Construction of heterostructure materials toward functionality

Abstract

One- and zero-dimensional organic/inorganic heterostructure materials have been attracting considerable attention in materials science because of their outstanding optical and electrical properties and high tailorability in terms of composition, structure, and morphology. Strong interactions between the organic and inorganic units can lead to novel or improved physical or chemical performance relative to that of the individual components, thereby realizing synergistic ("1 + 1 > 2") performance. In this tutorial review, we discuss the synthetic methods available for preparing heterostructures incorporating diverse components; the functionality of the heterostructure materials; and their potential applications in the fields of electronics, optics, biology, and catalysis. The future development of such heterostructure materials will require deeper understanding of organic-inorganic or organic-organic interfaces on the nanoscale, collective phenomena, and interparticle coupling.

Tailored performance of layered transition metal dichalcogenides via integration with low dimensional nanostructures

“…16,17 These heterostructures not only inherit the properties of individual components, but also present innovative properties, such as Moiré pattern-induced wave function localization in MoS 2 /MoSe 2 heterostructures and larger on/off ratio in graphene/MoS 2 heterostructures-based transistor. [18][19][20] With the development of these heterostructures, new properties can be designed and tailored beyond the capability of conventional TMDs. 21 These TMDs-based heterostructures can be integrated via various routes, including 0D quantum dots (QDs) and 1D nanotubes (NTs), 22 or 0D QDs and 2D nanosheets (NSs), 23 or 1D nanorods (NRs) and 2D NSs as well.…”

Synthesis and Characterization of Alternating Polymers Incorporating Boron-Chelated Heterochrysene Units

“…In the past decades, π-conjugated derivatives have attracted significant interests in organic light-emitting diodes, field effect transistors, photovoltaic cell and fluorescent probes due to their unique characteristics such as high brightness, tunable emission, stability against photobleaching and high photon-emission rates [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. In the early 1960s, Clar developed the first synthetic acene as a kind of π-conjugated derivative [9][10][11].…”

Visible Light Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue and Malachite Green Dyes with BaWO4-Go Nano Composite

“…Hybrids materials, i.e., composites consisting of different materials, have emerged in materials science. Strong interactions at the interface between two different layers in a hybrid material can produce unexpected novel properties and can have synergetic effects [2], therefore they can be regarded as new materials due to the emergence of these new properties. Many hybrid materials have been studied such as metal-metal hybrids, metal-organic hybrids [3], inorganic semiconductors [4], inorganic-organic hybrids [5] and carbon materials [6].…”