One small change makes solar cells more efficient
Scientists can significantly improve the performance of quantum dot solar cells by adding small amounts of alternate metals.
Apr 21st, 2017
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Ultrafast imaging reveals the electron's new clothes
This work offers strong evidence for the formation of polarons that are important for understanding energy transport in complex materials.
Apr 21st, 2017
Read moreSuper-resolution microscopy of hydrogels
A new NSF CAREER award to study the structure of hydrogels - jelly-like materials that have some of the properties of solids, but are largely composed of water.
Apr 21st, 2017
Read moreWood filter with added nanoparticles removes toxic dye from water
Engineers added nanoparticles to wood, then used it to filter toxic dyes from water.
Apr 21st, 2017
Read moreA more fundamental approach to correlation
A method for calculating physical effects in materials with strong interactions between their electrons holds promise for analyzing these intriguing materials.
Apr 21st, 2017
Read moreElectronic 'cyclones' at the nanoscale
By careful synthesis of ultrafine layered structures or superlattices, built from layers of lead titanate and strontium titanate, researchers discovered they could create electrical spirals, called polar vortices, similar to the rotating vortices observed in magnetic systems.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreNew quantum liquid crystals may play role in future of computers
New state of matter may have applications in ultrafast quantum computers.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreFinding order and structure in the atomic chaos where materials meet
Materials science researchers have developed a model that can account for irregularities in how atoms arrange themselves at the so-called 'grain boundaries' - the interface where two materials meet.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreClean water from a plant-based membrane
A team of researchers has developed a plant-derived material that can be used to purify water potentially far more effectively than current petroleum-based membrane materials.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreEngineering technique is damaging materials research reveals
Widely used microscopy technique has unintended consequences new research reveals.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read more3D computer models of damage in multi-layered materials
Computer modelling of nano-indentation studies performed on ion-irradiated steels has generated 3D stress-field maps on an engineering scale that agree well with experimental results.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreDeciphering material properties at the single-atom level
It was a big challenge and a small particle. Scientists determined the three-dimensional position of more than 23,000 atoms in a tiny iron-platinum particle with 22 picometer precision.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreNew microscopy method breaks color barrier of optical imaging
Researchers have made a significant step toward breaking the so-called 'color barrier' of light microscopy for biological systems, allowing for much more comprehensive, system-wide labeling and imaging of a greater number of biomolecules in living cells and tissues than is currently attainable.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreCreation of artificial atoms in graphene
Scientists demonstrated that a vacancy in graphene can be charged in a controllable way such that electrons can be localized to mimic the electron orbitals of an artificial atom. Importantly, the trapping mechanism is reversible (turned on and off) and the energy levels can be tuned.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreSmallest transistor ever
Researchers built a fully functional, nanometer-sized transistor by using atomically flat, two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide semiconductor and a single-walled carbon nanotube imbedded in zirconium dioxide.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreGraphene 'copy machine' may produce cheap semiconductor wafers
Engineers use graphene as a 'copy machine' to produce cheaper semiconductor wafers.
Apr 19th, 2017
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