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Strain-induced isomerisation of molecular chains

Strain-induced isomerisation of molecular chains

November 08, 2019

NUS scientists have demonstrated a strain-induced structural rearrangement of one-dimensional (1D) metal-organic molecular chains for potential use in fabricating functional…

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Photocatalytic hydrogen production from water

Photocatalytic hydrogen production from water

October 09, 2019

NUS chemists have developed carbon-conjugated covalent organic frameworks for visible light-driven catalytic production of hydrogen gas from water. Hydrogen gas…

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Universal latent anion donors for ultralow work function solution-processable electrodes

Universal latent anion donors for ultralow work function solution-processable electrodes

October 04, 2019

NUS scientists reported in Nature (26 September) the discovery of latent universal electron donors from common anions, like oxalate, which can potently…

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Synthesis of molecule with high magnetic spin

Synthesis of molecule with high magnetic spin

September 05, 2019

NUS chemists have synthesised and characterised π-extended triangulene molecules with ferromagnetically coupled edge states for molecular spintronic devices. When triangular…

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Directional plasmon excitation at molecular scales

Directional plasmon excitation at molecular scales

August 26, 2019

NUS scientists have developed a method for directional excitation of plasmons at molecular length scale with electrically driven sources. Photonic…

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Control of excitons in a 2D semiconductor

Control of excitons in a 2D semiconductor

August 13, 2019

NUS scientists have developed a method to control the binding energies of excitons in a two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor for advanced…

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Organic porous structures on 2D defect networks

Organic porous structures on 2D defect networks

July 09, 2019

NUS scientists have developed a method for self-assembly of hexagonal organic porous structures on molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2) film to create ..

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Localised excitons in 2D materials for integrated quantum optics

Localised excitons in 2D materials for integrated quantum optics

July 08, 2019

NUS scientists have found that the oxygen interstitials in single-layer tungsten diselenide (WSe2) enable it to function as single photon emitters …

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Photodoping in 2D materials for fabrication of logic devices

Photodoping in 2D materials for fabrication of logic devices

May 07, 2019

NUS scientists have discovered a method for photoinduced electron doping on molybdenum ditelluride (MoTe2) heterostructures …

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Recovered carbon black for multicolour fluorescence displays

Recovered carbon black for multicolour fluorescence displays

April 18, 2019

NUS physicists have discovered that recovered carbon black powder can be transformed by laser treatment to give a wide range…

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Phase transition dynamics in two-dimensional (2D) materials

Phase transition dynamics in two-dimensional (2D) materials

February 12, 2019

NUS scientists have discovered the mechanism involved when transition metal dichalcogenides on metallic substrates transform from the semiconducting 1H-phase to…

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Highly complex two-dimensional tessellation in the molecular world

Highly complex two-dimensional tessellation in the molecular world

February 11, 2019

NUS scientists have developed a method to construct highly complex molecular tessellations using a single molecular building block. Tessellation is…

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