Vanadium oxides with multioxidation states and various crystalline structures offer unique
electrical, optical, optoelectronic and magnetic properties, which could be manipulated for …

Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (AZIBs) stand out among many monovalent/multivalent metal‐
ion batteries as promising new energy storage devices because of their good safety, low …

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 …

Human health, environmental protection and safety are just a few examples of humankind's
current main concerns, that drive the scientific community to develop sensors able to monitor …

Complex oxides are record holder materials for many phenomena, including ferroelectricity,
piezoelectricity, superconductivity and multiferroicity. Complex oxides often have competing …

Metal–insulator transition (MIT) coupled with an ultrafast, significant, and reversible resistive
change in Mott insulators has attracted tremendous interest for investigation into next …

The frenetic global development is improving the average quality of life in an unprecedented
way, but at the expense of increasing pressure on natural resources, environmental …

Efficient and dynamic light manipulation at small scale is highly desirable for many
photonics applications. Active optical metasurfaces represent a useful way of achieving this …

Vanadium dioxide is an unusual material that undergoes a first-order Metal–Insulator
Transition (MIT) at 340 K, attracting considerable interest for its intrinsic properties and its …

Na-ion batteries (NIBs) offer a low-cost solution for energy storage applications. However,
the cathode materials of NIBs are still limited by their low energy density, exhibiting either …