Crystalline materials

Sharp corners make aluminum nanoparticles more catalytic

Researchers have found that aluminum nanoparticles with sharper corners are better able to utilize light to catalyze chemical reactions.

Making multiferrorics magnetizable

Making multiferrorics magnetizable with a titanium dopant

Addressing our waste, recycling, and manufacturing challenges

merging recycling with manufacturing can reform waste into value added materials for re-use

New design principles identify quantum materials with useful spin textures

A novel framework for identifying and assessing the spin textures of crystalline materials could help develop low-energy computing technology.

Relationship between electricity and magnetism takes new direction

Researchers have discovered that a small change in the direction of the magnetic field in a symmetrical crystal can alter its electrical polarization.

New self-assembly system can add color to DNA nanostructures

Researchers have demonstrated on computer a novel color-coding system for getting DNA to self-assemble into desired nanostructures.

Blurry electron beams struggle to bring 2D crystals into focus

Small imperfections in the lenses used to focus electron microscope beams can lead to the crystal phases in 2D materials being misidentified.

Editor in Spotlight – Prof. Vitalij Pecharsky, Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Boundaries no barrier for thermoelectrical materials

A novel optical detection system may have shown that grain boundaries are no barrier for thermoelectrical materials, but they still can't take the strain.

Composites Part C: Open Access – new journal explores innovations across composite material science