- 2016-03-10 Tuning selectivity of electrochemical reactions by atomically dispersed plati...
- Maximum atom efficiency as well as distinct chemoselectivity is expected for electrocatalysis on atomically dispersed (or single site) metal centres, but its realization remains challenging so far, be...
- 2016-03-10 Tracking the shape-dependent sintering of platinum–rhodium model catalysts u...
- Nanoparticle sintering during catalytic reactions is a major cause for catalyst deactivation. Understanding its atomic-scale processes and finding strategies to reduce it is of paramount scientific an...
- 2016-03-10 Applications of Continuous-Flow Photochemistry in Organic Synthesis, Material...
- Continuous-flow photochemistry in microreactors receives a lot of attention from researchers in academia and industry as this technology provides reduced reaction times, higher selectivities, straight...
- 2016-03-10 Fullerene-like Polyoxotitanium Cage with High Solution Stability
- We present the formation of the largest titanium–oxo cluster, [Ti42(μ3-O)60(OiPr)42(OH)12)]6-, with the first fullerene-like Ti–O shell structure. The {Ti42O60} core of this compound exemplifies th...
- 2016-03-07 Colloidal quantum dot solids for solution-processed solar cells
- Solution-processed photovoltaic technologies represent a promising way to reduce the cost and increase the efficiency of solar energy harvesting. Among these, colloidal semiconductor quantum dot photo...
- 2016-03-07 A universal cooperative assembly-directed method for coating of mesoporous Ti...
- TiO2 is exceptionally useful, but it remains a great challenge to develop a universal method to coat TiO2 nanoshells on different functional materials. We report a one-pot, low-temperature, and facile...
- 2016-03-07 Negative local resistance caused by viscous electron backflow in graphene
- Graphene hosts a unique electron system in which electron-phonon scattering is extremely weak but electron-electron collisions are sufficiently frequent to provide local equilibrium above the temperat...
- 2016-03-07 Elemental superdoping of graphene and carbon nanotubes
- Doping of low-dimensional graphitic materials, including graphene, graphene quantum dots and single-wall carbon nanotubes with nitrogen, sulfur or boron can significantly change their properties. We r...
- 2016-03-02 Bulk heterojunction perovskite–PCBM solar cells with high fill factor
- An inverted bulk heterojunction perovskite–PCBM solar cell with a high fill factor of 0.82 and a power conversion efficiency of up to 16.0% was fabricated by a low-temperature two-step solution proce...
- 2016-03-01 Physically unclonable cryptographic primitives using self-assembled carbon na...
- Information security underpins many aspects of modern society. However, silicon chips are vulnerable to hazards such as counterfeiting, tampering and information leakage through side-channel attacks (...
- 2016-03-01 Oxygen-activated growth and bandgap tunability of large single-crystal bilaye...
- Bernal (AB)-stacked bilayer graphene (BLG) is a semiconductor whose bandgap can be tuned by a transverse electric field, making it a unique material for a number of electronic and photonic devices. A ...
- 2016-03-01 Surface functionalization of two-dimensional metal chalcogenides by Lewis aci...
- Precise control of the electronic surface states of two-dimensional (2D) materials could improve their versatility and widen their applicability in electronics and sensing. To this end, chemical surfa...
- 2016-03-01 Structured light enables biomimetic swimming and versatile locomotion of phot...
- Microorganisms move in challenging environments by periodic changes in body shape. In contrast, current artificial microrobots cannot actively deform, exhibiting at best passive bending under external...
- 2016-03-01 Lattice engineering through nanoparticle–DNA frameworks
- Advances in self-assembly over the past decade have demonstrated that nano- and microscale particles can be organized into a large diversity of ordered three-dimensional (3D) lattices. However, the ab...
- 2016-03-01 Organically linked iron oxide nanoparticle supercrystals with exceptional iso...
- It is commonly accepted that the combination of the anisotropic shape and nanoscale dimensions of the mineral constituents of natural biological composites underlies their superior mechanical properti...
- 2016-02-29 Graphene oxide/metal nanocrystal multilaminates as the atomic limit for safe ...
- Interest in hydrogen fuel is growing for automotive applications; however, safe, dense, solid-state hydrogen storage remains a formidable scientific challenge. Metal hydrides offer ample storage capac...
- 2016-02-29 Creating single-atom Pt-ceria catalysts by surface step decoration
- Single-atom catalysts maximize the utilization of supported precious metals by exposing every single metal atom to reactants. To avoid sintering and deactivation at realistic reaction conditions, sing...
- 2016-02-29 Large elasto-optic effect and reversible electrochromism in multiferroic BiFe...
- The control of optical fields is usually achieved through the electro-optic or acousto-optic effect in single-crystal ferroelectric or polar compounds such as LiNbO3 or quartz. In recent years, tremen...
- 2016-02-29 Flexible single-layer ionic organic–inorganic frameworks towards precise nan...
- Consecutive two-dimensional frameworks comprised of molecular or cluster building blocks in large area represent ideal candidates for membranes sieving molecules and nano-objects, but challenges still...
- 2016-02-29 Superlubricity of graphene nanoribbons on gold surfaces
- The state of vanishing friction known as superlubricity has important applications for energy saving and increasing the lifetime of devices. Superlubricity, as detected with atomic force microscopy, a...