Time-resolved transmission electron microscopy for nanoscale chemical dynamics

FM Alcorn, PK Jain, RM van der Veen - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
The ability of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to image a structure ranging from
millimetres to Ångströms has made it an indispensable component of the toolkit of modern …

Progress in thermoplasmonics for solar energy applications

G Liu, J Xu, T Chen, K Wang - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Plasmonics offer unprecedented control over light and stimulate fundamental research and
engineering applications in solar energy. The surface plasmon resonance is responsible for …

Chiral assemblies of pinwheel superlattices on substrates

S Zhou, J Li, J Lu, H Liu, JY Kim, A Kim, L Yao, C Liu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The unique topology and physics of chiral superlattices make their self-assembly from
nanoparticles highly sought after yet challenging in regard to (meta) materials,–. Here we …

Spin-mediated shear oscillators in a van der Waals antiferromagnet

A Zong, Q Zhang, F Zhou, Y Su, K Hwangbo, X Shen… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding how microscopic spin configuration gives rise to exotic properties at the
macroscopic length scale has long been pursued in magnetic materials,,,–. One seminal …

Polaritons in van der Waals heterostructures

X Guo, W Lyu, T Chen, Y Luo, C Wu, B Yang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D monolayers supporting a wide variety of highly confined plasmons, phonon
polaritons, and exciton polaritons can be vertically stacked in van der Waals …

Tunable photon-induced spatial modulation of free electrons

S Tsesses, R Dahan, K Wang, T Bucher, K Cohen… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Spatial modulation of electron beams is an essential tool for various applications such as
nanolithography and imaging, yet its conventional implementations are severely limited and …

Progress and prospects in optical ultrafast microscopy in the visible spectral region: Transient absorption and two-dimensional microscopy

N Gross, CT Kuhs, B Ostovar, WY Chiang… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ultrafast optical microscopy, generally employed by incorporating ultrafast laser pulses into
microscopes, can provide spatially resolved mechanistic insight into scientific problems …

Nanoscale and ultrafast in situ techniques to probe plasmon photocatalysis

CC Carlin, AX Dai, A Al-Zubeidi… - Chemical Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Plasmonic photocatalysis uses the light-induced resonant oscillation of free electrons in a
metal nanoparticle to concentrate optical energy for driving chemical reactions. By altering …

[HTML][HTML] Time-resolved photoemission electron microscopy of semiconductor interfaces

S Kosar, KM Dani - Progress in Surface Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Semiconductor interfaces are at the heart of the functionality of many devices for opto-
electronic applications. At these interfaces, the importance of ultrafast dynamics–processes …

Ultrafast nanoimaging of spin-mediated shear waves in an acoustic cavity

F Zhou, H Liu, M Zajac, K Hwangbo, Q Jiang… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Strong spin–lattice coupling in van der Waals (vdW) magnets shows potential for innovative
magneto-mechanical applications. Here, nanoscale and picosecond imaging by ultrafast …