Materials that emit and manipulate light are at the heart of technologies ranging from solar energy to advanced imaging ...

A new model measures defects that can be leveraged to improve materials' mechanical strength, heat transfer, and energy-conversion efficiency. (Nanowerk News) In biology, defects are generally bad.

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

In a major advance, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have devised a method to grow high-quality 2D ...

Researchers used AI-guided electron microscopy to map atomic-level point defects in 3D within ultrathin MXene layers, ...

CoatingSolution4U, a South Korean deep-tech company founded by Seoul National University Professor Kyung Hyun Ahn, has won the Bronze Edison Award in the Materials Science category for its flagship ...

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In biology, defects are generally bad. But in materials science, defects can be intentionally tuned to give materials useful new properties. Today, atomic-scale defects are carefully introduced during ...

Dolomite has been notoriously impossible to replicate in a lab because of recurring defects in mineral layers—but not anymore ...

In a development that could help future electronics become smaller and more efficient, researchers from IISc have found a way ...