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The fabrication method of diamond nanostructures can be divided into two categories: top-down etching and bottom-growth. The early work on 3D micro-structured diamond dates back to mid-1990s, using chemical vapor infiltration (CVI)…
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Bimetallic nanoparticles serve as a vital class of catalysts with tunable properties suitable for diverse catalytic reactions, yet a comprehensive understanding of their structural evolution under operational conditions as well as their…
The discovery of quasicrystals 30 years ago challenged our understanding of order at the atomic scale. While quasicrystals possess long-range orientational order they lack translation periodicity. Structurally complex, yet crystalline…
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