NanomaterialsPub Date : 2024-12-07DOI: 10.3390/nano14231965
Alexander V Sirotkin, Paula Romero-Navarro, Barbora Loncová, Zuzana Fabová, Michaela Bartušová, Abdel Halim Harrath, Francisco Alonso
{"title":"Counteractive Effects of Copper Nanoparticles and Betacellulin on Ovarian Cells.","authors":"Alexander V Sirotkin, Paula Romero-Navarro, Barbora Loncová, Zuzana Fabová, Michaela Bartušová, Abdel Halim Harrath, Francisco Alonso","doi":"10.3390/nano14231965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14231965","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) are known to affect many ovarian cell functions. CuNPs, prepared using a chemical reduction method, were fully characterized by different means (TEM, DLS, XRD, Z potential, XPS, and AES). The resulting colloidal suspension contained needle-like CuNPs aggregates made of a core of metallic copper and an oxidized surface of Cu<sub>2</sub>O and CuO. The separate and coupled effects of CuNPs and the growth factor betacellulin (BTC) were analyzed on the control of some basic functions of ovarian cells. With this purpose, porcine ovarian granulosa cells, together with CuNPs, BTC, and both (CuNPs + BTC), were cultured. Viability and BrDU tests, quantitative immunocytochemistry, TUNEL, and ELISA were used to evaluate markers of the S-phase (PCNA) and G-phase (cyclin B1) of the cell cycle, cell proliferation (BrDU incorporation), cytoplasmic/mitochondrial apoptosis (bax) and extrinsic (nuclear DNA fragmentation) markers, and the release of estradiol and progesterone. CuNPs were accumulated within the cells and were found to reduce all the markers of proliferation, but promoted all the markers of apoptosis and the release of steroid hormones. When added alone, BTC raised the expression of all cell viability and proliferation markers, depleted the expression of all apoptosis markers, and stimulated the release of both estradiol and progesterone. Furthermore, BTC prevented and even reversed the effect of CuNPs on all the measured parameters, whereas CuNPs mitigated BTC's effect on all the analyzed cell functions. These results support a direct toxic effect of CuNPs and a stimulatory effect of BTC on ovarian cell functions, as well as the capability of BTC to protect against the adverse effects of CuNPs.</p>","PeriodicalId":18966,"journal":{"name":"Nanomaterials","volume":"14 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142837715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanomaterialsPub Date : 2024-12-07DOI: 10.3390/nano14231969
Rongyao Gao, Yuqian Li, Yuhang Zhang, Limin Fu, Luoyuan Li
{"title":"Defect-Mediated Energy Transfer Mechanism by Modulating Lattice Occupancy of Alkali Ions for the Optimization of Upconversion Luminescence.","authors":"Rongyao Gao, Yuqian Li, Yuhang Zhang, Limin Fu, Luoyuan Li","doi":"10.3390/nano14231969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14231969","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The performance optimization of photoluminescent (PL) materials is a hot topic in the field of applied materials research. There are many different crystal defects in photoluminescent materials, which can have a significant impact on their optical properties. The luminescent properties and chemical stability of materials can be effectively improved by adjusting lattice defects in crystals. We systematically studied the effect of doping ions on the energy transfer upconversion mechanism in different defect crystals by changing the matrix alkali metal ions. Meanwhile, the influence mechanism of crystal defect distribution on luminescence performance is explored by adjusting the ratio of Na-Li. The PL spectra indicate that changing the alkaline ions significantly affects the luminescence performance and efficiency of UCNPs. The change in ion radius leads to substitution or gap changes in the main lattice, which may alter the symmetry and strength of the crystal field around doped RE ions, thereby altering the UCL performance. Additionally, we demonstrated the imaging capabilities of the synthesized upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) in cellular environments using fluorescence microscopy. The results revealed that Na<sub>0.9</sub>Li<sub>0.1</sub>LuF<sub>4</sub>-Yb, Er nanoparticles exhibited significantly enhanced fluorescence intensity in cell imaging compared to other compositions. We further investigated the mechanism by which structural defects formed by doping ions in UCNPs with different alkali metals affect energy transfer upconversion (ETU). This work emphasizes the importance of defect regulation in the ETU mechanism to improve the limitations of crystal structure on the luminescence performance and promote the future application of upconversion nanomaterials, which will provide important theoretical references for the exploration of high-performance luminescent materials in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":18966,"journal":{"name":"Nanomaterials","volume":"14 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142837731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanomaterialsPub Date : 2024-12-07DOI: 10.3390/nano14231970
