420-19428
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR05649A, Paper
Lianjing Zhao, Jing Wang, Dandan Su, Yueying Zhang, Huiying Lu, Xu Yan, Jihao Bai, Yuan Gao, Geyu Lu
A robust colorimetric biosensor based on the DNA-controllable peroxidase mimetic activity of MoS2 nanosheets was developed for the label-free detection of CEA.
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15 Sep 10:34

Symmetry breaking in twisted double bilayer graphene

by Minhao He

Nature Physics, Published online: 14 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41567-020-1030-6

Transport measurements show that spontaneous symmetry breaking plays a crucial role in the correlated insulating and metallic states in twisted double bilayer graphene.
07 Sep 12:25

Theoretical study on the photocatalytic properties of 2D InX(X = S, Se)/transition metal disulfide (MoS2 and WS2) van der Waals heterostructures

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,20025-20032
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR04725B, Paper
Hailing Guo, Zhaofu Zhang, Bingquan Huang, Xiting Wang, Huan Niu, Yuzheng Guo, Baikui Li, Ruisheng Zheng, Honglei Wu
Harvesting solar energy for artificial photosynthesis is an emerging field in alternative energy research.
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07 Sep 12:25

Fine tuning of ferromagnet/antiferromagnet interface magnetic anisotropy for field-free switching of antiferromagnetic spins

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,18091-18095
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR04193A, Paper
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M. Ślęzak, P. Dróżdż, W. Janus, H. Nayyef, A. Kozioł-Rachwał, M. Szpytma, M. Zając, T. O. Menteş, F. Genuzio, A. Locatelli, T. Ślęzak
We show that in a uniform thickness NiO(111)/Fe(110) epitaxial bilayer system, at given temperature near 300 K, two magnetic states with orthogonal spin orientations can be stabilized in antiferromagnetic NiO.
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07 Sep 12:21

Self-limiting covalent modification of carbon surfaces: diazonium chemistry with a twist

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,18782-18789
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR05244B, Paper
Miriam C. Rodríguez González, Anton Brown, Samuel Eyley, Wim Thielemans, Kunal S. Mali, Steven De Feyter
A straightforward protocol for monolayer covalent functionalization of graphite using self-limiting diazonium chemistry is presented.
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07 Sep 12:19

Unveiling the origin of room-temperature ferromagnetism in monolayer VSe2: the role of extrinsic effects

Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR04663A, Paper
Danil W. Boukhvalov, Antonio Politano
The controversial debate concerning room-temperature magnetism in monolayer VSe2 could be solved by considering the role of extrinsic effects.
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07 Sep 12:11

Publisher Correction: Distinct handedness of spin wave across the compensation temperatures of ferrimagnets

by Changsoo Kim

Nature Materials, Published online: 02 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41563-020-00813-3

Publisher Correction: Distinct handedness of spin wave across the compensation temperatures of ferrimagnets
07 Sep 12:08

Stable room-temperature continuous-wave lasing in quasi-2D perovskite films

by Chuanjiang Qin

Nature, Published online: 02 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2621-1

Lead halide-based quasi-two-dimensional perovskite films with different organic cations are used to create stable green lasers under continuous-wave optical pumping in air at room temperature.