Two-dimensional (2D) ultrathin silica films have the potential to reach technological
importance in electronics and catalysis. Several well-defined 2D-silica structures have been …

The leaf vein network is a hierarchical vascular system that transports water and nutrients to
the leaf cells. The thick primary veins form a branched network, while the secondary veins …

Large density fluctuations observed in active systems and hyperuniformity are two
seemingly incompatible phenomena. However, the formation of hyperuniform states has …

Electronic properties of crystals are inherently pertained to crystalline symmetry, so that
amorphization that lowers and breaks symmetry is detrimental. One important crystalline …

Defects play a critical role for the functionality and performance of materials, but the
understanding of the related effects is often lacking, because the typically low concentrations …

Upon crumpling, graphene sheets yield intriguing hierarchical structures with high
resistance to compression and aggregation, garnering a great deal of attention in recent …

Monoatomic-layered carbon materials, such as graphene and amorphous monolayer
carbon,, have stimulated intense fundamental and applied research owing to their …

Disordered hyperuniform materials are an emerging class of exotic amorphous states of
matter that endow them with singular physical properties, including large isotropic photonic …

Understanding time-dependent diffusion processes in multiphase media is of great
importance in physics, chemistry, materials science, petroleum engineering, and biology …

Time-dependent diffusion processes between phases of heterogeneous materials are
ubiquitous in a variety of contexts in the physical, chemical, and biological sciences …