As a key structural parameter, phase depicts the arrangement of atoms in materials.
Normally, a nanomaterial exists in its thermodynamically stable crystal phase. With the …

This review highlights recent efforts on applying electron microscopy (EM) to soft (including
biological) nanomaterials. We will show how developments of both the hardware and …

Structural applications of metallic glasses are limited by their room-temperature brittleness
and strain-softening, associated with the extreme localization of plastic flow in shear bands …

Medium-and high-entropy alloys (M/HEAs) mix several principal elements with near-
equiatomic composition and represent a model-shift strategy for designing previously …

The recent discovery of non-classical crystal nucleation pathways has revealed the role of
fluctuations in the liquid structural order, not considered in classical nucleation theory. On …

Catalysts are the primary facilitator in many dynamic processes. Therefore, a thorough
understanding of these processes has vast implications for a myriad of energy systems. The …

Metallic materials are usually composed of single phase or multiple phases, which refers to
homogeneous regions with distinct types of the atom arrangement. The recent studies on …

Phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN) is an emerging field that aims to tailor the
physicochemical properties of nanomaterials by precisely manipulating their crystal phases …

Soft building blocks, such as micelles, cells or soap bubbles, tend to adopt near-spherical
geometry when densely packed together. As a result, their packing structures do not extend …

Deciphering the three-dimensional atomic structure of solid-solid interfaces in core-shell
nanomaterials is the key to understand their catalytical, optical and electronic properties …