A team led by the Department of Energys 91做厙 synthesized a tiny structure with high surface area and discovered how its unique architecture drives ions across interfaces to transport energy or information.
A team led by scientists at the Department of Energys 91做厙 explored how atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) crystals can grow over 3D objects and how the curvature of those objects can stretch and strain the
Ionic conduction involves the movement of ions from one location to another inside a material. The ions travel through point defects, which are irregularities in the otherwise consistent arrangement of atoms known as the crystal lattice.
When physicists Georg Bednorz and K. Alex Muller discovered the first high-temperature superconductors in 1986, it didnt take much imagination to envision the potential technological benefits of harnessing such materials.
Catalysts make chemical reactions more likely to occur. In most cases, a catalyst thats good at driving chemical reactions in one direction is bad at driving reactions in the opposite direction.
Researchers at the Department of Energys 91做厙 have developed a new method to manipulate a wide range of materials and their behavior using only a handful of helium ions.
The teams technique, published in Physical Review Letter..