- 2017-06-13 Organic narrowband near-infrared photodetectors based on intermolecular charg...
- Blending organic electron donors and acceptors yields intermolecular charge-transfer states with additional optical transitions below their optical gaps. In organic photovoltaic devices, such states p...
- 2017-06-13 Direct conversion of CO2 into liquid fuels with high selectivity over a bifun...
- Although considerable progress has been made in carbon dioxide (CO2) hydrogenation to various C1 chemicals, it is still a great challenge to synthesize value-added products with two or more carbons, s...
- 2017-06-13 Ultra-bright and highly efficient inorganic based perovskite light-emitting d...
- Inorganic perovskites such as CsPbX3 (X=Cl, Br, I) have attracted attention due to their excellent thermal stability and high photoluminescence quantum efficiency. However, the electroluminescence qua...
- 2017-06-13 Possible absence of critical thickness and size effect in ultrathin perovskit...
- Although the size effect in ferroelectric thin films has been known for long time, the underlying mechanism is not yet fully understood and whether or not there is a critical thickness below which the...
- 2017-06-08 Electric-field control of tri-state phase transformation with a selective dua...
- Materials can be transformed from one crystalline phase to another by using an electric field to control ion transfer, in a process that can be harnessed in applications such as batteries, smart windo...
- 2017-06-08 Layer-dependent ferromagnetism in a van der Waals crystal down to the monolay...
- Since the discovery of graphene, the family of two-dimensional materials has grown, displaying a broad range of electronic properties. Recent additions include semiconductors with spin–valley couplin...
- 2017-06-08 Horizontally aligned carbon nanotube arrays: growth mechanism, controlled syn...
- Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted worldwide research interest in the past two decades owing to their extraordinary properties and wide applications in numerous fields. Among various types of CNTs...
- 2017-06-08 High-harmonic generation in graphene enhanced by elliptically polarized light...
- The electronic properties of graphene can give rise to a range of nonlinear optical responses. One of the most desirable nonlinear optical processes is high-harmonic generation (HHG) originating from ...
- 2017-06-08 Hydrolytically stable fluorinated metal-organic frameworks for energy-efficie...
- Natural gas must be dehydrated before it can be transported and used, but conventional drying agents such as activated alumina or inorganic molecular sieves require an energy-intensive desiccant-regen...
- 2017-06-06 Electron crystallography for determining the handedness of a chiral zeolite n...
- Chiral crystals can be exploited for applications in enantioselective separation and catalysis. However, the study of chirality at the atomic level in a sub-micrometre-sized crystal is difficult due t...
- 2017-06-06 Giant thermal Hall effect in multiferroics
- Multiferroics, in which dielectric and magnetic orders coexist and couple with each other, attract renewed interest for their cross-correlated phenomena offering a fundamental platform for novel funct...
- 2017-06-06 A solid-state single-photon filter
- A strong limitation of linear optical quantum computing is the probabilistic operation of two-quantum-bit gates based on the coalescence of indistinguishable photons. A route to deterministic operatio...
- 2017-06-06 Energy-dependent path of dissipation in nanomechanical resonators
- Energy decay plays a central role in a wide range of phenomena , such as optical emission, nuclear fission, and dissipation in quantum systems. Energy decay is usually described as a system leaking en...
- 2017-06-02 Broad-spectrum kinetic resolution of alcohols enabled by Cu–H-catalysed dehy...
- The enantioselective silylation of racemic alcohols, where one enantiomer reacts faster than the other, is an alternative approach to established enzymatic and non-enzymatic acylation techniques. The ...
- 2017-06-02 Giant barocaloric effect in the ferroic organic-inorganic hybrid [TPrA][Mn(dc...
- The fast growing family of organic–inorganic hybrid compounds has recently been attracting increased attention owing to the remarkable functional properties (magnetic, multiferroic, optoelectronic, p...
- 2017-06-02 One-Year stable perovskite solar cells by 2D/3D interface engineering
- Despite the impressive photovoltaic performances with power conversion efficiency beyond 22%, perovskite solar cells are poorly stable under operation, failing by far the market requirements. Various ...
- 2017-06-02 Overcoming the crystallization and designability issues in the ultrastable zi...
- Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based on zirconium phosphonates exhibit superior chemical stability suitable for applications under harsh conditions. These compounds mostly exist as poorly crystallize...
- 2017-06-02 Electric field imaging of single atoms
- In scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), single atoms can be imaged by detecting electrons scattered through high angles using post-specimen, annular-type detectors. Recently, it has been ...
- 2017-06-02 Designing lead-free antiferroelectrics for energy storage
- Dielectric capacitors, although presenting faster charging/discharging rates and better stability compared with supercapacitors or batteries, are limited in applications due to their low energy densit...
- 2017-06-02 Hierarchically structured lithium titanate for ultrafast charging in long-lif...
- High-performance Li-ion batteries require materials with well-designed and controlled structures on nanometre and micrometre scales. Electrochemical properties can be enhanced by reducing crystallite ...