As a key structural parameter, phase depicts the arrangement of atoms in materials.
Normally, a nanomaterial exists in its thermodynamically stable crystal phase. With the …

Silicene, the ultimate scaling of a silicon atomic sheet in a buckled honeycomb lattice,
represents a monoelemental class of two-dimensional (2D) materials similar to graphene …

Silicon crystallized in the usual cubic (diamond) lattice structure has dominated the
electronics industry for more than half a century. However, cubic silicon (Si), germanium …

All-photonic integrated circuits are promising platforms for future systems beyond the
limitation of Moore's law. Over the last several decades, one-dimensional (1D) nanowires …

Nanowires are filamentary crystals with a tailored diameter that can be obtained using a
plethora of different synthesis techniques. In this review, we focus on the vapor phase …

Water's phase diagram displays enormous complexity with currently 17 experimentally
confirmed polymorphs of ice and several more predicted computationally. For almost 120 …

Semiconductor nanowires have demonstrated exciting properties for nanophotonics,
sensors, energy technologies, and end-of-roadmap and beyond-roadmap electronic …

The effects of alkaline-earth metals on electronic, optical, thermodynamic, and physical
properties of ferromagnetic AVO3 (A= Ba, Sr, Ca, and Mg) have been investigated by first …

Closing the gap between experiments and simulations in the investigation of high-pressure
silicon phase transitions calls for advanced, new-generation modeling approaches. By …

The integration of Ge on Si for photonics applications has reached a high level of maturity:
Ge photodetectors are available on the Si platform in foundry processes, and Si/Ge …