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Tag: Nanoscale materials
Trionic all-optical biological voltage sensing via quantum statistics
Quantum confinement in monolayer semiconductors results in optical properties intricately linked to electrons, which can be manipulated by external…
Molecular-scale CO spillover on a dual-site electrocatalyst enhances methanol production from CO2 reduction
Cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc) is recognized for catalysing electrochemical CO2 reduction into methanol at high Faradaic efficiency but is…
Frozen non-equilibrium dynamics of exciton Mott insulators in moiré superlattices
Moiré superlattices, such as those formed from transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures, have emerged as an exciting platform for explorin…
Stiff and self-healing hydrogels by polymer entanglements in co-planar nanoconfinement
Many biological tissues are mechanically strong and stiff but can still heal from damage. By contrast, synthetic hydrogels have not shown comparabl…
Enabling three-dimensional architected materials across length scales and timescales
Architected materials provide a pathway to defy the limitations of monolithic materials through their engineered microstructures or geometries, all…
Progress and pitfalls in designing heterogeneous catalysts with molecular precision
Atomically dispersed heterogeneous catalysts offer the opportunity to design active sites with molecular precision. A recent proliferation of synth…
An intelligent humidity sensing system for human behavior recognition
An intelligent humidity sensing system has been developed for real-time monitoring of human behaviors through respiration detection. The key compon…
Dynamic tuning of terahertz atomic lattice vibration via cross-scale mode coupling to nanomechanical resonance in WSe2 membranes
Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) based on atomically-thin tungsten diselenide (WSe2), benefiting from the excellent material propert…