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We show that, nonlinear optical processes of nanoparticles can be controlled by the presence of interactions with a molecule or a quantum dot. By choosing the appropriate level spacing for the quantum emitter, one can either suppress or…
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Photoluminescence (PL) features of nanostructured h-BN powder are studied in the range of 200-600 nm in millisecond time window. It is found that four PL excitation bands of 4.58, 5.01, 5.29, and 5.77 eV are characteristic of the spectral…
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The arrangement of plasmonic nanoparticles in a non-symmetrical environment can feature the far-field and/or near-field interactions depending on the distance between the objects. In this work, we study the hybridization of three intrinsic…
In recent years element doping has been extensively employed to modulate the physicochemical properties of semiconductors. In this work, new Pure ZnO and ZnO-xCdS composite nanofibers synthesized through the electrospinning technique, where…
Nanorods (NRs) of crystalline ZnO coated with thin layers of TiO$_2$(ZnO@TiO$_2$) were fabricated with the help of the spin coating technique followed by the hydrothermal method. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction…
In this paper, we study the electroosmotic transport in a nanofluidic channel by using a mean-field theory accounting for non-uniform size effect and solvent polarization effect. We witness that in the presence of the given zeta potential,…
The Persistent Photoconductivity (PPC) effect was studied in individual tin oxide (SnO2) nanobelts as a function of temperature, in air, helium, and vacuum atmospheres, and low temperature Photoluminescence measurements were carried out to…
Novel photoelectrocatalysts that use sunlight to power the CO$_2$ reduction reaction will be crucial for carbon-neutral power and energy-efficient industrial processes. Scalable photoelectrocatalysts must satisfy a stringent set of…
The electronic environment causes decoherence and dissipation of the collective surface plasmon excitation in metallic nanoparticles. We show that the coupling to the electronic environment influences the width and the position of the…
Orientation-dependent reactivity and band-bending are evidenced upon Ti deposition (1-10 \AA) on the polar ZnO(0001)-Zn and ZnO(000$\bar{1}$)-O surfaces. At the onset of the Ti deposition, a downward band-bending was observed on…
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