The accurate characterization of nanolayered systems is an essential topic for today's developments in many fields of material research. Thin high-k layers and gate stacks are technologically required for the design of current and future electronic devices and can be deposited, e.g., by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD). However, the metrological challenges to characterize such systems demand furth...

Plastic deformation behavior of Cu/Ni/W metallic multilayers with individual layer thickness ranging from 5 nm to 300 nm is investigated by nanoindentation testing. The experimental results reveal that the composite still exhibits indentation-induced plastic deformation instability and the loss of strain hardening ability at the nanometer scale even if the composite contains two kinds of layer ...

Carbon and silica play an important role in materials science due to their importance in both practical applications and academic research. To synergistically utilize their interesting properties, attention has been increasingly paid to synthesizing carbon/silica hybrid nanocomposites with new interesting functionalities. Various approaches have been extensively explored to achieve this goal. A...

Complex intermetallic materials known as MAX phases exhibit exceptional properties from both metals and ceramics, largely thanks to their nanolayered structure. With high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy supported by atomistic modelling, we reveal atomic features of a nano-twist phase in the Ti3AlC2. The rotated hexagonal single-crystal is encompassed within basal symmetric ...

Nanolayered Mn oxide/poly(4-vinylpyridine) as a model for Mn cluster in photosystem II was synthesized and characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), dynamic light scattering (DLS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and UV-Visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis). The compound is a very efficient water oxidizing catalyst, and sizable oxygen...