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Catalytic Nanotruss Structures Realized by Magnetic Self-Assembly in Pulsed Plasma
10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00718 2018-04-16 Tunable nanostructures that feature a high surface area are firmly attached to a conducting substrate and can be fabricated efficiently over significant areas, which are of interest for a wide variety of applications in, for instance, energy storage and catal... |
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Plasmonic Glasses and Films Based on Alternative Inexpensive Materials for Blocking Infrared Radiation
10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00764 2018-04-16 The need for energy-saving materials is pressing. This Letter reports on the design of energy-saving glasses and films based on plasmonic nanocrystals that efficiently block infrared radiation. Designing such plasmonic composite glasses is nontrivial and requ... |
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Direct Visualization of Thermal Conductivity Suppression Due to Enhanced Phonon Scattering Near Individual Grain Boundaries
10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00534 2018-04-13 Understanding the impact of lattice imperfections on nanoscale thermal transport is crucial for diverse applications ranging from thermal management to energy conversion. Grain boundaries (GBs) are ubiquitous defects in polycrystalline materials, which scatte... |
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Electrical Transport Signature of the Magnetic Fluctuation-Structure Relation in α-RuCl3 Nanoflakes
10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00926 2018-04-12 The small gap semiconductor α-RuCl3 has emerged as a promising candidate for quantum spin liquid materials. Thus far, Raman spectroscopy, neutron scattering, and magnetization measurements have provided valuable hints for collective spin behavior in α-RuCl3 b... |
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Observation of Quasi-Two-Dimensional Polar Domains and Ferroelastic Switching in a Metal, Ca3Ru2O7
10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00633 2018-04-12 Polar domains arise in insulating ferroelectrics when free carriers are unable to fully screen surface-bound charges. Recently discovered binary and ternary polar metals exhibit broken inversion symmetry coexisting with free electrons that might be expected t... |
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Ultrahigh Flux Thin Film Boiling Heat Transfer Through Nanoporous Membranes
10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00648 2018-04-12 Phase change heat transfer is fundamentally important for thermal energy conversion and management, such as in electronics with power density over 1 kW/cm2. The critical heat flux (CHF) of phase change heat transfer, either evaporation or boiling, is limited ... |
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Unipolar n-Type Black Phosphorus Transistors with Low Work Function Contacts
10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b05192 2018-04-12 Black phosphorus (BP) is a promising two-dimensional (2D) material for nanoscale transistors, due to its expected higher mobility than other 2D semiconductors. While most studies have reported ambipolar BP with a stronger p-type transport, it is important to ... |
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On-Demand Final State Control of a Surface-Bound Bistable Single Molecule Switch
10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00336 2018-04-12 Modern electronic devices perform their defined action because of the complete reliability of their individual active components (transistors, switches, diodes, and so forth). For instance, to encode basic computer units (bits) an electrical switch can be use... |
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Subnanometer Gold Clusters Adhere to Lipid A for Protection against Endotoxin-Induced Sepsis
10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b05464 2018-04-12 Endotoxicity originating from a dangerous debris (i.e., lipopolysaccharide, LPS) of Gram-negative bacteria is a challenging clinical problem, but no drugs or therapeutic strategies that can successfully address this issue have been identified yet. In this stu... |
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Seeing Multiexcitons through Sample Inhomogeneity: Band-Edge Biexciton Structure in CdSe Nanocrystals Revealed by Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy
10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00470 2018-04-12 The electronic structure of multiexcitons significantly impacts the performance of nanostructures in lasing and light-emitting applications. However, these multiexcitons remain poorly understood due to their complexity arising from many-body physics. Standard... |