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Two independent studies provide insight on the formation of nanocrystal superlattices and their atomic alignment using real-time in situ X-ray scattering techniques.
Spin-current-induced magnetization reversal of a perpendicularly magnetized thulium iron garnet film is reported. The spin current is driven by the current flowing through a Pt overlayer.
Polar terminations are crucial to control the properties of surfaces, but they are intrinsically unstable. Entropic configurational contributions are now demonstrated to have a predominant role in the stability of CeO2(100) surface termination.
The 3D structure of a diffracting volume can be reconstructed from a set of 2D coherent Bragg diffraction patterns. The overdetermination afforded by ptychography allows the deconvolution of the third dimension, without having to rotate the sample.
Ternary organic blends using two non-fullerene acceptors are shown to improve the efficiency and stability of low-cost solar cells based on P3HT and of high-performance photovoltaic devices based on low-bandgap donor polymers.
A single transport function has been developed to describe the temperature and energy dependence of charge transport in insulating, semiconducting and metallic polymers.
A generalized charge-transport model is reported that is able to describe the thermopower–conductivity relation at various temperatures in several semiconducting polymers, suggesting a rethinking of conduction mechanisms in these materials.
An improved ligand-exchange process allows the realization of solution-deposited films of quantum dots with reduced energetic disorder and, as a result, solar cells with improved open-circuit voltage, charge-carrier transport and stability.
Domain walls in ferroelectrics are known to be conductive, but details of the precise mechanism are elusive. Atomic-scale structural and chemical characterization of domain walls in BiFeO3 now reveals a build-up of charged defects.
The interaction of water with TiO2 is crucial for applications such as photocatalytic water splitting. The interfacial structure between water and rutile TiO2 is now shown to consist of an array of hydroxyl molecules with water in the second layer.
Silicon-based photoelectrodes are attractive for solar fuel production, but suffer from vulnerability to corrosion. Using dielectric breakdown, a generic approach to improve the performance of metal-oxide semiconductor photoelectrodes is proposed.
The use of monolayers of hexagonal boron nitride as the cationic diffusion barrier and graphene aerogel mixed with spiro-OMeTAD as the hole transport layer allows the fabrication of graded bandgap perovskite solar cells with high efficiency.
In photosynthesis the oxidation of water is a requirement for providing sufficient protons and electrons for fuel formation. A biphasic water splitting catalyst tailored for integration with high-performance semiconductor photoanodes is now reported.
A new model for collagen intrafibrillar mineralization shows the need for a balance between osmotic equilibrium and electroneutrality to establish Gibbs–Donnan equilibrium.
Mesenchymal stem cells primed on soft silicone substrates suppress fibrogenesis and are desensitized against subsequent mechanical activation in vitro and in vivo.
Plants can be engineered to serve as self-powered pre-concentrators and autosamplers of analytes in ambient groundwater and as infrared communication platforms that can send information to a smartphone.
Single cells encapsulated in a layer of alginate and injected intravenously delay clearance kinetics and sustain donor-derived soluble factors in vivo.
Heterostructures formed by the magnetic topological insulator Cr-doped (Bi,Sb)2Te and the antiferromagnet CrSb are shown to exhibit emergent interfacial magnetic phenomena that can be tuned with the heterostructure geometry.