High-quality lead-free films based on double perovskites with useful photovoltaic properties.
18 April 2018Laurie Donaldson
Sodium-ion electrolyte with newly discovered structure could be used in solid-state batteries.
18 April 2018Laurie Donaldson
A new material made of sodium, phosphorous, tin and sulfur, with a tetragonal crystal shape, should make an effective electrolyte in solid-state batteries.
16 April 2018
A proposed new state of matter termed a ‘superfluid quasicrystal’ should should flow without friction while exhibiting a nonperiodic structure.
13 April 2018
Scientists have witnessed exotic superconductivity in the material ytterbium-bismuth-platinum that relies on highly unusual electron interactions.
13 April 2018
Gold nanoparticles are remarkably robust when exposed to very high temperatures, but their atomic structures tend to fluctuate.
12 April 2018
Constant illumination relaxes the crystal lattice of a perovskite material, making it more efficient at collecting sunlight and converting it to energy.
11 April 2018
Scientists have developed the first technique able to meld ions from up to eight different elements to form high entropy alloyed nanoparticles.
6 April 2018
Scientists have discovered that a barium-iron-arsenic superconductor changes its magnetic properties when put under mechanical strain.
4 April 2018
Scientists created an electrically conducting crystal made from layers of iron and tin atoms, with each layer arranged in the pattern of a kagome lattice.
4 April 2018