Our students have been involved in new and exciting interdisciplinary research and have published in leading high impact journals including Nature Chemistry, Nature Communications, JACS, Angewandte Chemie, Applied Physics Letters, ACS Nano, Nano Letters, Advanced Materials, Nature Protocols, PloS one, and many others.
A full list of the work published by our NanoDTC Students, Associates and others, acknowledging the NanoDTC grants EP/G037221, EP/L015978 and EP/S022953/1 is below. If you want to view the papers on google scholar, see here.
Some papers published by our students are also featured below with some additional contextual information.
Last updated: Mar 2021
Looking inside lithium-ion batteries
Spectroscopy and Electrocatalysis for a Sustainable Future
From waste to fuel: quantifying sustainability
Novel spin states discovered in silicon-based artificial atoms
A step forward in efficient artificial photosynthesis
Self-assembling hydrogels on microfluidic droplets that respond to light or chemical stimuli by disassembling
2015
Forse, Alexander C; Merlet, Céline; Allan, Phoebe K; Humphreys, Elizabeth K; Griffin, John M; Aslan, Mesut; Zeiger, Marco; Presser, Volker; Gogotsi, Yury; Grey, Clare P
New insights into the structure of nanoporous carbons from NMR, Raman, and pair distribution function analysis Journal Article
In: Chemistry of materials, vol. 27, no. 19, pp. 6848–6857, 2015.
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title = {New insights into the structure of nanoporous carbons from NMR, Raman, and pair distribution function analysis},
author = {Alexander C Forse and Céline Merlet and Phoebe K Allan and Elizabeth K Humphreys and John M Griffin and Mesut Aslan and Marco Zeiger and Volker Presser and Yury Gogotsi and Clare P Grey},
url = {https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03216},
year = {2015},
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abstract = {The structural characterization of nanoporous carbons is a challenging task as they generally lack long-range order and can exhibit diverse local structures. Such characterization represents an important step toward understanding and improving the properties and functionality of porous carbons, yet few experimental techniques have been developed for this purpose. Here we demonstrate the application of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and pair distribution function (PDF) analysis as new tools to probe the local structures of porous carbons, alongside more conventional Raman spectroscopy. Together, the PDFs and the Raman spectra allow the local chemical bonding to be probed, with the bonding becoming more ordered for carbide-derived carbons (CDCs) synthesized at higher temperatures. The ring currents induced in the NMR experiment (and thus the observed NMR chemical shifts for adsorbed species) are strongly dependent on the size of the aromatic carbon domains. We exploit this property and use computer simulations to show that the carbon domain size increases with the temperature used in the carbon synthesis. The techniques developed here are applicable to a wide range of porous carbons and offer new insights into the structures of CDCs (conventional and vacuum-annealed) and coconut shell-derived activated carbons.},
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Greaves, Christopher R; Garc'ia, Miguel Alemán Á; Bampos, Nick
Preparation of a porphyrinic bis (pyridyl aldehyde) and its supramolecular complexes Journal Article
In: Chemical Communications, vol. 51, no. 86, pp. 15689–15691, 2015.
@article{greaves2015preparation,
title = {Preparation of a porphyrinic bis (pyridyl aldehyde) and its supramolecular complexes},
author = {Christopher R Greaves and Miguel Alemán Á Garc{'i}a and Nick Bampos},
url = {https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/cc/c5cc06399j/unauth#!divAbstract},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {Chemical Communications},
volume = {51},
number = {86},
pages = {15689--15691},
publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
abstract = {Shape-specific molecular assemblies require the preparation of the constituent building blocks with the necessary properties to bias exclusive formation of the proposed structures. In this work, a novel linear porphyrin dialdehyde was synthesised and used to assemble a supramolecular grid via Cu(I) heteroleptic phenanthroline/pyridyl imine complexation, and a tetrahedral cage via Fe(II) pyridyl imine coordination.},
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Griffin, John M; Forse, Alexander C; Tsai, Wan-Yu; Taberna, Pierre-Louis; Simon, Patrice; Grey, Clare P
In situ NMR and electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance techniques reveal the structure of the electrical double layer in supercapacitors Journal Article
In: Nature materials, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 812–819, 2015.
