Electronic properties

Breakthrough in rapid manufacturing of perovskite solar cells

Superconducting thorium hydride comes under pressure

chemical compounds based on thorium and hydrogen conduct electricity without resistance at relatively high temperatures

Storing renewable energy even when there is no sun or wind

New class of polymers brings cheaper grid batteries

Understanding thermionic emission in graphene

Improving on Dirac cone approximation in graphene thermionic emission

Smallest ever spectrometer can image single cells

Smallest ever spectrometer based on a single nanowire

Ultra-thin gold only a couple of atoms thick

Gold nano sheets for flexible electronic applications

Quantum materials could find uses in light-controlled electronic devices

Weyl semimetals could be used to fabricate new photonic devices

Quantum material can mimic shark’s sixth sense

Quantum effects allow samarium nickelate to mimic a shark's sixth sense, by detecting minute electric fields in salt water.

Heating boosts graphene’s conductivity

Two-step thermal reduction process boosts conductivity and mobility of reduced graphene oxide (RGO), opening up new potential applications.

Solar energy harnessed by new 'double-glazing' approach

Solar power device like a double-glazed window offers new approach.

Stretchable, twistable textile-based biobatteries become a reality

Batteries powered by sweat made completely from fabric

Glassy carbon proves strong under pressure

Glassy carbon is lightweight, ultrastrong, very hard, elastic, and electrically conductive and is ideal for military armor and aerospace applications.