Let's think of a paper sheet. If we tried to stiffen it from its primary state, it couldn't support its own weight. However, if we bend it, the sheet achieves a new structural quality. The shells act ...

Organic ligands are essential in the growth of monodisperse colloidal inorganic nanocrystals and can be leveraged to create a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Inorganic nanocrystals coated with ...

Nanomaterials with core-shell architectures are prominent examples of strain-engineered materials. The lattice mismatch between the core and shell materials can cause strong interface strain, which ...