Jie Hu,Hui Xu,Chenfei Zhou,Weixia Zhou,Xiya Lv,Chen Wu,Min Zhou,Lele Wang,Adnan Younis,Wing-Kei Ho
{"title":"Hydrophilic Zinc Metal-Organic Frameworks with Optimized Lewis Acid Centers for Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance","authors":"Jie Hu,Hui Xu,Chenfei Zhou,Weixia Zhou,Xiya Lv,Chen Wu,Min Zhou,Lele Wang,Adnan Younis,Wing-Kei Ho","doi":"10.1021/acsami.6c06917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6c06917","url":null,"abstract":"Water-stable metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as promising porous materials for addressing water pollution challenges, owing to their tailorable structures and unique active sites. However, the regulatory role of metal centers with fully or partially filled d orbitals in interfacial behaviors during advanced oxidation processes remains insufficiently understood, posing a critical barrier to the development of efficient decontamination systems. In this study, we rationally designed and fabricated a series of MOF materials featuring ordered π-conjugated skeletons. These MOFs were constructed using 2-aminoterephthalic acid as the ligand, incorporating diverse metal nodes (Zn, Ti, and Co), and engineering hydrophilic or hydrophobic channels. The tetracycline (TC) degradation efficiencies of these MOFs under visible-light irradiation were systematically compared. By correlating the degradation results with structural characteristics elucidated via X-ray diffraction (XRD), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area analysis, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), combined with photoelectrochemical measurements, the influence of different metal centers on charge separation efficiency was comprehensively evaluated. The findings reveal that the Zn-MOF exhibits exceptional photocatalytic performance, which originates from the closed-shell d10 electronic configuration of Zn2+. This unique electronic structure confines electrons within the organic linker, effectively suppressing the recombination of photogenerated electron–hole pairs. Furthermore, the incorporation of Zn2+ centers prolongs the lifetime of photoexcited electrons and optimizes the ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) process, thereby significantly enhancing photocatalytic activity. Radical trapping experiments identified superoxide radicals (•O2−), photogenerated electrons (e−), and holes (h+) as the dominant reactive species involved in the TC degradation process. This work highlights the potential of water-stable MOFs with suppressed charge recombination for applications in various photochemical processes beyond water treatment.","PeriodicalId":5,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149226003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alfonso F. Blanco, Inés Rubio-Prego, Carmen Bao-Varela, Rebeca Bouza, Paulina Nuñez Bernal, Riccardo Levato, Jos Malda, Elizaveta Kon, José Crecente-Campo, María José Alonso
{"title":"Polymer Coating Adhesion Drives Functional and Biological Outcomes in Meniscus Implants","authors":"Alfonso F. Blanco, Inés Rubio-Prego, Carmen Bao-Varela, Rebeca Bouza, Paulina Nuñez Bernal, Riccardo Levato, Jos Malda, Elizaveta Kon, José Crecente-Campo, María José Alonso","doi":"10.1021/acsami.6c10220","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsami.6c10220","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Achieving stable integration of drug-releasing polymer coatings with load-bearing meniscus implants remains a challenge in biomaterials engineering. In this study, four surface modification strategies, femtosecond-pulsed laser treatment, oxygen plasma, polydopamine, and an ethyl-2-cyanoacrylate (ECA) interlayer, were evaluated for the integration of a dexamethasone (DEX)- and celecoxib (CLX)-releasing bilayer coating with a polycarbonate urethane (PCU) meniscus implant. The selected construct comprised an ECA interlayer applied from a 40% (w/v) solution, a CLX-loaded PLLA/PCL layer prepared at 100 mg/mL and a 53/47 (w/w) polymer ratio with 16.6% CLX loading, and an outer DEX-loaded PLGA layer prepared at 200 mg/mL with 2.44% DEX loading. At 37 °C, compared with uncoated PCU, ECA-containing constructs showed significantly higher storage modulus, loss modulus, and elastic modulus (<em>p</em> < 0.05), while tan δ remained unchanged, indicating preservation of the elastic-dominant viscoelastic