Semiconductor nanowires have attracted extensive interest as one of the best-defined
classes of nanoscale building blocks for the bottom-up assembly of functional electronic and …

Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) have been studied extensively for over two decades for
their novel electronic, photonic, thermal, electrochemical and mechanical properties. This …

Human eyes possess exceptional image-sensing characteristics such as an extremely wide
field of view, high resolution and sensitivity with low aberration. Biomimetic eyes with such …

We introduce a new type of liquid cell for in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
based on entrapment of a liquid film between layers of graphene. The graphene liquid cell …

Semiconductor nanowires have demonstrated exciting properties for nanophotonics,
sensors, energy technologies, and end-of-roadmap and beyond-roadmap electronic …

The recent rise of semiconductor nanowires opens new opportunities for realizing high
efficiency photovoltaic devices at low cost due to the unique one-dimensional structure with …

Organic heterostructures (OHSs) integrating the intrinsic heterostructure characters as well
as the organic semiconductor properties have attracted intensive attention in material …

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 …

Soft and hard materials at interfaces exhibit mismatched behaviors, such as mismatched
chemical or biochemical reactivity, mechanical response, and environmental adaptability …

The solution–liquid–solid (SLS) and related solution-based methods for the synthesis of
semiconductor nanowires and nanorods are reviewed. Since its discovery in 1995, the SLS …