Recent advances in two-dimensional materials beyond graphene

GR Bhimanapati, Z Lin, V Meunier, Y Jung, J Cha… - ACS …, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
The isolation of graphene in 2004 from graphite was a defining moment for the “birth” of a
field: two-dimensional (2D) materials. In recent years, there has been a rapidly increasing …

Neutron scattering studies of heterogeneous catalysis

X Yu, Y Cheng, Y Li, F Polo-Garzon, J Liu… - Chemical …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Understanding the structural dynamics/evolution of catalysts and the related surface
chemistry is essential for establishing structure–catalysis relationships, where spectroscopic …

The origin of capacity fluctuation and rescue of dead Mn-based Zn–ion batteries: a Mn-based competitive capacity evolution protocol

H Yang, W Zhou, D Chen, J Liu, Z Yuan, M Lu… - Energy & …, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Although Mn2+ additives alleviate the dissolution issue of Mn-based cathodes in aqueous
zinc–ion batteries (ZIBs), problems including complex side reactions and abnormal capacity …

Strain-regulated Gibbs free energy enables reversible redox chemistry of chalcogenides for sodium ion batteries

M Jiang, Y Hu, B Mao, Y Wang, Z Yang, T Meng… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Manipulating the reversible redox chemistry of transition metal dichalcogenides for energy
storage often faces great challenges as it is difficult to regulate the discharged products …

Identification of individual and few layers of WS2 using Raman Spectroscopy

A Berkdemir, HR Gutiérrez, AR Botello-Méndez… - Scientific reports, 2013‏ - nature.com
The Raman scattering of single-and few-layered WS2 is studied as a function of the number
of SWS layers and the excitation wavelength in the visible range (488, 514 and 647 nm). For …

Supramolecular binding and separation of hydrocarbons within a functionalized porous metal–organic framework

S Yang, AJ Ramirez-Cuesta, R Newby… - Nature Chemistry, 2015‏ - nature.com
Supramolecular interactions are fundamental to host–guest binding in many chemical and
biological processes. Direct visualization of such supramolecular interactions within host …

High-pressure polymeric nitrogen allotrope with the black phosphorus structure

D Laniel, B Winkler, T Fedotenko, A Pakhomova… - Physical review …, 2020‏ - APS
Studies of polynitrogen phases are of great interest for fundamental science and for the
design of novel high energy density materials. Laser heating of pure nitrogen at 140 GPa in …

Electrically tunable band gap in silicene

ND Drummond, V Zolyomi, VI Fal'Ko - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2012‏ - APS
We report calculations of the electronic structure of silicene and the stability of its weakly
buckled honeycomb lattice in an external electric field oriented perpendicular to the …

Antimonene oxides: emerging tunable direct bandgap semiconductor and novel topological insulator

S Zhang, W Zhou, Y Ma, J Ji, B Cai, SA Yang, Z Zhu… - Nano …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Highly stable antimonene, as the cousin of phosphorene from group-VA, has opened up
exciting realms in the two-dimensional (2D) materials family. However, pristine antimonene …

Density functional theory in the solid state

PJ Hasnip, K Refson, MIJ Probert… - … of the Royal …, 2014‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Density functional theory (DFT) has been used in many fields of the physical sciences, but
none so successfully as in the solid state. From its origins in condensed matter physics, it …