Domain walls in ferroelectric materials are an exciting new type of graphene-like 2D functional interface with properties that can differ significantly from the surrounding bulk. Like graphene, they can display various transport regimes, such as semiconducting, metallic, and even superconducting, behaviour. Domain walls are a part of the ferroelectric microstructure (they are interfaces that...
Superconductors exhibit a nonlinear interaction with an applied light, which can resonantly excite the collective amplitude (Higgs) mode. Here we study light-induced dynamics of layered superconductors, where each layer is coupled to adjacent layers via the Josephson coupling and the first few layers near the surface are driven by an in-plane-polarized light. We study the system under the...
Polyethylene is by far the most widely used and produced plastic in the world, mainly for packaging. However, polyethylene poses environmental problems as it does not degrade in the natural environment. Therefore, in view of the current and future environmental crisis, it is necessary to introduce certain alternatives.
The aim of the present work is to investigate different modified...
Aluminum aqueous batteries offer several promising properties: low cost, safe operation, eco-friendliness, and high theoretical capacity. Their main challenges, which are linked to the formation of the oxide layer and side hydrogen reactions, can be reduced by using the Al - Al2Cu lamellar geometry of electrodes. The preparation of heterogeneous nanostructural electrodes from layered Al films...
Gallium Nitride (GaN) nanowires have gained significant attention in recent years due to their remarkable mechanical properties and their potential applications in various fields. These nanowires, with diameters ranging from tens to hundreds of nanometers and lengths extending from a few nanometers to several micrometres, offer unique advantages in nanogenerators and optoelectronic...
To understand reaction mechanisms in heterogenous catalysis, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) is a widely used characterization technique as it allows the identification of involved species based on core-level binding energies. This approach exploits the fact that electron core-level binding energies are highly sensitive to the local chemical environment, resulting in shifts upon changes...
Aluminum aqueous batteries offer several promising properties: low cost, safe operation, eco-friendliness, and high theoretical capacity. Their main challenges, which are linked to the formation of the oxide layer and side hydrogen reactions, can be reduced by using the Al - Al2Cu lamellar geometry of electrodes. The preparation of heterogeneous nanostructural electrodes from layered Al films...
Gallium Nitride (GaN) nanowires have gained significant attention in recent years due to their remarkable mechanical properties and their potential applications in various fields. These nanowires, with diameters ranging from tens to hundreds of nanometers and lengths extending from a few nanometers to several micrometres, offer unique advantages in nanogenerators and optoelectronic...
To understand reaction mechanisms in heterogenous catalysis, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) is a widely used characterization technique as it allows the identification of involved species based on core-level binding energies. This approach exploits the fact that electron core-level binding energies are highly sensitive to the local chemical environment, resulting in shifts upon changes...
Domain walls in ferroelectric materials are an exciting new type of graphene-like 2D functional interface with properties that can differ significantly from the surrounding bulk. Like graphene, they can display various transport regimes, such as semiconducting, metallic, and even superconducting, behaviour. Domain walls are a part of the ferroelectric microstructure (they are interfaces that...
Superconductors exhibit a nonlinear interaction with an applied light, which can resonantly excite the collective amplitude (Higgs) mode. Here we study light-induced dynamics of layered superconductors, where each layer is coupled to adjacent layers via the Josephson coupling and the first few layers near the surface are driven by an in-plane-polarized light. We study the system under the...
Polyethylene is by far the most widely used and produced plastic in the world, mainly for packaging. However, polyethylene poses environmental problems as it does not degrade in the natural environment. Therefore, in view of the current and future environmental crisis, it is necessary to introduce certain alternatives.
The aim of the present work is to investigate different modified...