In biology, defects are generally bad. But in materials science, defects can be intentionally tuned to give materials useful ...

A new model measures defects that can be leveraged to improve materials' mechanical strength, heat transfer, and ...

Much of modern electronic and computing technology is based on one idea: add chemical impurities, or defects, to semiconductors to change their ability to conduct electricity. These altered materials ...

Researchers have discovered that engineering one-dimensional line defects into certain materials can increase their electrical performance. Materials engineers don't like to see line defects in ...

The rapid advancement of 2D materials (2DMs), such as graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), has revolutionized the field of nanotechnology and ...

In a new study, researchers explain why one particular cathode material works well at high voltages, while most other cathodes do not. The insights, published in the 19 June issue of the journal ...

Researchers from Penn State University and University of Chemistry and Technology Prague propose using the 2D material ...

Cadmium selenide nanoplatelets provide a promising foundation for the development of innovative electronic materials. Since the turn of the millennium, researchers around the world have taken a ...

Advancements in nanotechnology fabrication and characterization tools have facilitated a number of developments in the creation of new two-dimensional (2D) materials and gaining and understanding of ...

For most of the solar industry’s modern history, progress has been framed as a story of physics. Higher efficiencies came ...