Recent progress of amorphous nanomaterials

J Kang, X Yang, Q Hu, Z Cai, LM Liu, L Guo - Chemical Reviews, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Amorphous materials are metastable solids with only short-range order at the atomic scale,
which results from local intermolecular chemical bonding. The lack of long-range order …

Science and art of ductile grinding of brittle solids

H Huang, X Li, D Mu, BR Lawn - International Journal of Machine Tools …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Prior to any practical application, brittle material components may need to be machined to a
high degree of precision in order to avoid functional breakdown as well as to maintain …

Plastic deformation in silicon nitride ceramics via bond switching at coherent interfaces

J Zhang, G Liu, W Cui, Y Ge, S Du, Y Gao, Y Zhang… - Science, 2022‏ - science.org
Covalently bonded ceramics exhibit preeminent properties—including hardness, strength,
chemical inertness, and resistance against heat and corrosion—yet their wider application is …

Amorphous/Crystalline Rh(OH)3/CoP Heterostructure with Hydrophilicity/ Aerophobicity Feature for All‐pH Hydrogen Evolution Reactions

M **ng, S Zhu, X Zeng, S Wang, Z Liu… - Advanced Energy …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Interface engineering shows distinct advantages in the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution
reaction (HER) due to the unique structures that can be realized. The interfaces formed by …

Borrowed dislocations for ductility in ceramics

LR Dong, J Zhang, YZ Li, YX Gao, M Wang, MX Huang… - Science, 2024‏ - science.org
The inherent brittleness of ceramics, primarily due to restricted atomic motions from rigid
ionic or covalent bonded structures, is a persistent challenge. This characteristic hinders …

Oxidation of metallic Cu by supercritical CO2 and control synthesis of amorphous nano-metal catalysts for CO2 electroreduction

C Chen, X Yan, Y Wu, X Zhang, S Liu, F Zhang… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Amorphous nano-metal catalysts often exhibit appealing catalytic properties, because the
intrinsic linear scaling relationship can be broken. However, accurate control synthesis of …

Nanograin–glass dual-phasic, elasto-flexible, fatigue-tolerant, and heat-insulating ceramic sponges at large scales

L Li, C Jia, Y Liu, B Fang, W Zhu, X Li, LA Schaefer, Z Li… - Materials Today, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Ceramics are considered intrinsically brittle at room temperature, which is mainly attributed
to the limited availability of crystallographic slips and pre-existing geometrical flaws …

A self-healing multispectral transparent adhesive peptide glass

G Finkelstein-Zuta, ZA Arnon, T Vijayakanth, O Messer… - Nature, 2024‏ - nature.com
Despite its disordered liquid-like structure, glass exhibits solid-like mechanical properties.
The formation of glassy material occurs by vitrification, preventing crystallization and …

Ceramic Meta‐Aerogel with Thermal Superinsulation up to 1700° C Constructed by Self‐Crosslinked Nanofibrous Network via Reaction Electrospinning

Z Xu, Y Liu, Q **n, J Dai, J Yu, L Cheng… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Thermal insulation under extreme conditions requires the materials to be capable of
withstanding complex thermo‐mechanical stress, significant gradient temperature transition …

Amorphous nanomaterials in electrocatalytic water splitting

C Guo, Y Shi, S Lu, Y Yu, B Zhang - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Electrochemical water splitting, as a promising method for hydrogen production, has
attracted significant attention. However, the lack of an electrocatalyst with a small energy …