Scientists found that the collective nanoparticle dynamics in polymer nanocomposites could be up to three orders of magnitude slower than the self-diffusion limit of isolated nanoparticles.
Researchers showed that dual-function intermetallic nanoprecipitates simultaneously enhanced strength and ductility of medium-entropy alloys via synergistic spatial confinement effects on two distinct deformation mechanisms: precipitation
The mechanisms of van der Waals (vdW) epitaxial growth of monolayer two-dimensional (2D) crystals from amorphous precursors were revealed by in situ pulsed laser heating within a TEM and first-principles calculations.
Scientists demonstrated switching between topological and magnetic ground states by controlling the concentration of magnetic defects in a crystal.
Precision synthesis approach discovered that epitaxial strain can deliberately position transition metals at a certain crystallographic position in a composite ferroelectric.
Researchers decrypted the formation of passivation layers for the promising bis-(fluorosulfonyl)-imide (FSI-) based ionic liquid electrolyte on carbon electrodes at high cell voltages.
Strain developed during the coalescence of growing 2D crystals was shown to induce the nucleation of twisted bilayers with predictable twist angles. This work provides a pathway to synthetically control stacking angles in 2D heterostructures for
Neutron scattering and atomic dynamics simulations reveal that complex crystals can conduct heat like a glass through diffusive quantum hopping. The revealed strategies will enable the down-tuning
Through computer simulations of a microscopic model for a skyrmion crystal, theoreticians discovered an unexpectedly complex spin dynamics stabilized by Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. Understanding spin dynamics is of fundamental importance to
Neutron scattering experiments on a honeycomb lattice magnet revealed a unique signature of quantum magnetism. These results showed how inelastic neutron scattering can be used to detect and decode quantum magnetism and distinguish truly quantum