Amorphous materials are metastable solids with only short-range order at the atomic scale,
which results from local intermolecular chemical bonding. The lack of long-range order …

Catalysts are the primary facilitator in many dynamic processes. Therefore, a thorough
understanding of these processes has vast implications for a myriad of energy systems. The …

According to the traditional nucleation theory, crystals in solution nucleate under thermal
fluctuations with random crystal orientation. Thus, nanosheet arrays grown on a substrate …

Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) nanotubes offer a unique platform to explore the
properties of TMD materials at the one-dimensional limit. Despite considerable efforts thus …

Nanocrystals are of great importance in material sciences and industry. Engineering
nanocrystals with desired structures and properties is no doubt one of the most important …

In-situ formed carbides at interface can enhance the interfacial bonding and load-transfer
effect in nanocarbon/Al composites, but always sacrifice the structure integrity of …

High‐performance ferromagnetic materials are essential for energy conversion and
electronic devices. However, the random and nonuniform magnetization reversal in …

A new strategy to establish a large number of interfacial coherence in nanocrystalline multi-
phase composites was proposed. The route consisting of amorphization, crystallization and …

Halide perovskite is a unique dynamical system, whose structural and chemical processes
happening across different timescales have significant impact on its physical properties and …

Understanding nanostructure ripening mechanisms is desirable for gaining insight on the
growth and potential applications of nanoscale materials. However, the atomic pathways of …