The intercalation-based exfoliation of layered materials is a broadly applicable strategy for
the scalable production of atomically thin (from mono-to few-layer) sheets, including …

Recent years have witnessed an upsurge in the development of non-precious catalysts
(NPCs) for alkaline water electrolysis (AWE), especially with the strides made in …

Abstract The International Roadmap for Devices and Systems (IRDS) forecasts that, for
silicon-based metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) field-effect transistors (FETs), the scaling …

Defect engineering is an effective strategy to improve the activity of two-dimensional
molybdenum disulfide base planes toward electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction …

The discovery and control of new phases of matter is a central endeavour in materials
research. The emergence of atomically thin 2D materials, such as transition-metal …

The advent of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D-TMDs) has led to an
extensive amount of interest amongst scientists and engineers alike and an intensive …

Atomic defects, being the most prevalent zero-dimensional topological defects, are
ubiquitous in a wide range of 2D transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). They could be …

Polymorphic 2D materials allow structural and electronic phase engineering, which can be
used to realize energy-efficient, cost-effective, and scalable device applications. The phase …

Hydrogen has been deemed as an ideal substitute fuel to fossil energy because of its
renewability and the highest energy density among all chemical fuels. One of the most …

Phase has emerged as an important structural parameter—in addition to composition,
morphology, architecture, facet, size and dimensionality—that determines the properties and …