Ferroic materials, namely ferroelectrics and ferroelastics, show outstanding potential for device applications. Especially, the domains and domain walls in ferroic materials have received wide attention since they are applicable to…

Nanotubes have been pursued aggressively over the last two decades. Significant progress has been made in the selective growth and post-synthetic sorting of highly monodisperse carbon nanotubes, in understanding their…

As the field of topological physics continues to evolve, the range of materials and devices manifesting that physics continues to expand, and commercial technological application appears to be on the…

Atmospheric pressure plasmas are formed in open atmosphere and result in high reactivity due to formation of multiple excited and ionized species. These plasmas play an important role in many…

Plasmonic materials encompass a broad range of materials including non-noble metals, 2D-materials, doped oxides and semiconductors, ceramics, and chiral assemblies. By enabling a wealth of applications spanning from non-liner optics…

This Special Topic focuses on liquid crystal elastomers where programmed macromolecular orientation leads to programmed properties, including but not limited to shape change, soft-elastic mechanical behavior, and optical properties. We…

Plasma discharges are traditionally associated with a gaseous phase; however, discharges can be generated in all phases. Plasma discharges formed in liquids and interfacing with liquids represent an emerging and…

Bistability and its metastable structure are a principal origin of variety in nature. Spin transition and related materials are a platform of such phenomena, and particularly their well-controlled switchable property…

This Special Topic presents the most recent and advanced research on acoustic/elastic metamaterials and metasurfaces and their applications. The theoretical, numerical, and experimental research and analyses on these artificial materials,…

Scientists have long recognized that interfaces play key roles in controlling the functionality of materials. Previous foundational studies characterizing structure and structure-property relationships via a wide range of experimental techniques,…

The quest for novel electroluminescent and photoluminescent materials along with the design of innovative device architectures are key for efficient light generation. In this Special Topic, we seek to discuss…

This Special Topic focuses on the emerging research on the topic of flexoelectricity—a unique and universal electromechanical phenomenon that may have tantalizing implications in a wide range of subjects ranging…