The band structure offers fundamental information on electronic properties of solid state
materials, and hence it is crucial for solid state chemists to understand and predict the …

Hybrid organic–inorganic antimony halides have attracted increasing attention due to the
non‐toxicity, stability, and high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY). To shed light on …

Two-dimensional (2D) metal halide perovskites are promising tunable semiconductors.
Previous studies have focused on Pb-based structures, whereas the multilayered Sn-and Ge …

A distinct type of metavalent bonding (MVB) is recently proposed to explain an unusual
combination of anomalous functional properties of group IV chalcogenide crystals, whose …

Adsorbents with high adsorption capacity and high selectivity are crucial for carbon capture,
utilization and storage (CCUS) technology applied to industrial flue gas to reduce carbon …

The long-range periodic atomic arrangement or the lack thereof in solids typically dictates
the magnitude and temperature dependence of their lattice thermal conductivity (κlat) …

The hybrid halide double-perovskite family is a highly diverse system that allows a wide
range of property tunings via structural variations. Using organic components instead of …

Understanding the relationship between the crystal structure, chemical bonding, and lattice
dynamics is crucial for the design of materials with low thermal conductivities, which are …

Rational design of structural polarization is vital for modern technologies, as it allows the
physical properties of functional materials to be tailored. An effective approach for governing …

Generally, phosphates are employed to design ultraviolet nonlinear optical crystals.
However, phosphates always suffer from too small birefringence to effectively achieve phase …