Common constituents prevent uranium from precipitating from liquids, letting it travel with groundwater.
The quest for solar cell materials that are inexpensive, stable, and efficient leads to a breakthrough in thin film organic-inorganic perovskites.
More atomic bonds is the key for performance in a newly discovered family of cage-structured compounds.
New material based on common iron ore can help turn intermittent sunlight and water into long-lasting fuel.
New state of matter holds promise for ultracompact data storage and processing.
Use of electric fields to reversibly change a material’s hardness by up to 30 percent promises new functionalities for microphones and sensors.
Straining a thin film controllably allows tuning of the materials’ magnetic, electronic, and catalytic properties, essential for new energy and electronic devices.
Scientists explain diverse results around a material that is both insulator and conductor and offer chemical roadmap to harness it.
Sub-nanometer molecular asymmetry between the two different faces of nanoparticle membranes formed at air-water interface is revealed.
Penetrating x-rays can image defects and phase changes during battery charging and discharging.
Low-fatigue material remembers its shape, despite being transformed over 10 million times, could upgrade solar devices.
Creation of new neutral-charge, long-life quasiparticles may help explain high-temperature superconductivity.
