BES Highlights

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

To understand the important interfaces in a solar cell connected to a water-splitting catalyst, researchers from Missouri University of Science

Researchers at the University of Michigan discovered a method for direct conversion, at room temperature, of copper selenide to copper silver

Formation of a 3-dimensional (3D) porous, crystalline framework material—formed by spherical proteins that assemble via directed interactions

Next-generation flexible electronics require highly stretchable and transparent electrodes. Fatigue, structural damage due to repeated use, is

Molecular hydrogen (H2) is an eco-friendly fuel because only waste water is produced when it is burned in combustion engines or used in

When metal oxide nanoparticles are manufactured by reaction of gases at high temperature, they can form aggregates with complex geometric shapes.

Some liquid metals have been observed to transform uniform solid alloys into complex structures–-a process that is not well understood. In

In the natural world, many of the structural materials (wood, shells, bones, etc.) are hybrid materials made up of simple constituents that are

Electrons have two fundamental properties, charge and spin, generating such phenomena as electricity, magnetism, thermal conductivity, and

A series of tabletop laser systems are being developed to bridge the materials characterization gap between conventional laser-based systems and

When sunlight is absorbed in a solar cell, negatively charged electrons and positively charged holes are created which in turn drive electrical