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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Education•Jeddah, Saudi Arabia•
About: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology is a education organization based out in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Catalysis & Membrane. The organization has 6221 authors who have published 22019 publications receiving 625706 citations. The organization is also known as: KAUST.
Topics: Catalysis, Membrane, Computer science, Fading, Population
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National University of Singapore1, China University of Geosciences (Beijing)2, Fuzhou University3, Hong Kong Polytechnic University4, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology5, Nanjing Tech University6, Shenzhen University7, Johns Hopkins University8, University of New South Wales9, University of Verona10, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications11, Northwestern Polytechnical University12
TL;DR: All-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals containing caesium and lead provide low-cost, flexible and solution-processable scintillators that are highly sensitive to X-ray irradiation and emit radioluminescence that is colour-tunable across the visible spectrum.
Abstract: The rising demand for radiation detection materials in many applications has led to extensive research on scintillators1–3. The ability of a scintillator to absorb high-energy (kiloelectronvolt-scale) X-ray photons and convert the absorbed energy into low-energy visible photons is critical for applications in radiation exposure monitoring, security inspection, X-ray astronomy and medical radiography4,5. However, conventional scintillators are generally synthesized by crystallization at a high temperature and their radioluminescence is difficult to tune across the visible spectrum. Here we describe experimental investigations of a series of all-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals comprising caesium and lead atoms and their response to X-ray irradiation. These nanocrystal scintillators exhibit strong X-ray absorption and intense radioluminescence at visible wavelengths. Unlike bulk inorganic scintillators, these perovskite nanomaterials are solution-processable at a relatively low temperature and can generate X-ray-induced emissions that are easily tunable across the visible spectrum by tailoring the anionic component of colloidal precursors during their synthesis. These features allow the fabrication of flexible and highly sensitive X-ray detectors with a detection limit of 13 nanograys per second, which is about 400 times lower than typical medical imaging doses. We show that these colour-tunable perovskite nanocrystal scintillators can provide a convenient visualization tool for X-ray radiography, as the associated image can be directly recorded by standard digital cameras. We also demonstrate their direct integration with commercial flat-panel imagers and their utility in examining electronic circuit boards under low-dose X-ray illumination. All-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals containing caesium and lead provide low-cost, flexible and solution-processable scintillators that are highly sensitive to X-ray irradiation and emit radioluminescence that is colour-tunable across the visible spectrum.
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TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that charge current flowing in-plane in a thin film of the topological insulator bismuth selenide (Bi2Se3) at room temperature can indeed exert a strong spin-transfer torque on an adjacent ferromagnetic permalloy (Ni81Fe19) thin film, with a direction consistent with that expected from the topologically surface state.
Abstract: Magnetic devices are a leading contender for the implementation of memory and logic technologies that are non-volatile, that can scale to high density and high speed, and that do not wear out. However, widespread application of magnetic memory and logic devices will require the development of efficient mechanisms for reorienting their magnetization using the least possible current and power. There has been considerable recent progress in this effort; in particular, it has been discovered that spin-orbit interactions in heavy-metal/ferromagnet bilayers can produce strong current-driven torques on the magnetic layer, via the spin Hall effect in the heavy metal or the Rashba-Edelstein effect in the ferromagnet. In the search for materials to provide even more efficient spin-orbit-induced torques, some proposals have suggested topological insulators, which possess a surface state in which the effects of spin-orbit coupling are maximal in the sense that an electron's spin orientation is fixed relative to its propagation direction. Here we report experiments showing that charge current flowing in-plane in a thin film of the topological insulator bismuth selenide (Bi2Se3) at room temperature can indeed exert a strong spin-transfer torque on an adjacent ferromagnetic permalloy (Ni81Fe19) thin film, with a direction consistent with that expected from the topological surface state. We find that the strength of the torque per unit charge current density in Bi2Se3 is greater than for any source of spin-transfer torque measured so far, even for non-ideal topological insulator films in which the surface states coexist with bulk conduction. Our data suggest that topological insulators could enable very efficient electrical manipulation of magnetic materials at room temperature, for memory and logic applications.
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TL;DR: Reduced-dimensionality (quasi-2D) perovskite films are reported that exhibit improved stability while retaining the high performance of conventional three-dimensionalperovskites, and are achieved by the choice of stoichiometry in materials synthesis.
Abstract: Metal halide perovskites have rapidly advanced thin-film photovoltaic performance; as a result, the materials’ observed instabilities urgently require a solution. Using density functional theory (DFT), we show that a low energy of formation, exacerbated in the presence of humidity, explains the propensity of perovskites to decompose back into their precursors. We find, also using DFT, that intercalation of phenylethylammonium between perovskite layers introduces quantitatively appreciable van der Waals interactions. These drive an increased formation energy and should therefore improve material stability. Here we report reduced-dimensionality (quasi-2D) perovskite films that exhibit improved stability while retaining the high performance of conventional three-dimensional perovskites. Continuous tuning of the dimensionality, as assessed using photophysical studies, is achieved by the choice of stoichiometry in materials synthesis. We achieve the first certified hysteresis-free solar power conversion in a p...
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TL;DR: This paper presents a meta-modelling system that automates the very labor-intensive and therefore time-heavy and expensive and therefore expensive and expensive process of designing and installing solar panels.
Abstract: Graham H. Carey,† Ahmed L. Abdelhady,‡ Zhijun Ning, Susanna M. Thon, Osman M. Bakr,‡ and Edward H. Sargent*,† †Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, 10 King’s College Road, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G4, Canada ‡Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Solar & Photovoltaics Engineering Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 100 Haike Road, Shanghai 201210, China Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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TL;DR: A light-induced plasmonic nanowelding technique is demonstrated to assemble metallic nanowires into large interconnected networks and opens new avenues to control light, heat and mass transport at the nanoscale.
Abstract: Flexible electronics and other nanoscale devices require simple yet reliable assembly procedures. An optical welding technique for metal nanowires, based on surface plasmon resonances, is now used to fabricate interconnected nanowire networks with enhanced electrical properties for use as transparent electrodes in solar cells and other electrical devices.
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Jian-Kang Zhu | 161 | 550 | 105551 |
Jean M. J. Fréchet | 154 | 726 | 90295 |
Kevin Murphy | 146 | 728 | 120475 |
Jean-Luc Brédas | 134 | 1026 | 85803 |
Carlos M. Duarte | 132 | 1173 | 86672 |
Kazunari Domen | 130 | 908 | 77964 |
Jian Zhou | 128 | 3007 | 91402 |
Tai-Shung Chung | 119 | 879 | 54067 |
Donal D. C. Bradley | 115 | 652 | 65837 |
Lain-Jong Li | 113 | 627 | 58035 |
Hong Wang | 110 | 1633 | 51811 |
Peng Wang | 108 | 1672 | 54529 |
Juan Bisquert | 107 | 450 | 46267 |
Jian Zhang | 107 | 3064 | 69715 |
Karl Leo | 104 | 832 | 42575 |