Solution combustion is an exciting phenomenon, which involves propagation of self-
sustained exothermic reactions along an aqueous or sol–gel media. This process allows for …

With the fast development of nanoscience and nanotechnology in the last 30 years,
semiconductor nanowires have been widely investigated in the areas of both electronics …

Low-dimensional piezoelectric semiconductor nanomaterials, such as ZnO and GaN, have
superior mechanical properties and can be integrated into flexible devices that can be …

All-inorganic lead halide perovskites (CsPbX3, X= Cl, Br or I) are becoming increasingly
important for energy conversion and optoelectronics because of their outstanding …

Tuning band energies of semiconductors through strain engineering can significantly
enhance their electronic, photonic, and spintronic performances. Although low-dimensional …

“Smaller is stronger.” Nanostructured materials such as thin films, nanowires, nanoparticles,
bulk nanocomposites, and atomic sheets can withstand non-hydrostatic (eg, tensile or …

Recent discoveries of exotic physical phenomena, such as unconventional
superconductivity in magic‐angle twisted bilayer graphene, dissipationless Dirac fermions in …

Strain engineering has been extensively studied as a practical approach for controlling the
electronic and optoelectronic properties of inorganic materials by deliberately imposing …

Spontaneous polarization is shown to enhance the lifetimes of photogenerated species in
BaTiO3. This is attributed to polarization‐induced surface band bending acting as a thermal …

All-inorganic lead halide perovskite nanowires have been the focus of increasing interest
since they exhibit improved stability compared to their hybrid organic–inorganic …