Publications by authors named "C Katan"

Background: Given the close relationship that can exist between substance use health and mental health (SUHMH) concerns, the need for more integrated services and support has been identified. However, research on the effective integration of SUHMH services and their impact on outcomes of individuals accessing them remains limited. In particular, the unique outcomes of individuals facing significant structural inequities in the health care system, i.

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Metal halide perovskites, including some of their related perovskitoid structures, form a semiconductor class of their own, which is arousing ever-growing interest from the scientific community. With halides being involved in the various structural arrangements, namely, pure corner-sharing MX (M is metal and X is halide) octahedra, for perovskite networks, or alternatively a combination of corner-, edge-, and/or face-sharing for related perovskitoids, they represent the ideal probe for characterizing the way octahedra are linked together. Well known for their inherently large quadrupolar constants, which is detrimental to the resolution of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, most abundant halide isotopes (Cl, Br, I) are in turn attractive for magnetic field-free nuclear quadrupolar resonance (NQR) spectroscopy.

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The 2D Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) perovskites CsPbICl (Pb-based, = 1) and CsSnICl (Sn-based, = 1) stand out as unique and rare instances of entirely inorganic constituents within the more expansive category of organic/inorganic 2D perovskites. These materials have recently garnered significant attention for their strong UV-light responsiveness, exceptional thermal stability, and theoretically predicted ultrahigh carrier mobility. In this study, we synthesized Pb and Sn-based = 1 2D RP perovskite films covering millimeter-scale areas for the first time, utilizing a one-step chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method under atmospheric conditions.

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Article Synopsis
  • - Ternary cuprous (Cu)-based metal halides like cesium copper iodide (CsCuI) are emerging as potential materials for light-emitting applications due to their high photoluminescence quantum yield and direct band gap.
  • - Most current Cu-based halides have low structural dimensionality (0D or 1D), but researchers have now developed a new 2D layered structure using a fluorinated organic cation known as (DFPD)CuX.
  • - This new material, particularly (DFPD)CuBr, shows promising features such as enhanced ambient stability and efficient warm white-light emission, suggesting it could be an effective choice for lighting and display technologies.
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We present a design strategy for fabricating ultrastable phase-pure films of formamidinium lead iodide (FAPbI) by lattice templating using specific two-dimensional (2D) perovskites with FA as the cage cation. When a pure FAPbI precursor solution is brought in contact with the 2D perovskite, the black phase forms preferentially at 100°C, much lower than the standard FAPbI annealing temperature of 150°C. X-ray diffraction and optical spectroscopy suggest that the resulting FAPbI film compresses slightly to acquire the (011) interplanar distances of the 2D perovskite seed.

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