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A tandem transistor allowing for both electrochemical gating and field-effect gating is designed to achieve unprecedented doping and correlated physics in polymer semiconductors.
The authors discuss the physics underlying the enhancement of energy transfer and energy transport in molecular systems and identify key questions and theoretical challenges for future research.
Metal–organic frameworks are a class of materials that have attracted researchers for over 25 years and have been proposed for many applications. This Perspective discusses critical topics in applied research for commercialization, and highlights challenges associated with product development.
Constructing ordered triatomic-layer borate polyanion terminations in MXenes substantially enhances their chemical stability and electrochemical energy storage. The development of such ordered terminations with complex configurations largely expands the design space for MXenes.
A pump–probe experiment utilizing the pair distribution function method characterizes ultrafast evolution of length-scale-dependent structural disorder in a crystal on a local level. This may have important implications for understanding ultrafast photoinduced transitions in solids.
A method using low-refractive-index colloids and confocal laser scanning microscopy enables direct imaging and analysis of defects within colloidal crystals in water, providing real-time insights into crystallization processes and defect dynamics.
Real-time atomic-scale imaging reveals the presence of reversible transitions between ferroelectric and non-ferroelectric phases during electric stimuli, enabling the possibility for reliability improvement in ferroelectric materials compatible with complementary metal–oxide–semiconductors.
When many-body correlations in quantum materials control the motion of electrons, new quantum states can emerge. Now, a study demonstrates that doping a van der Waals correlated insulator leads to collective electronic reordering arising due to quantum many-body interactions.
Metal halide perovskite (MHP) materials could revolutionize photovoltaic (PV) technology but sustainability issues need to be considered. Here the authors outline how MHP-PV modules could scale a sustainable supply chain.
Microbial products only work if the microorganisms are kept alive — usually through the use of cold chains. High-throughput mapping of the microbial–material combinations landscape generated specific dry formulations that enable the microorganisms to survive extreme storage and processing conditions.
The instability of n-type organic semiconductors in air is a long-standing challenge in organic electronics. Now, a strategy based on the use of vitamin C is developed to stabilize organic semiconductors. Vitamin C scavenges reactive oxygen species and inhibits their generation, improving the performance and stability of organic semiconductors and their electronic devices.
The synergy between the field-induced antiferroelectric to ferroelectric phase transition and substrate constraints results in enhanced electromechanical responses.
Harnessing the large-scale integration and individual control of artificial atoms on silicon photonic circuits enables the realization of a rapidly programmable topological photonic chip that can be dynamically reconfigured to explore diverse topological phenomena.
Researchers have demonstrated that skyrmion-like topological spin textures can be created in a controlled manner via the local application of an electric field with a tip electrode on a multiferroic BiFeO3 thin film.
Tracking the momentum of scattered electrons reveals the temporal evolution of phonon populations on ultrafast timescales, helping to quantify the contributions of the cooperative electronic–lattice order responsible for phase transitions in quantum materials.
