December 6, 2021

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Transforming Material Topology with a Drop of Liquid

Liquid acts across multiple scales to reorganize connectivity in networks of artificial microscopic cells.

October 27, 2021

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Scientists Zoom In on the Atomic Structure of Artificial Proteins

Using cold temperatures and machine learning, researchers visualized individual molecules in a synthetic soft material for the first time.

October 7, 2021

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Subtle Spin: A Novel Study of Quantum Material Proves Theoretical Predictions

Interactions of quantum “quasiparticles” demonstrate unusual fluid flow.

October 4, 2021

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The Remarkable Variability of Actinide Tetrafluoride Electronic Structures

Actinide tetrafluorides exhibit significant variations in their electronic structures despite having nearly identical crystal structures.

September 14, 2021

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Keeping Waste Where It Belongs: Grain Size Explains How Spent Nuclear Fuel Enters the Environment

Microscopic features of neptunium dioxide control how contaminants dissolve in underground disposal of spent nuclear fuel.

August 18, 2021

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Seeing Is Believing: Scientists Visualize Record Exciton Diffusion Length

A team of Molecular Foundry researchers directly visualized and measured excitons hopping across very long distances.

August 11, 2021

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Patterning Silicon at the One Nanometer Scale

Scientists engineer materials’ electrical and optical properties with plasmon engineering

August 9, 2021

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Quantum Materials Cloak Thermal Radiation

A unique coating camouflages the temperature of an underlying material

August 6, 2021

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Lighting the Way for Nanotube Innovation

Nanotubes with designed defects allow better performance for next-generation optical telecommunications.

August 2, 2021

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New Theory Hints at More Efficient Way to Develop Quantum Algorithms

Research points to a way to design efficient quantum algorithms systematically, not by trial and error.