The study of curvature effects on crystal structures and defect dynamics offers pivotal insights into how geometric constraints influence material properties at the micro‐ and nanoscale. Curved ...

Researchers at Università Cattolica, Brescia campus, have discovered that the transition from insulating to conductive behavior in certain materials is driven by ...

Half-Heusler Ni-based alloys are thermoelectric materials with the potential for converting waste heat into electricity. However, the origin of their impressive conversion efficiency is not entirely ...

After two centuries of failed attempts, scientists have finally grown dolomite in the lab, cracking a long-standing ...

Researchers have discovered a new way to tune the quantum properties of tiny defects in diamond—by gently stretching or ...

Researchers and industries have been using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to study semiconductors' stacking and dislocation faults. This article considers the analysis of crystal structures.

Researchers at Rice University have identified why a widely studied organic semiconductor behaves unpredictably ...

New review outlines a design framework for solid oxide electrochemical cells, linking crystal structure and defect chemistry ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The petrochemical industry relies on separating chemicals that differ by just fractions of a nanometer in size. Methanol must be purified from similarly-sized molecules in the ...

Spread the loveThe world of mineralogy has long been fascinated by dolomite, a mineral composed of calcium and magnesium carbonate, which has puzzled scientists for over two centuries. The “dolomite ...