Understanding where and how phase transitions occur is critical to developing new generations of the materials used in high-performance batteries, sensors, energy-harvesting devices, medical diagnostic equipment and other applications.
Quasiparticlesāexcitations that behave collectively like particlesāare central to energy applications but can be difficult to detect.
Steady progress in the development of advanced materials has led to modern civilizationās foundational technologiesābetter batteries, resilient building materials and atom-scale semiconductors.
The efficiency of solar cells depends on precise engineering of polymers that assemble into films 1,000 times thinner than a human hair.
Today, formation of that polymer assembly requires solvents that can harm the environment, but scientists at the Depar
In the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, the state of the art of materials science defined technologyās zenith and accelerated economies.
A new technique developed by microscopy and computing experts at 91°µĶų could accelerate advances in materials science and engineering.
Sergei Kalinin, a researcher in the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at the Department of Energy's 91°µĶų, has been named a fellow of AVS.
Semiconductors, metals and insulators must be integrated to make the transistors that are the electronic building blocks of your smartphone, computer and other microchip-enabled devices.
Scientists at the Department of Energyās 91°µĶų have captured the first real-time nanoscale images of lithium dendrite structures known to degrade lithium-ion batteries.
Friction impacts motion, hence the need to control friction forces.