Andrey O Leonov
{"title":"Reorientation Transition Between Square and Hexagonal Skyrmion Lattices near the Saturation into the Homogeneous State in Quasi-Two-Dimensional Chiral Magnets.","authors":"Andrey O Leonov","doi":"10.3390/nano14231970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14231970","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>I revisit the well-known phase transition between the hexagonal skyrmion lattice and the homogeneous state within the phenomenological Dzyaloshinskii theory for chiral magnets, which includes only the exchange, Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya, and Zeeman energy contributions. I show that, in a narrow field range near the saturation field, the hexagonal skyrmion order gradually transforms into a square arrangement of skyrmions. Then, by the second-order phase transition during which the lattice period diverges, the square skyrmion lattice releases a set of repulsive isolated skyrmions. On decreasing the magnetic field, isolated skyrmions re-condense into the square lattice at the same critical field as soon as their eigen-energy becomes negative with respect to the field-aligned state. The underlying reason for the reorientation transition between two skyrmion orders can be deduced from the energy density distribution within isolated skyrmions surrounded by the homogeneous state. When the negative energy within the ring-shaped area at the skyrmion outskirt outweighs the positive energy amount around the skyrmion axis, skyrmions tend to form the square lattice, in which the overlap of skyrmion profiles results in smaller energy losses as compared with the hexagonal crystal. With the further decreasing field, the hexagonal lattice achieves smaller energy density in comparison with the square one due to the denser packing of individual skyrmions.</p>","PeriodicalId":18966,"journal":{"name":"Nanomaterials","volume":"14 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142837994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanomaterialsPub Date : 2024-12-07DOI: 10.3390/nano14231964
Qianyi Zhang, Bing Sun, Saeed Shanehsazzadeh, Andre Bongers, Zi Gu
{"title":"Engineering Zn/Fe Mixed Metal Oxides with Tunable Structural and Magnetic Properties for Magnetic Particle Imaging.","authors":"Qianyi Zhang, Bing Sun, Saeed Shanehsazzadeh, Andre Bongers, Zi Gu","doi":"10.3390/nano14231964","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14231964","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Engineering magnetic nanoparticles with tunable structural properties and magnetism is critical to develop desirable magnetic particle imaging (MPI) tracers for biomedical applications. Here we present a new superparamagnetic metal oxide nanoparticle with a controllable chemical composition and magnetism for imaging tumor xenografts in living mice. Superparamagnetic Zn/Fe mixed metal oxide (ZnFe-MMO) nanoparticles are fabricated via a facile one-pot co-precipitation method in water followed by thermal decomposition with tunable Zn/Fe ratios and at various calcination temperatures. This work, for the first time, presented LDH-derived metal oxides for an MPI application. The metal composition is tunable to present an optimized MPI performance. The analytical results demonstrate that ZnFe-MMO nanoparticles at the designed molar ratio of Zn/Fe = 2:1 after 650 °C calcination demonstrate a higher saturation magnetization (M<sub>S</sub>) value and optimal MPI signal than the samples presented with other conditions. The excellent biocompatibility of ZnFe-MMO is demonstrated in both breast cancer cells and fibroblast cell cultures. In vivo imaging of 4T1 tumor xenografts in mice using ZnFe-MMO as a tracer showed that the mean signal intensity is 1.27-fold higher than the commercial tracer VivoTrax at 72 h post-injection, indicating ZnFe-MMO's promise for prolonged MPI imaging applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":18966,"journal":{"name":"Nanomaterials","volume":"14 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142837905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanomaterialsPub Date : 2024-12-07DOI: 10.3390/nano14231967
