Inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) appear as the forefront functional structure in nanotechnology. The preparation of functional materials based on inorganic NPs requires their assembly onto well-defined structures. Within this context, self-assembly at air-liquid interfaces is probably the best candidate for a universal procedure for active materials composed of assembled NPs. The detailed in situ ...

Fueled by the popularity of online learning and the widespread adoption of the Internet, educational materials are abundant online. However, it is unclear how the materials should be intelligently presented to different types of users. In this study, we examine how alternative search interfaces (list type vs. scatterplot type) influence users with different decision styles and consequently chan...

Recent progress has led to conductance confinement at the interface of complex oxide heterostructures thereby providing new opportunities to explore nano-electronic as well as nano-ionic devices. In this paper we describe how interfacial contiguity between materials can trigger redox reaction inducing metallic conductivity along the interface of SrTiO3-based heterostructures and create new type...

Materials with a high density of heterophase interfaces, which are capable of absorbing and annihilating radiation-induced point defects, can exhibit a superior radiation tolerance. In this paper, we investigated the interaction behaviors of point defects and heterophase interfaces by implanting helium atoms into the ZrN/TaN multilayered nanofilms. It was found that the point defect-interface i...

We present a general scheme to model an energy for analyzing interfaces between crystalline solids, quantitatively including the effects of varying configurations and lattice strain. This scheme is successfully applied to the modeling of likely interface geometries of several solid state battery materials including Li metal, Li3PO4, Li3PS4, Li2O, and Li2S. Our formalism, together with a partial...

Research on the modelling of industrial materials is particularly important for the automobile industry, in which there is a rather broad spectrum of materials interests. For a recent review of automotive materials needs, see Ref. 1. Processing and design of automotive materials often involves issues of adhesion. The nature of the strong bonds which can form between materials in intimate contac...