Ultra-fast femtosecond (fs) lasers provide a unique technological opportunity to precisely
and efficiently micromachine materials with minimal thermal damage owing to the reduced …

Concentrating solar power (CSP) is a mainstream of solar energy utilization, and thermionic
emission is a potential way to convert concentrated solar radiation into power with a …

Single‐crystalline diamond wafers are synthesized, and all‐carbon solar‐blind
photodetectors are constructed based on the diamond with interdigitated graphite as …

Diamond is a promising platform for sensing and quantum processing owing to the
remarkable properties of the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) impurity. The electrons of the NV center …

Surface functionalisation of diamond can produce negative electron affinity (NEA), where the
conduction band lies higher in energy than the vacuum level. Hydrogen termination is well …

Solvated electrons are among the most reductive species in an aqueous environment.
Diamond materials have been proposed as a promising source of solvated electrons, but the …

With the aim of presenting the processes governing the Laser-Induced Periodic Surface
Structures (LIPSS), its main theoretical models have been reported. More emphasis is given …

We report direct conversion of multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNTs), synthesized by chemical
vapor deposition, into diamond by nanosecond pulsed laser melting process at ambient …

An application of an ultra-short femto-second (fs) pulsed laser (30 fs, 800 nm, 1 kHz)
radiation under a simultaneously varied laser fluence (0.6, 1.2 and 1.8 J/cm 2) and number …

Electron emission represents the key mechanism enabling the development of devices that
have revolutionized modern science and technology. Today, science still relies on advanced …