Liquid-vapor phase-change processes have been widely exploited in industrial applications
including power generation, water processing and harvesting, cooling/refrigeration and …

High-aspect-ratio silicon micro-and nanostructures are technologically relevant in several
applications, such as microelectronics, microelectromechanical systems, sensors …

This review presents a comprehensive synopsis of the recent developments and
achievements in the research of nanosensors composed of plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) …

My interest in dew and Breath Figures (BFs, the pattern that forms on a cold surface when
breathing) started long ago when I was intrigued to see a ring around a streetlight from the …

In this work, we investigate nucleate pool boiling via non-equilibrium molecular dynamics
simulations. The effect of nano-structured surface topography on nucleation and transition to …

Wet etching is an essential and complex step in semiconductor device processing. Metal-
Assisted Chemical Etching (MacEtch) is fundamentally a wet but anisotropic etching method …

Conducting polymer of polypyrrole (PPy) was employed to functionalize the ordered silicon
nanowire (SiNWs) with the aim to enhance gas-sensing response at room temperature (RT) …

Three-dimensional silver nanoparticles decorated vertically aligned Si nanowires (Si NWs)
are effective surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrates for molecular …

In the field of disease diagnosis, there are few applications of gas sensors. But, gas sensors
can specifically identify certain diseases. So, there is a great need for gas sensors capable …

The fluoride-assisted galvanic replacement reaction is a conventional method for fabricating
metallic dendrites on silicon wafers. However, whether bubbles affect manufacturing metallic …