Scientists found that the collective nanoparticle dynamics in polymer nanocomposites could be up to three orders of magnitude slower than the self-diffusion limit of isolated nanoparticles.
The structure of amphiphilic molecules at buried liquid/liquid interfaces can be controlled by ion-pairing interactions to better understand the mechanisms of liquid extraction and self-assembly.
A novel, complementary method to oxidative Scholl coupling enables synthesis of conjugated porous networks via direct aromatic ring knitting.
Researchers showed that dual-function intermetallic nanoprecipitates simultaneously enhanced strength and ductility of medium-entropy alloys via synergistic spatial confinement effects on two distinct deformation mechanisms: precipitation
Researchers have discovered a new mode of SMSI construction under ambient conditions that is driven by photochemistry instead of the traditional thermal activation.
The mechanisms of van der Waals (vdW) epitaxial growth of monolayer two-dimensional (2D) crystals from amorphous precursors were revealed by in situ pulsed laser heating within a TEM and first-principles calculations.
Scientists demonstrated switching between topological and magnetic ground states by controlling the concentration of magnetic defects in a crystal.
Precision synthesis approach discovered that epitaxial strain can deliberately position transition metals at a certain crystallographic position in a composite ferroelectric.
Researchers decrypted the formation of passivation layers for the promising bis-(fluorosulfonyl)-imide (FSI-) based ionic liquid electrolyte on carbon electrodes at high cell voltages.
Strain developed during the coalescence of growing 2D crystals was shown to induce the nucleation of twisted bilayers with predictable twist angles. This work provides a pathway to synthetically control stacking angles in 2D heterostructures for