The recent construction of free electron lasers allows extending laboratory-based laser
experiments to shorter wavelengths, accessing wavevectors typical of nanoscale dynamics …

Acoustic metamaterials (AMM) and phononic crystals (PC) have the potential to unfold a
new wave of disruptive technologies to radically transform human interactions, sensory …

InAs nanowires are emerging as go-to materials in a variety of applications ranging from
optoelectronics to nanoelectronics, yet a consensus on their mechanical properties is still …

Nanoporous ultrathin films, constituted by a slab less than 100 nm thick and a certain void
volume fraction provided by nanopores, are emerging as a new class of systems with a wide …

Ultrathin films and multilayers, with controlled thickness down to single atomic layers, are
critical for advanced technologies ranging from nanoelectronics to spintronics to quantum …

Semiconductor metalattices consisting of a linked network of three-dimensional
nanostructures with periodicities on a length scale< 100 nm can enable tailored functional …

A one-dimensional (1D) mechanical model for nanogranular films, based on a structural
interface, is presented. The analytical dispersion relation for the frequency and lifetimes of …

Metalattices are crystalline arrays of uniform particles in which the period of the crystal is
close to some characteristic physical length scale of the material. Here, we explore the …

Nanostructured semiconductors are interesting because of their varied electronic and optical
properties compared to the bulk. Using ordered porous materials as templates is an …

Time-resolved optical spectroscopies are emerging as a go-to technique for non-destructive
testing of nanomaterials. Inspecting the thermal and mechanical properties of a mesoscale …