[HTML][HTML] Raman spectroscopy of carbon materials and their composites: Graphene, nanotubes and fibres

Z Li, L Deng, IA Kinloch, RJ Young - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Raman spectroscopy is now an extremely important technique for the analysis of carbon-
based materials. It is demonstrated how it can be used to give a unique insight into …

Lattice‐Strain Engineering for Heterogenous Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Z Hou, C Cui, Y Li, Y Gao, D Zhu, Y Gu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The energy efficiency of metal–air batteries and water‐splitting techniques is severely
constrained by multiple electronic transfers in the heterogenous oxygen evolution reaction …

Strain engineering of 2D materials: issues and opportunities at the interface

Z Dai, L Liu, Z Zhang - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Triggered by the growing needs of develo** semiconductor devices at ever‐decreasing
scales, strain engineering of 2D materials has recently seen a surge of interest. The goal of …

Enhancing electrocatalytic water splitting by strain engineering

B You, MT Tang, C Tsai, F Abild‐Pedersen… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical water splitting driven by sustainable energy such as solar, wind, and tide is
attracting ever‐increasing attention for sustainable production of clean hydrogen fuel from …

[HTML][HTML] Production and processing of graphene and related materials

C Backes, AM Abdelkader, C Alonso… - 2D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an overview of the main techniques for production and processing of graphene
and related materials (GRMs), as well as the key characterization procedures. We adopt …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical properties of graphene and graphene-based nanocomposites

DG Papageorgiou, IA Kinloch, RJ Young - Progress in materials science, 2017 - Elsevier
In this present review, the current status of the intrinsic mechanical properties of the
graphene-family of materials along with the preparation and properties of bulk graphene …

Mechanisms of mechanical reinforcement by graphene and carbon nanotubes in polymer nanocomposites

DG Papageorgiou, Z Li, M Liu, IA Kinloch, RJ Young - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer nanocomposites reinforced with carbon-based nanofillers are gaining increasing
interest for a number of applications due to their excellent properties. The understanding of …

NiFe hydroxide lattice tensile strain: enhancement of adsorption of oxygenated intermediates for efficient water oxidation catalysis

D Zhou, S Wang, Y Jia, X **ong, H Yang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The binding strength of reactive intermediates with catalytically active sites plays a crucial
role in governing catalytic performance of electrocatalysts. NiFe hydroxide offers efficient …

Stretching and Breaking of Ultrathin MoS2

S Bertolazzi, J Brivio, A Kis - ACS nano, 2011 - ACS Publications
We report on measurements of the stiffness and breaking strength of monolayer MoS2, a
new semiconducting analogue of graphene. Single and bilayer MoS2 is exfoliated from bulk …

Experimental Demonstration of Continuous Electronic Structure Tuning via Strain in Atomically Thin MoS2

K He, C Poole, KF Mak, J Shan - Nano letters, 2013 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate the continuous tuning of the electronic structure of atomically thin MoS2 on
flexible substrates by applying a uniaxial tensile strain. A redshift at a rate of∼ 70 meV per …