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28 Apr 01:49

Two-Dimensional Antimony Oxide

by Stefan Wolff, Roland Gillen, Mhamed Assebban, Gonzalo Abellán, and Janina Maultzsch

Author(s): Stefan Wolff, Roland Gillen, Mhamed Assebban, Gonzalo Abellán, and Janina Maultzsch

Two-dimensional (2D) antimony, so-called antimonene, can form antimonene oxide when exposed to air. We present different types of single- and few-layer antimony oxide structures, based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Depending on stoichiometry and bonding type, these novel 2D layers...


[Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 126101] Published Tue Mar 24, 2020

13 Apr 01:41

[ASAP] Large Valley Splitting and Enhancement of Curie Temperature in a Two-Dimensional VI3/CrI3 Heterostructure

by Fazle Subhan and Jisang Hong*

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b11155
13 Apr 01:32

When graphene goes strange

by Philip Ball

Nature Materials, Published online: 24 March 2020; doi:10.1038/s41563-020-0653-4

When graphene goes strange
13 Apr 01:32

Flat and safe under the graphene sheet

by Claire Berger

Nature Materials, Published online: 27 March 2020; doi:10.1038/s41563-020-0666-z

Large-scale atomically thin metals can be stabilized through confinement epitaxy at graphene/SiC interface, which exhibit a gradient bonding type and are air stable, providing a compelling platform for quantum and optoelectronic technologies.
06 Apr 07:29

A DFT screening of single transition atoms supported on MoS2 as highly efficient electrocatalysts for the nitrogen reduction reaction

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,10035-10043
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00030B, Paper
Xingwu Zhai, Lei Li, Xiaoyue Liu, Yafei Li, Jueming Yang, Dezheng Yang, Jinli Zhang, Hongxia Yan, Guixian Ge
Re@MoS2 possesses the best NRR catalytic activity with a limiting potential of −0.43 V among TM@MoS2 systems.
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06 Apr 07:29

Catalysts confined inside CNTs derived from 2D metal–organic frameworks for electrolysis

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,8969-8974
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00992J, Paper
Qinghua Xia, Haimin Liu, Mengmeng Jin, Linfei Lai, Yongting Qiu, Haili Zhai, Hongbo Li, Xiang Liu
CNT confined catalysts have been prepared by annealing of two-dimensional metal–organic framework (MOF) nanosheets under a H2/Ar atmosphere.
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06 Apr 07:29

In situ monitoring of the electrochemically induced phase transition of thermodynamically metastable 1T-MoS2 at nanoscale

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9246-9254
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02161J, Paper
Junxiao Huang, Xuelei Pan, Xiaobin Liao, Mengyu Yan, Bruce Dunn, Wen Luo, Liqiang Mai
A new phase transition of 1T-MoS2 during the electrochemical treatment was discovered and in situ monitored.
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25 Mar 11:45

Anomalous Coulomb Drag between InAs Nanowire and Graphene Heterostructures

by Richa Mitra, Manas Ranjan Sahu, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Hadas Shtrikman, A. K. Sood, and Anindya Das

Author(s): Richa Mitra, Manas Ranjan Sahu, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Hadas Shtrikman, A. K. Sood, and Anindya Das

Correlated charge inhomogeneity breaks the electron-hole symmetry in two-dimensional (2D) bilayer heterostructures which is responsible for nonzero drag appearing at the charge neutrality point. Here we report Coulomb drag in novel drag systems consisting of a two-dimensional graphene and a one-dime...


[Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 116803] Published Tue Mar 17, 2020

25 Mar 11:44

Tunable Valley Splitting due to Topological Orbital Magnetic Moment in Bilayer Graphene Quantum Point Contacts

by Yongjin Lee, Angelika Knothe, Hiske Overweg, Marius Eich, Carolin Gold, Annika Kurzmann, Veronika Klasovika, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Wantanabe, Vladimir Fal’ko, Thomas Ihn, Klaus Ensslin, and Peter Rickhaus

Author(s): Yongjin Lee, Angelika Knothe, Hiske Overweg, Marius Eich, Carolin Gold, Annika Kurzmann, Veronika Klasovika, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Wantanabe, Vladimir Fal’ko, Thomas Ihn, Klaus Ensslin, and Peter Rickhaus

A method to tune the valley splitting in bilayer graphene using gate electrodes might lead to a useful tool for quantum information processing.


[Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 126802] Published Tue Mar 24, 2020

25 Mar 11:41

Pressure tuned photoluminescence and band gap in two-dimensional layered g-C3N4: the effect of interlayer interactions

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,12300-12307
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01542C, Paper
Kuo Hu, Mingguang Yao, Zhenxing Yang, Guanjun Xiao, Luyao Zhu, Hua Zhang, Ran Liu, Bo Zou, Bingbing Liu
We show that the photoluminescence (PL) emission color of few layered g-C3N4 (FL-CN) can be tuned from blue to yellow and anomalous PL enhancement occurs by applying pressure.
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25 Mar 11:41

Observation of short-range Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states with threefold symmetry in layered superconductor 2H-NbSe2

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,8174-8179
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01383H, Communication
Xing Yang, Yuan Yuan, Yang Peng, Emi Minamitani, Lang Peng, Jing-Jing Xian, Wen-Hao Zhang, Ying-Shuang Fu
Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states of Fe adatoms on 2H-NbSe2 show threefold symmetry with short-range decay, in contrast to its imbedded counterpart of sixfold symmetry and long-range decay.
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25 Mar 11:41

Au nanoparticles deposited on ultrathin two-dimensional covalent organic framework nanosheets for in vitro and intracellular sensing

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,7776-7781
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR08220D, Paper
Yuanyuan Tian, Qipeng Lu, Xixi Guo, Siyu Wang, Yu Gao, Lianhui Wang
A novel fluorescence platform based on hybrid nanosheets (Au NPs/COF NSs) for sensing and imaging.
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25 Mar 11:40

Curved 2D WS2 nanostructures: nanocasting and silent phonon mode

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9038-9047
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01130D, Paper
Rui Hao, Lingling Zhang, Lei Zhang, Hongjun You, Jie Fan, Jixiang Fang
WS2 nanoparticles and supercrystals with curved features can make the silent phonon mode active.
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25 Mar 11:40

The mechanism of the modulation of electronic anisotropy in two-dimensional ReS2

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,8915-8921
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00518E, Paper
Renyan Wang, Xiang Xu, Yiwei Yu, Meng Ran, Qingfu Zhang, Aoju Li, Fuwei Zhuge, Huiqiao Li, Lin Gan, Tianyou Zhai
The electronic anisotropy in ReS2 is highly adjustable due to the angle-dependent scattering induced by defects/vacancies at a low carrier density.
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25 Mar 11:39

Effectively modulating vertical tunneling transport by mechanically twisting bilayer graphene within the all-metallic architecture

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,8793-8800
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00672F, Paper
Xian Chen, Tianmin Wu, Wei Zhuang
Modulation of vertical tunneling by twisting BLG within the all-metallic architecture, which regulates the Fermi level and VHSs simultaneously.
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25 Mar 11:39

Thickness dependent transition from the 1T′ to Weyl semimetal phase in ultrathin MoTe2: electrical transport, noise and Raman studies

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,8371-8378
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10383J, Paper
Manabendra Kuiri, Subhadip Das, D. V. S. Muthu, Anindya Das, A. K. Sood
The resistivity of the semiconducting ultra-thin 1T′-MoTe2 shows a clear signature of temperature induced transition to Weyl semimetallic Td phase. Resistivity upturn at low temperature (∼20 K) confirms electron–electron interaction physics at the Weyl nodes.
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25 Mar 11:38

Strong plasmon–exciton coupling between lithographically defined single metal nanoparticles and monolayer WSe2

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9708-9716
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01056A, Paper
Xiaohong Yan, Hong Wei
Strong coupling between monolayer WSe2 and lithographically defined single gold nanobowties is realized for the first time, and smaller nanobowties lead to larger coupling strength.
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25 Mar 11:38