response of the complete construct. The ECA-containing coating was subsequently adapted to the geometry of a sheep meniscus implant using an optimized dip-coating procedure. During a 21-day bioreactor study, repeated compression and shear increased cumulative DEX release from 59 to 67% and CLX release from 25 to 40% relative to static controls, while no visible coating delamination was observed. Ethylene oxide sterilization preserved drug loading and release behavior. In an exploratory three-month sheep study, the fiber-fixed coated implants remained in position, and the coating remained macroscopically associated with the retrieved prostheses. These findings support the use of an ECA interlayer to integrate a bilayer drug-releasing coating with a PCU meniscus implant while preserving construct-level mechanical behavior and drug release under the conditions evaluated.</p>","PeriodicalId":5,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces","volume":"18 41","pages":"55815–55833"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149134034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Defect Engineering in β-Ga2O3 Schottky Barrier Diodes via Proton Irradiation and Subsequent Low-Temperature Supercritical Fluid Treatment","authors":"Yushan Song, Leidang Zhou, Liang Chen, Teng Ma, Zhifeng Lei, Xiao Ouyang","doi":"10.1021/acsami.6c13725","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsami.6c13725","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study proposes a defect engineering strategy that combines low-fluence proton irradiation for leakage current (<em>J</em><sub>r</sub>) suppression and subsequent low-temperature supercritical fluid (SCF) treatment for forward conduction characteristic restoration in <em>β</em>-Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) with and without NiO guard rings. Mechanistically, the results reveal that proton irradiation and subsequent SCF treatment are not the inverse of each other, as the former primarily introduces gallium vacancies (V<sub>Ga</sub>), whereas the latter mainly passivates oxygen vacancies (V<sub>O</sub>). On the one hand, for proton irradiation, the introduction of V<sub>Ga</sub> reduces the net carrier concentration (<em>N</em><sub>D</sub> – <em>N</em><sub>A</sub>), leading to a significant decrease in <em>J</em><sub>r,</sub> accompanied by an increase in specific on-resistance (<em>R</em><sub>on,sp</sub>). On the other hand, for subsequent SCF treatment, the passivation of V<sub>O</sub> effectively enhances electron mobility rather than substantially restoring <em>N</em><sub>D</sub> – <em>N</em><sub>A</sub>, thereby maintaining <em>J</em><sub>r</sub> at the irradiated level and considerably reducing <em>R</em><sub>on,sp</sub>. Consequently, through the above defect modulation in bulk <em>β</em>-Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, SBDs simultaneously achieve a decrease in <em>J</em><sub>r</sub> from 1.16 × 10<sup>–5</sup> to 2.01 × 10<sup>–8</sup> A·cm<sup>–2</sup> at –200 V, a moderate increase in <em>R</em><sub>on,sp</sub> relative to their unirradiated counterparts, and a higher on/off current ratio from 2.28 × 10<sup>7</sup> to 5.69 × 10<sup>9</sup> at –200 V. Furthermore, this strategy substantially diminishes the effectiveness of the NiO guard ring in reducing <em>J</em><sub>r</sub>. These findings highlight the potential of this defect engineering as an effective strategy for fabricating high-performance <em>β</em>-Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> SBDs.</p>","PeriodicalId":5,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces","volume":"18 41","pages":"56309–56317"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149147128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multivariate Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Derived Hollow NiCo2O4 for Selective Alkene Oxidation by Oxygen Vacancy Engineering","authors":"Jiani Chen, Meili Ding, Xiaotong Fu, Jianfeng Yao","doi":"10.1021/acsami.6c12290","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsami.6c12290","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Selective oxidation of alkene to valuable chemical feedstocks is challenging due to the seesaw effect between conversion and selectivity. Here, multivariate zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) are transformed into bimetallic oxides with varied morphologies