Crystal phase, an intrinsic characteristic of crystalline materials, is one of the key parameters
to determine their physicochemical properties. Recently, great progress has been made in …

The structural transformation of materials, which involves the evolution of different structural
features, including phase, composition, morphology, etc., under external conditions …

Metastable structural polymorphs can have superior properties and applications to their
thermodynamically stable phases, but the rational synthesis of metastable phases is a …

Noble multimetallic nanomaterials, if only consisting of Au, Ag, Pt, and Pd, typically adopt the
high-symmetry face-centered cubic (fcc) structure. Here for the first time, by using the 4H/fcc …

Phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN) enables the preparation of metal nanomaterials
with unconventional phases that are different from their thermodynamically stable …

The development of advanced energy storage and conversion technology is a significant
global concern, in which the innovation in materials would feature prominently for next …

Subnanometer materials (SNMs) refer to nanomaterials with a feature size close to 1 nm,
similar to the diameter of a single polymer, DNA strand, and a single cluster/unit cell. The …

Electroreduction of CO2 is a promising approach toward artificial carbon recycling. The rate
and product selectivity of this reaction are highly sensitive to the surface structures of …

Understanding of the atomic structure and stability of nanowires (NWs) is critical for their
applications in nanotechnology, especially when the diameter of NWs reduces to ultrathin …

Because of the distinct electronic structures and stable chemical properties, rhodium
materials are one of the most important noble metal catalysts for various kinds of industrial …