Advances in polymer dielectrics with high energy storage performance by designing electric charge trap structures

Z Meng, T Zhang, C Zhang, Y Shang, Q Lei… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dielectric capacitors have been developed for nearly a century, and all‐polymer film
capacitors are currently the most popular. Much effort has been devoted to studying polymer …

Advanced atomic force microscopies and their applications in two-dimensional materials: a review

R Xu, J Guo, S Mi, H Wen, F Pang, W Ji… - Materials …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) allows the spatial imaging, measurement, and
manipulation of nano and atomic scale surfaces in real space. In the last two decades …

Homogenization of AlxCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys with improved corrosion resistance

Y Shi, L Collins, R Feng, C Zhang, N Balke, PK Liaw… - Corrosion …, 2018 - Elsevier
The present work investigates the homogenization effect of 1250° C heat treatment on the Al
x CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys (HEAs). The multi-phase microstructures with chemical …

Piezoelectricity in monolayer hexagonal boron nitride

P Ares, T Cea, M Holwill, YB Wang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is a wide‐bandgap van der Waals crystal with a
unique combination of properties, including exceptional strength, large oxidation resistance …

Exploring local electrostatic effects with scanning probe microscopy: implications for piezoresponse force microscopy and triboelectricity

N Balke, P Maksymovych, S Jesse, II Kravchenko… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The implementation of contact mode Kelvin probe force microscopy (cKPFM) utilizes the
electrostatic interactions between tip and sample when the tip and sample are in contact …

Big, deep, and smart data in scanning probe microscopy

SV Kalinin, E Strelcov, A Belianinov, S Somnath… - 2016 - ACS Publications
Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques have opened the door to nanoscience and
nanotechnology by enabling imaging and manipulation of the structure and functionality of …

Nanoforging Single Layer MoSe2 Through Defect Engineering with Focused Helium Ion Beams

V Iberi, L Liang, AV Ievlev, MG Stanford, MW Lin, X Li… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract Development of devices and structures based on the layered 2D materials critically
hinges on the capability to induce, control and tailor the electronic, transport and …

Probing charge screening dynamics and electrochemical processes at the solid–liquid interface with electrochemical force microscopy

L Collins, S Jesse, JI Kilpatrick, A Tselev… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The presence of mobile ions complicates the implementation of voltage-modulated scanning
probe microscopy techniques such as Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM). Overcoming …

Towards nanoscale electrical measurements in liquid by advanced KPFM techniques: a review

L Collins, JI Kilpatrick, SV Kalinin… - Reports on Progress in …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Fundamental mechanisms of energy storage, corrosion, sensing, and multiple biological
functionalities are directly coupled to electrical processes and ionic dynamics at solid–liquid …

Inducing propulsion of colloidal dimers by breaking the symmetry in electrohydrodynamic flow

F Ma, X Yang, H Zhao, N Wu - Physical review letters, 2015 - APS
We show that dielectric colloidal dimers with broken symmetry in geometry, composition, or
interfacial charges can all propel in directions that are perpendicular to the applied ac …