@article{griffin2015situ,
title = {In situ NMR and electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance techniques reveal the structure of the electrical double layer in supercapacitors},
author = {John M Griffin and Alexander C Forse and Wan-Yu Tsai and Pierre-Louis Taberna and Patrice Simon and Clare P Grey},
url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/nmat4318},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {Nature materials},
volume = {14},
number = {8},
pages = {812--819},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
abstract = {Supercapacitors store charge through the electrosorption of ions on microporous electrodes. Despite major efforts to understand this phenomenon, a molecular-level picture of the electrical double layer in working devices is still lacking as few techniques can selectively observe the ionic species at the electrode/electrolyte interface. Here, we use in situ NMR to directly quantify the populations of anionic and cationic species within a working microporous carbon supercapacitor electrode. Our results show that charge storage mechanisms are different for positively and negatively polarized electrodes for the electrolyte tetraethylphosphonium tetrafluoroborate in acetonitrile; for positive polarization charging proceeds by exchange of the cations for anions, whereas for negative polarization, cation adsorption dominates. In situ electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance measurements support the NMR results and indicate that adsorbed ions are only partially solvated. These results provide new molecular-level insight, with the methodology offering exciting possibilities for the study of pore/ion size, desolvation and other effects on charge storage in supercapacitors.},
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Walker, Michael I; Braeuninger-Weimer, Philipp; Weatherup, Robert S; Hofmann, Stephan; Keyser, Ulrich F
Measuring the proton selectivity of graphene membranes Journal Article
In: Applied Physics Letters, vol. 107, no. 21, pp. 213104, 2015.
@article{walker2015measuring,
title = {Measuring the proton selectivity of graphene membranes},
author = {Michael I Walker and Philipp Braeuninger-Weimer and Robert S Weatherup and Stephan Hofmann and Ulrich F Keyser},
url = {https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4936335},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
volume = {107},
number = {21},
pages = {213104},
publisher = {AIP Publishing LLC},
abstract = {By systematically studying the proton selectivity of free-standing graphene membranes in aqueous solutions, we demonstrate that protons are transported by passing through defects. We study the current-voltage characteristics of single-layer graphene grown by chemical vapour deposition (CVD) when a concentration gradient of HCl exists across it. Our measurements can unambiguously determine that H+ ions are responsible for the selective part of the ionic current. By comparing the observed reversal potentials with positive and negative controls, we demonstrate that the as-grown graphene is only weakly selective for protons. We use atomic layer deposition to block most of the defects in our CVD graphene. Our results show that a reduction in defect size decreases the ionic current but increases proton selectivity.},
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Böhm, Marcus L; Jellicoe, Tom C; Rivett, Jasmine PH; Sadhanala, Aditya; Davis, Nathaniel JLK; Morgenstern, Frederik SF; Gödel, Karl C; Govindasamy, Jayamurugan; Benson, Callum GM; Greenham, Neil C; others,
Size and energy level tuning of quantum dot solids via a hybrid ligand complex Journal Article
In: The journal of physical chemistry letters, vol. 6, no. 17, pp. 3510–3514, 2015.
@article{böhm2015size,
title = {Size and energy level tuning of quantum dot solids via a hybrid ligand complex},
author = {Marcus L Böhm and Tom C Jellicoe and Jasmine PH Rivett and Aditya Sadhanala and Nathaniel JLK Davis and Frederik SF Morgenstern and Karl C Gödel and Jayamurugan Govindasamy and Callum GM Benson and Neil C Greenham and others},
url = {https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01751},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {The journal of physical chemistry letters},
volume = {6},
number = {17},
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publisher = {American Chemical Society},
abstract = {The performance of quantum dots (QDs) in optoelectronic devices suffers as a result of sub-bandgap states induced by the large fraction of atoms on the surface of QDs. Recent progress in passivating these surface states with thiol ligands and halide ions has led to competitive efficiencies. Here, we apply a hybrid ligand mixture to passivate PbSe QD sub-bandgap tail states via a low-temperature, solid-state ligand exchange. We show that this ligand mixture allows tuning of the energy levels and the physical QD size in the solid state during film formation. We hereby present a novel, postsynthetic path to tune the properties of QD films.},
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Vemulkar, Tarun; Mansell, Rhodri; Petit, DCMC; Cowburn, RP; Lesniak, MS
Highly tunable perpendicularly magnetized synthetic antiferromagnets for biotechnology applications Journal Article
In: Applied Physics Letters, vol. 107, no. 1, pp. 012403, 2015.
