Tunable metal-insulator transition in LaTiO3/CaVO3 superlattices:A theoretical study

As one of intriguing physical results of electronic reconstruction,the metal-insulator transition plays an important role in exploring new electronic devices.In this study,the density functional theory is employed to investigate the metal-insulator transition in(LaTiO3)m/(CaVO3)n superlattices.Herein,three kinds of physical avenues,i.e.,stacking orientation,epitaxial strain,and thickness periods,are used to tune the metal-insulator transition.Our calculations find that the[001]-and[110]-oriented(LaTiO3)1/(CaVO3)1 superlattices on SrTiO3 substrate are insulating,while[111]-oriented case is metallic.Such metallic behavior in[111]orientation can also be modulated by epitaxial strain.Besides the structural orientation and strain effect,the highly probable metal-insulator transition is presented in(LaTiO3)m/(CaVO3)n superlattices with increasing thickness.In addition,several interesting physical phenomena have also been revealed,such as selective charge transfer,charge ordering,and orbital ordering.

Perovskite light-emitting/detecting bifunctional fibres for wearable LiFi communication

Light fidelity(LiFi),which is emerging as a compelling technology paradigm shifting the common means of highcapacity wireless communication technologies,requires wearable and full-duplex compact design because of its great significance in smart wearables as well as the‘Internet of Things’.However,the construction of the key component of wearable full-duplex LiFi,light-emitting/detecting bifunctional fibres,is still challenging because of the conflicting process between carrier separation and recombination,as well as the highly dynamic film-forming process.Here,we demonstrate light-emitting/detecting bifunctional fibres enabled by perovskite QDs with hybrid components.The hybrid perovskite inks endow fibres with super-smooth QD films.This,combined with the small exciton binding energy and high carrier mobility of perovskite QDs,enables successful integration of electroluminescence and photodetection into monofilaments.The bifunctional fibres possess the narrowest electroluminescence full width at half maximum of ~19 nm and,more importantly,the capability for simultaneously transmitting and receiving information.The successful fabrication of narrow emission full-duplex LiFi fibres paves the way for the fabrication and integration of low crosstalk interoperable smart wearables.

Full-duplex light communication with a monolithic multicomponent system

A monolithic multicomponent system is proposed and implemented on a III-nitride-on-silicon platform,whereby two multiple-quantum-well diodes(MQW-diodes)are interconnected by a suspended waveguide.Both MQW-diodes have an identical low-In-content InGaN/Al0.10Ga0.90N MQW structure and are produced by the same fabrication process flow.When appropriately biased,both MQW-diodes operate under a simultaneous emission-detection mode and function as a transmitter and a receiver at the same time,forming an in-plane full-duplex light communication system.Real-time full-duplex audio communication is experimentally demonstrated using the monolithic multicomponent system in combination with an external circuit.