Exploring the electronic, charge transport and lattice dynamic properties of two-dimensional phosphorene

2019 ◽  
Vol 572 ◽  
pp. 88-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Showkat Hassan Mir
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simil Thomas ◽  
Hong Li ◽  
Raghunath R. Dasari ◽  
Austin Evans ◽  
William Dichtel ◽  
...  

<p>We have considered three two-dimensional (2D) π-conjugated polymer networks (i.e., covalent organic frameworks, COFs) materials based on pyrene, porphyrin, and zinc-porphyrin cores connected <i>via</i> diacetylenic linkers. Their electronic structures, investigated at the density functional theory global-hybrid level, are indicative of valence and conduction bands that have large widths, ranging between 1 and 2 eV. Using a molecular approach to derive the electronic couplings between adjacent core units and the electron-vibration couplings, the three π-conjugated 2D COFs are predicted to have ambipolar charge-transport characteristics with electron and hole mobilities in the range of 65-95 cm<sup>2</sup>V<sup>-1</sup>s<sup>-1</sup>. Such predicted values rank these 2D COFs among the highest-mobility organic semiconductors. In addition, we have synthesized the zinc-porphyrin based 2D COF and carried out structural characterization via powder X-ray diffraction and surface area analysis, which demonstrates the feasability of these electroactive networks.</p>


Author(s):  
Sai Manoj Gali ◽  
David Beljonne

Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are emerging as promising two-dimensional (2D) materials. Yet, TMDCs are prone to inherent defects such as chalcogen vacancies, which are detrimental to charge transport. Passivation of...


Author(s):  
Jiajun Song ◽  
Jianzhong Zheng ◽  
Anneng Yang ◽  
Hong Liu ◽  
Zeyu Zhao ◽  
...  

Two-dimensional (2D) conductive metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can not only inherit the high porosity and tailorability of traditional MOFs but also exhibit unique charge transport properties, offering promising opportunities for applications...


2018 ◽  
Vol 531 ◽  
pp. 16-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selgin Al ◽  
Nihat Arikan ◽  
Süleyman Demir ◽  
Ahmet Iyigör

2016 ◽  
Vol 85 (6) ◽  
pp. 064703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiori Sugiura ◽  
Kazuo Shimada ◽  
Naoya Tajima ◽  
Yutaka Nishio ◽  
Taichi Terashima ◽  
...  

CrystEngComm ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (33) ◽  
pp. 7621-7625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cody J. Gleason ◽  
Jordan M. Cox ◽  
Ian M. Walton ◽  
Jason B. Benedict

Single crystal structures, luminescent properties and electronic structure calculations of three polymorphs of the opto-electronic charge transport material 4,4′-bis(9-carbazolyl)biphenyl.


2013 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 024501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyyed Sadegh Mottaghian ◽  
Matt Biesecker ◽  
Khadijeh Bayat ◽  
Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi

2000 ◽  
Vol 149 (4) ◽  
pp. 767-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Arnal ◽  
Eric Karsenti ◽  
Anthony A. Hyman

Microtubules are dynamically unstable polymers that interconvert stochastically between growing and shrinking states by the addition and loss of subunits from their ends. However, there is little experimental data on the relationship between microtubule end structure and the regulation of dynamic instability. To investigate this relationship, we have modulated dynamic instability in Xenopus egg extracts by adding a catastrophe-promoting factor, Op18/stathmin. Using electron cryomicroscopy, we find that microtubules in cytoplasmic extracts grow by the extension of a two- dimensional sheet of protofilaments, which later closes into a tube. Increasing the catastrophe frequency by the addition of Op18/stathmin decreases both the length and frequency of the occurrence of sheets and increases the number of frayed ends. Interestingly, we also find that more dynamic populations contain more blunt ends, suggesting that these are a metastable intermediate between shrinking and growing microtubules. Our results demonstrate for the first time that microtubule assembly in physiological conditions is a two-dimensional process, and they suggest that the two-dimensional sheets stabilize microtubules against catastrophes. We present a model in which the frequency of catastrophes is directly correlated with the structural state of microtubule ends.


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