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Room-temperature ductile inorganic semiconductor
10.1038/s41563-018-0047-z 2018-04-09 Ductility is common in metals and metal-based alloys, but is rarely observed in inorganic semiconductors and ceramic insulators. In particular, room-temperature ductile inorganic semiconductors were not known until now. Here, we report an inorganic α-Ag2S sem... |
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Large local lattice expansion in graphene adlayers grown on copper
10.1038/s41563-018-0053-1 2018-04-09 Variations of the lattice parameter can significantly change the properties of a material, and, in particular, its electronic behaviour. In the case of graphene, however, variations of the lattice constant with respect to graphite have been limited to less th... |
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Electrostrain in excess of 1% in polycrystalline piezoelectrics
10.1038/s41563-018-0060-2 2018-04-09 Piezoelectric actuators transform electrical energy into mechanical energy, and because of their compactness, quick response time and accurate displacement, they are sought after in many applications. Polycrystalline piezoelectric ceramics are technologically... |
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Deformable inorganic semiconductor
10.1038/s41563-018-0066-9 2018-04-09 Deformable inorganic semiconductor Deformable inorganic semiconductor, Published online: 09 April 2018; doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0066-9Unlike conventional inorganic semiconductors, which are typically brittle, α-Ag2S exhibits room-temperature ductility with fav... |
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Collapse of superconductivity in cuprates via ultrafast quenching of phase coherence
10.1038/s41563-018-0045-1 2018-04-02 The possibility of driving phase transitions in low-density condensates through the loss of phase coherence alone has far-reaching implications for the study of quantum phases of matter. This has inspired the development of tools to control and explore the co... |
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Ambipolar Landau levels and strong band-selective carrier interactions in monolayer WSe2
10.1038/s41563-018-0036-2 2018-03-26 Monolayers (MLs) of transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) exhibit unusual electrical behaviour under magnetic fields due to their intrinsic spin–orbit coupling and lack of inversion symmetry1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15. Although recent experiments ha... |
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Chain reaction
10.1038/s41563-018-0048-y 2018-03-26 Chain reaction Chain reaction, Published online: 26 March 2018; doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0048-yChain reaction |
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The effective way
10.1038/s41563-018-0050-4 2018-03-26 The effective way The effective way, Published online: 26 March 2018; doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0050-4A theoretical framework for the design of so-called perturbative metamaterials, based on weakly interacting unit cells, has led to the experimental demonstratio... |
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All-organic superhydrophobic coatings with mechanochemical robustness and liquid impalement resistance
10.1038/s41563-018-0044-2 2018-03-26 Superhydrophobicity is a remarkable evolutionary adaption manifested by several natural surfaces. Artificial superhydrophobic coatings with good mechanical robustness, substrate adhesion and chemical robustness have been achieved separately. However, a simult... |
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Engineering smart antibodies
10.1038/s41563-018-0049-x 2018-03-26 Engineering smart antibodies Engineering smart antibodies, Published online: 26 March 2018; doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0049-xEngineering smart antibodies |