A smart window that dynamically modulates light transmittance is crucial for building energy
efficiently, and promising for on‐demand optical devices. The rapid development of …

Metal-to-insulator transition (MIT) behaviors accompanied by a rapid reversible phase
transition in vanadium dioxide (VO2) have gained substantial attention for investigations into …

Designing a multifunctional separator with abundant ion migration paths is crucial for tuning
the ion transport in rocking‐chair‐type batteries. Herein, a polydopamine‐functionalized …

Electrochemical energy devices, such as fuel cells and metal–air batteries, convert chemical
energy directly into electricity without adverse environmental impact. Attractive alternatives …

Intelligent electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding materials, which can generate
reversible and real-time EM responses to external stimuli, have an attractive prospect in …

Photoexcitation has emerged as an efficient way to trigger phase transitions in strongly
correlated materials. There are great controversies about the atomistic mechanisms of …

The unique structural transition of VO2 between dielectric and metallic phases has
significant potential in optical and electrical applications ranging from volatile switches and …

A systematic study of various metal-insulator transition (MIT) associated phases of VO2,
including metallic R phase and insulating phases (T, M1, M2), is required to uncover the …

Conductive metal oxides represent a new category of functional material with vital
importance for many modern applications. The present work introduces a new conductive …

Structural phase transitions serve as the basis for many functional applications including
shape memory alloys (SMAs), switches based on metal-insulator transitions (MITs), etc. In …