Modern demands in clean energy and space exploration require materials scientists to
develop materials that perform in the most extreme conditions in our universe. Recent …

Neighboring carbon and sandwiched between non‐metals and metals in the periodic table
of the elements, boron is one of the most chemically and physically versatile elements, and …

The quest for nanoscaling has extended beyond traditional metal oxides (1-4) and metal
(0),(5) as exemplified by the huge development of “quantum dots” chalcogenide …

This paper reviews the crystal chemistry, synthesis, densification, microstructure, mechanical
properties, and oxidation behavior of zirconium diboride (ZrB2) and hafnium diboride (HfB2) …

This review paper illustrates the main normal and superconducting state properties of
magnesium diboride, a material known since the early 1950s but only recently discovered to …

Microstructural design has attracted increasing interest in modern development of hard
coatings for wear-resistant applications. In plasma-assisted vapor deposited thin films, the …

The advance in communication technology has triggered worldwide concern on
electromagnetic wave pollution. To cope with this challenge, exploring high-performance …

Boron synthesis, in theory: Although two-dimensional boron sheets have attracted
considerable interest because of their theoretically predicted properties, synthesis of such …

A series of dual-phase high-entropy ultra-high temperature ceramics (DPHE-UHTCs) are
fabricated starting from N binary borides and (5-N) binary carbides powders.>∼ 99 …

Two-dimensional (2D) metal-boride-derived nanostructures have been a focus of intense
research for the past decade, with an emphasis on new synthetic approaches, as well as on …