Titilope John Jayeoye, Roselina Panghiyangani, Sudarshan Singh, Nongnuj Muangsin
{"title":"Quercetin Reduced and Stabilized Gold Nanoparticle/Al<sup>3+</sup>: A Rapid, Sensitive Optical Detection Nanoplatform for Fluoride Ion.","authors":"Titilope John Jayeoye, Roselina Panghiyangani, Sudarshan Singh, Nongnuj Muangsin","doi":"10.3390/nano14231967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14231967","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this contribution, facile synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) at ambient conditions is reported based on the use of the polyphenolic compound quercetin (QT) as the reducing and stabilizing agent at room temperature (RT). Under alkali-induced pH adjustment of QT solution and stirring conditions at RT, QT could quickly reduce gold salt (Au<sup>3+</sup>) into its nanoparticle form (Au<sup>0</sup>), resulting in the formation of a sparkling red color colloidal solution (AuNPs) with an absorption maximum at 520 nm. Further, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was employed to showcase the role of QT in the nanomaterial's synthesis process. The formed QT-AuNPs responded swiftly to Al<sup>3+</sup> charging with color perturbation from red to grayish-purple, coupled with an absorption spectra red shift, owing to Al<sup>3+</sup>-induced aggregation of QT-AuNPs. However, when fluoride ion (F<sup>-</sup>) was pre-mixed with an optimized Al<sup>3+</sup> concentration, reversed color changes from grayish-purple to red were observed with a blue shift in the absorption spectra. Simply put, F<sup>-</sup> formed a complex with Al<sup>3+</sup>, thus preventing Al<sup>3+</sup>-induced aggregation of QT-AuNPs. The analytical response A<sub>520</sub>/A<sub>650</sub> was linear with F<sup>-</sup> concentration ranging from 25.0 to 250.0 µM and 250.0-600.0 µM, with a detection limit of 7.5 µM. The developed QT-AuNPs/Al<sup>3+</sup> detection probe was selective to only F<sup>-</sup> charging, in comparison with other possible interfering anions. Real sample potentiality of the developed sensor was demonstrated on tap water samples, toothpaste, and fluoride-rich mouthwash, with reliable accuracy.</p>","PeriodicalId":18966,"journal":{"name":"Nanomaterials","volume":"14 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142837852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characterization of the Microstructure of Sr<sub>0.75</sub>Ba<sub>0.25</sub>Nb<sub>2</sub>O<sub>6</sub> Thin Films by Brillouin Light Scattering.","authors":"Alexey Pugachev, Andrey Tumarkin, Sergey Adichtchev, Ludmila Ivleva, Alexey Bogdan","doi":"10.3390/nano14231963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14231963","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Strontium-barium niobate (Sr<sub>x</sub>Ba<sub>(1-x)</sub>Nb<sub>2</sub>O<sub>6</sub>) films can be considered as a promising material for microwave applications due to high dielectric nonlinearity and relatively low losses. Since strontium-barium niobate has a disordered structure that determines its unique electrical properties, the identification of structural features of the Sr<sub>x</sub>Ba<sub>(1-x)</sub>Nb<sub>2</sub>O<sub>6</sub> films is the key to their successful use. The Sr<sub>x</sub>Ba<sub>(1-x)</sub>Nb<sub>2</sub>O<sub>6</sub> films were synthesized on a sapphire substrate by magnetron sputtering. The structure of the films was studied by both traditional methods of electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and the rarely used for thin films investigation Brillouin light scattering method, which was the focus of our study. We show that Brillouin light scattering is an excellent nondestructive method for studying the structural features of thin ferroelectric strontium-barium niobate films. An analysis of the features of the Brillouin light scattering spectra in thin-film structures and their comparison with the spectra of bulk crystals allowed us to determine with high accuracy the thickness of the films under study and their structural features determined by the resonant scattering of acoustic waves.</p>","PeriodicalId":18966,"journal":{"name":"Nanomaterials","volume":"14 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142837247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanomaterialsPub Date : 2024-12-06DOI: 10.3390/nano14231962
Xin Luo, Linshan Luo, Rong Lai, Yan Li, Hongyan Zhou, Xiting Li
