In recent years, the mechanical behavior of low-dimensional materials has been attracting
lots of attention triggered both by the ongoing miniaturization and the extraordinary …

Numerous imaging methods have been developed over recent years in order to study
materials at the nanoscale. Within this context, scanning X-ray diffraction microscopy has …

General algorithms to convert scattering data of linear and area detectors recorded in
various scattering geometries to reciprocal space coordinates are presented. These …

Electrocatalysis is at the heart of a broad range of physicochemical applications that play an
important role in the present and future of a sustainable economy. Among the myriad of …

III–As nanowires are candidates for near-infrared light emitters and detectors that can be
directly integrated onto silicon. However, nanoscale to microscale variations in structure …

Coherent diffraction imaging (CDI) on Bragg reflections is a promising technique for the
study of three-dimensional (3D) composition and strain fields in nanostructures, which can …

Structural quality and stability of nanocrystals are fundamental problems that bear important
consequences for the performances of small-scale devices. Indeed, at the nanoscale, their …

Recent developments in synchrotron brilliance and X-ray optics are pushing the flux density
in nanofocusing experiments to unprecedented levels, which increases the risk of different …

InGaAs quantum wells embedded in GaAs nanowires can serve as compact near-infrared
emitters for direct integration onto Si complementary metal oxide semiconductor technology …

Planar GaAs nanowires are epitaxially grown on GaAs substrates of various orientations, via
the Au-catalyzed vapor–liquid–solid mechanism using metal organic chemical vapor …