Electronic properties

Antioxidants can protect health of conducting polymers

Researchers have discovered that antioxidants can help prevent the damage to conducting polymers caused by transmission electron microscopy.

Mighty morphin' 3D printing nozzle

Engineers have created a new shape-changing, or 'morphing', nozzle for 3D printing fiber-filled composites for use in 4D printing applications.

Bismuth crystals stacked to produce novel topological insulator

For the first time, researchers have created a higher-order topological insulator by stacking 2D crystals of bismuth in a specific arrangement.

New quantum properties discovered in old material

Researchers have uncovered topological properties in cobalt disulfide that could allow this magnetic material to be used for spintronics applications.

Kai Siegbahn prize 2021: the nominations are now open!

Gelatin-based film that can self-repair smartphones

Self-repairing gelatin-based film that can repair itself multiple times

Stanford University Study - Top Materials Scientists

Multilane highway speeds electrons through topological insulator

By realizing the quantum anomalous Hall effect in a multilayered insulator, researchers have produced a multilane highway for transporting electrons.

Scientists probe mysterious state of 2D superconductors

Scientists have discovered why an anomalous metallic state appears at the superconductor-insulator transition in 2D superconductors.

Topological quantum states found in magic-angle graphene

Researchers have discovered that the electrons in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene can create 'topological quantum states'.