Single sheets made of pentagons are proven to exist and uniquely combine promising electronic properties and air stability.
Understanding assembly principles may inspire new approaches for making valuable products.
Control over light-emitting properties of tiny semiconductor platelets may yield new opportunities for innovative optics utilizing quantum phenomena.
First known material capable of emitting single photons at room temperature and telecom wavelengths.
Engineers develop wires that penetrate neurons and measure their activity.
Tiny cages can trap and release inert argon gas atoms, allowing their further study and providing a new way to capture rare gases.
Defect-enhanced transport and complex phase growth are changing design rules for lithium-ion batteries.
Gel uses nanoparticles for on-demand control of droplet shapes, of interest for energy storage and catalysis.
Where does the heat go when a glass melts into a liquid? Not to changing the vibrations of atoms….
Engineered stacked perovskite layers harvest light or create light via layer edges.
Crumpling reduces rigidity in an otherwise stiff material, making it less prone to catastrophic failure.
The magnetic noise caused by adsorbed oxygen molecules is “eating at” the phase stability of quantum bits, mitigating the noise is vital for future quantum computers.
