In biology, defects are generally bad. But in materials science, defects can be intentionally tuned to give materials useful new properties. Today, atomic-scale defects are carefully introduced during ...

Materials that emit and manipulate light are at the heart of technologies ranging from solar energy to advanced imaging ...

A new model measures defects that can be leveraged to improve materials' mechanical strength, heat transfer, and energy-conversion efficiency. (Nanowerk News) In biology, defects are generally bad.

Researchers at POSTECH and the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) have developed an AI-based analytical framework ...

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 ...

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

Arka Chatterjee, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Rice electrical engineer Shengxi Huang and a first author on the study. HOUSTON – (June 23, 2025) – Scientists across the world are working to ...

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 ...

Los Alamos National Laboratory has developed a detector that provides ultra-sensitive elemental and chemical composition analysis. Los Alamos, NM, USA -- A team of researchers at Los Alamos National ...

Semiconductors may be small, but the impacts they have are significant. Semiconductors used in life-dependent applications, such as pacemakers, defibrillators, life support systems, automotive safety ...