Metal phosphides (MPs) with unique and desirable physicochemical properties provide
promising potential in practical applications, such as the catalysis, gas/humidity sensor …

Phonon engineering at the nanoscale holds immense promise for a myriad of applications.
However, the design of phononic devices continues to rely on regular shapes chosen …

Heat conduction in dielectric crystals originates from the dynamics of atomic vibrations,
whose evolution is well described by the linearized Boltzmann transport equation for the …

Ultrahigh-frequency acoustic-phonon resonators usually require atomically flat interfaces to
avoid phonon scattering and dephasing, leading to expensive fabrication processes, such …

Semiconductor nanostructures hold great promise for high-efficiency waste-heat recovery
exploiting thermoelectric energy conversion. They could significantly contribute to the …

Nanowire geometry allows semiconductor heterostructures to be obtained that are not
achievable in planar systems, as in, for example, axial superlattices made of large lattice …

The possibility to tune the functional properties of nanomaterials is key to their technological
applications. Superlattices, ie, periodic repetitions of two or more materials in one or more …

Recent investigations of III–V semiconductor nanowires have revealed periodic zinc-blende
twins, known as twinning superlattices, that are often induced by a high-impurity dopant …

We present a fairly understudied material system suitable for the realization of tunable
quantum-dot (QD) emission within the visible-to-near-infrared spectrum (in particular, in the …

Vertical nanowire (NW) arrays are the basis for a variety of nanoscale devices.
Understanding heat transport in these devices is an important concern, especially for …