Since the first isolation of graphene, new classes of two-dimensional (2D) materials have
offered fascinating platforms for fundamental science and technology explorations at the …

Surface and interface analytical studies have generated critical insight of the fundamental
processes at interfaces involving organic semiconductors. I will review surface analytical …

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) has drawn much attention as a predominant ultrafiltration
(UF) membrane material due to its outstanding mechanical and physicochemical properties …

We demonstrate that graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) produced by the oxidative unzipping of
carbon nanotubes can be chemically functionalized by diazonium salts. We show that …

Thin-film composite polyamide membranes are state-of-the-art materials for membrane-
based water purification and desalination processes, which require both high rejection of …

The electronic properties of silicon, such as the conductivity, are largely dependent on the
density of the mobile charge carriers, which can be tuned by gating and impurity doping …

This review provides a comprehensive survey of the derivatization of hydrogen-terminated,
oxide-free silicon surfaces with electroactive assemblies (from molecules to polymers) …

In this section, we discuss the following:• Bond formation, relaxation, and the associated
energetics, entrapment, localization, and polarization of electrons mediate the performance …

The core-level energy shifts observed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) have
been used to determine the band bending at Si (111) surfaces terminated with Si–Br, Si–H …

Charge distribution in insulators has received considerable attention but still poses great
scientific challenges, largely due to a current lack of firm knowledge about the nature and …