The osmotic pressure difference between river water and seawater is a promising source of
renewable energy. However, current osmotic energy conversion processes show limited …

Phyllosilicates have emerged as a promising class of large bandgap lamellar insulators.
Their applications have been explored from the fabrication of graphene-based devices to 2D …

Talc is an insulating layered material that is stable at ambient conditions and has high-
quality basal cleavage, which is a major advantage for its use in van der Waals …

Naturally occurring van der Waals crystals have brought unprecedented interest to
nanomaterial researchers in recent years. So far, more than 1800 layered materials (LMs) …

Phyllosilicate minerals are an emerging class of naturally occurring layered insulators with
large bandgap energy that have gained attention from the scientific community. This class of …

Biotite, an iron-rich mineral belonging to the trioctahedral mica group, is a naturally
abundant layered material (LM) exhibiting attractive electronic properties for application in …

Talc is a van der Waals and naturally abundant mineral with the chemical formula Mg 3 Si 4
O 10 (OH) 2. Two-dimensional (2D) talc could be an alternative to hBN as van der Waals …

Nanomechanical properties are extremely critical to the applications of flexible electric
devices and energy harvester; however, the direct mechanical measurement of composite …

Composite powders consisted of tubular MSH and LaF 3 NPs were incorporated to improve
the tribological performance of phosphate/MoS 2 composite coatings. It suggested that …

Natural serpentine and nanosized magnesium silicate hydroxide (MSH) were separately
incorporated to improve the tribological properties of phosphate-bonded solid coatings. The …