Piezoelectric materials can directly transduce electrical and mechanical energy, making
them attractive for applications such as sensors, actuators and energy harvesting devices …

In ambient atmospheres, aluminum becomes rapidly coated with a compact 2–3 nm thick
oxide layer. This native oxide layer prevents the metal surface from further oxidation …

Titanium promising dioxide photocatalysts (TiO2) semiconductor nanoparticles are one kind
of important and in photocatalysis because of their unique optical and electronic properties …

Nanotechnology, in combination with surface engineering focused on a fabrication of
various nanostructures and new materials, has recently attracted a vast amount of research …

Recent innovations in the area of micro-and nanofabrication have created a unique
opportunity for patterning surfaces with features with lateral dimensions spanning over the …

The wetting of porous templates with polymer melts and solutions or polymer‐containing
mixtures is a simple and versatile method for the preparation of tubular structures with …

The dimensional confinement and oriented crystallization are both key factors in determining
the piezoelectric properties of a polymeric nanostructured material. Here we prepare arrays …

Polymer nanotechnology allows manipulating materials microstructure, morphology and
compositional variation on the nanometer scale. Thus, it is able to provide materials for …

One‐dimensional (1D) ferroelectric nanostructures, such as nanowires, nanorods,
nanotubes, nanobelts, and nanofibers, have been studied with increasing intensity in recent …

The rapidly expanding toolbox for design and preparation is a major driving force for the
advances in nanomaterials science and technology. Melt infiltration originates from the field …