@article{vemulkar2015highly,
title = {Highly tunable perpendicularly magnetized synthetic antiferromagnets for biotechnology applications},
author = {Tarun Vemulkar and Rhodri Mansell and DCMC Petit and RP Cowburn and MS Lesniak},
url = {https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4926336},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
volume = {107},
number = {1},
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abstract = {Magnetic micro and nanoparticles are increasingly used in biotechnological applications due to the ability to control their behavior through an externally applied field. We demonstrate the fabrication of particles made from ultrathin perpendicularly magnetized CoFeB/Pt layers with antiferromagnetic interlayer coupling. The particles are characterized by zero moment at remanence, low susceptibility at low fields, and a large saturated moment created by the stacking of the basic coupled bilayer motif. We demonstrate the transfer of magnetic properties from thin films to lithographically defined 2 μm particles which have been lifted off into solution. We simulate the minimum energy state of a synthetic antiferromagnetic bilayer system that is free to rotate in an applied field and show that the low field susceptibility of the system is equal to the magnetic hard axis followed by a sharp switch to full magnetization as the field is increased. This agrees with the experimental results and explains the behaviour of the particles in solution.},
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Shang, Cheng; Philpott, Julian M; Bampos, Nick; Barker, Paul D; Wales, David J
How to make a porphyrin flip: dynamics of asymmetric porphyrin oligomers Journal Article
In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 17, no. 40, pp. 27094–27102, 2015.
@article{shang2015make,
title = {How to make a porphyrin flip: dynamics of asymmetric porphyrin oligomers},
author = {Cheng Shang and Julian M Philpott and Nick Bampos and Paul D Barker and David J Wales},
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year = {2015},
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publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
abstract = {We present the first predictions of meso-aryl flipping pathways in porphyrin oligomers. In the context of cyclic oligoporphyrins this flipping results in a paddle rotation of each porphyrin monomer in the oligomeric ring. If the monomer porphyrin units are asymmetric, this flipping will have consequences for their supramolecular behaviour. Desymmetrisation of synthetic porphyrins leads to synthetic challenges, and hence these species are not as well studied as the more accessible, symmetric counterparts. We have both simulated and synthesized novel, desymmetrised monomeric and cyclic trimeric porphyrins and we predict that the flipping barrier for a porphyrin monomer within the trimer is 36.7 kJ mol−1 higher than that for meso-aryl flipping in the monomer. The flipping rates estimated from Variable temperature NMR data are consistent with these results. We have also carried out a systematic investigation of how porphyrinic substituents will affect the dynamics, revealing that adding steric bulk in the right place can facilitate meso-aryl flipping. While supramolecular chemistry often focuses on highly symmetric assemblies, evolution can break molecular symmetry in subtle ways, leading to many pseudosymmetric assemblies in biology, especially protein–porphyrinic complexes that are important for energy harvesting and electron transport systems. The dynamic behaviour we have characterized can be critical for the design and function of these molecules, and hence our results will help inform future efforts in the synthesis of asymmetric porphyrinic assemblies that interact with biomolecules.},
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Davis, Nathaniel JLK; Böhm, Marcus L; Tabachnyk, Maxim; Wisnivesky-Rocca-Rivarola, Florencia; Jellicoe, Tom C; Ducati, Caterina; Ehrler, Bruno; Greenham, Neil C
Multiple-exciton generation in lead selenide nanorod solar cells with external quantum efficiencies exceeding 120% Journal Article
In: Nature communications, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1–7, 2015.
