Materials Science
May 27, 2021
Engineered defects in crystalline material boost electrical performance
Materials engineers don't like to see line defects in functional materials.
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Nanophysics
May 24, 2021
The birth of a subnanometer-sized soccer ball
Ever since the existence of molecules was proven and molecular reactions were predicted, humans have wanted to visually observe how such events proceed. Such observations of single-molecule reactions are highly important ...
Nanophysics
May 14, 2021
Hanging by a thread: Imaging and probing chains of single atoms
Low-dimensional materials, such as 1D monoatomic chains, exhibit exotic properties that could find interesting applications. However, single-atom bonds and their mechanical characteristics are difficult to study. In a recent ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 23, 2021
Using a new kind of electron microscopy to measure weak van der Waals interactions
A team of researchers from China, the Netherland and Saudi Arabia has used a new kind of electron microscopy to measure weak van der Waals interactions. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes ...
Condensed Matter
Apr 7, 2021
New microscopy technique unveils a feature that can shape applications of a class of quantum materials
A team of researchers led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory microscopist Miaofang Chi and Vanderbilt theoretical physicist Sokrates Pantelides has used a new Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope technique to image the ...
Nanophysics
Apr 6, 2021
High-order superlattices by rolling up van der Waals heterostructures
Two-dimensional (2D) materials and van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures are flexible materials with distinct atomic layers beyond traditional units of lattice-matching requirements. Nevertheless, the 2D van der Waals structures ...
Materials Science
Apr 5, 2021
This hydrogen fuel machine could be the ultimate guide to self-improvement
Three years ago, scientists at the University of Michigan discovered an artificial photosynthesis device made of silicon and gallium nitride (Si/GaN) that harnesses sunlight into carbon-free hydrogen for fuel cells with twice ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 31, 2021
Getting to the core of HIV replication
Viruses lurk in the gray area between the living and the nonliving, according to scientists. Like living things, they replicate but they don't do it on their own. The HIV-1 virus, like all viruses, needs to hijack a host ...
Materials Science
Mar 30, 2021
High-entropy-stabilized chalcogenides with high thermoelectric performance
Thermoelectric technology can generate electricity from waste heat, although their performance can result in a bottleneck for wider applications. Materials scientists can regulate the configurational entropy of a material ...
Materials Science
Mar 24, 2021
Do you know the way to Berkelium, Californium?
Heavy elements known as the actinides are important materials for medicine, energy, and national defense. But even though the first actinides were discovered by scientists at Berkeley Lab more than 50 years ago, we still ...
