Solids, Volume 3, Issue 1

Thermoelectric materials convert waste heat to electricity and are part of the package of technologies needed to limit global warming. The tin chalcogenides SnS and SnSe are promising candidate thermoelectrics, with orthorhombic SnSe showing some of...

Alkylsilane-derived hybrid films exhibiting excellent dynamic dewetting behaviors toward various liquids are promising, since they are smooth, highly transparent, and a low environmental burden. However, the detailed mechanism of their unique dynamic...

The phenomenon of total external reflection of X-rays at a sliding angle of incidence of a beam of incident X-rays is investigated. For metals, a quantitative law of direct dependence of the refractive index decrement on the interplane distance is ob...

Three-dimensional hybrid organic–inorganic lead halide perovskites are promising photovoltaic and light-emitting materials. A key phenomenon relevant for their optoelectronic applications is electron–phonon coupling. Since it can be stron...

In 1991 the layered organic compound $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)${}_2$Cu${}_2$(CN)${}_3$ with a triangular lattice was synthesized for the first time. Although, originally, the focus was on the superconducting properties under pressure, this frustrated Mott insulator has be...

Pharmaceutical cocrystals are currently gaining interest among the scientific community, due to their great potential for providing novel crystalline forms with superior properties such as solubility, dissolution rate, bioavailability, and stability....

The present article examined the influence of size and periodicity of simulated gold (Au) nanoparticles (NPs) embedded in Nickel Oxide (NiO) matrix on localized plasmonic resonances (LSPRs). The scope of this work is to comparatively study the theore...

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising materials for a myriad of applications because of their easy synthesis and large variability through the organic linker. For open-environment applications, the organic content can, however, give rise to f...

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We used density functional theory (DFT) calculations to investigate the structural, electronic, magnetic, mechanical, and thermodynamic properties of CoYSb (Y = Cr, Mo and W) compounds. These are XYZ type half-Heusler alloys, which also exist in the...

A novel Ti-Ni-Hf-Cu-Nb shape memory alloy has been developed by a new combinatorial alloy synthesis method, the Suspended Droplet Alloying. The influence of alloying elements on the transformation temperature, the microstructure and the shape memory...