ABSTRACT: Intercalation of Li+ ions into layered crystals, such as graphite, is a key process in the functioning of Li batteries and energy storage. Bilayer graphene is an ultimate building block for intercalated graphite and is therefore an ideal system for investigation of the storage capacity, structural characteristics and dynamics of the intercalation process. I …
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ABSTRACT: Atomically thin layers of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (S-TMDs) MX2, where M = Mo, W, Re, Hf, etc. and X = S, Se, or Te, represent a new class of materials, which are of vivid interest, primary in the area of semiconductor physics and nanoscience, as well as optoelectronic applications. The studies of thin …
Excitonic complexes in thin layers of transition metal dichalcogenides Read More »
ABSTRACT Substantial in vitro and physiological experimental results suggest that similar coherent spin physics might underlie phenomena as varied as the biosensing of magnetic fields in animal navigation and the magnetosensitivity of metabolic reactions related to oxidative stress in cells. If this is correct, organisms might behave, for a short time, as “living quantum sensors” …
ABSTRACT: Density-functional theory (DFT) is the most efficient and most popular quantum mechanical modelling method available today, with an impact on most scientific and technological disciplines. Despite this, DFT based methods still suffer from a number of flaws which hinder achieving desirable levels of accuracy. One of the most persistent of these flaws is delocalization …
ABSTRACT: The development of complex functional solar materials poses a multi-objective optimization problem in a large multi-dimensional parameter space. Solving it requires reproducible, user-independent laboratory work and intelligent preselection of experiments. However, experimental materials science is a field where manual routines are still predominant, although other domains like pharmacy or chemistry have introduced robotics and …
Prof. Brabec on “AMANDA – a Material Acceleration Platform for Photovoltaics” Read More »
ABSTRACT: The growing families of two-dimensional crystals derived from naturally occurring van der Waals materials offer an unprecedented platform to investigate elusive physical phenomena and could be of use in a diverse range of devices. Of particular interest are recently reported atomic sheets of non-van der Waals materials, which could allow a better comprehension of …
I-FIM’s graduate student, Wang Qian, has won the Nature Water Gold certificate for best poster at the symposium for the presentation on “Heterostructures of water transport nanochannels and 2D nanolayers for ultra-sensitive climate-controlled intelligent housing”. The Nanofludic SG Symposium organized by https://www.nanofluidicsg.org/ brings together a selected group of top researchers and pioneers that defined the …
I-FIM student, Wang Qian, won the best poster in Nanofludic SG Symposium Read More »
I-FIM researchers are among the world’s most highly cited, based on the Highly Cited Researchers 2022 List published by data analytics firm Clarivate. These researchers are recognised by their peers as outstanding in the fields of Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics and Business, Engineering, Materials Science, Microbiology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, Physics, Psychiatry and Psychology, and more. …
I-FIM researchers placed among world’s most influential scientific minds Read More »
Professor Sir Konstantin Sergeevich Novoselov was conferred with the John Von Neumann award on 2nd September 2022 at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. The prestigious ”John von Neumann” Professor title is awarded jointly by the Budapest University of Technology and Economincs (BME) and the John von Neumann Computer Society to an internationally well-known and acknowledged …
Professor Novoselov received the John von Neumann Professorship award Read More »
