The synthesis of nanoparticles with particular compositions and structures can lead to
nanoparticles with notable physicochemical properties, thus promoting their use in various …

Calcium orthophosphates are the main mineral constituents of bones and teeth, and there is
great interest in understanding the physical mechanisms that underlie their growth …

Ni/Co-based phosphides are a family of promising electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution
reaction (HER), but the sluggish water dissociation kinetics impedes their applications in …

Following Nature's lessons, today chemists can cross the boundary of the small molecule
world to construct multifunctional and highly complex molecular nano-objects up to protein …

Magic-sized cadmium selenide (CdSe) nanocrystals have been pyrolytically synthesized.
These ultra-small nanocrystals exhibit broadband emission (420− 710 nm) that covers most …

Alloy nanocrystals provide an additional degree of freedom in selecting desirable properties
for nanoscale engineering because their physical and optical properties depend on both …

We investigated the freezing of colloidal spheres in two dimensions with single-particle
resolution. Using micron-size, charge-stabilized polystyrene spheres with a temperature …

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a promising material for many emerging applications. Even more
promising are the benefits offered by the material when its length scale is reduced to the …

Colloidal semiconductor magic-size clusters (MSCs) remain poorly understood with regard
to their formation and transformation. We show that ZnTe MSC-324 (with an optical …

Introduction of chirality to colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) triggers a chiroptical
effect. However, there remains a knowledge gap in the mechanism of chirality transfer and …