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Domain boundaries have been intensively investigated in bulk ferroelectric materials and two-dimensional materials. Many methods such as electrical, mechanical and optical approaches have been utilized to prob...
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Open AccessSingle atom catalysts in Van der Waals gaps
Single-atom catalysts provide efficiently utilized active sites to improve catalytic activities while improving the stability and enhancing the activities to the level of their bulk metallic counterparts are g...
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Flux-assisted growth of atomically thin materials
The desirable properties of atomically thin materials (ATMs) have encouraged development of preparation methods. However, many multi-element layered and non-layered ATMs are still difficult to be fabricated in...
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Broadband light absorption and photoresponse enhancement in monolayer WSe2 crystal coupled to Sb2O3 microresonators
Monolayer (1L) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have been attracting tremendous interest in recent years as promising candidate materials in atomic-scale optoelectronic devices due to their direct band...
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Open AccessGrain-boundary-rich polycrystalline monolayer WS2 film for attomolar-level Hg2+ sensors
Emerging two-dimensional (2D) layered materials have been attracting great attention as sensing materials for next-generation high-performance biological and chemical sensors. The sensor performance of 2D mate...
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Open AccessTargeting WD repeat domain 5 enhances chemosensitivity and inhibits proliferation and programmed death-ligand 1 expression in bladder cancer
Chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy are first-line treatments for advanced muscle-invasive bladder cancer (BCa), but the unsatisfactory objective response rate to these treatments yields poor 5-year patient surv...
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Open AccessAnomalous thickness dependence of Curie temperature in air-stable two-dimensional ferromagnetic 1T-CrTe2 grown by chemical vapor deposition
The discovery of ferromagnetic two-dimensional van der Waals materials has opened up opportunities to explore intriguing physics and to develop innovative spintronic devices. However, controllable synthesis of...
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Peculiar spectra and photocurrent oscillation caused by laser interference in WX2 (X = S, Se) bubbles
We report the successful synthesis of WX2 (X = S, Se) crystals by chemical vapor deposition and fabrication of micron-sized bubbles on the WX2 crystals via a facile annealing process in Ar atmosphere. The optical...
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Advanced glycation end-products suppress autophagy by AMPK/mTOR signaling pathway to promote vascular calcification
Vascular calcification is closely linked to patients in diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease. Advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) are associated with osteogenic differentiation of vascular smooth mu...
