Black phosphorus (BP) is one of the most attracting materials that has been the subject of a
theoretically predicted on photocatalytic CO 2 reduction reactions. However, due to the …

In this review, we report on fabrication paths, challenges, and emerging solutions to
integrate group-IV epitaxial quantum dots (QDs) as active light emitters into the existing …

A complete and rigorously validated open-source Python framework to automate point
defect calculations using density functional theory has been developed. The framework …

We study six different two-dimensional (2D) allotropes of carbon, silicon, germanium, and tin
by means of the ab initio density functional theory for the ground state and approximate …

Ge-Sb-Te (GST)-based phase-change memory (PCM) excels in the switching performance
but remains insufficient of the operating speed to replace cache memory (the fastest memory …

We investigate the electrical and optical properties of oxygen vacancies (VO), zinc
vacancies (V Zn), hydrogenated V Zn, and isolated dangling bonds in ZnO using hybrid …

Semiconductors are key to our modern society, enabling a myriad of fields, including
electronics, photovoltaics, and photonics. The performance of semiconductor devices can be …

A key milestone for the next generation of high-performance multifunctional microelectronic
devices is the monolithic integration of high-mobility materials with Si technology. The use of …

Group IV materials are promising candidates for highly reliable and human-friendly thin-film
thermoelectric generators, used for micro-energy harvesting. In this study, we investigated …

Polycrystalline Ge thin films have recently attracted renewed attention as a material for
various electronic and optical devices. However, the difficulty in the Fermi level control of …