Novel, stable, and lead-free CsCuBr₂ halides were synthesized and utilized as efficient light emitters.

In this paper we have developed a Finnis–Sinclair-type interatomic potential for W–W interactions that is based on ab initio calculations. The modified potential is able to reproduce the correct formation energies of self-interstitial atom (SIA) defects in tungsten, offering a significant improvement over the Ackland–Thetford tungsten potential. Using the modified potential, the thermal expansion is calculated in a temperature range from 0 to 3500 K. The results are in reasonable agreement with the experimental data, thus overcoming the shortcomings of the negative thermal expansion using the Derlet–Nguyen–Manh–Dudarev tungsten potential. The W–W potential presented here is also applied to study in detail the diffusion of SIAs in tungsten. We reveal that the initial SIA initiates a sequence of tungsten atom displacements and replacements in the 〈1 1 1〉 direction. An Arrhenius fit to the diffusion data at temperatures below 550 K indicates a migration energy of 0.022 eV, which is in reasonable agreement with the experimental data.

As versatile energy harvesters, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have attracted considerable attention in developing portable and self-powered energy suppliers. The question of how to improve the output power of TENGs using cost-effective means is still under vigorous investigation. In this paper, high-output TENGs were successfully produced by using a simple and low-cost lotus-leaf-bionic (LLB) method. Well-distributed microstructures were fabricated via the LLB method on the surface of a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) negative triboelectric layer. 2D MXene (Ti₃C₂T_x) and graphene were doped into the structured PDMS to evaluate their effects on the performance of TENG. Owing to merits of the MXene doping and microstructures on the PDMS surface, the output power of MXene-doped LLB TENGs reached as high as 104.87 W/m², which was about 10 times higher than that of graphene-doped devices. The MXene-doped LLB TENGs can be used as humidity sensors, with a sensitivity of 4.4 V per RH%. In addition, the MXene-doped LLB TENGs were also sensitive to human body motions; hence, a foot health monitoring system constructed by the MXene-doped LLB TENGs was successfully demonstrated. The results in this work introduce a way to produce cost-effective TENGs using bionic means and suggest the promising applications of TENGs in the smart monitoring system of human health.