1.1k citations · 2.9k across the 11 of their papers we have counts for
11 papers
Understanding the anomalously low dielectric constant of confined water: an ab initio study
Thomas Dufils, Christoph Schran, Ji Chen +3
Recent experiments have shown that the out-of-plane dielectric constant of water confined in nanoslits of graphite and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is vanishingly small. Despite e…
Depth mapping of metallic nanowire polymer nanocomposites by scanning dielectric microscopy
H. Balakrishnan, R. Millan-Solsona, M. Checa +3
Polymer nanocomposite materials based on metallic nanowires are widely investigated as transparent and flexible electrodes or as stretchable conductors and dielectrics for biosensi…
Interfacial ferroelectricity in marginally twisted 2D semiconductors
Astrid Weston, Eli G Castanon, Vladimir Enaldiev +19
Twisted heterostructures of two-dimensional crystals offer almost unlimited scope for the design of novel metamaterials. Here we demonstrate a room-temperature ferroelectric semico…
Van der Waals interaction affects wrinkle formation in two-dimensional materials
Pablo Ares, Yi Bo Wang, Colin R. Woods +5
Nonlinear mechanics of solids is an exciting field that encompasses both beautiful mathematics, such as the emergence of instabilities and the formation of complex patterns, as wel…
Charge-polarized interfacial superlattices in marginally twisted hexagonal boron nitride
C. R. Woods, P. Ares, H. Nevison-Andrews +7
When two-dimensional crystals are brought into close proximity, their interaction results in strong reconstruction of electronic spectrum and local crystal structure. Such reconstr…
Emergence of highly linearly polarized interlayer exciton emission in MoSe/WSe heterobilayers with transfer-induced layer corrugation
Evgeny M. Alexeev, Nic Mullin, Pablo Ares +10
The availability of accessible fabrication methods based on deterministic transfer of atomically thin crystals has been essential for the rapid expansion of research into van der W…
Piezoelectricity in monolayer hexagonal boron nitride
P. Ares, T. Cea, M. Holwill +7
Two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is a wide-bandgap van der Waals crystal with a unique combination of properties, including exceptional strength, large oxidation…
Anomalously low dielectric constant of confined water
L. Fumagalli, A. Esfandiar, R. Fabregas +10
The dielectric constant of interfacial water has been predicted to be smaller than that of bulk water (= 80) because the rotational freedom of water dipoles is expected to decrease…
Phase segregation facilitates exfoliation of franckeite crystals to a single unit cell thickness
Matěj Velický, Peter S. Toth, Alexander M. Rakowski +8
Weak interlayer van der Waals interactions in bulk crystals facilitate their mechanical exfoliation to monolayer and few-layer two-dimensional (2D) materials, which exhibit strikin…
Molecular transport through capillaries made with atomic-scale precision
B. Radha, A. Esfandiar, F. C. Wang +13
Nanometre-scale pores and capillaries have long been studied because of their importance in many natural phenomena and their use in numerous applications. A more recent development…
Modelization of Thermal Fluctuations in G Protein-Coupled Receptors
C. Pennetta, V. Akimov, E. Alfinito +5
We simulate the electrical properties of a device realized by a G protein coupled receptor (GPCR), embedded in its membrane and in contact with two metallic electrodes through whic…