Peidong Yang

TL;DR: This work demonstrates the evolution of interlayer coupling with twist angles in as-grown molybdenum disulfide bilayers and finds that the indirect bandgap size varies appreciably with the stacking configuration: it shows the largest redshift for AA- and AB-stacked bilayers, and a significantly smaller but constantRedshift for all other twist angles.

TL;DR: The reaction was shown to be structure insensitive over a series of Pt/SBA-15 materials with particle sizes between 1.7 and 3.6 nm, suggesting that coordinatively unsaturated metal atoms present in small particles are more active for C2H6 hydrogenolysis than the low index planes that dominate in large particles.

TL;DR: It is shown with experiment and computer simulation that a range of nanoscale Ag polyhedra can self-assemble into their conjectured densest packings, and that octahedra form an exotic superstructure with complex helical motifs rather than the densest Minkowski lattice.

TL;DR: This work reports the development of an electrode-free, continuously tunable coherent visible light source compatible with physiological environments, from individual potassium niobate (KNbO3) nanowires, and uses this tunable nanometric light source to implement a novel form of subwavelength microscopy, in which an infrared laser is used to optically trap and scan a nanowire over a sample.

TL;DR: Advances in catalysis, concerning the use of renewable hydrogen as a feedstock for major chemical production, are outlined to shed light on the ultimate role of artificial photosynthesis in achieving sustainable chemistry.