Scientists freeze and cut a battery in half to look inside and reveal why it fails.
Understanding defects paves the way for longer lifetimes for sodium-ion batteries -- and lower energy storage costs.
Bright electron beams unlock the study of small, thin materials on ultrafast timescales.
A graphene-insulator coating enables scientists to tune the energy required to liberate electrons from semiconductors.
Scientists illuminate the quantum dynamics of electrons in highly excited molecules.
Scientists can now verify theoretical predictions using one-dimensional compositions grown in-situ at a synchrotron spectroscopy station.
X-rays penetrate a working electrode to determine the structure and chemistry in play when water enters the electrochemically active layers.
Scientists use a common engineering approach to enhance the superconductivity and induce ferroelectricity in the quantum material strontium titanate.
Package provides end-to-end analysis of microscopy images for accelerated materials research.
Researchers find a way to improve the stability of hybrid organic-inorganic crystals called mixed halide-perovskites, a promising material for solar cells.
Three-dimensional superconducting electrons choose to cross over to a flatter alternate dimension.
Experiments examine atomic disorder and dynamics that could explain beneficial optical properties.