@article{davis2015multiple,
title = {Multiple-exciton generation in lead selenide nanorod solar cells with external quantum efficiencies exceeding 120%},
author = {Nathaniel JLK Davis and Marcus L Böhm and Maxim Tabachnyk and Florencia Wisnivesky-Rocca-Rivarola and Tom C Jellicoe and Caterina Ducati and Bruno Ehrler and Neil C Greenham},
url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms9259},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {Nature communications},
volume = {6},
number = {1},
pages = {1--7},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
abstract = {Multiple-exciton generation—a process in which multiple charge-carrier pairs are generated from a single optical excitation—is a promising way to improve the photocurrent in photovoltaic devices and offers the potential to break the Shockley–Queisser limit. One-dimensional nanostructures, for example nanorods, have been shown spectroscopically to display increased multiple exciton generation efficiencies compared with their zero-dimensional analogues. Here we present solar cells fabricated from PbSe nanorods of three different bandgaps. All three devices showed external quantum efficiencies exceeding 100% and we report a maximum external quantum efficiency of 122% for cells consisting of the smallest bandgap nanorods. We estimate internal quantum efficiencies to exceed 150% at relatively low energies compared with other multiple exciton generation systems, and this demonstrates the potential for substantial improvements in device performance due to multiple exciton generation.},
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Mertens, Jan; Bowman, Richard W; Willis, Julian CW; Robinson, Adam; Cotton, Darryl; White, Richard; Seffen, Keith A; Baumberg, Jeremy J
Scalable microaccordion mesh for deformable and stretchable metallic films Journal Article
In: Physical Review Applied, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 044006, 2015.
@article{mertens2015scalable,
title = {Scalable microaccordion mesh for deformable and stretchable metallic films},
author = {Jan Mertens and Richard W Bowman and Julian CW Willis and Adam Robinson and Darryl Cotton and Richard White and Keith A Seffen and Jeremy J Baumberg},
url = {https://journals.aps.org/prapplied/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.4.044006},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {Physical Review Applied},
volume = {4},
number = {4},
pages = {044006},
publisher = {American Physical Society},
abstract = {Elastically deformable materials can be created from rigid sheets through patterning appropriate meshes which can locally bend and flex. We demonstrate how microaccordion patterns can be fabricated across large areas using three-beam interference lithography. Our resulting mesh induces a large and robust elasticity within any rigid material film. Gold coating the microaccordion produces stretchable conducting films. Conductivity changes are negligible when the sample is stretched reversibly up to 30% and no major defects are introduced, in comparison to continuous sheets which quickly tear. Scaling analysis shows that our method is suited to further miniaturization and large-scale fabrication of stretchable functional films. It thus opens routes to stretchable interconnects in electronic, photonic, and sensing applications, as well as a wide variety of other deformable structures.},
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Ahmad, Shahab; Kanaujia, Pawan K; Beeson, Harry J; Abate, Antonio; Deschler, Felix; Credgington, Dan; Steiner, Ullrich; Prakash, Vijaya G; Baumberg, Jeremy J
Strong photocurrent from two-dimensional excitons in solution-processed stacked perovskite semiconductor sheets Journal Article
In: ACS applied materials & interfaces, vol. 7, no. 45, pp. 25227–25236, 2015.
@article{ahmad2015strong,
title = {Strong photocurrent from two-dimensional excitons in solution-processed stacked perovskite semiconductor sheets},
author = {Shahab Ahmad and Pawan K Kanaujia and Harry J Beeson and Antonio Abate and Felix Deschler and Dan Credgington and Ullrich Steiner and Vijaya G Prakash and Jeremy J Baumberg},
url = {https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.5b07026},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {ACS applied materials & interfaces},
volume = {7},
number = {45},
pages = {25227--25236},
publisher = {American Chemical Society},
abstract = {Room-temperature photocurrent measurements in two-dimensional (2D) inorganic–organic perovskite devices reveal that excitons strongly contribute to the photocurrents despite possessing binding energies over 10 times larger than the thermal energies. The p-type (C6H9C2H4NH3)2PbI4 liberates photocarriers at metallic Schottky aluminum contacts, but incorporating electron- and hole-transport layers enhances the extracted photocurrents by 100-fold. A further 10-fold gain is found when TiO2 nanoparticles are directly integrated into the perovskite layers, although the 2D exciton semiconducting layers are not significantly disrupted. These results show that strong excitonic materials may be useful as photovoltaic materials despite high exciton binding energies and suggest mechanisms to better understand the photovoltaic properties of the related three-dimensional perovskites.},
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FB Michaelis Giuliana Di Martino, Andrew Salmon; Baumberg, Jeremy J
Controlling nanowire growth by light Journal Article
In: Nano letters, vol. 15, no. 11, pp. 7452–7457, 2015.
