We have proposed in 1992 that nanoparticles of layered compounds will be unstable
against folding and close into fullerene-like structures and nanotubes (IF). Nanotubes and …

This review will focus on the synthesis, arrangement, structural assembly, for current and
future applications, of 1D nanomaterials (tubes, wires, rods) in 2D and 3D ordered …

The layered oxides of vanadium and molybdenum have been studied for close to 40 years
as possible cathode materials for lithium batteries or electrochromic systems. The highly …

Concomitant with the development of metal-based spintronics in the late 1980s and 1990s,
important advances were made on the growth of high-quality oxide thin films and …

Nanomaterials lie at the heart of the fundamental advances in efficient energy
storage/conversion and other types of nanodevices in which the surface process and …

Nanoparticles of WS2 and MoS2 with a closed cage structure (fullerene-like) that are termed
IF phases are synthesized in large amounts in a pure form. These nanoparticles were shown …

Iron and vanadium oxides have a rich structural chemistry when combined with phosphate
groups; the transition metal most commonly in an octahedral coordination. The inductive …

Raman scattering has been used to study the influence of manganese, an effective dopant
to obtain ZnO diluted magnetic semiconductors, on the lattice dynamics of ZnO. It is found …

Elemental carbon represents a fundamental building block of matter and the possibility of
ferromagnetic order in carbon has attracted widespread attention. However, the origin of …

The electrochemical intercalation of lithium into vanadium pentoxide was first reported in the
1970's. Over the last 40 years vanadium oxides have continued to be the subject of much …