via tannic acid (TA) etching and calcination. Impressively, TA etching results in the formation of oxygen vacancies and pore expansion, and the hollow architecture is generated after pyrolysis, favoring the exposure of more active sites and rapid mass diffusion, as well as inducing prominent void-confinement effects. Besides, the incorporation of nickel ions can introduce an additional type of Lewis acid sites into the resulting bimetallic oxides. The obtained Co<sub>3</sub>Ni<sub>1</sub>-TA<sub>1.4</sub>-10-400 exhibits an effective styrene-to-benzaldehyde oxidation with nearly total conversion and a 99% yield (5 h, 90 °C), approximately 1.9 and 8.3 times higher than those of Co<sub>3</sub>Ni<sub>1</sub>-TA<sub>1.4</sub>-10 (51%) and Co<sub>3</sub>Ni<sub>1</sub>-O (12%), respectively. Mechanistic investigations for the conversion of styrene to benzaldehyde further indicate that the reaction possibly proceeds via a synergistic mechanism involving both a metal-peroxide pathway and a free-radical pathway. Furthermore, in the presence of sodium bicarbonate, Co<sub>3</sub>Ni<sub>1</sub>-TA<sub>1.4</sub>-10-400 can prove effective in catalytic epoxidation of styrene. This study provides a valid approach for the construction of ZIF derivatives with abundant oxygen vacancies and unsaturated metal sites as promising catalysts for fine and commodity chemical production.</p>","PeriodicalId":5,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces","volume":"18 41","pages":"56081–56091"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149151550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Polarization Modulation in Core–Shell Halloysite Nanotubes@Sulfides for Broadband Electromagnetic Wave Absorption","authors":"Hongcheng Shang,Yingzhi Jiao,Runzhi Jiang,Chaolin He,Lanchao Wen,Jun Qiu,Mengna Feng,Rongshen Tian,Siyao Cheng,Juhua Luo","doi":"10.1021/acsami.6c19298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6c19298","url":null,"abstract":"Polarization modulation is an effective approach for developing electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorbing materials. However, it is still a challenge to enhance the polarization performance of composites by adjusting the components. Herein, a series of core–shell halloysite nanotubes (HNTs)@sulfides are synthesized via one-step hydrothermal treatment. The sulfide-modified composites have excellent dielectric loss and polarization loss, resulting in favorable EMW absorption performance. Among them, HNTs@MoS2 has an effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) of up to 6.02 GHz at a thickness of 2.12 mm. This paper proposes a technical strategy for achieving polarization modulation to develop efficient EMW absorbing materials.","PeriodicalId":5,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149221492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interface Engineering of Hydrated Tungsten Oxide via Carbon Nitride for Durable Electrochromic Energy Storage","authors":"Himanshu Nath,Alok Kumar,Nikhil Singh,Lavanya Singh Malik,Dibyajyoti Ghosh,Ritu Gupta","doi":"10.1021/acsami.6c15458","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6c15458","url":null,"abstract":"Electrochromic smart windows demand high optical contrast, fast switching, long-term durability, and charge-storage functionality, yet hydrated tungsten oxides suffer from restricted ion transport and structural degradation during repeated ion insertion/extraction. Here, we present a carbon nitride-driven phase transformation strategy for a durable energy-storing electrochromic hydrated tungsten oxide. Under mild hydrogen annealing, orthorhombic WO3·H2O nanoplates containing an optimized 10 wt % carbon nitride (CNx) selectively transform into predominantly hexagonal WO3·0.33H2O nanorods (∼80%), accompanied by a relatively minor orthorhombic fraction (∼20%). The CNx promotes structural rearrangement while providing nitrogen-rich Li+-interactive sites that regulate interfacial ion transport and improve electrochemical reversibility. Supported by density functional theory, impedance, diffusion, and postcycling analyses, the optimized WHX-CNx10% film shows favorable Li+ insertion, improved charge-transfer kinetics, and excellent structural retention. The air spray-coated film in 3-electrode system delivers 57% optical modulation at 650 nm, coloration/bleaching times of 2.9/0.6 s, stable cycling over 20,000 cycles, and an areal capacitance of 16.9 mF/cm2. A 5 × 5 cm2 device further exhibits optical modulation of 52% at 650 nm with a coloration efficiency of ∼156 cm2/C. These results establish CNx-mediated phase and interface engineering as an effective route toward scalable, durable, and energy-storing electrochromic smart windows.","PeriodicalId":5,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149221614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wei Yan,Xiaoming Jin,Tianyu Shao,Guoyang Zhang,Xu Ma,Zhenhao Li,Guanghui Zhu,Manman Xu,Jie Li
