BES Highlights

The membrane separators in-between the electrodes of a redox-flow battery must allow the working ion to shuttle between the electrodes while

Biology assembles and uses discrete spaces such as organelles and protein-based compartments to localize and exquisitely control chemical processes

A common failure mechanism in lithium-metal batteries is the growth of tree-like lithium metal dendrites, resulting in short-circuiting. The growth

Silicon has been successful because it is an electronically tunable semiconductor material that can be used in electronic devices. Graphene has

It was believed that the scaffolding nature of MOFs could only be prepared from rigid starting materials. The preparation of such porous materials

This new concept involves arrays of optical nano-cavities called metamaterials, which are added to thin-layered semiconductors (heterostructures)

Scientists believed that changing only one dimension of the crystal lattice structure was impossible. Now researchers led by scientists from Oak

In the quantum mechanical phenomenon called resonant tunneling, electrons that are in a well-defined quantum well (or quantum state) can move to an

Scientists reviewed electronic structure calculations of light-driven processes in organic and semiconductor nanostructures. They also reviewed how

Solar cell performance of hybrid perovskites has improved from under 4% efficiency in 2009 to over 20% efficiency today. However, perovskite

The photoluminescence efficiency is characterized by the ratio of light emitted to the amount of energy deposited into the system. For advanced

Soft matter encompasses a broad swath of materials, including liquids, polymers, gels, foam and—most importantly—biomolecules. At the

To address the damage caused by scanning transmission electron microscopy, or STEM, a team at the Molecular Foundry developed a new imaging

Working at the Molecular Foundry using a cutting-edge electron microscope technique coupled with a protein-staining process and sophisticated

While isolated electrons in a vacuum can store quantum information nearly perfectly, in real materials, the movements of surrounding atoms disturbs

Semiconducting nanowires have a wide range of existing and potential applications in optoelectronic materials, from single-electron transistors and

Theory predicts that graphene could be much better at detecting noxious gases if impurities, or dopants, were incorporated into its rigid framework

An electron in an atom has three intrinsic properties: charge, spin and orbital angular momentum; the latter characterizes how the electron orbits

Powered by the state-of-the art computational tools and inspired by nature, researchers investigated the stability of ionic molecules for their

The presence of defects in semiconductor materials, such as the missing gallium atoms in the image, were known to drastically decrease the light

Various catalysts can be used in the hydrodeoxygenation process, which removes oxygen-containing compounds or oxygenates, but the best catalysts

Black phosphorus is a natural layered semiconductor and is a promising candidate for electronic, optical, and optoelectronic applications.

Towards the development of high-speed electronic devices that are usually constrained to conventional semiconductors, researchers led by Michigan

Corrosive environments, such as those found inside nuclear power plants and other sites, can cause stainless steel, brass, or other metallic alloys

After a material is excited, the first electronic motions are fundamental processes that enable transport of energy and information. Snapshots of