Crystalline materials news

New computational method goes beyond perovskites

Engineers have developed a high-throughput computational method to design new hybrid organic-inorganic materials for solar cells and LEDs.

Researchers hear about new, efficient way to create MOFs

A new clean, green technique uses high-frequency sound waves to produce customized metal-organic frameworks in minutes.

Iron selenide turns out to be an utterly ordinary superconductor

Neutron scattering experiments on iron selenide have revealed that its electronic behavior is very similar to other iron-based superconductors.

Soft shell allows nanocubes to pack together in unusual way

Nanocubes coated with single-stranded DNA chains assemble into an unusual ‘zigzag’ arrangement that has never been observed before.

Rigid chemical bonds help MOFs to capture carbon dioxide

The gas separation ability of metal-organic frameworks can be greatly improved by using rapid heat treatment to make their lattice structure rigid.

Solution processing of perovskite thin films

Chinese researchers offer a simple route to bandgap engineering

Novel machine-learning algorithm helps to identify tough MOFs

Researchers have developed a machine-learning algorithm that can accurately predict the mechanical properties of metal organic frameworks.

New crystalline material with quasiparticles on the inside

quasiparticles detected experimentally for the first time

Recipients of the 2019 Rising Stars in Computational Materials Science Award Announced

The great doped nanodiamond bake-off

Scientists have used extremely high pressures and temperatures to dope nanodiamonds with elements such as silicon and argon.

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Simple synthesis produces complex nanoparticles

one-pot synthesis produces Au nanoparticles with porous shells of tiny CeO2 nanoparticles of varying thickness for catalysis and plasmonics

Multiple different particles self-assemble in multiple phases

On taking a closer look at how nonuniform particles self-assemble, engineers were surprised to discover that it happens in multiples phases.

Scientists find cool solid material for refrigeration

Researchers have found that plastic crystals of neopentylglycol could replace the inefficient gases used in most refrigerators and air conditioners.

Electric material produces chiral skyrmions when stressed

Researchers have not only unexpectedly detected polar skyrmions in a material with reversible electrical properties, but also found that they're chiral.

Collaboration produces first-ever 2D phosphorene nanoribbons

High-quality phosphorene nanoribbons for high-speed electronics

Novel method makes liquid crystals go against orders

For the first time, researchers have managed to create an anti-ordered state with liquid crystals, where they avoid aligning along a certain direction.