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Thin widths change a high-performance electrical conductor into a semiconductor.
Researchers have created a porous, layered material that can serve as a graphene analog, and which may be a tool for storing energy and investigating the physics of unusual materials.
New material with a layered, atomic sandwich structure has unique optoelectronic properties.
Experiments using novel magnetic nanostructures confirm theoretically predicted behavior – bolstering their utility as a tool for understanding complex magnetic materials.
New metal oxide material works at temperatures low enough to improve fuel cell efficiency.
Lithium-ion batteries could benefit from this inexpensive method.
New microscopy technique reveals giant enhancement of coupling between magnetic and electric dipoles that could lead to novel electronic devices.
Tracking electronic motion in a graphene-like bulk material shows fast electrons in all dimensions.
Discovery demonstrates how metamaterials may be used in non-invasive material imaging and sensing, and terahertz information technologies.
Microscopic understanding offers fresh directions for discovering new materials to transmit energy without loss.
Advances in materials processing enable harvesting of energy from heartbeats.
Stroboscopic x-ray pulses scatter from a vibrating crystal and reveal how energy moves.
