Metal Films on Two-Dimensional Materials: van der Waals Contacts and Raman Enhancement

MA Ghani, S Sarkar, JI Lee, Y Zhu, H Yan… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Electronic devices based on two-dimensional (2D) materials will need ultraclean and defect-
free van der Waals (vdW) contacts with three-dimensional (3D) metals. It is therefore …

Au 3-Decorated graphene as a sensing platform for O 2 adsorption and desorption kinetics

G Libeert, R Murugesan, M Guba, W Keijers… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The adsorption and desorption kinetics of molecules is of significant fundamental and
applied interest. In this paper, we present a new method to quantify the energy barriers for …

[HTML][HTML] Manipulation of thin metal film morphology on weakly interacting substrates via selective deployment of alloying species

A Jamnig, N Pliatsikas, G Abadias… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate a versatile concept for manipulating morphology of thin (≤ 25 nm) noble-
metal films on weakly interacting substrates using growth of Ag on SiO 2 as a model system …

Deciphering cooperative effects in plexciton formation between Ag nanocluster and fullerene

T Yoshida, K Watanabe, F Nishita, D Yamamoto… - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
In this work, we use optical reflectance spectroscopy to study the plexciton formation
between Ag nanoclusters and C 60 molecules. The Ag clusters are fabricated on high …

[HTML][HTML] Diffusion and magnetization of metal adatoms on single-layer molybdenum disulfide at elevated temperatures

M Zarshenas, DG Sangiovanni… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The present work models temperature-dependent (⁠ 500− 1300 K⁠) diffusion dynamics of
Ag, Au, and Cu adatoms on MoS 2 as well as electronic and magnetic properties of adatom …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring Metal Cluster Interactions with Functionalized Graphene via Molecular Dynamics Simulation

M Roldán-Matilla, A Cerpa-Naranjo, I Lado-Touriño - C, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study investigates the interaction between copper (Cu) and silver (Ag) clusters and
graphene-based materials using molecular dynamics simulations. It focuses on how …

Interaction between Graphene-Based Materials and Small Ag, Cu, and CuO Clusters: A Molecular Dynamics Study

I Lado-Touriño, A Páez-Pavón - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The excessive use of antibiotics has contributed to the rise in antibiotic-resistant bacteria,
and thus, new antibacterial compounds must be developed. Composite materials based on …

Conductance Modulation in an α-Terthiophene Molecular Junction Characterized by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

S Kobayashi, S Kaneko, K Tsukagoshi… - e-Journal of Surface …, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
We fabricate α-terthiophene single-molecule junctions (SMJs) and characterize their
conductive states by the simultaneous measurements of surface-enhanced Raman …

Graphene as a sensing platform for the adsorption and desorption kinetics of gas molecules on few-atom clusters

G Libeert - 2023 - lirias.kuleuven.be
Few-atom clusters show great promise as catalysts for a number of industrially relevant
chemical reactions due to their high reactivity and size-dependent physical properties. To …

Specific Features of the Simulation of the Particle Diffusion Processes in Spatially Periodic Fields

VY Аksenova, IG Marchenko… - East European Journal …, 2022 - periodicals.karazin.ua
This paper is devoted to the studies of the specific features of the simulation of the particle
diffusion processes in space–periodic potentials using Langevin equations. Different …