Supported noble metal catalysts have a wide range of applications in chemistry synthesis,
energy conversion, and environmental protection. However, the sintering of metal particles …

This paper summarizes some of the essential aspects of silicon‐nanowire growth and of
their electrical properties. In the first part, a brief description of the different growth …

The stability of supported nanocatalysts is crucial to meeting environmental and energy
challenges and necessitates fundamental theory to relieve trial-and-error experimentation …

Copper nanoparticle–based catalysts have been extensively applied in industry, but the
nanoparticles tend to sinter into larger ones in the chemical atmospheres, which is …

Catalysis plays a critical role in chemical conversion, energy production and pollution
mitigation. High activation barriers associated with rate-limiting elementary steps require …

Stable catalysts are essential to address energy and environmental challenges, especially
for applications in harsh environments (for example, high temperature, oxidizing atmosphere …

Sintering is the process of forming materials and components from a powder under the
action of thermal energy. It is a key materials science subject: most ceramic materials and …

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is a powerful tool for achieving atomic level control in the
deposition of thin films. However, several physical and chemical phenomena can occur …

Calorimetric measurements of metal adsorption energies directly provide the energies of
metal atoms in supported metal nanoparticles. As the metal coverage increases, the …

We have constructed a general thermodynamic model of chemical potentials and applied ab
initio electronic structure and molecular dynamics simulations, as well as kinetic Monte …