Raman spectroscopy has developed into a leading tool for characterizing organic materials
based on their rotational and vibrational spectral signatures. This article summarises …

Using compressive mechanical forces, such as pressure, to induce crystallographic phase
transitions and mesostructural changes while modulating material properties in …

Metal-free carbon-based materials are considered one of the most promising two-electron
oxygen reduction reaction (2e–ORR) electrocatalysts for the green synthesis of hydrogen …

Carbon structures with covalent bonds connecting C60 molecules have been reported,–, but
their production methods typically result in very small amounts of sample, which restrict the …

Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials, featuring relaxed phase-matching
conditions and highly tunable optical nonlinearity, endow them with potential applications in …

Glasses, unlike crystals, are intrinsically brittle due to the absence of microstructure-
controlled toughening, creating fundamental constraints for their technological applications …

Materials that possess the ability to self-heal cracks at room temperature, akin to living
organisms, are highly sought after. However, achieving crack self-healing in inorganic …

Fullerene transformation emerges as a powerful route to construct defect-rich carbon
electrocatalysts, but the carbon bond breakage and reformation that determine the defect …

Amorphization of crystalline structures is a ubiquitous phenomenon in metals, ceramics, and
intermetallic compounds. Although the amorphous phase generally has a higher Gibbs free …

Carbon-based metal-free nanomaterials are promising alternatives to precious metals as
electrocatalysts of key energy storage and conversion technologies. Of paramount …