The traps that capture charge carriers in perovskite crystals occur at the boundaries between distorted grains and pristine grains.
27 April 2020
Researchers have uncovered a new material able maintain its skyrmion properties at room temperature when exposed to high pressures.
24 April 2020
The transition of iron sulfide into a magnet can produce changes in its crystalline structure that cause it to switch from a conductor to an insulator.
22 April 2020
Adding a low concentration of a 2D tin-based perovskite to a 3D version in solution produces a stable and efficient photovoltaic thin film.
16 April 2020
Researchers have developed a novel machine-learning algorithm for quantitatively characterizing material microstructure in three dimensions.
15 April 2020
Scientists have uncovered evidence that a state of matter known as a pair density wave coexists with superconductivity in a cuprate superconductor.
10 April 2020
A new study shows that samarium sulfide expands at low temperatures due to electrons moving into the outermost shell of the samarium atoms.
8 April 2020
When heated, a novel photonic crystal appears to emit more coherent light at infrared wavelengths than can be explained by Planck's Law.
6 April 2020
Sheets that are just a single molecular layer thick could be used to detect toxic gases
2 April 2020
Researchers have shown that the crystal structure at the surface of semiconductor materials can make them behave like metals and even superconductors.
2 April 2020