Blue-light stride in perovskite-based LEDs
Mixed halide perovskites for spectrally stable and high-efficiency blue light-emitting diodesCredit: Thor Balkhed Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed ...
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Two Berkeley Lab scientists honored with the Lawrence Award
The Department of Energy's award goes to a microbiologist and a nuclear physicist.Credit: Berkeley Lab, Noah Berger/UC Berkeley, Princeton University ...
Do as the Romans: Power plant concrete strengthens with time
Credit: Ippei Maruyama, Nagoya University, and Chubu Electric Power Co. A rare mineral that has allowed Roman concrete marine barriers ...
Scientists have synthesized an unusual superconducting barium superhydride
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech A group of scientists from Russia, China, and the United States predicted and then experimentally ...
Exciting times for efficient heavy-atom-free OLEDs
An international team including researchers from Osaka University reports a novel hybrid emitter that could revolutionize the design of OLEDsCredit: ...
Sustainable transportation: clearing the air on nitrogen doping
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba identify the active nitrogen atoms in the carbon catalyst of a technology that will ...
No disassembly required: Non-destructive method to measure carrier lifetime in SiC
This new technique will help in the research and development of efficient high-voltage semiconducting devices for power systems.Credit: Photo courtesy: ...
Nanosheet-based electronics could be one drop away
Credit: Reprinted (adapted) with permission from ACS Nano 14, 15216 (2020). Copyright 2020 American Chemical Society Scientists at Japan's Nagoya ...
iCeMS makes highly conductive antiperovskites with soft anion lattices
An atomic switch is bringing us closer to highly effective solid-state batteries for electric vehiclesCredit: Mindy Takamiya/Kyoto University iCeMS A ...
Discovery of quantum behavior in insulators suggests possible new particle
Credit: Image designed by Kai Fu for the Wu Lab, Princeton University In a surprising discovery, Princeton physicists have observed ...
Machine learning accelerates discovery of materials for use in industrial processes
Platform aims to minimize resources required in the development of new materials for use in targeted applicationsCredit: Courtesy of University ...
Cultivating plant growth in space
Credit: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign When in space, astronauts typically eat dehydrated, nutrient-dense food, but when it comes to longer ...
Ocean acidification is transforming California mussel shells
New analyses reveal how over 60 years a critical marine species has responded to ocean acidificationCredit: Roy Lab, UC San ...
2D compound shows unique versatility
Multifunctional nanomaterial proposed by Rice could enhance solar energy, quantum computingCredit: Illustration by Jun-Jie Zhang/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. 11, ...
Study shows tweaking one layer of atoms on a catalyst’s surface can make it work better
The surprising results offer a way to boost the activity and stability of catalysts for making hydrogen fuel from water.Credit: ...
Rice ‘flashes’ new 2D materials
Metastable metallic nanoparticles could find use in electronics, opticsCredit: Tour Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. 11, 2021) - Rice University ...
A safer, less expensive and fast charging aqueous battery
New anode for aqueous batteries allows use of cheap, plentiful seawater as an electrolyteCredit: University of Houston Lithium-ion batteries are ...
Material for future electronics: New method makes graphene nanoribbons easier to produce
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Russian researchers have proposed a new method for synthesizing high-quality graphene nanoribbons -- a material ...
Liquid metal ink liberates form
Credit: POSTECH Today's electronic devices strive for new form factors - to make them foldable, stretchable, and deformable. To produce ...
New nanostructured alloy for anode is a big step toward revolutionizing energy storage
Credit: Zhenxing Feng, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Engineering have developed ...
