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[ASAP] Twists and the Electronic Structure of Graphitic Materials
[ASAP] Kinetic Ionic Permeation and Interfacial Doping of Supported Graphene
[ASAP] Engineering Crossed Andreev Reflection in Double-Bilayer Graphene
[ASAP] Iuliacumite: A Novel Chemical Short-Range Order in a Two-Dimensional Wurtzite Single Monolayer InAs1–xSbx Shell on InAs Nanowires
[ASAP] Two-Dimensional Cationic Networks and Their Spherical Curvature with Tunable Opening–Closing
[ASAP] Strongly Confined Excitons in GaN/AlN Nanostructures with Atomically Thin GaN Layers for Efficient Light Emission in Deep-Ultraviolet
[ASAP] Fabrication and Imaging of Monolayer Phosphorene with Preferred Edge Configurations via Graphene-Assisted Layer-by-Layer Thinning
[ASAP] Integrating Rh Species with NiFe-Layered Double Hydroxide for Overall Water Splitting
[ASAP] Controlling the Magnetic Anisotropy of the van der Waals Ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2 through Hole Doping
[ASAP] Ultrathin Polymer Nanofibrils for Solar-Blind Deep Ultraviolet Light Photodetectors Application
[ASAP] Emergent Dynamics of Artificial Spin-Ice Lattice Based on an Ultrathin Ferromagnet
[ASAP] Azidated Graphene: Direct Azidation from Monolayers, Click Chemistry, and Bulk Production from Graphite
[ASAP] Investigating Bond Rupture in Resonantly Bonded Solids by Field Evaporation of Carbon Nanotubes
[ASAP] Light-Induced Currents at Domain Walls in Multiferroic BiFeO3
[ASAP] Signatures of the Magnetic Entropy in the Thermopower Signals in Nanoribbons of the Magnetic Weyl Semimetal Co3Sn2S2
[ASAP] Nonlinear Dark-Field Imaging of One-Dimensional Defects in Monolayer Dichalcogenides
[ASAP] Methylation-Induced Reversible Metallic-Semiconducting Transition of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays for High-Performance Field-Effect Transistors
[ASAP] Fully Solid-State Graphene Transistors with Striking Homogeneity and Sensitivity for the Practicalization of Single-Device Electronic Bioassays
[ASAP] Dynamic Local Strain in Graphene Generated by Surface Acoustic Waves
[ASAP] Dynamical Control over Terahertz Electromagnetic Interference Shielding with 2D Ti3C2Ty MXene by Ultrafast Optical Pulses
[ASAP] Experimental Observation of the Gate-Controlled Reversal of the Anomalous Hall Effect in the Intrinsic Magnetic Topological Insulator MnBi2Te4 Device
[ASAP] Yu–Shiba–Rusinov States in the Charge-Density Modulated Superconductor NbSe2
[ASAP] Exploring the Size Limitations of Wurtzite III–V Film Growth
[ASAP] Hierarchically Porous C/Fe3C Membranes with Fast Ion-Transporting Channels and Polysulfide-Trapping Networks for High-Areal-Capacity Li–S Batteries
Highly efficient hot electron harvesting from graphene before electron-hole thermalization
Although the unique hot carrier characteristics in graphene suggest a new paradigm for hot carrier–based energy harvesting, the reported efficiencies with conventional photothermoelectric and photothermionic emission pathways are quite low because of inevitable hot carrier thermalization and cooling loss. Here, we proposed and demonstrated the possibility of efficiently extracting hot electrons from graphene after carrier intraband scattering but before electron-hole interband thermalization, a new regime that has never been reached before. Using various layered semiconductors as model electron-accepting components, we generally observe ultrafast injection of energetic hot electrons from graphene over a very broad photon energy range (visible to mid-infrared). The injection quantum yield reaches as high as ~50%, depending on excitation energy but remarkably, not on fluence, in notable contrast with conventional pathways with nonlinear behavior. Hot electron harvesting in this regime prevails over energy and carrier loss and closely resembles the concept of hot carrier solar cell.
