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Coherent 1D MoS2 channels, which are free of dangling bonds and dislocations, can be fabricated in monolayer WSe2, driven by dislocations at the interface of the two materials.
Art historians have joined forces with material scientists in order to better understand the objects of interest but also develop better conservation treatments and preservation approaches.
Carl Heron and Joanne Dyer from the British Museum in London talk to Nature Materials about the research activities at the museum and how scientists can impact cultural heritage.
Dye molecules are shown to assemble into J-aggregate arrays by sequence-specific organization in the minor groove of DNA duplex sequences. Energy transfer through these structures displays the hallmarks of coherent coupling over distances that exceed those of conventional dipole-coupling processes.
An effective adjuvant for the induction of humoural and cellular immunity is achieved by a Pickering emulsion formulation that allows pliability and mobility of loaded antigens.
A thorough study comparing the performance of more than a hundred photonic and plasmonic lasers concludes that the latter are advantageous when their cavity volumes are close to the diffraction limit.
Coherent 1D MoS2 channels, which are free of dangling bonds and dislocations, can be fabricated in monolayer WSe2, driven by dislocations at the interface of the two materials.
Isotopic enrichment in hexagonal boron nitride is shown to enhance the propagation properties of phonon polaritons, achieving a threefold enhancement in their lifetime.
The Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless transition is observed in a 2D gas of exciton-polaritons, through measurements of the first-order coherence both in space and time.
Isotope engineering in hexagonal boron nitride can affect its vibrational, electronic and optical properties due to the isotope substitution, as well as induce a change in the van der Waals interactions.
Strategies to incorporate a lithium-cation source in lithium-ion capacitors have so far proved challenging. A sacrificial organic lithium salt is now shown to irreversibly provide lithium cations to a graphite electrode during the initial operando charging step without any negative effects.
Using a sol–gel process, monoliths of metal–organic frameworks were fabricated. With an enhanced methane volumetric uptake of 259 cm3 (STP) cm−3, and robust mechanical properties, this meets technological targets.
Proceeding from quantum mechanical predictions, a high shear piezoelectric constant of 178 pm V−1 was measured for the amino acid crystal beta glycine. This originates from the efficient packing of the molecules of the amino acid.
Antiviral nanoparticle-formulated mimics of heparan sulfate proteoglycans were developed and shown to permit strong viral association as well as inhibition of a range of viruses on in vitro and in vivo models of infection.