{"title":"Sporoderm-Removed Particles Enhance Oxaliplatin Immunochemotherapy against Colorectal Cancer and Mitigate Neurotoxicity via Dual-Directional PINK1/Parkin Mitophagy","authors":"Wei Yan,Xiaoming Jin,Tianyu Shao,Guoyang Zhang,Xu Ma,Zhenhao Li,Guanghui Zhu,Manman Xu,Jie Li","doi":"10.1021/acsami.6c14400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6c14400","url":null,"abstract":"Oxaliplatin (OXA) is a widely used and effective first-line chemotherapeutic agent for colorectal cancer. However, its therapeutic benefits are often constrained by limited antitumor immune activation and dose-limiting peripheral neurotoxicity. Here, we report that sporoderm-removed particles from Ganoderma lucidum spores (RGLS), a naturally derived bioactive particulate system, orchestrate bidirectional regulation of PINK1/Parkin-mediated mitophagy to simultaneously enhance OXA efficacy and mitigate neurotoxicity. Sporoderm removal remodeled the particle biointerface, improved the hydrophilicity of RGLS, and facilitated the release of bioactive constituents in gastrointestinal fluids, thereby increasing their bioavailability. In tumor tissues, RGLS cooperated with OXA to intensify mitochondrial dysfunction and excessive mitophagy, leading to increased tumor cell death and amplified immunogenic cell death, as indicated by enhanced calreticulin exposure and HMGB1 release. This immunogenic remodeling promoted dendritic cell maturation, increased intratumoral infiltration of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, and attenuated OXA-induced PD-L1 upregulation, collectively converting immune-cold tumors into immune-hot phenotypes. In contrast, in dorsal root ganglia, RGLS restored OXA-impaired PINK1/Parkin-dependent mitochondrial quality control, reduced mitochondrial reactive oxygen species accumulation, and protected neurons from chemotherapy-induced injury, thereby alleviating peripheral neuropathy. These findings establish sporoderm removal as a biointerface-modulation strategy for transforming Ganoderma lucidum spores into multifunctional therapeutic particles and highlight RGLS as a promising adjuvant platform to improve the therapeutic index of OXA-based colorectal cancer chemotherapy.","PeriodicalId":5,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149226000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quadruple Boronic Acid-Functionalized Lanthanide MOFs Enable Deep and Unbiased Spatial Proteomics from Ultra-Trace Laser-Captured Microtissues","authors":"Yuankang Zhu,Jiahui Wu,Qi Luo,Shuang Zhang,Qingwen Wang,Lai Jiang,Junli Duan,Alex F. Chen,Xianting Ding","doi":"10.1021/acsami.6c12158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6c12158","url":null,"abstract":"Spatial proteomics of laser capture microdissection (LCM) specimens is fundamentally constrained by protein loss during processing of ultra-trace samples, limiting proteomic depth and biological insight. Here, we report the integration of a quadruple metal–organic framework (qMOF)-enhanced surfactant-assisted one-pot sample preparation (MSOP) workflow for deep proteomic profiling of micro-scale tissues. The qMOF composite, featuring high-density boronic acid functionalities, acts as a potent protein capture vehicle, drastically minimizing surface adsorption losses. Applied to LCM-isolated mouse myocardial sections as small as 100 × 100 μm (∼20 cells), the MSOP workflow approximately doubled the number of confidently identified proteins, compared to the conventional surfactant-assisted one-pot sample preparation (SOP) method (mean of 2238 vs. 1116), while exhibiting lower quantification variance and preserving unbiased coverage of the proteome’s physicochemical landscape. We further demonstrate the workflow's utility by resolving spatially distinct proteomic signatures in perivascular regions