@article{martino2015controlling,
title = {Controlling nanowire growth by light},
author = {Giuliana Di Martino, FB Michaelis, Andrew Salmon, Stephan Hofmann and Jeremy J Baumberg},
url = {https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02953},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {Nano letters},
volume = {15},
number = {11},
pages = {7452--7457},
publisher = {American Chemical Society},
abstract = {Individual Au catalyst nanoparticles are used for selective laser-induced chemical vapor deposition of single germanium nanowires. Dark-field scattering reveals in real time the optical signatures of all key constituent growth processes. Growth is initially triggered by plasmonic absorption in the Au catalyst, while once nucleated the growing Ge nanowire supports magnetic and electric resonances that then dominate the laser interactions. This spectroscopic understanding allows real-time laser feedback that is crucial toward realizing the full potential of controlling nanomaterial growth by light.},
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Böhm, Marcus L; Jellicoe, Tom C; Tabachnyk, Maxim; Davis, Nathaniel JLK; Wisnivesky-Rocca-Rivarola, Florencia; Ducati, Caterina; Ehrler, Bruno; Bakulin, Artem A; Greenham, Neil C
Lead telluride quantum dot solar cells displaying external quantum efficiencies exceeding 120% Journal Article
In: Nano letters, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 7987–7993, 2015.
@article{böhm2015lead,
title = {Lead telluride quantum dot solar cells displaying external quantum efficiencies exceeding 120%},
author = {Marcus L Böhm and Tom C Jellicoe and Maxim Tabachnyk and Nathaniel JLK Davis and Florencia Wisnivesky-Rocca-Rivarola and Caterina Ducati and Bruno Ehrler and Artem A Bakulin and Neil C Greenham},
url = {https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03161},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {Nano letters},
volume = {15},
number = {12},
pages = {7987--7993},
publisher = {American Chemical Society},
abstract = {Multiple exciton generation (MEG) in semiconducting quantum dots is a process that produces multiple charge-carrier pairs from a single excitation. MEG is a possible route to bypass the Shockley-Queisser limit in single-junction solar cells but it remains challenging to harvest charge-carrier pairs generated by MEG in working photovoltaic devices. Initial yields of additional carrier pairs may be reduced due to ultrafast intraband relaxation processes that compete with MEG at early times. Quantum dots of materials that display reduced carrier cooling rates (e.g., PbTe) are therefore promising candidates to increase the impact of MEG in photovoltaic devices. Here we demonstrate PbTe quantum dot-based solar cells, which produce extractable charge carrier pairs with an external quantum efficiency above 120%, and we estimate an internal quantum efficiency exceeding 150%. Resolving the charge carrier kinetics on the ultrafast time scale with pump–probe transient absorption and pump–push–photocurrent measurements, we identify a delayed cooling effect above the threshold energy for MEG.},
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Bernardo, Angelo Di; Salman, Zaher; Wang, XL; Amado, Mario; Egilmez, Mehmet; Flokstra, Machiel G; Suter, Andreas; Lee, Steve L; Zhao, JH; Prokscha, Thomas; others,
Intrinsic paramagnetic Meissner effect due to s-wave odd-frequency superconductivity Journal Article
In: Physical Review X, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 041021, 2015.
