The unique electronic and catalytic properties emerging from low symmetry anisotropic (1D
and 2D) metal chalcogenides (MCs) have generated tremendous interest for use in next …

Ferrimagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (magnetite or maghemite) have been the subject of
an intense research, not only for fundamental research but also for their potentiality in a …

Heavy-metal (Cd, Hg, and Pb)-containing semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) have been
explored widely due to their unique optical and electrical properties. However, the toxicity …

Zinc sulfide (ZnS) is one of the first semiconductors discovered. It has traditionally shown
remarkable versatility and promise for novel fundamental properties and diverse …

Using compressive mechanical forces, such as pressure, to induce crystallographic phase
transitions and mesostructural changes while modulating material properties in …

Metal sulfide nanomaterials have attracted great attention because of their excellent
properties and promising applications in electronic, optical and optoelectronic devices. Well …

Nanoparticle (NP) high pressure behavior has been extensively studied over the years. In
this review, we summarize recent progress on the studies of pressure induced NP phase …

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

Gold, silver, platinum and palladium typically crystallize with the face-centred cubic structure.
Here we report the high-yield solution synthesis of gold nanoribbons in the 4H hexagonal …

Inorganic semiconductor nanostructures are ideal systems for exploring a large number of
novel phenomena at the nanoscale and investigating the size and dimensionality …