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 …

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

Laser ablation in liquid (LAL) has received considerable attention over the last decade, and
is gradually becoming an irreplaceable technique to synthesize nanocrystals and fabricate …

Nanocrystals (NCs) discussed in this Review are tiny crystals of metals, semiconductors,
and magnetic material consisting of hundreds to a few thousand atoms each. Their size …

Accompanied by the development and utilization of renewable energy sources, efficient
energy storage has become a key topic. Electrochemical energy storage devices are …

Inside a liquid solution, oriented attachment (OA) is now recognized to be as important a
pathway to crystal growth as other, more conventional growth mechanisms. However, the …

Colloidal heteronanocrystals (HNCs) can be regarded as solution-grown inorganic–organic
hybrid nanomaterials, since they consist of inorganic nanoparticles that are coated with a …

Well-designed metal–organic hybrid porous materials—socalled porous coordination
polymers (PCPs) or metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)—can be made from an assembly of …

Semiconductor nanowires have been the subject of intensive research investment over the
past few decades. Their physical properties afford them applications in a vast network of …

The crystal growth mechanism, kinetics, and microstructure development play a fundamental
role in tailoring the materials with controllable sizes and morphologies. The classical crystal …