Water adsorption on graphene edges was studied by field emission (FE) experiments and first principles simulation. By analyzing the FE current change with temperature, it was concluded that the intrinsic FE of a graphene edge is consistent with Fowler–Nordheim (FN) theory. The noise of IV and non-linearity of FN curves at room-temperature can be interpreted by the adsorption effects. Water is speculated as the most responsible gas specie. We have calculated the work function of graphene by VASP. The results show that water adsorption will lower the work function of the graphene edge, while increasing the work function of the graphene surface.

We have studied the effects of adsorbates on the field emission (FE) properties of graphene edges at different temperatures using Joule heating.

We have studied the transmission of carbon nanotube film with ultrathin oxide coatings in the visible light range. It is found that the transmission is improved after coating. This is mainly due to Rayleigh scattering induced by the ultrathin oxide coatings. The improvement of the visible light transmission has important applications for a mobile phone touch screen.

The B-spline expansion technique and the time-dependent multilevel approach (TDMA) are used to study the interaction between a microwave field and sodium atoms. The Rydberg sodium atom energy levels of p states in zero field are calculated, and the results are in good agreement with the other theoretical ones. The time evolutions during the population transfers of the five states from n = 75 to n = 79 in different microwave fields are obtained. The results show that the coherent control of the population transfer from the lower states to the higher ones can be accomplished by optimizing the microwave pulse parameters.