Themed collection Journal of Materials Chemistry C Emerging Investigators

Journal of Materials Chemistry C profiles contributors to the Emerging Investigators issue.

Biological applications of quantum materials require an intimate material-biology interface. Thus, parallel toxicological studies should be performed so that biological interactions can be considered as a separate and critical performance attribute.

Entangled photons exhibit non-classical light–matter interactions that create new opportunities in materials and molecular science.

This review paper provides an overview of the recent developments in flexible and stretchable active matrix electronics for various applications.

Development of conjugated polymers in two dimensions via liquid-interface-assisted synthesis as active layers for use in electronic devices.

The defect chemistry and its effect on nanoscale polymorphism and physical/electrical properties in fluorite-structure ferroelectrics are reviewed.

Electroluminescence light-emitting diodes enabled by hybridising colloidal quantum dots is an emerging technology for large-area and foldable ambient lighting. We summerise state-of-the-art scientific challenges and prospect their future development.

We discuss the emerging perovskite incorporated tandem solar technology and high-throughput printing methods for this technology.

Electrides are systems in which an electron is not bound to an atom and plays an active role in the structure. The three types of electron confinement have been confirmed.

Colloidal quantum wells, or nanoplatelets, are a promising class of solution-processable two-dimensional materials with properties well-suited for diverse optoelectronic devices.

A review of the recent developments of digital manufacturing methods of functional materials for wearable electronics applications.

Robust and efficient approaches for the synthesis of materials with structure, porosity, and composition controlled at the nanoscale are highly important for a wide range of applications.

State-of-the-art experiments and modeling, challenges, and future opportunities for developing high-performance interface materials for electronics thermal management.

Ternary telluride nanocrystals have gained increasing interest as materials for thermoelectric, optoelectronic, and phase-change memory applications. This paper presents an amide-promoted synthesis for Ag–Sb–Te colloidal nanocrystals with accurate composition control.

A method is developed and applied to transient VSFG spectroscopy, to retrieve molecular dynamics in complex interfacial charge transfer processes.

Based on the example of the p-type LaAlO₃/SrTiO₃ interface, we discuss charge-transfer phenomena that tailor the ionic conductivity along oxide heterointerfaces, by providing a confined space-charge layer as channel for oxygen ion conduction.

A strategy is demonstrated to evaluate the carrier mobility in-plane and out-of-plane using contactless time resolved microwave conductivity.

Colloidal suspensions and films of aluminum oxide afford long-term stability to silver nanoparticles and play an important role in their light driven shape conversion.

Microwave-assisted solid-state heating has been employed to induce anisotropic nucleation of M₂Mo₆S₆ (M = K, Rb, Cs) nanorods without a template for the first time, and interfacial charge-transport properties of these rods are evaluated.

Blatter based diradicaloids with p-diphenyl, fluorenyl and naphthyl bridges exhibit bridge dependent magnetic and optical properties.

An interfacial designing procedure is presented for the fabrication of bimetallic hybrid nanomaterials to serve as highly efficient SERS substrate and plasmon driven catalyst for dimerization reaction of PATP utilizing Au/Ag core–shell nanostars.

The thermomechanical response of organic semiconducting solids – an essential aspect to consider for the design of flexible electronics – was determined using terahertz vibrational spectroscopy and quantum quasiharmonic approximation simulations.

Local structure in V_1−xMo_xO₂ (x ∼ 0.5) solved using combined total and single X-ray scattering.

The aqueous faradaic and capacitive properties of an organic semiconductor photocathode are finely tuned by via microstructure and wettability.

A complete system for liquid phase TEM experiments at elevated temperatures with controlled on-chip flow.

Bismuth oxyiodide has anisotropic transport properties, and optimal device performance requires control over its preferred orientation. We find that this preferred orientation can be finely tuned through the precursor and substrate temperatures.

We report on the excitonic luminescence of polycrystalline films composed of two-dimensional (2D) tin iodide perovskites.

We determined the origin of a photo-torquoselective 4π-electrocyclic ring closing of hexafluoro-[5]-ladderene with multiconfigurational calculations and nonadiabatic dynamics simulations (256 1 ps CASSCF(6,7)/ANO-S-VDZP trajectories).

Herein, two new poly(phenylene vinylene) derivatives are designed and synthesized with lactam groups as the electron-deficient and lateral extending units and phenylethylene as the emissive element for achieving integrated optoelectronic properties.

Three D–A molecules are designed and synthesized via Friedel–Crafts reaction in one step. They exhibit unique HLCT state characteristics, which lead to very bright mechanoluminescence (ML) in FCO-TPA.

The incorporation of one 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) building block into a diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) based D–A conjugated polymer could facilitate the p-doping of a D–A conjugated polymer and improve thermoelectric performance.

The developed three-step synthesis of plasmonic gold nanoparticles allows outstanding control over their growth kinetic, size and habit.

Facile and controllable tuning of Fabry–Perot cavities is realised via photoablation of polystyrene medium, which generates different colours due to the change of local refractive index.

Photoluminescence detection of symmetry transformations in low-dimensional ABO₃ perovskites.

We show the strategy of introducing azobenzene groups into graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), which not only endows GNRs with fast photo-responsiveness but also induces the self-assembly of the GNRs into ultra-long nanowires.

By mixing a blue organoboron emitter, and green/red quantum dots, hybrid white LEDs with the primary RGB sharp peaks respectively at 464, 538 and 622 nm were demonstrated, accompanied with three individual bandwidths of 30, 34 and 31 nm.

Ferrocene-based hyperbranched polymers were prepared with different shapes of spheres and hollow polyhedra, and the 3D topological structures were studied as electroactive materials and precursor-derived magnetic ceramics, respectively.

Solar cell efficiency may be increased by utilizing photons with sub-gap energies via triplet–triplet annihilation (TTA). However, few TTA chromophores are currently known. This can be understood from the energetics perspective.

Monolayer-enriched liquid phase exfoliated WS₂ is embedded into a polymer matrix. The resultant thin films are homogeneous, mechanically robust and smooth. Optical monolayer properties (e.g. photoluminescence) of the WS₂ are retained in the films.

In this work, thermochromic luminescent materials with three emission states and controllable thermochromic transition temperatures were developed for multilevel anti-counterfeiting and high-security level information storage.