The article overviews experimental results obtained by applying internal photoemission (IPE) spectroscopy methods to characterize electron states in single- or few-monolayer thick two-dimensional materials and at their interfaces. Several conducting (graphene) and semiconducting (transitional metal dichalcogenides MoS2, WS2, MoSe2, and WSe2) films ...
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Using internal photoemission of electrons from few-monolayer thin MoS2 films into SiO2 we found that the MoS2 layer transfer processing perturbs electroneutrality of the interface, leading to an increase of the electron barrier height by ≈0.5-1 eV as compared to the case of the same films synthesized directly on SiO2. This effect is associated with...
Threshold voltage instability was observed on beta-Ga2O3 transistors using double-pulsed current-voltage and constant drain current deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) measurements. A total instability of 0.78 V was attributed to two distinct trap levels, at E-C-0.70 and E-C-0.77 eV, which need to be mitigated for future applications. The trap...
© 2018 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Silicon nanowires (SiNW) are highly sensitive to biomolecules. In some publications, changes of SiNW conductance in relation to their concentration levels are displayed. Upon binding, biomolecule charges change the surface potential and, thereby, the SiNW conductance. We discussed earlier that SiNWs...
Atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials belonging to transition metal dichalcogenides, due to their physical and electrical properties, are an exceptional vector for the exploration of next-generation semiconductor devices. Among them, due to the possibility of ambipolar conduction, tungsten diselenide (WSe2) provides a platform for the effi...
© 2017 Author(s). Electron band alignment at interfaces of SiO 2 with directly synthesized few-monolayer (ML) thin semiconducting MoS 2 films is characterized by using field-dependent internal photoemission of electrons from the valence band of MoS 2 into the oxide conduction band. We found that reducing the grown MoS 2 film thickness from 3 ML to ...
Miniaturized and cost-efficient methods aiming at high throughput analysis of microbes are of great importance for the surveillance and control of infectious diseases and the related issue of antimicrobial resistance. Here we demonstrate a miniature nanosensor based on a honeycomb-patterned silicon nanowire field effect transistor (FET) capable of ...
The low reactive oxygen species production capability and the shallow tissue penetration of excited light (UV) are still two barriers in photodynamic therapy (PDT). Here, Au cluster anchored black anatase TiO2−x nanotubes (abbreviated as Au25/B-TiO2−x NTs) are synthesized by gaseous reduction of anatase TiO2 NTs and subsequent deposition of noble m...
Published in Electrochemistry communications
Antimicrobial resistance is a leading patient safety issue. There is a need to develop novel mechanisms for monitoring and subsequently improving the precision of how we use antibiotics. A surface modified microneedle array was developed for monitoring beta-lactam antibiotic levels in human interstitial fluid. The sensor was fabricated by anodicall...
