New battery electrodes based on nanostructured molybdenum disulfide combine the ability to charge in seconds with high capacity and long cycle life
It is rare to find materials that operate at room temperature and display strong “multiferroic coupling” — a property that allows
Scientists at the University of Michigan overcame several long-standing technical challenges by developing custom-nanofabricated calorimeters (an
A critical property of any material used in solar cells, cell phones, or other electronics that are exposed to sunlight is photostability, a
Platinum is an essential element for catalyzing the oxygen reduction reaction critical for fuel cell operations, a technology that generates
An important obstacle to realizing spintronics is the amplification of small spin signals. In conventional electronics, amplification of an
Various optical elements are routinely used in modern synchrotron sources and X-ray free-electron lasers to confine the X-ray beam and focus it
An international team of scientists working at the Molecular Foundry has revealed how interactions between electrons and ions can slow down the
Next-generation solar cells made of super-thin films of semiconducting material hold promise because they’re relatively inexpensive and
A multidisciplinary team discovered a possible secret to dramatically boosting the efficiency of methylammonium lead iodide perovskite solar cells