Since the successful isolation of single‐layer graphene with an atomic thickness, various
van der Waals (vdW) materials have been intensively studied owing to their unique …

Phase-change memory is a promising nonvolatile memory technology based on a special
class of functional materials− phase-change materials (PCMs). PCMs can be reversibly …

Antimony sesquisulfide Sb2S3 has become an outstanding advanced functional material in
a variety of rapidly growing application fields: smart integrated photonics from the visible to …

Binary Ge–Te and ternary Ge–Sb–Te systems belong to flagship phase-change materials
(PCMs) and are used in nonvolatile memory applications and neuromorphic computing. The …

Glassy GeS2, densified at 8.3 GPa, exhibits a strongly reduced bandgap, predominantly
tetrahedral Ge environment, enhanced chemical disorder and partial 3-fold coordination of …

Gallium tellurides appear to be promising phase-change materials (PCMs) of the next
generation for brain-inspired computing and reconfigurable optical metasurfaces. They are …

High-capacity solid-state batteries are promising future products for large-scale energy
storage and conversion. Sodium fast ion conductors including glasses and glass ceramics …

Emerging brain-inspired computing, including artificial optical synapses, photonic tensor
cores, neuromorphic networks, etc., needs phase-change materials (PCMs) of the next …

The phenomenon of phase change transition has been a fascinating research subject over
decades due to a possibility of dynamically controlled materials properties, allowing the …

Oxidative recycling of metals is crucial for a circular economy, encompassing the
preservation of natural resources, the reduction of energy consumption, and the mitigation of …