Uncovering the personality of wonder ultrathin materials
Imperfections make people interesting; the same goes for crystals.
Nanomaterials
Feb 23, 2015
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Nanoscale defects could boost energy storage materials
Some imperfections pay big dividends.
Nanomaterials
May 11, 2021
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Study disproves assumption about perovskite solar cells, showing that shallow defects dominate in terms of efficiency
Free charge carriers in perovskite solar cells likely have a special form of protection from recombination, researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich have discovered by means of innovative photoluminescence measurements.
Condensed Matter
Jan 10, 2024
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Heated ion implantation technology realizes low resistance of an ultra-thin fin
Japanese researchers at AIST led by Meishoku Masahara have developed a low-resistance source/drain formation technology that can be applied in the finFETs of 14-nm generation and beyond.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Mar 13, 2014
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Mussel-inspired defect engineering enhances the mechanical strength of graphene fibers
Researchers have demonstrated the mussel-inspired reinforcement of graphene fibers for the improvement of material properties. A research group under Professor Sang Ouk Kim applied polydopamine as an effective infiltrate ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 24, 2018
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Superionic ice contributes to understanding of magnetic anomalies on Neptune and Uranus
Ordinary everyday ice, like the ice produced by a fridge, is known to scientists as hexagonal ice (ice Ih), and is not the only crystalline phase of water. More than 20 different phases are possible. One of them, called "superionic ...
Planetary Sciences
Jan 23, 2023
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Observation of the phase transition of liquid crystal defects for the first time
KAIST researchers observed the phase transition of topological defects formed by liquid crystal (LC) materials for the first time.
Condensed Matter
Jun 2, 2017
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Controlling defects in engineered liquid crystals
Sitting with a joystick in the comfort of their chairs, scientists can play "rodeo" on a screen magnifying what is happening under their microscope. They rely on optical tweezers to manipulate an intangible ring created out ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 31, 2015
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True love: How transcription factors interact to create a heart
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have discovered that three transcription factors—proteins that direct gene expression—interact with each other and the genome to influence how a heart forms in an embryo. Without ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 11, 2016
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Defects in epithelial tissue organisation – A question of life or death
Researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore (MBI) at the National University of Singapore have discovered the primary mechanism driving the extrusion of dying cells from epithelial monolayers. This work was published ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 13, 2017
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