The Synchrotron Catalysis Consortium (SCC) celebrates 10 years of helping scientists.
Competition between two natural chemicals to coat and change atmospheric particles from fossil fuel combustion could improve accuracy of climate and air quality simulations.
Scientists experimentally validated the predicted damage mechanism for materials in nuclear energy environments.
Cell-membrane-like films precisely reconfigure to produce valuable materials by design.
Researchers reveal the factors that affect the stability of semiconductors in solar fuel devices to aid the discovery of next-generation materials.
Simulations indicate that ultrafast laser pulses leave vortex-shaped patterns in their wake.
Scientists reveal conductive edges and thread-like flaws using a specialized imaging technique of interest for next-generation electronics.
Straining a thin film controllably allows tuning of the materials’ magnetic, electronic, and catalytic properties, essential for new energy and electronic devices.
Scientists identified defects responsible for detrimental blinking that limits nanoparticle use in LEDs, solar cells, and lasers.
Scientists explain diverse results around a material that is both insulator and conductor and offer chemical roadmap to harness it.
A simple chemical bonding approach enables assembly of very thin porous protein crystals that are bendable and adaptive—requirements for flexible electronics or batteries.
Confining water in tiny straws confirms predicted rapid transport of protons along a water “wire”—vital for more efficient fuel cells.
