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Advanced structure design for energy absorption is a long-lasting pursuit due to its fascinating scientific merit in mechanics and important engineering application. Curv[...]

Despite their wide applications, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have been struggling with their safety risks arising from different lifetime stages. Here, the NCMA pouch ce[...]

Laser direct writing is an attractive method for patterning 2D materials without contamination. Literature shows that the ultrafast ablation threshold of graphene across [...]

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has emerged as a promising two-dimensional (2D) material for many applications in electronics and photonics. Although its linear and nonline[...]

These training materials reflect the most recent update of Sound Partners Training Materials, originally designed for the UNC Charlotte Summer Reading Camp by Dr. Kristen[...]

The conversion efficiency of conventional silicon (Si) photovoltaic cells has not been improved significantly during last two decades but their cost decreased dramaticall[...]

Nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) have evolved as a new class of therapeutics with the potential to detect and treat diseases. Despite tremendous advancements in NANP de[...]

Ceramics and ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) with reinforced fibers have been designed to possess significantly greater fracture toughness and thermal shock resistance. [...]

About a decade ago, mechanical buckling evolves as a promising metrology to rapidly measure the elastic moduli of thin films and one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures. This[...]