Recently, Prof. DING Junfeng and his team at the Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, revealed that semiconductor PbI2 undergoes a transition to a semimetallic state when subjected to pressure. This transition is accompanied by the enhancement of photoelectric properties as well as the spectral response range expanded to infrared band.
Recently, the research group led by prof. HUANG Qing from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences proposed a novel approach to treat antibiotics by using low-temperature plasma technology.