Transition metal chalcogenides are an important family of materials that have received significant interest in recent years as they have the potential for diverse applications ranging from use in electronics to industrial lubricants. One of their most exciting properties is the ability to generate electricity from incident light. In this perspective we will summarise and highlight the key resul...

P(4) reaction with metal NPs (In, Pb, Zn) provides an easy access to the corresponding metal phosphide NPs in a soft and stoichiometric reaction. Size-influence on the reactivity is investigated in the case of indium.

This paper builds a bridge between heavy metal music, complexity theory and sustainability science to show the potential of the (auditory) arts to inform different aspects of complex systems of people and nature. The links are described along different dimensions. This first dimension focuses on the scientific aspect of heavy metal. It uses complex adaptive systems theory to show that the rapid...

Using density-functional theory calculations, we study the stability and electronic properties of single layers of mixed transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), such as MoS2xSe2(1-x), which can be referred to as two-dimensional (2D) random alloys. We demonstrate that mixed MoS2/MoSe2/MoTe2 compounds are thermodynamically stable at room temperature, so that such materials can be manufactured us...

We describe the properties of guided modes in metallic parallel plate structures with subwavelength corrugation on the surfaces of both conductors, which we refer to as spoof-insulator-spoof (SIS) waveguides, in close analogy to metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguides in plasmonics. A dispersion relation for SIS waveguides is derived, and the modes are shown to arise from the coupling of convent...

Metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structures based on titanium dioxide have demonstrated reversible and non-volatile resistance-switching behavior and have been identified with the concept of the memristor. Microphysical studies suggest that the development of sub-oxide phases in the material drives the resistance changes. The creation of these phases, however, has a number of negative effects such a...

Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) were exploited to coat Au nanorods (AuNRs) as a hyperthermia agent for enhanced plasmonic photothermal therapy. The utilization of a MOF shell reduces the cytotoxicity of AuNRs and enhances the photothermal transduction efficiency of AuNRs, resulting in the improved phototoxicity of MOF coated AuNRs compared with the unmodified AuNRs.

Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) semiconductors have attracted significant attention because of their rich electronic/photonic properties and importance for fundamental research and novel device applications. These materials provide a unique opportunity to build up high quality and atomically sharp heterostructures because of the nature of weak van der Waals interlayer interactions. The v...

3 Aspects of magnetism in oxides 9 3.1 SrMnO3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.2 Crystal fields, moment formation and ordering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.3 SrMnO3 revisited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3.4 SrTcO3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3.5...