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A Light Emitting Diode (LED) based on a two dimensional (2D) Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Semiconductor (HOIS) functioning at room temperature is demonstrated. LED is fabricated by depositing a layer of (4-fluorophenethylamine-H)2PbI4 on an ITO…
We explore solid electrolytes for electrostatic gating using field-effect transistors (FETs) in which thin WSe$_2$ crystals are exfoliated and transferred onto a lithium-ion conducting glass ceramic substrate. For negative gate voltages…
Mid-infrared saturable absorber mirror is successfully fabricated by transferring the mechanically exfoliated black phosphorus onto the gold-coated mirror. With the as-prepared black phosphorus saturable absorber mirror, a continuous-wave…
We demonstrated the tuning of whispering gallery modes (WGMs) of a silica microsphere during optical levitation through the annealing process. We determined the annealing temperature from the power balance between the CO2 laser light…
Iron phosphate glasses (IPG) have been proposed as futuristic glass material for nuclear waste immobilization, anode material for lithium batteries and also as bioactive glass. In the last decade, there have been attempts to propose…
We observed and studied strong reduction of optical reflection from the surface of InP wafers after high-temperature annealing. The effect is observed over a wide range of the incident wavelengths, and in the transparency band of the…
Si/SiGe heterostructures are of high interest for high mobility transistor and qubit applications, specifically for operations below 4.2 K. In order to optimize parameters such as charge mobility, built-in strain, electrostatic disorder,…
Zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP), as the most prominent lubrication additive, forms tribofilms consisting primarily of zinc phosphate glasses containing sulfides. As sulfur is linked to environmental concerns, sulfur-free zinc phosphate…
Optical properties of refractory intermetallic thin films of Au$_{3}$Zr were experimentally investigated for the first time, which show distinctive plasmonic properties in the visible and near infrared region. The films were fabricated…
Thin films of magnesium doped zinc oxide (MZO) were synthesized using the sol gel method and annealed at different temperatures under ambient condition. The morphological properties of the post annealed MZO films were investigated using X…
The new class of hybrid organic-inorganic semiconductor (HOIS) materials, based on halide perovskites, is constantly being pursued for applications such as Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) and solar cells, due to their momentous optoelectronic…
Metal inorganic-organic complex (MIOC) crystals are a new category of hybrid glass formers. However, the glass-forming compositions of MIOC crystals are limited due to lack of both a general design principle for such compositions and a deep…
The results of the spectral, energetical and temporal characteristics of radiation in the presence of the photonic flame effect are presented. Artificial opal posed on Cu plate at the temperature of liquid nitrogen boiling point (77 K)…
Here we report on studying the electronic and optical material properties of the technologically-relevant material indium tin oxide (ITO) as a function of thermal annealing. In this work, ITO powder has been prepared utilizing solid-state…
Integrated optical devices able to control light matter interactions on the nanoscale have attracted the attention of the scientific community in recent years. However, most of these devices are based on silicon waveguides, limiting their…
The bottleneck in achieving fully integrated silicon photonics lies in silicon-based light-emitting devices that are compatible with standard CMOS technology. Dislocation loops by implanting boron into silicon and annealing represents an…
Corrosion and the formation of by-products resulting from parasitic side reactions, as well as random dendrite growth, pose significant challenges for aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs). In this study, phytate ammonium is introduced into…
The electrode-electrolyte interfaces play pivotal roles in alkali-metal batteries, necessitating superior electrochemical stability, excellent electrical insulation, and high ionic conductivity. This study proposes using zeolites as…
The Neganov-Trofimov-Luke (NTL) effect is used by experiments based on cryogenic detectors to boost the sensitivity of light-sensitive devices down to a few optical photons. In this work we introduce a silicon light-detector technology that…
The Ly-alpha luminosity function (LF) of high-redshift Ly-alpha emitters (LAEs) is one of the few observables of the re-ionization epoch accessible to date with 8-10 m class telescopes. The evolution with redshift allows one to constrain…