Simulating biological synaptic functionalities through artificial synaptic devices opens up an
innovative way to overcome the von Neumann bottleneck at the device level. Artificial …

Zinc sulfide (ZnS) is one of the first semiconductors discovered. It has traditionally shown
remarkable versatility and promise for novel fundamental properties and diverse …

Nanowires are filamentary crystals with a tailored diameter that can be obtained using a
plethora of different synthesis techniques. In this review, we focus on the vapor phase …

Nucleation theory provides a powerful tool for growth modeling of a variety of objects: from
liquid droplets to thin solid films and biological structures. Theoretical approaches based on …

Efficient charge separation is of crucial importance for the improvement of photocatalytic
activity for solar hydrogen evolution. Here we report efficient photo-generated charge …

We consider strained layers at the top of free-standing nanowires. We show that there exists
a radius-dependent critical layer thickness below which no interfacial dislocation should be …

Semiconductor nanowires are a class of materials recently gaining increasing interest for
solar cell applications. In this article we review the development of the field with a special …

Nanoscale inorganic materials such as quantum dots (0-dimensional) and one-dimensional
(1D) structures, such as nanowires, nanobelts and nanotubes, have gained tremendous …

Semiconductor nanowires have recently emerged as a new class of materials with
significant potential to reveal new fundamental physics and to propel new applications in …

Methane hydrate is an icelike substance that is stable at high pressure and low temperature
in continental margin sediments. Since the discovery of a large number of gas flares at the …