Direct conversion of solar light into chemical energy by means of photocatalysis or
photoelectrocatalysis is currently a point of focus for sustainable energy development and …

The piezo-phototronic effect (a coupling effect of piezoelectric, photoexcitation and
semiconducting properties, coined in 2010) has been demonstrated to be an ingenious and …

With the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the ongoing Fourth Industrial
Revolution, the effective conversion of wasted ambient mechanical energy from the …

With the fast development of nanoscience and nanotechnology in the last 30 years,
semiconductor nanowires have been widely investigated in the areas of both electronics …

Low-dimensional piezoelectric semiconductor nanomaterials, such as ZnO and GaN, have
superior mechanical properties and can be integrated into flexible devices that can be …

Flexible photodetectors have attracted a great deal of research interest in recent years due
to their great possibilities for application in a variety of emerging areas such as flexible …

Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) have been studied extensively for over two decades for
their novel electronic, photonic, thermal, electrochemical and mechanical properties. This …

We discovered that many of the commonly studied two-dimensional monolayer transition
metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) nanoscale materials are piezoelectric, unlike their bulk parent …

Emulation of the sensation of touch through high-resolution electronic means could become
important in future generations of robotics and human–machine interfaces. Here, we …

Tuning band energies of semiconductors through strain engineering can significantly
enhance their electronic, photonic, and spintronic performances. Although low-dimensional …