Anodic porous alumina,–AAO–(also known as nanoporous alumina, nanohole alumina
arrays,–NAA–or nanoporous anodized alumina platforms,–NAAP–) has opened new …

The development of aluminum anodization technology features many stages. With the story
stretching for almost a century, rather straightforward—from current perspective …

Microwave processing has been gaining popularity owing to its energy saving
characteristics which is majorly assisted by using susceptors like SiC. It is imperative to …

Many of the renewable and sustainable energy technologies employ novel nanomaterials.
For instance, thermal storage and thermoelectric conversion are in constant progress due to …

Creating materials that simultaneously possess ultralow thermal conductivity, high stiffness,
and damage tolerance is challenging because thermal and mechanical properties are …

Miniaturization of electronic devices aims at manufacturing ever smaller products, from
mesoscopic to nanoscopic sizes. This trend is challenging because the increased levels of …

Structural colors are a result of the scattering of certain frequencies of the incident light on
micro-or nanoscale features in a material. This is a quite different phenomenon from that of …

High optical absorptivity or a large absorption cross-section is necessary to fully utilize the
irradiation of light for photothermal heating. Recently, titanium nitride (TiN) nanostructures …

In the last few years, the exploration of new thermoelectric materials with low-toxicity, earth-
abundance, and high-efficiency has become essential. Following this trend, sustainable …

Multi-nanocomposite is an effective method to achieve high thermoelectric (TE) performance
by breaking the tradeoff among three TE parameters. This paper presents a comparative …