The secondary building unit (SBU) approach was a turning point in the discovery of
permanently porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and in launching the field of reticular …

Molten-salt synthesis (MSS) method becomes an excellent bottom-up synthesis technique of
nanomaterials with various chemical compositions and morphologies because of its …

The space of metastable materials offers promising new design opportunities for next-
generation technological materials, such as complex oxides, semiconductors …

Metastable nanomaterials, such as single-atom and high-entropy systems, with exciting
physical and chemical properties are increasingly important for next-generation …

In the synthesis of inorganic materials, reactions often yield non-equilibrium kinetic
byproducts instead of the thermodynamic equilibrium phase. Understanding the competition …

The mainstream synthesis method for MXene is using aqueous fluorine-containing acidic
solutions to eliminate the A-element layers from their MAX phases. However, this strategy is …

The synthesis of refractory materials usually relies on high-temperature conditions to drive
diffusion-limited solid-state reactions. These reactions result in thermodynamically stable …

Intermetallic compounds exhibit attractive electronic, physical, and chemical properties,
especially in terms of a high density of active sites and enhanced conductivity, making them …

This review highlights various design and synthesis approaches toward the construction of
ZMOFs, which are metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with topologies and, in some cases …

Traditional inorganic and organic luminescent materials have been extensively explored
and realized for their diverse functionalities and applications in lighting, display, sensing …