Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are crystalline porous materials constructed from
molecular building blocks using diverse linkage chemistries. Their modular construction …

Low-dimensional semiconductor materials structures, where nanowires are needle-like one-
dimensional examples, have developed into one of the most intensely studied fields of …

Accurately measuring and controlling the electrical properties of semiconductor nanowires is
of paramount importance in the development of novel nanowire-based devices. In light of …

The Drude-Smith model has been used extensively in fitting the THz conductivities of
nanomaterials with carrier confinement on the mesoscopic scale. Here, we show that the …

The design and development of materials at the nanoscale has enabled efficient, cutting‐
edge renewable energy storage, and conversion devices such as solar cells, water splitting …

Characterisation of materials often requires the use of a substrate to support the sample
being investigated. For optical characterisation at terahertz frequencies, quartz is commonly …

Present day nanowire solar cells have reached an efficiency of 17.8%. Nanophotonic
engineering by nanowire tapering allows for high solar light absorption. In combination with …

Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) have been investigated for decades, but their application
into commercial products is still difficult to achieve, with triggering causes related to the …

Terahertz spectroscopy has been used for almost two decades for investigations of
nanomaterials, including nanocrystals, nanoparticles, nanowires, nanotubes or 2D crystals …

Nanolasers hold promise for applications including integrated photonics, on-chip optical
interconnects and optical sensing. Key to the realization of current cavity designs is the use …