{"title":"Synthesis and Antioxidant Effects of Edaravone-Loaded MPEG-2000-DSPE Micelles in Rotenone-Induced PC12 Cell Model of Parkinson's Disease.","authors":"Xin Luo, Linshan Luo, Rong Lai, Yan Li, Hongyan Zhou, Xiting Li","doi":"10.3390/nano14231962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14231962","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder globally that lacks any disease-modifying drug for prevention or treatment. Oxidative stress has been identified as one of the key pathogenic drivers of Parkinson's disease (PD). Edaravone, an approved free-radical scavenger, has proven to have potential against PD by targeting multiple key pathologies, including oxidative stress, focal mitochondria, and neuroinflammation. However, its bioavailability is potentially restricted due to its poor solubility and short half-life. This study aims to develop a simple and effective drug delivery system for edaravone to enhance its solubility, stability, and bioavailability to improve its neuroprotective efficacy. An MPEG-2000-DSPE-edaravone (MDE) micelle was prepared via solvent evaporation using MPEG-2000-DSPE as a carrier to encapsulate edaravone. The morphology, particle size, zeta potential, chemical structure, and edaravone loading of MDE were evaluated. We then investigated whether such targeted edaravone delivery could provide enhanced neuroprotection. A cell model of PD was established in PC12 cells through exposure to rotenone. The effects of MDE on PC12 cells treated with or without rotenone were evaluated using a cell counting kit-8, calcein acetoxymethyl ester (AM)-propidine iodide (PI) staining, and flow cytometry. Cell migration was evaluated using a wound healing assay. Additionally, the intracellular antioxidant study was performed using an ROS-level-detecting DCFH-DA probe, and the mitochondrial membrane potentials were evaluated using a JC-1 assay. MDE with a drug-loading content of 17.6% and an encapsulation efficiency of 92.8% was successfully prepared. The resultant MDE had a mean particle size of 112.97 ± 5.54 nm with a zeta potential of -42 mV. Cytotoxicity assays confirmed that the MDE (≤200 ug/mL) exhibited promising cytocompatibility with no significant effect on cell viability, cell cycle regulation, or apoptosis levels. Likewise, compared with the free edaravone, no effect on cell migration was noted for MDE. MDE might be able to target edaravone delivery into PC12 cells, increasing the mitochondrial membrane potential and providing a significant local antioxidant effect. The results demonstrated that MPEG-2000-DSPE could be a promising material for enhancing edaravone's aqueous solubility, stability, and antioxidant effects. MDE could be a potential drug formulation for treating PD and other diseases in which oxidative stress plays a key role in pathogenesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":18966,"journal":{"name":"Nanomaterials","volume":"14 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142838030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanomaterialsPub Date : 2024-12-06DOI: 10.3390/nano14231959
Zhe Shen, Junfan Ni
{"title":"Multi-Resonant Full-Solar-Spectrum Perfect Metamaterial Absorber.","authors":"Zhe Shen, Junfan Ni","doi":"10.3390/nano14231959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14231959","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Currently, perfect absorption properties of metamaterials have attracted widespread interest in the area of solar energy. Ultra-broadband absorption, incidence angle insensitivity, and polarization independence are key performance indicators in the design of the absorbers. In this work, we proposed a metamaterial absorber based on the absorption mechanism with multiple resonances, including propagation surface plasmon resonance (PSPR), localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR), electric dipole resonance (EDR), and magnetic dipole resonance (MDR). The absorber, consisting of composite nanocylinders and a microcavity, can perform solar energy full-spectrum absorption. The proposed absorber obtained high absorption (>95%) from 272 nm to 2742 nm at normal incidence. The weighted absorption rate of the absorber at air mass 1.5 direct in the wavelength range of 280 nm to 3000 nm exceeds 98.5%. The ultra-broadband perfect absorption can be ascribed to the interaction of those resonances. The photothermal conversion efficiency of the absorber reaches 85.3% at 375 K. By analyzing the influence of the structural parameters on the absorption efficiency, the absorber exhibits excellent fault tolerance. In addition, the designed absorber is insensitive to polarization and variation in ambient refractive index and has an absorption rate of more than 80% at the incident angle of 50°. Our proposed absorber has great application potential in solar energy collection, photothermal conversion, and other related areas.</p>","PeriodicalId":18966,"journal":{"name":"Nanomaterials","volume":"14 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142836880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanomaterialsPub Date : 2024-12-06DOI: 10.3390/nano14231961
