Transition metal nitrides are heating up the field of plasmonics

M Dasog - Chemistry of Materials, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metal nitride nanostructures have been predicted to exhibit plasmonic responses in the UV
to IR region, which can enable their potential use as low-cost, chemically, and thermally …

Curcumin-Assisted Synthesis of MoS2 Nanoparticles as an Electron Transport Material in Perovskite Solar Cells

V Murugesan, B Rathinam - Micromachines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Recently, two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (2D TMDs), such as
molybdenum sulfide (MoS2) and molybdenum selenide (MoSe2), have been presented as …

Hf and Co Dual Single Atoms Co‐Doped Carbon Catalyst Enhance the Oxygen Reduction Performance

D Duan, J Huo, J Chen, B Chi, Z Chen, S Sun, Y Zhao… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom metal‐doped M–N–C (M═ Fe, Co, Mn, or Ni) catalysts exhibit excellent
catalytic activity toward oxygen reduction reactions (ORR). However, their performance still …

Highly sensitive and selective detection of dopamine using atomic layer deposited HfO2 ultra-thin films

DA Abraham, AD Li, A Sanmugam, MA Wadaan… - Electrochimica …, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of non-enzymatic and binder-free biosensors plays a vital role, and it
possesses main benefits for effective biomolecule recognition with high sensitivity and …

In-Situ Monitoring the SERS Spectra of para-Aminothiophenol Adsorbed on Plasmon-Tunable Au@ Ag Core–Shell Nanostars

Y Ke, B Chen, M Hu, N Zhou, Z Huang, G Meng - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plasmon-induced photocatalysis on noble metal surfaces has attracted broad attention due
to its application in sunlight energy conversion, while the selectivity of plasmonic platforms …

Facile preparation of Hf 3 N 4 thin films directly used as electrodes for lithium-ion storage

Z Shi, G Yu, J Li, Z Jia, X Zhang, CT Lin, Q Lin… - Nanoscale …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Transition-metal nitride thin-film electrodes are potential electrode materials for all-solid-
state thin-film lithium-ion batteries. In this study, orthorhombic Hf3N4 thin-film electrodes …

Ultra-low subthreshold swing in oxide TFTs via HiPIMS high-k HfO2 gate dielectric using atmosphere annealing

MJ Zhao, YT Wang, JH Yan, HC Li, H Xu, DS Wuu… - Applied Surface …, 2025 - Elsevier
High-k hafnium oxide (HfO 2) thin films prepared by high-power impulse magnetron
sputtering were annealed in different atmospheres including vacuum, nitrogen (N 2) and …

Insights into the Machine Learning Predictions of the Optical Response of Plasmon@ Semiconductor Core-Shell Nanocylinders

E Vahidzadeh, K Shankar - Photochem, 2023 - mdpi.com
The application domain of deep learning (DL) has been extended into the realm of
nanomaterials, photochemistry, and optoelectronics research. Here, we used the …

Characterization of ternary ZrHfN thin films deposited by closed-field dual-cathode DC unbalanced reactive magnetron sputtering: A preliminary investigation on their …

W Phae-ngam, J Prathumsit, T Chaikeeree… - Materials Research …, 2025 - Elsevier
The zirconium hafnium nitride thin films as alternative plasmonic sensing for surface-
enhanced Raman scattering substrate (SERS) were fabricated by closed-field dual-cathode …

Hot carrier photocatalysis using bimetallic Au@ Pt hemispherical core–shell nanoislands

AP Manuel, S Riddell, H Rajashekhar… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
We report the fabrication of core–shell Au@ Pt nanoislands grown on glass substrates using
a facile and reproducible combination of magnetron sputtering and thermal annealing. Au …