Metallic Magic: Forging a Dream Material With Semiconductor Quantum Dots
Scientists have developed a superlattice of semiconductor quantum dots that functions like a metal, a significant leap forward in harnessing quantum dots’ full potential. The…
Scientists have developed a superlattice of semiconductor quantum dots that functions like a metal, a significant leap forward in harnessing quantum dots’ full potential. The…
A new method could provide detailed information about internal structures, voids, and cracks, based solely on data about exterior conditions. MIT scientists have used deep…
Scientists from Korea’s POSTECH and the US’ Northeastern University have successfully manipulated light using non-Hermitian meta-gratings, turning optical loss into a beneficial tool. They’ve developed…
Engineers describe the “generic Air-gen effect”—nearly any material can be engineered with nanopores to harvest, cost-effective, scalable, interruption-free electricity. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts…
Lab researchers drive colloidal quantum dot lasing technology closer to device-ready. Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have made significant progress in developing high-intensity light emitters…
University of Missouri researchers designed a prototype of a small, lightweight active ‘metamaterial’ that can control the direction and intensity of energy waves. Professor Guoliang…
Researchers have developed a highly flexible and stretchable digital display material that emits a fluorescent pattern. The material, which can bend in half and stretch…
Intense laser light can create attosecond magnetism in solids with heavy atoms, offering new insights into magnetization and potentially enabling ultrafast memory devices. Intense laser…
Modulation of electrical current in a wood-based electrochemical transistor. A team of researchers from Linköping University and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology have created…
Mechanical Metamaterials Fabricated With Ultra-high Energy Absorption Capacity Researchers have created a nanolattice metamaterial with ultra-high energy absorption capacity using ion track technology, achieving a…
Nagoya University researchers have synthesized the thinnest-ever BaTiO3 nanosheets at 1.8 nm, overcoming the “size effect” issue and retaining ferroelectric properties. This breakthrough enables the…
The genes of orb weaver spiders from different environments are very similar, but their glue proteins and glue properties differ greatly due to differential gene…
Some materials convert photons into more free charges than would be expected. Using an ultrafast film, researchers have now been able to get a picture…
Scientists have created thin, elastic bottlebrush polymer films that can function as artificial muscles at significantly lower voltages than currently available materials, potentially enabling their…
These highly stable metal-organic frameworks could be useful for applications such as capturing greenhouse gases. MIT researchers developed a computational model to predict the stability…
POSTECH-Sogang University joint research team develops layering-charged, polymer-based stable high-capacity anode material. The electric vehicle market has been experiencing explosive growth, with global sales surpassing…
Max Planck scientists explore the possibilities of artificial intelligence in materials science and publish their review in the journal Nature Computational Science. Advanced materials become…
A cost-effective approach to producing MXene material could open up new possibilities for electronics and energy storage technology. The key to a perfect croissant lies…