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Making Sense of Failure in Light-Harvesting Semiconductors
Researchers reveal the factors that affect the stability of semiconductors in solar fuel devices to aid the discovery of next-generation materials.
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.
Scientists determined new molecular-level information at the solid/liquid interface, pushing toward better energy storage devices.
Researchers tackle a grand challenge by capturing vibrations in the “magic” cage formed when 21-water molecules capture a single proton.
Researchers reveal the structure of individual chemical bonds using specialized imaging techniques.
Visible lasers offer exquisite control of x-ray light in a tabletop apparatus, potentially providing access to new insights to chemical reactions, proteins, and even atoms’ inner workings.