Thermodynamics is a science concerning the state of a system, whether it is stable,
metastable or unstable, when interacting with the surroundings. In this overview …

A TiO 2 MSM UV photodetector has been extensively researched and exhibits many good
properties such as stability and a large ratio of light to dark current. However, it suffers from a …

All-inorganic halide double perovskite has recently emerged as a potential substitute for
lead halide perovskite capable of solving the problem of toxicity associated with lead content …

Thermodynamics of critical phenomena in a system is well understood in terms of the
divergence of molar quantities with respect to potentials. However, the prediction and the …

First-principles calculations based on density-functional theory have been used to
investigate the effect of biaxial strain and oxygen vacancy on the electronic, photocatalytic …

The structural phase transition of the high-symmetry cubic phase of antiperovskite Na 3 O Cl
is investigated by computing the phonon band structures of 14 different polymorphs with …

Porous tetragonal PbTiO 3 nanowires, synthesized through an intermediate pre-perovskite
structure, exhibit distinct behaviors from those of the corresponding bulk PbTiO 3. Here we …

Perovskite materials have generated research attention in recent times owing to their
potential to be deployed as photovoltaic materials. In this study, an examination of the …

PbTiO 3 is a prototypical ferroelectric perovskite that is known to undergo a temperature
driven ferroelectric tetragonal to paraelectric cubic phase transition, but the understanding of …

Transition metal hemicarbides, specifically M 2 C (where M= V, Nb, Ta, Mo and W), have
received considerable attention in the fields of catalysis and metallurgy. However, the …