@article{di2015intrinsic,
title = {Intrinsic paramagnetic Meissner effect due to s-wave odd-frequency superconductivity},
author = {Angelo Di Bernardo and Zaher Salman and XL Wang and Mario Amado and Mehmet Egilmez and Machiel G Flokstra and Andreas Suter and Steve L Lee and JH Zhao and Thomas Prokscha and others},
url = {https://journals.aps.org/prx/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevX.5.041021},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {Physical Review X},
volume = {5},
number = {4},
pages = {041021},
publisher = {American Physical Society},
abstract = {In 1933, Meissner and Ochsenfeld reported the expulsion of magnetic flux—the diamagnetic Meissner effect—from the interior of superconducting lead. This discovery was crucial in formulating the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory of superconductivity. In exotic superconducting systems BCS theory does not strictly apply. A classical example is a superconductor-magnet hybrid system where magnetic ordering breaks time-reversal symmetry of the superconducting condensate and results in the stabilization of an odd-frequency superconducting state. It has been predicted that under appropriate conditions, odd-frequency superconductivity should manifest in the Meissner state as fluctuations in the sign of the magnetic susceptibility, meaning that the superconductivity can either repel (diamagnetic) or attract (paramagnetic) external magnetic flux. Here, we report local probe measurements of faint magnetic fields in a Au/Ho/Nb
trilayer system using low-energy muons, where antiferromagnetic Ho (4.5 nm) breaks time-reversal symmetry of the proximity-induced pair correlations in Au. From depth-resolved measurements below the superconducting transition of Nb, we observe a local enhancement of the magnetic field in Au that exceeds the externally applied field, thus proving the existence of an intrinsic paramagnetic Meissner effect arising from an odd-frequency superconducting state.},
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trilayer system using low-energy muons, where antiferromagnetic Ho (4.5 nm) breaks time-reversal symmetry of the proximity-induced pair correlations in Au. From depth-resolved measurements below the superconducting transition of Nb, we observe a local enhancement of the magnetic field in Au that exceeds the externally applied field, thus proving the existence of an intrinsic paramagnetic Meissner effect arising from an odd-frequency superconducting state.
Griffin, John M; Forse, Alexander C; Tsai, Wan-Yu; Taberna, Pierre-Louis; Simon, Patrice; Grey, Clare P
In situ NMR and electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance techniques reveal the structure of the electrical double layer in supercapacitors Journal Article
In: Nature materials, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 812–819, 2015.
@article{griffin2015situb,
title = {In situ NMR and electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance techniques reveal the structure of the electrical double layer in supercapacitors},
author = {John M Griffin and Alexander C Forse and Wan-Yu Tsai and Pierre-Louis Taberna and Patrice Simon and Clare P Grey},
url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/nmat4318},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {Nature materials},
volume = {14},
number = {8},
pages = {812--819},
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abstract = {Supercapacitors store charge through the electrosorption of ions on microporous electrodes. Despite major efforts to understand this phenomenon, a molecular-level picture of the electrical double layer in working devices is still lacking as few techniques can selectively observe the ionic species at the electrode/electrolyte interface. Here, we use in situ NMR to directly quantify the populations of anionic and cationic species within a working microporous carbon supercapacitor electrode. Our results show that charge storage mechanisms are different for positively and negatively polarized electrodes for the electrolyte tetraethylphosphonium tetrafluoroborate in acetonitrile; for positive polarization charging proceeds by exchange of the cations for anions, whereas for negative polarization, cation adsorption dominates. In situ electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance measurements support the NMR results and indicate that adsorbed ions are only partially solvated. These results provide new molecular-level insight, with the methodology offering exciting possibilities for the study of pore/ion size, desolvation and other effects on charge storage in supercapacitors.},
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Ahmad, Shahab; Kanaujia, Pawan K; Beeson, Harry J; Abate, Antonio; Deschler, Felix; Credgington, Dan; Steiner, Ullrich; Prakash, Vijaya G; Baumberg, Jeremy J
Strong photocurrent from two-dimensional excitons in solution-processed stacked perovskite semiconductor sheets Journal Article
In: ACS applied materials & interfaces, vol. 7, no. 45, pp. 25227–25236, 2015.
