Nucleation and growth are critical steps in crystallization, which plays an important role in
determining crystal structure, size, morphology, and purity. Therefore, understanding the …

The MXene field continues to grow and expand as more research groups begin to study this
fascinating and very large class of 2D materials. While synthesis and applications of …

This is a review of atomic pair distribution function (PDF) analysis as applied to the study of
molecular materials. The PDF method is a powerful approach to study short-and …

This review highlights recent efforts on applying electron microscopy (EM) to soft (including
biological) nanomaterials. We will show how developments of both the hardware and …

Upconversion emissions from lanthanide-doped nanocrystals have sparked extensive
research interests in nanophotonics, biomedicine, photovoltaics, photocatalysis, etc …

The alloy-design strategy of combining multiple elements in near-equimolar ratios has
shown great potential for producing exceptional engineering materials, often known as 'high …

Electrodeposited manganese oxide films (MnOx) are promising stable oxygen evolution
catalysts. They are able to catalyze the oxygen evolution reaction in acidic solutions but with …

The General Utility Lattice Program (gulp) has been extended to include the ability to
simulate polymers and surfaces, as well as adding many other new features, and the current …

Within the past 20 years or so, there has occurred an explosion of interest in the magnetic
behavior of pyrochlore oxides of the type A 2 3+ B 2 4+ O 7, where A is a rare-earth ion and …

The design and fabrication of three-dimensional multifunctional architectures from the
appropriate nanoscale building blocks, including the strategic use of void space and …