In Situ Probing of the Surface Properties of Droplets in the Air

JB Brown, Y Qian, ZC Huang-Fu, T Zhang, H Wang… - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Surface properties of nanodroplets and microdroplets are intertwined with their immense
applicability in biology, medicine, production, catalysis, the environment, and the …

Conical intersections at interfaces revealed by phase-cycling interface-specific two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (i2D-ES)

ZC Huang-Fu, NV Tkachenko, Y Qian… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Conical intersections (CIs) hold significant stake in manipulating and controlling
photochemical reaction pathways of molecules at interfaces and surfaces by affecting …

Neumann's principle based eigenvector approach for deriving non-vanishing tensor elements for nonlinear optics

Z Wu, W Xiong - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Physical properties are commonly represented by tensors, such as optical susceptibilities.
The conventional approach of deriving nonvanishing tensor elements of symmetric systems …

Development of phase-cycling interface-specific two-dimensional electronic sum frequency generation (2D-ESFG) spectroscopy

ZC Huang-Fu, Y Qian, T Zhang, JB Brown… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2D-ES) has become an important technique for
studying energy transfer, electronic coupling, and electronic–vibrational coherence in the …

Synthesis of gallium phosphide quantum dots with high photoluminescence quantum yield and their application as color converters for LEDs

Y Choi, C Choi, J Bae, J Park, K Shin - Journal of Industrial and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Group III–Ⅴ quantum dots (QDs) are preferred over Group Ⅱ–Ⅵ materials because of their
relatively mild toxicity. In this study, a facile synthetic method to obtain gallium phosphide …

BP/GaN and BP/GaP core/shell nanowires: theoretical insights into photovoltaic and gas-sensing abilities

RS Shukla, VB Zala, SK Gupta, PN Gajjar - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
DFT-based calculations were undertaken to, first, fully optimize and study the structural and
electrical properties of bare BP nanowire (NW) in its hexagonal wurtzite (WZ) phase. The …

Covalent triazine frameworks decorated with pyridine-type carbonitride moieties: enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution by improved charge separation

X Kong, F Yang, X Li, M Fu, T Zeng, S Song, Z He, Y Yu - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
A simple procedure of calcination under an Ar atmosphere has been successfully applied to
create a covalent triazine framework bearing pyridine-type carbonitride moieties (PCN …

Surface states of photoelectrodes by surface-specific steady-state and time-resolved sum frequency spectroscopies

T Zhang, JB Brown, H Fisher, M Liebes… - Chinese Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The surface states of photoelectrodes as catalysts heavily influence their performance in
photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis applications. These catalysts are necessary for …

Biodegradability and biotoxicity of the modified starch matrix with biologically synthesized ZnO nanoparticles

M Szymanski, J Nowicka… - Environmental Progress & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the present study, the starch films with biosynthesized ZnO nanoparticles were obtained.
The films obtained were examined for mechanical properties, environmental toxicity and …

[PDF][PDF] H2 as Clean Energy for Sustainable Future

S Khan, V Soum - Univers. J. Catal. Sci, 2023 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
H2 is considered a clean fuel used in Fuel cell technology for electricity generation with zero
greenhouse gas (GHG) emission. The demand for H2 gas, typically for fuel cell electric …