For example, tetrapods and octapods have been synthesized from zero-dimensional (0D ... 1D/2D heterostructures 23,24,25. These heterostructures are typical examples of complex 3D nanostructures ...

Jose Manuel Romo-Herrera, a PhD student in Terrones' group, and first author of the paper published on these findings ("Covalent 2D and 3D Networks from 1D Nanostructures: Designing New Materials"), ...