By stretching hexagonal boron nitride, scientists have obtained the largest spectral color-tuning range from an atomically thin quantum system.
28 April 2020
Researchers have developed a carbon nanotube-based sensor that can track how plants respond to stresses such as injury, infection and light damage.
27 April 2020
The traps that capture charge carriers in perovskite crystals occur at the boundaries between distorted grains and pristine grains.
27 April 2020
data can be written and erased in novel light-emitting hybrid combining bioimaging organic dyes and luminescent solid-state metal clusters
24 April 2020Cordelia Sealy
Researchers have designed a novel liquid crystal elastomer that can be ‘programmed’ to both twist and bend in the presence of light.
20 April 2020
Researchers have developed an hexagonal silicon-germanium alloy that can emit light, which could prove of great use for photonics.
20 April 2020
Researchers have developed a novel machine-learning algorithm for quantitatively characterizing material microstructure in three dimensions.
15 April 2020
When heated, a novel photonic crystal appears to emit more coherent light at infrared wavelengths than can be explained by Planck's Law.
6 April 2020
Sheets that are just a single molecular layer thick could be used to detect toxic gases
2 April 2020
Researchers have demonstrated that solar cells made from organic materials may be better than traditional silicon solar cells for use underwater.
2 April 2020