Direct Bandgap-like Strong Photoluminescence from Twisted Multilayer MoS Grown on SrTiO.

While direct bandgap monolayer 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have emerged as an important optoelectronic material due to strong light-matter interactions, their multilayer counterparts exhibit an indirect bandgap resulting in poor photon emission quantum yield. We report strong direct bandgap-like photoluminescence at ∼1.9 eV from multilayer MoS grown on SrTiO, whose intensity is significantly higher than that observed in multilayer MoS/SiO.

Surface magnetism of Mg doped AlN: a first principle study.

Using first-principles calculations, we have systematically investigated the magnetic properties of Mg-doped AlN (1 0 1 0) and (0 0 0 1) surfaces. Both the polar and non-polar surfaces are found to be magnetic and the magnetic moments are mainly due to spin polarized 2p orbitals of surface N atoms surrounding Mg. The splitting of energy levels in both cases favours charge hopping between the minority spin states of N 2p orbitals, which leads to a stable ferromagnetic ground state.

Transition metal atoms pathways on rutile TiO2 (110) surface: distribution of Ti3+ states and evidence of enhanced peripheral charge accumulation.

Charge transfer between metal nanoparticles and the supported TiO2 surface is primarily important for catalytic applications as it greatly affects the catalytic activity and the thermal stability of the deposited nanoparticles on the surface. Herein, systematic spin-polarized density functional and HSE06 calculations are performed to evaluate the adsorption, diffusion, and charge state of several transition metal monomers on both stoichiometric and reduced rutile TiO2 (110) surface. Although the presence of oxygen vacancy (Ov) increases the binding of Au, Pt and Pd on the surface, it weakens the interaction thus enhancing the diffusion for Fe, Co, Ni, Ag, and Cu adatoms on the surface.