The distinction between hard and soft materials is most frequently described at the
microscopic level as a difference in the nature of the bonding and molecular assembly, but …

Conventional solid films on certain substrates play a crucial role in various applications, for
example in flat panel displays, silicon technology, and protective coatings. Recently …

Optoelectronic synaptic devices have been attracting increasing attention due to their critical
role in the development of neuromorphic computing based on optoelectronic integration …

We report a new low-cost top-down silicon nanowire fabrication technology requiring only
conventional microfabrication processes including microlithography, oxidation, and wet …

Silicon (Si) and/or germanium (Ge) nanomembranes (NMs) play crucial roles in various
applications, including conventional microelectronics, as well as recently emerging high …

Semiconductor nanomembranes are single-crystal sheets with thickness ranging from 5 to
500nm. They are flexible, bondable, and mechanically ultra-compliant. They present a new …

Nanomembranes are the principal building block of basically all living organisms, and
without them life as we know it would not be possible. Yet in spite of their ubiquity, for a long …

Artificial nanomembranes may be defined as synthetic freestanding structures with a
thickness below 100 nm and a very large aspect ratio, of at least a few orders of magnitude …

A micromechano-optical material is rapidly and reversibly switched between distinct states
of reflectance by simply stretching and relaxing the hybrid structure. The material is …

Over the past few decades, the field of molecular electronics has greatly benefited from
advances in the fundamental understanding of charge transport mechanisms. Molecular …