Electronic properties news

Sparks don’t fly with novel growth mechanism

A new method for growing thin layers of the semiconductor gallium nitride can produce high-power transistors.

Making your phone last longer with sulfur

Making your phone last longer with sulfur

New study brings astronomical approach down to the nanoscale

Researchers have used a ‘multi-messenger’ approach to probe the properties of quantum materials at nanoscale resolutions.

Scientists discover ripple in development of complex oxides

Scientists have found a way to study the structure and properties of the underside of a freestanding complex oxide thin film.

Doped halide perovskites offer cheap option for turning heat into electricity

Researchers have found that doping can turn the halide perovskite caesium tin iodide into an inexpensive, non-toxic thermoelectric material.

Nanocrystals put new face on oxygen reduction

nanocrystal core-shell catalyst for fuel cells uses less Pt but drives the oxygen reduction reaction more efficiently and is more durable

Winner of the 2019 Materials Today Innovation Award announced

2019 Materials Today Innovation Award recognizes the development of high-quality growth methods for III-V compound semiconductor materials

Breakthrough in rapid manufacturing of perovskite solar cells

Polymer polarons produce plasmons

By taking advantage of polarons and plasmons, researchers have been able to develop optical nanoantennas from a conducting polymer.

Electron ‘road map’ could reveal route to new materials

Using a novel detwinning technique, researchers have been able to produce a map of the electronic states in the superconductor iron selenide.

Novel MIT design strategy leads to discovery of new MoON

A novel design strategy for identifying new materials exhibiting a metal-insulator transition has led to the discovery of molybdenum oxynitride.

Unusual defects could offer way to control semiconductor

Using an electron microscope, researchers have, for the first time, seen atomic scale defects that dictate the properties of a promising semiconductor.

Nanoparticles target tumor’s blood supply

drug-loaded silica nanoparticles target the blood vessels that supply tumors with oxygen and nutrients to ‘starve’ cancer cells

‘Normal’ phase of cuprate superconductors is very peculiar

By studying the normal state of cuprate superconductors, researchers have discovered an abrupt shift in the behavior of electrons with increased doping.

Superconducting thorium hydride comes under pressure

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

Electricity flows faster in slightly bent organic semiconductor

A 1% bend in an organic semiconductor based on single crystals of the hydrocarbon rubrene can roughly double the speed of electrons flowing through it.

Scientists develop new way to find and manipulate Weyl semimetals

Researchers have developed a new way both to find topological Weyl semimetals and to manipulate them for potential spintronic devices.

Silver and gold help create multispectral photodetector

By placing silver nanocubes on a thin layer of gold above a pyroelectric material, researchers have created a new multispectral photodetector.