Peking University, Apr. 18, 2016: Organic photovoltaic materials consist of electron donors and electron acceptors. In the past years, fullerenes and their derivatives have been the dominant electron acceptor materials in organic solar cells (OSCs). As fullerene acceptors have so...

Peking University, Apr. 15, 2016: The mystery of water mainly arises from the intermolecular hydrogen-bonding interaction. It is well known that hydrogen bonds have a strong classic component coming from electrostatics. However, its quantum component can be exceptionally prominen...

Peking University, April 2, 2016: Human cytomegalovirus (CMV), you may have never heard of it, is the most popular virus you may encounter in your life. Around 60%-90% of human population is infected by it; and most of them get along with it without realizing its existence. If yo...

Peking University, Mar. 25, 2016: Recently, the group ofProfessor XiJianzhong from the College of Engineering, Peking University and collaborators reported a functional conservation of miR122 in the TGFβ pathway.They found that miR-122 targets TGFβR1 in mice but TGF&bet...

Peking University, March. 22, 2016: Graphene has been a star material since it was born. Until now most researches have focused on graphene’s application in electronic area. In recent years scientists also draw their attention to its use in ultrafast photodetection. This is...