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Cuprous oxide (Cu2O) crystals with tailored architectures: A comprehensive review on synthesis, fundamental properties, functional modifications and applications 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.03.006 2018-03-28 Better understanding the crystal-facet engineering of a crystal with tailored architecture has demonstrated a significant implication for rational design and synthesis of promising micro-/nanostructure. In the past decades, extensive investigations have been ...
Recent Advances in Two-dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides-Graphene Heterostructured Materials for Electrochemical Applications 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.03.007 2018-03-17 Recently, the research effort on two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides/graphene (2D-TMDs/Gr) hybrids has grown. These hybrids are emerging as a promising strategy for the preparation of advanced multifunctional materials with effectively upgraded p...
Revisiting the electrical and optical transmission properties of co-doped ZnO thin films as n-type TCOs 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.03.004 2018-03-17 A transparent conducting oxide (TCOs) thin film exhibits a very high electrical conductivity and high visible light transparency with considerable practical applications in solar cells and in transparent electronics. As a promising substitute to Sn-doped In2O...
Kinetics of Interface Alloy Phase formation at nanometer length scale in Ultra-thin Films: X-ray and polarized neutron reflectometry 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.03.005 2018-03-16 Multilayer thin films of various metal pairs present model systems for studying intermetallic alloy phase formation at interfaces of these heterostructures on annealing and help to understand the kinetics of phase formation. Formation and study of these phase...
Radiation damage in nanostructured materials 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.03.002 2018-03-15 There is a significant demand for the discovery of advanced materials that can survive high temperature and high doses of irradiations for the next generation nuclear reactors. Materials subjected to high dose irradiation by energetic particles often experien...
Anisotropic magnetic nanoparticles: A review of their properties, syntheses and potential applications 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.03.003 2018-03-14 Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are of great scientific interest because of the size effect associated with their magnetic properties and, even more so, because of their wide-ranging application potential in technology and biomedicine. In this review we focus o...
Progress in Corrosion Science at Atomic and Nanometric Scales 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.03.001 2018-03-07 Contemporary aspects of corrosion science are reviewed to show how insightful a surface science approach is to understand the mechanisms of corrosion initiation at the atomic and nanometric scales. The review covers experimental approaches using advanced surf...
Magnetostrictive polymer composites: recent advances in materials, structures and properties 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.02.005 2018-02-24 Magnetostrictive polymer composites (MPCs) are a class of materials having the ability to change dimensions, elastic and electromagnetic properties under the presence of a magnetic field. Their advantages over bulk magnetostrictive metals are high resistivity...
Transparent glass-ceramics functionalized by dispersed crystals 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.02.006 2018-02-23 Transparent glass ceramics (TGCs) with minimized scattering loss offer the combined characteristics of both glasses and (transparent) ceramics. The functionalities of the dispered crystals make TGCs a new generation of tailorable optical materials with a wide...
Transparent Heat Regulating (THR) Materials and Coatings for Energy Saving Window Applications: Impact of Materials Design, Micro-Structural, and Interface Quality on the THR Performance 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.02.007 2018-02-17 This review highlights the development of energy saving transparent heat regulating (THR) materials and coating for energy saving window applications. Current state-of-the- art technologies including transparent heat reflecting mirror (THM), thermo-chromic (T...

Cuprous oxide (Cu2O) crystals with tailored architectures: A comprehensive review on synthesis, fundamental properties, functional modifications and applications

10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.03.006

2018-03-28

Better understanding the crystal-facet engineering of a crystal with tailored architecture has demonstrated a significant implication for rational design and synthesis of promising micro-/nanostructure. In the past decades, extensive investigations have been ...

Recent Advances in Two-dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides-Graphene Heterostructured Materials for Electrochemical Applications

10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.03.007

2018-03-17

Recently, the research effort on two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides/graphene (2D-TMDs/Gr) hybrids has grown. These hybrids are emerging as a promising strategy for the preparation of advanced multifunctional materials with effectively upgraded p...

Revisiting the electrical and optical transmission properties of co-doped ZnO thin films as n-type TCOs

10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.03.004

2018-03-17

A transparent conducting oxide (TCOs) thin film exhibits a very high electrical conductivity and high visible light transparency with considerable practical applications in solar cells and in transparent electronics. As a promising substitute to Sn-doped In2O...

Kinetics of Interface Alloy Phase formation at nanometer length scale in Ultra-thin Films: X-ray and polarized neutron reflectometry

10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.03.005

2018-03-16

Multilayer thin films of various metal pairs present model systems for studying intermetallic alloy phase formation at interfaces of these heterostructures on annealing and help to understand the kinetics of phase formation. Formation and study of these phase...

Radiation damage in nanostructured materials

10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.03.002

2018-03-15

There is a significant demand for the discovery of advanced materials that can survive high temperature and high doses of irradiations for the next generation nuclear reactors. Materials subjected to high dose irradiation by energetic particles often experien...

Anisotropic magnetic nanoparticles: A review of their properties, syntheses and potential applications

10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.03.003

2018-03-14

Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are of great scientific interest because of the size effect associated with their magnetic properties and, even more so, because of their wide-ranging application potential in technology and biomedicine. In this review we focus o...

Progress in Corrosion Science at Atomic and Nanometric Scales

10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.03.001

2018-03-07

Contemporary aspects of corrosion science are reviewed to show how insightful a surface science approach is to understand the mechanisms of corrosion initiation at the atomic and nanometric scales. The review covers experimental approaches using advanced surf...

Magnetostrictive polymer composites: recent advances in materials, structures and properties

10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.02.005

2018-02-24

Magnetostrictive polymer composites (MPCs) are a class of materials having the ability to change dimensions, elastic and electromagnetic properties under the presence of a magnetic field. Their advantages over bulk magnetostrictive metals are high resistivity...

Transparent glass-ceramics functionalized by dispersed crystals

10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.02.006

2018-02-23

Transparent glass ceramics (TGCs) with minimized scattering loss offer the combined characteristics of both glasses and (transparent) ceramics. The functionalities of the dispered crystals make TGCs a new generation of tailorable optical materials with a wide...

Transparent Heat Regulating (THR) Materials and Coatings for Energy Saving Window Applications: Impact of Materials Design, Micro-Structural, and Interface Quality on the THR Performance

10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.02.007

2018-02-17

This review highlights the development of energy saving transparent heat regulating (THR) materials and coating for energy saving window applications. Current state-of-the- art technologies including transparent heat reflecting mirror (THM), thermo-chromic (T...