Semiconductors: A Unique Semiconductor-Metal-Graphene Stack Design to Harness Charge Flow for Photocatalysis (Adv. Mater. 32/2014)

Plasmonic Photocatalysis: Plasmon‐Mediated Solar Energy Conversion via Photocatalysis in Noble Metal/Semiconductor Composites (Adv. Sci. 6/2016)

Semiconductors: Interface Design Principles for High‐Performance Organic Semiconductor Devices (Adv. Sci. 6/2015)

Optimal metal domain size for photocatalysis with hybrid semiconductor-metal nanorods

Semiconductor-metal hybrid nanostructures offer a highly controllable platform for light-induced charge separation, with direct relevance for their implementation in photocatalysis. Advances in the synthesis allow for control over the size, shape and morphology, providing tunability of the optical and electronic properties. A critical determining factor of the photocatalytic cycle is the metal ...

Metamaterials: Snapping Mechanical Metamaterials under Tension (Adv. Mater. 39/2015).

By exploiting snap-through instabilities, D. Pasini and co-workers design a damage-tolerant mechanical metamaterial that snaps sequentially under tension, thereby accommodating a very large deformation up to 150%. On page 5931, they describe how the nonlinear mechanical response of the metamaterial can be robustly programmed by tuning the architecture of its unit cell.

Water Purification by Photocatalysis on Semiconductors

This paper describes the basics of photocatalysis on semiconductors, mainly on TiO2 and the application of photocatalytic processes to water purification from organic matter. The second chapter is devoted to metal cocatalysts introduced in order to improve the photocatalytic action of titania. Finally, a short review of more interesting practical applications of the processes is presented.