However, the co-existence of metallic and semiconducting tubes in as-synthesized SWNT samples has been a bottleneck for fundamental research and fabrication of electronic and optoelectronic devices. [ 6 ] It is desirable to develop effective purifi cation methods by which SWNT samples enriched in semiconducting species may be prepared. Various methods to sort semiconducting from metallic nanotu...

Metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes generally coexist in as-grown materials. We present a gas-phase plasma hydrocarbonation reaction to selectively etch and gasify metallic nanotubes, retaining the semiconducting nanotubes in near-pristine form. With this process, 100% of purely semiconducting nanotubes were obtained and connected in parallel for high-current transistors. The diameter-...

We studied the femtosecond dynamics of photoexcitations in films containing semiconducting and metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), using various pump-probe wavelengths and intensities. We found that confined excitons and charge carriers with subpicosecond dynamics dominate the ultrafast response in semiconducting and metallic SWNTs, respectively. Surprisingly, we also found from th...

Several experiments have been performed on 1T-TiSe_{2} in order to identify whether the electronic structure is semimetallic or semiconducting without reaching a consensus. In this Letter, we theoretically study the impact of electron-hole and electron-phonon correlations on the bare semimetallic and semiconducting electronic structure. The resulting electron spectral functions provide a direct...

We have combined fast heating with plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) for preferential growth of semiconducting vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes (VA-SWNTs). Raman spectroscopic estimation indicated a high yield of up to 96% semiconducting SWNTs in the VA-SWNT array. The as-synthesized semiconducting SWNTs can be used directly for fabricating FET devices without t...

Solid-state photon detectors based on semiconductors other than silicon are not yet considered mature technology but their current development opens new possibilities, also for space observations. Such devices are especially attractive for ultraviolet radiation detection, as semiconductor materials with band gaps larger than that of silicon can be produced and used as “visible-blind” or “solar-...

2D materials van der Waals heterostructures (vdWHs) provide a revolutionary route toward high-performance solar energy conversion devices beyond the conventional silicon-based pn junction cells. Despite tremendous research progress accomplished in recent years, searches of vdWHs with exceptional excitonic cell efficiency and optical properties remain an open theoretical experimental quest. Here...

Semiconductivity and superconductivity are remarkable quantum phenomena that have immense impact on science technology, materials can be tuned, usually by pressure or doping, to host both types of states great fundamental practical significance. Here we show first-principles calculations a distinct route for tuning semiconductors into superconductors diverse large-range elastic shear strains, a...

Chlorosulfonic acid assisted the exfoliation of MoS2 and WS2 resulting in retaining their semiconducting 2H-phase, sharply contrasting the semiconducting-to-metallic phase-transition observed with the currently available exfoliation techniques.