The unique property of bilayer graphene to show a band gap tunable by external electrical fields enables a variety of different device concepts with novel functionalities for electronic, optoelectronic, and sensor applications. So far the operation of bilayer graphene-based field effect transistors requires two individual gates to vary the channel's conductance and to create a band gap. In this...

Third-neighbor adsorbate–adsorbate interactions are included to extend the low-temperature adsorption study recently published on body-centered-cubic (110) surfaces, infinite in one direction and of finite width, M, with nonperiodic boundaries. In addition to the six phases reported earlier on the infinite two-dimensional surface (M8), 11 new phases have been found for an exhaustive total of t...

Anthraquinone molecules self-assemble on a Cu(111) surface into a large two-dimensional honeycomb network (square root of 304 x square root of 304)R23 degrees with pore diameters of approximately 50 A. The spontaneous formation of a pattern containing pores roughly five times larger than the size of the constituent molecules is unprecedented. The network originates from a delicate balance betwe...

This study deals with the enhancement of chromium (VI) removal by vacuum drying and plasma pre-treatments of cocolumber (Cocos nucifera) sawdust. For fixed adsorbent dose and pH, the effects of important parameters such as initial adsorbate concentration and contact time are determined. Results show that both pre-treatments increased the adsorption efficiency of the sawdust. The adsorption data...

Photoemission of localized and delocalized electrons from an (adsorbate-covered) metal surface by an XUV pulse of length τX into the field of a delayed IR laser pulse with carrier period TL allows for the time-resolved observation of surface and adsorbate electronic processes. For τX ¿ TL, the energy of the emitted photoelectrons (PEs) oscillates with period TL as a function of the XUV-IR pulse...