of aged cardiac tissue, identifying molecular hallmarks of aging characterized by impaired cytoskeletal stability and dysregulated mitochondrial functions. Protein–protein interaction network analysis identified Rack1 as a potential key node in cardiac aging, which was further validated by immunohistochemistry. This MSOP-assisted platform provides a robust, cost-effective, and highly sensitive chemical strategy to significantly enhance the depth of discovery-driven spatial proteomics.","PeriodicalId":5,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149218688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kexin Ma,Lijun Wang,Jie Xu,Tianqi Wang,Yang Liu,Yanyan Liu,Liping Zhou,Zhong Jin,Lin Sun
{"title":"Three-Dimensional Crosslinked CNT/SiOx-F Network Encapsulated by Pitch-Derived Carbon as a High-Stable Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries","authors":"Kexin Ma,Lijun Wang,Jie Xu,Tianqi Wang,Yang Liu,Yanyan Liu,Liping Zhou,Zhong Jin,Lin Sun","doi":"10.1021/acsami.6c14348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6c14348","url":null,"abstract":"Intrinsic low conductivity and huge volume expansion severely limit the cycling stability of SiOx anodes. Herein, a 3D crosslinked CNT/SiOx-F@C composite is synthesized via bifunctional fluorosilane crosslinkers and conformal pitch carbon coating. Fluorosilane acts as both a silicon source and a crosslinker to build interconnected, conductive CNT frameworks, while the outer pitch carbon optimizes the pore structure and induces flexible, LixPOyF6-rich SEI layers. Kinetic tests reveal dominant capacitive charge storage and a Li+ diffusion coefficient one-order-of-magnitude higher than that of control electrodes. The half-cell delivers a stable reversible capacity of 672.6 mA h g–1 over 200 cycles at 0.2 A g–1 and retains 86.5% capacity after 600 cycles at 1 A g–1. Pre-lithiation elevates the initial Coulombic efficiency from 47.4 to 84.2%, while the electrode achieves an areal capacity approaching 4 mA h cm–2, far exceeding that of commercial graphite. This dual-carbon synergistic strategy provides a facile route to optimizing silicon oxide anodes.","PeriodicalId":5,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces","volume":"253 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149218691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High-Mobility a-InZnO Thin-Film Transistors Incorporating an Oxygen-Related Defect Control Layer for Improved Illumination Stability and Environmental Reliability","authors":"Jihoon Han,Dong Keun Lee,Shilin Lu,Hyun Jae Kim","doi":"10.1021/acsami.6c17895","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6c17895","url":null,"abstract":"The introduction of an appropriate passivation layer is considered a viable strategy for improving the long-term stability and electrical performance of thin-film transistors (TFTs). In this study, an additional layer deposition strategy involving the deposition of a single-layer oxygen-related defect control layer on amorphous indium zinc oxide (a-IZO) thin-film transistors is developed. This approach improves the electrical characteristics and negative-bias illumination stress (NBIS) stability of the channel layer. The oxygen-related defect control layer is a hafnium oxynitride (HfON) layer. It functions as an insulating material with a relatively high dielectric constant, high film density, and low surface energy, serving as a protective barrier against environmental degradation such as exposure to ambient air and moisture. In addition, it contributes to the improvement of NBIS-induced stability by passivating the defect sites in a-IZO during the activation annealing process. Furthermore, the number of carriers in the channel layer increased because of the formation of oxygen vacancies in the a-IZO front channel through the oxygen adsorption of the oxygen-related defect control layer, resulting in the fabrication of thin films with better electrical properties. This resulted in field-effect mobility improving from 37.53 to 66.43 cm2/(V s), the on/off current ratio was enhanced from 1.93 × 109 to 5.77 × 1011, and the threshold voltage shift under NBIS at green light (532 nm) flux density of 1 mW/cm2 for 10,000 s decreased from 15.25 to 2.64 V.","PeriodicalId":5,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149218680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}