@article{ahmad2015strongb,
title = {Strong photocurrent from two-dimensional excitons in solution-processed stacked perovskite semiconductor sheets},
author = {Shahab Ahmad and Pawan K Kanaujia and Harry J Beeson and Antonio Abate and Felix Deschler and Dan Credgington and Ullrich Steiner and Vijaya G Prakash and Jeremy J Baumberg},
url = {https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.5b07026},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {ACS applied materials & interfaces},
volume = {7},
number = {45},
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abstract = {Room-temperature photocurrent measurements in two-dimensional (2D) inorganic–organic perovskite devices reveal that excitons strongly contribute to the photocurrents despite possessing binding energies over 10 times larger than the thermal energies. The p-type (C6H9C2H4NH3)2PbI4 liberates photocarriers at metallic Schottky aluminum contacts, but incorporating electron- and hole-transport layers enhances the extracted photocurrents by 100-fold. A further 10-fold gain is found when TiO2 nanoparticles are directly integrated into the perovskite layers, although the 2D exciton semiconducting layers are not significantly disrupted. These results show that strong excitonic materials may be useful as photovoltaic materials despite high exciton binding energies and suggest mechanisms to better understand the photovoltaic properties of the related three-dimensional perovskites.},
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Kitty Y. M. Yeung Jacqui Cole, G Pace; Friend, Richard H
In: CrystEngComm, vol. 17, no. 27, pp. 5026–5031, 2015.
@article{cole2015situb,
title = {In situ synthesis, crystallisation, and thin-film processing of single crystals of trans-[Ru (SO 2)(NH 3) 4 (H 2 O)][p-TolSO 3] 2 bearing SO 2 linkage photo-isomers: towards optical device applications},
author = {Jacqui Cole, Kitty Y. M. Yeung, G Pace, SO Sylvester, Dirk Mersch and Richard H Friend},
url = {https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/ce/c5ce00685f/unauth#!divAbstract},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {CrystEngComm},
volume = {17},
number = {27},
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publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
abstract = {Metastable sulfur dioxide linkage photo-isomers can be generated in a family of ruthenium tetraammine-based complexes in their single-crystal form; this imparts them with attractive prospects as holographic data storage media (dark state = 0; photo-isomer state = 1). Embedding these optically encoded single crystals into thin-film technology via a polymer host should present one possible option for their ultimate device application. Crystals of trans-[Ru(SO2)(NH3)4(H2O)][p-TolSO3]2([Ru]-SO2) were incorporated into a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) matrix, by in situ synthesis of [Ru]-SO2 from the reaction of trans-[Ru(SO2)(NH3)4Cl]Cl and p-tolunesulfonic acid (p-TA) in the PVA matrix, and an associated in situ precipitating crystallisation. Transmission electron microscopy and diffraction on the resulting drop-cast thin films identified these [Ru]-SO2 precipitates and their crystallinity; low-temperature solid-state UV-vis absorption spectroscopy confirmed that the desired SO2 photo-isomerisation in [Ru]-SO2 was uncompromised by its inclusion in thin films. The size and distribution of the embedded crystals were optimised by spin coating thin films of various in situ crystallised precipitates of [Ru]-SO2 that emanated from chemical reaction mixtures of trans-[Ru(SO2)(NH3)4Cl]Cl/p-TA/PVA. Results demonstrate the viability of the inclusion of single crystals of [Ru]-SO2 in thin films for optical device applications.},
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FB Michaelis Giuliana Di Martino, Andrew Salmon; Baumberg, Jeremy J
Research data supporting "Controlling nanowire growth by light" Journal Article
In: 2015.
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Mertens, Jan
Research data supporting "Scalable Microaccordion Mesh for Deformable and Stretchable Metallic Films" Journal Article
In: 2015.
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Böhm, Marcus
Hybrid ligands in quantum dot solar cells PhD Thesis
University of Cambridge, 2015.
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Howe, Richard CT; Hu, Guohua; Yang, Zongyin; Hasan, Tawfique
Research data supporting "Functional inks of graphene, metal dichalcogenides and black phosphorus for photonics and (opto)electronics" Journal Article
In: 2015.
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The related article "Functional inks of graphene, metal dichalcogenides and black phosphorus for photonics and (opto)electronics". Richard C. T. Howe ; Guohua Hu ; Zongyin Yang ; Tawfique Hasan. " is published in Proc. SPIE 9553, Low-Dimensional Materials and Devices, 95530R (August 27, 2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2190415