Heterogeneous interfaces that are ubiquitous in optoelectronic devices play a key role in the
device performance and have led to the prosperity of today's microelectronics. Interface …

Interfacial engineering has long been a vital means of improving thin-film device
performance, especially for organic electronics, perovskites, and hybrid devices. It greatly …

Self-assembly is possibly the most effective and versatile strategy for surface
functionalization. Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) can be formed on (semi-) conductor …

The modification of surfaces by the deposition of a robust overlayer provides an excellent
handle with which to tune the properties of a bulk substrate to those of interest. Such control …

In the past few decades, 2D layer materials have gradually become a central focus in
materials science owing to their uniquely layered structural qualities and good …

Catechols are found in nature taking part in a remarkably broad scope of biochemical
processes and functions. Though not exclusively, such versatility may be traced back to …

The attachment strategy based on catecholic chemistry has been arousing renewed interest
since the work on polymerized catecholic amine (polydopamine)(Messersmith et al …

The importance and performance of organic electronic devices have both increased
significantly over the last 20 years, evolving from a field with great promise for new materials …

Acenes have long been the subject of intense study because of the unique electronic
properties associated with their π‐bond topology. Recent reports of impressive …

The invention of the transistor in 1947 by John Bardeen, William Shockley, and Walter
Brattain is regarded as one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th century since it is the basic …