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2D Materials: Controlled Micro/Nanodome Formation in Proton‐Irradiated Bulk Transition‐Metal Dichalcogenides (Adv. Mater. 44/2019)
Author(s) -
Tedeschi Davide,
Blundo Elena,
Felici Marco,
Pettinari Giorgio,
Liu Boqing,
Yildrim Tanju,
Petroni Elisa,
Zhang Chris,
Zhu Yi,
Sennato Simona,
Lu Yuerui,
Polimeni Antonio
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201970314
Subject(s) - materials science , transition metal , irradiation , nanometre , micrometer , proton , nanotechnology , hydrogen , composite material , optics , catalysis , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , nuclear physics , biochemistry
Proton irradiation of bulk transition‐metal dichalcogenides leads to the blistering of atomically thin domes filled with hydrogen, as described by Yuerui Lu, Antonio Polimeni, and co‐workers in article number 1903795. The domes stud the crystal surface and locally turn the dark bulk material into an efficient light emitter. They can be produced with ordered positions and sizes tunable from the nanometer to the micrometer scale, with important prospects for so far unattainable applications.