The cover photo describes the scheme of the twin screw extruder for the preparation of thermoplastic starch (TPS). As discussed by M. Paula Guarás, this screw extrusion process is very advantageous for the preparation of TPS films with improved mechanical and water vapor absorption properties in any industrial processing line for plastic packaging products.
Review of nanoscale layered transition metal chalcogenide superconductors
Yuan He1, Dong Yan1, Lei Shi1, Shu Wang1, Zhiang Xie1, Huixia Luo1*, 2
1School of Material Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, No. 135, Xingang Xi Road, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
2Key Lab Polymer Composite & Functional Materials, Sun Yat-Sen University, No. 135, Xingang Xi Road, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
Adv. Mater. Lett., 2019, 10 (3), pp 152-163
DOI: 10.5185/amlett.2019.2175
Publication Date (Web): Dec 31, 2018
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E-mail: luohx7@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Here we summarized the nanoscale layered transition metal chalcogenide superconductors, mainly based on the experimental results. In transition-metal chalcogenides the interplay between strong electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions produces a wide variety of instability ranging from charge density wave to superconducting state. The majority of bulk transition-metal dichalcogenides Tcs are normally between 2 and 4 K. At present, superconducting transition-metal chalcogenides generally show low transition temperature (Tc < 10 K). Fe based transition-metal chalcogenides have certain higher Tc (in the range of 10 ~ 50 K). As have been reported, nano-transition-metal chalcogenides may be one of the routes to improve the superconducting transition temperature. In this review, we would like to give a brief introduction of superconductor development and crystal structure of transition-metal chalcogenides. Furthermore, we will describe major synthesis and physical properties of nano-transition-metal chalcogenides. Finally, recent status and outlook of superconductor based on nano-transition-metal chalcogenides are discussed.
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