There are growing concerns over the environmental, climate, and health impacts caused by
using non‐renewable fossil fuels. The utilization of green energy, including solar and wind …

In the past decade, nanoscale solid materials have become very important because of their
special properties, 1, 2 and the nanomaterials field has gained increasing attention from …

Nickel oxide (NiO) powder has been fabricated by using a simple hydrothermal method. The
effect of different electrolytes such as Na 2 SO 4 and KOH on supercapacitor properties has …

Silicon (Si) is a promising negative electrode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), but the
poor cycling stability hinders their practical application. Developing favorable Si …

We have developed a unifying tight-binding Hamiltonian that can account for the electronic
properties of recently proposed Si-based nanostructures, namely, Si graphene-like sheets …

The tremendous interest in nanoscale structures such as quantum dots (zero-dimension)
and wires (quasi-one-dimension) stems from their size-dependent properties. One …

In this Colloquium the theory of silicon nanowires is reviewed. Nanowires with diameters
below 10 nm are the focus, where quantum effects become important and the properties …

Porous carbons with well-ordered pore systems are useful in a wide range of applications
which include catalysts (or catalysts support), storage materials, and as components of …

Three‐dimensional photonic crystals are fabricated from block copolymers, forming a double
gyroid network structure. Further processing produces three‐dimensionally nanoporous …

Unusual physical properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes have started a search for
similar tubular structures of other elements. In this paper, we present a theoretical analysis of …