Squeezed metallic droplet with tunable Kubo gap and charge injection in transition metal dichalcogenides [Chemistry]

by Jiaren Yuan, Yuanping Chen, Yuee Xie, Xiaoyu Zhang, Dewei Rao, Yandong Guo, Xiaohong Yan, Yuan Ping Feng, Yongqing Cai
Shrinking the size of a bulk metal into nanoscale leads to the discreteness of electronic energy levels, the so-called Kubo gap δ. Renormalization of the electronic properties with a tunable and size-dependent δ renders fascinating photon emission and electron tunneling. In contrast with usual three-dimensional (3D) metal clusters, here we...
25 Mar 11:35

[ASAP] Unravelling Work Function Contributions and Their Engineering in 2H-MoS2 Single Crystal Discovered by Molecular Probe Interaction

by Amir Ghiami†‡, Melanie Timpel*§, Marco V. Nardi*‡§, Andrea Chiappini?, Petr Nozar‡, Alberto Quaranta§, and Roberto Verucchi‡

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c00733
25 Mar 11:29

[ASAP] Organic Dye Molecules Sensitization-Enhanced Photocatalytic Water-Splitting Activity of MoS2 from First-Principles Calculations

by Jing Pan†§, Xiaodong Shao†§, Xiaoyong Xu†, Jiansheng Zhong†, Jingguo Hu*†, and Liang Ma*‡

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b11001
25 Mar 11:27

[ASAP] Do We Really Understand Graphene Nanoribbons? A New Understanding of the 3n, 3n ± 1 Rule, Edge “Magnetism”, and Much More

by Aristides D. Zdetsis*

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c01074
25 Mar 11:26

[ASAP] Two-Dimensional Honeycomb B2Se with Orthogonal Lattice: High Stability and Strong Anisotropic Dirac Cone

by Ji-kai Lyu, Wei-xiao Ji, Shu-feng Zhang, Chang-wen Zhang, and Pei-ji Wang*

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c00696
25 Mar 11:26

[ASAP] Inducing Magnetic Phase Transitions in Monolayer CrI3 via Lattice Deformations

by Michele Pizzochero*†‡ and Oleg V. Yazyev†‡

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c01873
25 Mar 11:25

[ASAP] Stress Field Characteristics and Collective Mechanical Properties of Defective Graphene

by Bowen Zheng and Grace X. Gu*

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b11027
25 Mar 11:24

[ASAP] In Situ Probing the Localized Optoelectronic Properties of Defective Monolayer WS2

by Yi Yao†, Fei Chen†, Li Fu†, Su Ding†, Shichao Zhao†, Qi Zhang†, Weitao Su*†‡, Xin Ding§, and Kaixin Song?

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c02042
25 Mar 11:23

[ASAP] Edge-Induced Room-Temperature Ferromagnetism in Carbon Nanosheets

by Caixing Liu†‡§, Yang Yang†, Zongwei Ma†, Chun Zhou†, Dayong Liu*?, Xuan Luo?, Xuebin Zhu?, Yuping Sun?, and Zhigao Sheng*†§

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c01986
25 Mar 11:20

[ASAP] Growth of Single-Layer and Multilayer Graphene on Cu/Ni Alloy Substrates

by Ming Huang†‡? and Rodney S. Ruoff*†‡§?

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Accounts of Chemical Research
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00643
25 Mar 11:18

When graphene goes strange

by Philip Ball

Nature Materials, Published online: 24 March 2020; doi:10.1038/s41563-020-0653-4

When graphene goes strange
21 Mar 02:03

Mott and generalized Wigner crystal states in WSe2/WS2 moiré superlattices

by Emma C. Regan

Nature, Published online: 18 March 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2092-4

Strongly correlated insulating Mott and generalized Wigner phases are detected in WSe2/WS2 moiré superlattices, and their electrical properties and excited spin states are studied using an optical technique.
21 Mar 02:02

Simulation of Hubbard model physics in WSe2/WS2 moiré superlattices

by Yanhao Tang

Nature, Published online: 18 March 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2085-3

Study of WSe2/WS2 moiré superlattices reveals the phase diagram of the triangular-lattice Hubbard model, including a Mott insulating state at half-filling and a possible magnetic quantum phase transition near 0.6 filling.