Unconventional scaling of the superfluid density with the critical temperature in transition metal dichalcogenides
We report on muon spin rotation experiments probing the magnetic penetration depth (T) in the layered superconductors in 2H-NbSe2 and 4H-NbSe2. The current results, along with our earlier findings on 1T'-MoTe2 (Guguchia et al.), demonstrate that the superfluid density scales linearly with Tc in the three transition metal dichalcogenide superconductors. Upon increasing pressure, we observe a substantial increase of the superfluid density in 2H-NbSe2, which we find to correlate with Tc. The correlation deviates from the abovementioned linear trend. A similar deviation from the Uemura line was also observed in previous pressure studies of optimally doped cuprates. This correlation between the superfluid density and Tc is considered a hallmark feature of unconventional superconductivity. Here, we show that this correlation is an intrinsic property of the superconductivity in transition metal dichalcogenides, whereas the ratio Tc/TF is approximately a factor of 20 lower than the ratio observed in hole-doped cuprates. We, furthermore, find that the values of the superconducting gaps are insensitive to the suppression of the charge density wave state.
Spin-dependent charge transport through 2D chiral hybrid lead-iodide perovskites
Chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) occurs when the chirality of the transporting medium selects one of the two spin 1/2 states to transport through the media while blocking the other. Monolayers of chiral organic molecules demonstrate CISS but are limited in their efficiency and utility by the requirement of a monolayer to preserve the spin selectivity. We demonstrate CISS in a system that integrates an inorganic framework with a chiral organic sublattice inducing chirality to the hybrid system. Using magnetic conductive-probe atomic force microscopy, we find that oriented chiral 2D-layered Pb-iodide organic/inorganic hybrid perovskite systems exhibit CISS. Electron transport through the perovskite films depends on the magnetization of the probe tip and the handedness of the chiral molecule. The films achieve a highest spin-polarization transport of up to 86%. Magnetoresistance studies in modified spin-valve devices having only one ferromagnet electrode confirm the occurrence of spin-dependent charge transport through the organic/inorganic layers.
FeSe quantum dots for in vivo multiphoton biomedical imaging
An immense demand in biomedical imaging is to develop efficient photoluminescent probes with high biocompatibility and quantum yield, as well as multiphoton absorption performance to improve penetration depth and spatial resolution. Here, iron selenide (FeSe) quantum dots (QDs) are reported to meet these criteria. The synthesized QDs exhibit two- and three-photon excitation property at 800- and 1080-nm wavelengths and high quantum yield (ca. 40%), which are suitable for second-window imaging. To verify their biosuitability, poly(ethylene glycol)-conjugated QDs were linked with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) antibodies for in vitro/in vivo two-photon imaging in HER2-overexpressed MCF7 cells and a xenograft breast tumor model in mice. Imaging was successfully carried out at a depth of up to 500 μm from the skin using a nonlinear femtosecond laser at an excitation wavelength of 800 nm. These findings may open up a way to apply biocompatible FeSe QDs to multiphoton cancer imaging.
Spin-charge conversion in NiMnSb Heusler alloy films
Half-metallic Heusler alloys are attracting considerable attention because of their unique half-metallic band structures, which exhibit high spin polarization and yield huge magnetoresistance ratios. Besides serving as ferromagnetic electrodes, Heusler alloys also have the potential to host spin-charge conversion. Here, we report on the spin-charge conversion effect in the prototypical Heusler alloy NiMnSb. An unusual charge signal was observed with a sign change at low temperature, which can be manipulated by film thickness and ordering structure. It is found that the spin-charge conversion has two contributions. First, the interfacial contribution causes a negative voltage signal, which is almost constant versus temperature. The second contribution is temperature dependent because it is dominated by minority states due to thermally excited magnons in the bulk part of the film. This work provides a pathway for the manipulation of spin-charge conversion in ferromagnetic metals by interface-bulk engineering for spintronic devices.
Growth kinetics of single-walled carbon nanotubes with a (2n, n) chirality selection
The growth kinetics play key roles in determining the chirality distribution of the grown single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). However, the lack of comprehensive understandings on the SWCNT’s growth mechanism at the atomic scale greatly hinders SWCNT chirality-selective synthesis. Here, we establish a general model, where the dislocation theory is a specific case, to describe the etching agent–dependent growth kinetics of SWCNTs on solid catalyst particles. In particular, the growth kinetics of SWCNTs in the absence of etching agent is validated by both in situ environmental transmission electron microscopy and ex situ chemical vapor deposition growth of SWCNTs. On the basis of the new theory of SWCNT’s growth kinetics, we successfully explained the selective growth of (2n, n) SWCNTs. This study provides another degree of freedom for SWCNT controlled synthesis and opens a new strategy to achieve chirality-selective synthesis of (2n, n) SWCNTs using solid catalysts.