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Gregor Filipič, Luka Pirker, Anja Pogačnik Krajnc, and Maja Remškar from the Department of Condensed Matter Physics F5 and Marjan Ješelnik from smartMELAMINE from Kočevje published a paper in the journal Materials with the title Enhanced Filtration Efficiency of Natural Materials with the Addition of Electrospun Poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) Fibres. In the article the researchers have increased the filtration efficiency of natural materials by depositing a thin layer of electrospun PVDF fibres. By optimising the layer thickness of the electrospun fibres the filtration efficiency can be tuned and thus significantly reduce the amount of plastic waste.

Luka Pirker from the Department of Condensed Matter Physics F5 together with colleagues from Jaroslav Heyrovský Institute for physical chemistry from Prague published a paper in the journal 2D Materials with the title Sulphur isotope engineering of exciton and lattice dynamics in MoS₂ monolayers.

In the published paper, the researchers synthesized MoS₂ with different isotopes of sulphur, revealing the influence of phonons on the optoelectronic properties of MoS₂. By varying the isotopic composition, the optoelectronic properties of the material can be adjusted for various applications, and at the same time provides a unique platform for understanding the fundamentals of optical processes in 2D systems.