Ze Zhang

TL;DR: A comprehensive joint experiment–theory investigation of point defects in monolayer molybdenum disulphide prepared by mechanical exfoliation, physical and chemical vapour deposition and influence of defects on electronic structure and charge-carrier mobility is predicted by calculation and observed by electric transport measurement.

TL;DR: Atomic-resolution chemical mapping reveals deformation mechanisms in the CrFeCoNiPd alloy that are promoted by pronounced fluctuations in composition and an increase in stacking-fault energy, leading to higher yield strength without compromising strain hardening and tensile ductility.

TL;DR: A synergy of multiple deformation mechanisms is identified, rarely achieved in metallic alloys, which generates high strength, work hardening and ductility, including the easy motion of Shockley partials, their interactions to form stacking-fault parallelepipeds, and arrest at planar slip bands of undissociated dislocations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the thickness of monolayer phosphorene is determined by optical contrast spectra combined with atomic force microscopy (AFM), and Raman spectroscopy is used to characterize pristine and plasma-treated samples.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that the pre-existing dislocation network, which maintains its configuration during the entire plastic deformation, is an ideal modulator that is able to slow down but not entirely block the dislocation motion.