Isolated atoms featuring unique reactivity are at the heart of enzymatic and homogeneous
catalysts. In contrast, although the concept has long existed, single-atom heterogeneous …

Interfaces such as grain boundaries (GBs) and heterointerfaces (HIs) are known to play a
crucial role in structure-property relationships of polycrystalline materials. While several …

The formability and mechanical properties of many engineering alloys are intimately related
to the formation and growth of twins. Understanding the structure and chemistry of twin …

In deformation processes, the presence of grain boundaries has a crucial influence on
dislocation behavior; these boundaries drastically change the mechanical properties of …

When aliovalent foreign cations are doped into ABO3-type perovskite oxides, they are
usually substituted for either dodecahedral A or octahedral B sites, depending on their …

Owing to the broken translational symmetry at dislocations, a strain gradient naturally exists
around the dislocation cores and can significantly influence the electrical and mechanical …

Grain boundary segregation is a critical issue in materials science because it determines the
properties of individual grain boundaries and thus governs the macroscopic properties of …

Multiferroic materials, which offer the possibility of manipulating the magnetic state by an
electric field or vice versa, are of great current interest. However, single-phase materials with …

Atom probe tomography (APT) is a mass spectrometry method with atomic‐scale spatial
resolution that can be used for the investigation of a wide range of materials. The main …

Impurity doping is a conventional but one of the most effective ways to control the functional
properties of materials. In insulating materials, the dopant solubility limit is considerably low …