Ilya A Zavidovskiy, Ilya V Martynov, Daniil I Tselikov, Alexander V Syuy, Anton A Popov, Sergey M Novikov, Andrei V Kabashin, Aleksey V Arsenin, Gleb I Tselikov, Valentyn S Volkov, Alexey D Bolshakov
{"title":"Leveraging Femtosecond Laser Ablation for Tunable Near-Infrared Optical Properties in MoS<sub>2</sub>-Gold Nanocomposites.","authors":"Ilya A Zavidovskiy, Ilya V Martynov, Daniil I Tselikov, Alexander V Syuy, Anton A Popov, Sergey M Novikov, Andrei V Kabashin, Aleksey V Arsenin, Gleb I Tselikov, Valentyn S Volkov, Alexey D Bolshakov","doi":"10.3390/nano14231961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14231961","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), particularly molybdenum disulfide (MoS<sub>2</sub>), have gained significant attention in the field of optoelectronics and photonics due to their unique electronic and optical properties. The integration of TMDCs with plasmonic materials allows to tailor the optical response and offers significant advantages for photonic applications. This study presents a novel approach to synthesize MoS<sub>2</sub>-Au nanocomposites utilizing femtosecond laser ablation in liquid to achieve tunable optical properties in the near-infrared (NIR) region. By adjusting ablation and fragmentation protocols, we successfully synthesize various core-shell and core-shell-satellite nanoparticle composites, such as MoS<sub>2</sub>/MoS<sub>x</sub>O<sub>y</sub>, MoS<sub>x</sub>O<sub>y</sub>/Au, and MoS<sub>2</sub>/MoS<sub>x</sub>O<sub>y</sub>/Au. UV-visible absorption spectroscopy unveils considerable changes in the optical response of the particles depending on the fabrication regime due to structural modifications. Hybrid nanoparticles exhibit enhanced photothermal properties when subjected to NIR-I laser irradiation, demonstrating potential benefits for selective photothermal therapy. Our findings underscore that the engineered nanocomposites not only facilitate green synthesis but also pave the way for tailored therapeutic applications, highlighting their role as promising candidates in the field of nanophotonics and cancer treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":18966,"journal":{"name":"Nanomaterials","volume":"14 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142838068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanomaterialsPub Date : 2024-12-06DOI: 10.3390/nano14231960
Shun Song, Lu Qin, Zhi Wang, Juan Lyu, Jian Gong, Shenyuan Yang
{"title":"Improving the Performance of Arsenene Nanoribbon Gate-All-Around Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors Using H Defects.","authors":"Shun Song, Lu Qin, Zhi Wang, Juan Lyu, Jian Gong, Shenyuan Yang","doi":"10.3390/nano14231960","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14231960","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We systematically study the transport properties of arsenene nanoribbon tunneling field-effect transistors (TFETs) along the armchair directions using first-principles calculations based on density functional theory combined with the non-equilibrium Green's function approach. The pristine nanoribbon TFET devices with and without underlap (UL) exhibit poor performance. Introducing a H defect in the left UL region between the source and channel can drastically enhance the ON-state currents and reduce the SS to below 60 mV/decade. When the H defect is positioned far from the gate and/or at the center sites, the ON-state currents are substantially enhanced, meeting the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors requirements for high-performance and low-power devices with 5 nm channel length. The gate-all-around (GAA) structure can further improve the performance of the devices with H defects. Particularly for the devices with H defects near the edge, the GAA structure significantly reduces the SS values as low as 35 mV/decade. Our study demonstrates that GAA structure can greatly enhance the performance of the arsenene nanoribbon TFET devices with H defects, providing theoretical guidance for improving TFET performance based on two-dimensional material nanoribbons through the combination of defect engineering and GAA gate structures.</p>","PeriodicalId":18966,"journal":{"name":"Nanomaterials","volume":"14 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142838043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}