Novel technique accurately distinguishes rare material property linked to improving sensors and computers.
Internal storage compartments release droplets of “healing” liquid to repair damaged materials.
Pre-designed molecular building blocks provide atomic-level control of the width of graphene nanoribbons.
Surprising order found in bundles of protein filaments that move chaotically and form liquid crystals that could led to novel self-healing.
Computer-simulated atomic motion answers real-world questions like “How do things break?”
A family of single-phase materials was discovered with coexisting magnetic and electrical properties having potential for electronic applications.
New approach for connecting light-harvesting proteins enhances the current produced by a factor of four.
Near the onset of superconductivity, continuous exchange of electrons occurs between distinct, liquid-like magnetic phases in an iron-based superconductor.
Oppositely charged polymer chains can be “right-handed,” “left-handed,” or have no “handedness” at all, which controls whether a solid or liquid forms.
Study reveals surprising non-uniformity in vanadium dioxide that could one day enable more energy-efficient technologies.
Scientists synthesized a theoretically-predicted material with unusual current-carrying properties that could open the door for next-generation electronics.
Simple human-made cellular analogues both sense and regulate in response to externally created stress.
