BES Highlights

Users from the Scripps Research Institute, including 2001 Nobel Prize laureate K. Barry Sharpless, teamed with scientists at the Molecular Foundry

At Argonne National Laboratory’s Center for Nanoscale Materials, a U.S. Department of Energy user facility, researchers employed artificial

Efficient adsorption-based gas separation requires maximizing both the adsorbent’s selectivity for the gas of interest and its recyclability

Normally, electrons moving in a conductor are reflected by potential energy barriers. However, electrons moving in graphene travel at relativistic

Existing techniques for understanding radionuclide transport in the environment do not fully capture the 3-D complexity of transport in soil and

The electronic and optical properties of materials are directly related to their atomic crystal structure. By bringing atoms closer to each other

Classical computers are number crunching machines, performing basic arithmetical operations on numbers. In computer language, these numbers are

Upon exposure to sunlight, electrons in a semiconducting material are excited from their normal to higher energy states, forming photo-excited

The synthesis and characterization of two berkelium compounds creates rare opportunities to probe the electronic structure of some of the last

White-light–emitting 2-D perovskites are attractive because of their low cost and tunability. Using different lengths of di-functional

Traditional methods using “top-down” solution-based processing typically only allow modest control over the molecular organization and

A team of scientists at the University of California, Davis, studying the effects of chemical dopants on the solubility of semiconducting polymers

There are currently only three known ways that living things can capture energy from their environment to enable life to exist. The most recently

Given their considerable application potential, from quantum computing to information technologies, noncentrosymmetric (NCS) superconductors have

Nano-optics have the potential to be used for imaging, sensing, and spectroscopy, and could help scientists improve solar cells, design better

Hybrid organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites (HOIP) are promising new materials for use in low-cost solar cells. HOIPs have already been

Bird flocks, fish schools and self-propelling fluid mixtures that cooperatively organize and move in response to internal or external cues are all

Structure and composition control the properties of materials. For semiconductors, the historically successful approach for such control has been

Lithium-ion batteries with silicon anodes have a theoretical capacity 10 times higher than the most commonly used anodes. However, silicon

A new way to grow narrow ribbons of graphene, a lightweight and strong structure made of a layer — just a single atom thick — of carbon

Structures on the scale of nanometers—much smaller than wavelengths of light—may improve transmission of plasmons, or small waves of

Because bimetallic catalysts are widely employed in batteries and fuel cells, a full understanding of their oxidation (electron loss) mechanisms is

Improving the efficiency of nanoscale energy transfer in quantum dot or quantum rod based systems requires the ability to fine tune variables

Scientists from mixed reality technology company Magic Leap Inc., working with researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley

Pure hydrogen is highly flammable, making it an ideal fuel. If you could find a way to extract that hydrogen from water using sunlight, then, you