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We have investigated the effect of ambient gas pressure (Argon) used during thermal exfoliation of graphite oxide on the number of graphene sheets in the resulting graphene. The ambience gas Ar pressures used are 80, 25, 1 atmosphere and…
We present a comprehensive analysis of photon emission and atomic collision processes in two-phase argon doped with xenon and nitrogen. The dopants are aimed to convert the VUV emission of pure Ar to the UV emission of the Xe dopant in the…
Heteroatom doping is an important method for engineering graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) because of its ability to modify electronic properties by introducing extra electrons or vacancies. However, precisely integrating oxygen atoms into the…
The oxidation of NO molecules on epoxy-functionalized highly oriented pyrolytic graphite, thermalized at 300 K, was studied by means of ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) calculations. Four collision energies and two different orientations…
This work reports the modeling and simulation of gas sensors made from pristine graphene nanoplatelets (P-GnPs) using COMSOL Multiphysics software. The mass balance equation was solved while including contributions of electromigration flux.…
We demonstrate a fabrication scheme for clean suspended structures using chemical-vapor-deposition-grown graphene and a dry transfer method on lift-off-resist-coated substrates to facilitate suspended graphene nanoelectronic devices for…
Boron-doped graphene was reported to be the best non-metal doped graphene electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) working at an onset potential of 0.035 V [JACS 136 (2014) 4394]. In the present DFT study, intermediates and…
X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES), photoluminescence, cathodoluminescence and Raman spectroscopy have been used to investigate the chemical states of nitrogen dopants in ZnO nanowires. It is found that nitrogen exists in…
An electrospun membrane for vascular stent coating made of 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine and butyl methacrylate copolymer (MPC-co-BMA), also known as (PMB), reinforced with functionalized and nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide…
A Fano-like phonon resonance is observed in few-layer (~3) graphene at room temperature using infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy. This Fano resonance is the manifestation of a strong electron-phonon interaction between the discrete…
We demonstrate the excellent temperature sensing property of a chemically synthesized reduced graphene oxide (rGO). It is found that with increase in temperature from 80 to 375K, the resistivity of reduced graphene oxide monotonically…
Mn-doped \b{eta}-Ga2O3 (GMO) films with room-temperature ferromagnetism (RTFM) are synthesized by polymer-assisted deposition and the effects of annealing atmosphere (air or pure O2 gas) on their structures and physical properties are…
Due to its unique physical and chemical properties, graphene is being considered as a promising material for energy conversion and storage applications. Introduction of functional groups and dopants on/in graphene is a useful strategy for…
The realization of $p$-type doping in wide-band-gap oxide semiconductors remains a major challenge, particularly in $\beta-Ga_2O_3$ where nitrogen has long been considered a potential acceptor dopant but has consistently failed to produce…
Zinc oxide which is a n-type semiconducting metal oxide (SMO) has been a promising material for detecting ethanol vapor. However, pure ZnO based ethanol sensors often suffer from high working temperature, cross sensitivity towards methanol…
Hybrid supports composed of chemically-reduced graphene-oxide-aligned with tungsten oxide nanowires are considered here as active carriers for dispersed platinum with an ultimate goal of producing improved catalysts for electroreduction of…
Graphene oxide (GO) is a nanofilm composed of graphene with various oxygen functional groups attached. GO is of interest due to its unique mechanical-enhancement properties, its tunable electronic properties, and its potential use in the…
We investigate the electronic, the thermal, and the optical properties of BN-codoped MgO monolayers taking into account the interaction effects between the B and the N dopant atoms. The relatively wide indirect band gap of a pure MgO…
With the global transition towards cleaner energy and sustainable processes, the demand for efficient catalysts, especially for the oxygen reduction reaction, has gained attention from the scientific community. This research work…
We report the doping high concentration of tetravalent Ge4+ ions (5 mol % for x = 0.05 to 30 mol % for x = 0.30) at the Fe3+ sites of Fe2-xGexO3 system by chemical coprecipitation route. The charge state of Fe and Ge ions has been modified…