Crystalline materials news, April 2021

Photon avalanche in nanoparticles opens way to bioimaging

photon avalanching in single nanoparticles doped with lanthanide ions observed for the first time

Strain could switch on diamond for optoelectronics

large diamond structures can be elastically deformed in a uniform and controlled way at the nanoscale

Crystalline and amorphous combine in new thermoelectric material

Researchers have created a new hybrid thermoelectric material in which crystalline and amorphous sublattices are intertwined.

Acta Journals’ Outstanding Reviewers in 2020

Quantum dots help shine light on room-temperature spintronics

A novel opto-spintronic nanostructure made from layers of quantum dots can transfer information between electron spin and light at room temperature.

JALCOM - Special Issue on 2D van der Waals magnets: the future of spintronics