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Heterostructure of graphene and biaxial van der Waals crystal supports a species of plasmon-phonon-polaritons whose isofrequency dispersion contour can be manipulated while experiencing a topological transition.
Polaritonic topological transitions of the isofrequency dispersion contour are observed in a graphene/α-MoO3 heterostructure by tuning the graphene doping level, which enables partial focusing at deep subwavelength.
This Review discusses how a comprehensive system for defining nanomaterial descriptors can enable a safe-and-sustainable-by-design concept for engineered nanomaterials.
Suspensions of 2D hexagonal boron nitride show an anomalously large specific Cotton–Mouton coefficient, enabling the fabrication of a magnetically tuneable and stable birefringent optical device. This device serves as a transmissive light modulator with wavelengths entering the ultraviolet (UV)-C region, representing a technological advance in deep-UV modulation.
A ‘dual-ligand passivation system’ is designed and synthesized to functionalize colloidal quantum dots to realize ultra-high resolution patterns by direct photolithography.
Double ionic gated transistors enable excellent control of the band structure of atomically thin semiconductors. Perpendicular electric fields as large as 3 V nm−1 can fully quench the gap of bi- and few-layer WSe2.
A 2D material based liquid-crystal shows an extremely large optical anisotropy factor in the deep ultraviolet region, showing magnetically tunable birefringence.
A dual-ligand passivation system comprising photocrosslinkable ligands and dispersing ligands enables quantum dots to be universally compatible with solution-based patterning techniques.
Nanopatterned materials provide control over mechanical vibrations. This allows for the complete damping of vibrations over more than 5 GHz and for the propagation of hypersonic guided modes at room temperature.
The combination of catalytic platinum particles, nanozymes and a CRISPR-based reaction allows for the quantification of non-coding RNAs at the picomolar range. This assay, CrisprZyme, has a colorimetric readout and works at room temperature without preamplification.
A series of emergent electronic orders are observed in an antiparallel twisted WSe2 bilayer. The discoveries provide a powerful platform for simulating quantum phenomena in strongly correlated materials.
