The study of curvature effects on crystal structures and defect dynamics offers pivotal insights into how geometric constraints influence material properties at the micro‐ and nanoscale. Curved ...

Researchers at Università Cattolica, Brescia campus, have discovered that the transition from insulating to conductive behavior in certain materials is driven by ...

After two centuries of failed attempts, scientists have finally grown dolomite in the lab, cracking a long-standing ...

Researchers have discovered a new way to tune the quantum properties of tiny defects in diamond—by gently stretching or ...

A new hybrid layered perovskite featuring elusive spontaneous defect ordering has been found, report scientists. By introducing specific concentrations of thiocyanate ions into FAPbI3 (FA = ...

Researchers at Rice University have identified why a widely studied organic semiconductor behaves unpredictably ...

Spread the loveThe world of mineralogy has long been fascinated by dolomite, a mineral composed of calcium and magnesium carbonate, which has puzzled scientists for over two centuries. The “dolomite ...

New review outlines a design framework for solid oxide electrochemical cells, linking crystal structure and defect chemistry ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The petrochemical industry relies on separating chemicals that differ by just fractions of a nanometer in size. Methanol must be purified from similarly-sized molecules in the ...