The global construction industry has been experiencing a remarkable shift toward materials that combine aesthetic appeal with ...

Louis E. Brus, a chemist and Nobel laureate who discovered quantum dots, tiny crystals that emit various colors of light ...

Smart molecular crystals can restore their structure, even at extreme freezing temperatures, making them valuable for space ...

Scientists have shown that twisting a crystal at the nanoscale can turn it into a tiny, reversible diode, hinting at a new era of shape-engineered electronics.

Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) semiconductor lasers are highly sought for medical, biotechnology, and precision manufacturing applications; however, previous UV-B laser diodes were limited to pulsed operation ...

This study constitutes a demonstration of highly textured, large-area perovskite photodiodes integrated sturdily onto ...

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IKO is accepting sample requests for an innovative lubricant that ends the compromise that engineers often struggle with when choosing conventional lubricants in vacuum applications like semiconductor ...

A time crystal is a form of matter that shows continuous, repeating patterns over time, much like how atoms in a normal crystal repeat in space. Examples once existed in only complex, quantum matter, ...

Soft porous crystals (SPCs), with soft metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as prominent examples, have attracted significant attention as a new generation of functional materials due to their remarkable ...