Researchers have used an electron microscope to observe the individual steps of growing indium oxide on graphene at atomic-scale resolution.
22 July 2020
A newly synthesized compound has helped scientists understand the elusive quantum spin liquid state, but also raised questions as well.
22 July 2020
Scientists move synthesis from the lab to the computer
21 July 2020Laurie Winkless
By studying the 2D material gallium telluride in real time using ultrafast electron diffraction, researchers have discovered that it breaks Friedel's Law.
20 July 2020
Researchers have found that a salt based on the organic compound piperidine can greatly improve the longevity of perovskite solar cells.
15 July 2020
A computational model for understanding how changes in material nanostructure affect conductivity could lead to new energy storage devices.
15 July 2020
Researchers have identified a small number of impurity atoms that may contribute to the strength of enamel, but also make it more soluble.
14 July 2020
X-ray measurements have revealed how the fine-scale structure of a granular material influences the behavior of waves propagating through them.
10 July 2020
micropatterned substrate boosts perovskite light absorption
9 July 2020Cordelia Sealy
8 July 2020Christopher A. Schuh
A new technique for making heterostructured materials uses ball milling to smash structurally incommensurate solids and then reassemble them.
8 July 2020
By shining laser light onto an impure crystal, researchers were able to cool a semiconductor cantilever to at least 20°C below room temperature.
8 July 2020
Smart medicines could generate drugs and imaging agents when they come into contact with diseased tissues
6 July 2020
Materials called metal-organic frameworks can be spun into fibres to filter particulate pollutants from air
2 July 2020