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Tiny “match-head” wires act as built-in light concentrators, enhancing solar cell efficiency.
For the first time, electron tomography reveals the 3D coordinates of individual atoms and defects in a material.
Study reveals surprising non-uniformity in vanadium dioxide that could one day enable more energy-efficient technologies.
Bio-based molecular machines mechanically extrude tiny tubes and form networks, aiding in the design of self-repairing materials.
Researchers have attained superlubricity, the near absence of friction, at a carbon-silica interface using nanodiamonds wrapped in graphene flakes.
Elucidating Cerium Solution Chemistry
Reversible self-assembled structures balance two competing attractions to enable stimuli-responsive materials.
Bacterial spore-polymer composites harness energy from evaporation to power locomotion and generate electricity.
Creation of new neutral-charge, long-life quasiparticles may help explain high-temperature superconductivity.
A novel technique allows new insight into the barriers to fuel evolution.
A new, dime-sized light source will lead to novel spectrometers for the next generation of scientific discoveries.
Keeping the lights on: Solving the intermittency shortcomings of renewable solar energy.
