Pulickel M. Ajayan

TL;DR: When oxygen atoms bind to a graphite surface, they fall into line and make bridges across carbon atoms, and this is the spearhead of a chemical attack in which the atomic arrangement of solid carbon is torn apart.

TL;DR: In this paper, a two-step chemical vapour deposition method was used to realize high-quality 2H-stacked WSe2-MoSe2 heterostructures with strong interlayer coupling, and effective tuning of their interlayer interaction by hydrostatic pressure.

TL;DR: A thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) composite film containing hexadecyl-functionalized low-defect graphene nanoribbons (HD-GNRs) was produced by solution casting and improved the mechanical properties of the composite films, as predicted by the phase separation and indicated by tensile tests and dynamic mechanical analyses.

TL;DR: In this article, photo-induced molecular desorption of oxygen has been reported in carbon nanotubes using thermopower measurements, and two plausible mechanisms for the experimentally observed photoinduced oxidation are proposed: (i) a lower energy barrier for photo-generated singlet oxygen, or (ii) due to the presence of defects in carbon Nanotubes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of low-dimensional magnetism in graphene, h-BN, and carbon nitrides, which originates from defects like vacancy, adatom, doping, and dangling bonds.