and strings and monopoles in liquid crystals are all examples of topological defects. The concept of topological defects is diverse, spanning from condensed matter to fields such as particle ...

Korean researchers synthesize uniform perovskite nanoparticles for solar cells, displays Innovative methods advance the ...

GIA’s laboratories use advanced instrumentation and research to deliver accurate grading, identification, and origin ...

Experiments on battery electrodes and fuel cell catalysts while they're being used - operando spectroscopy - can revolutionise our understanding of these crucial materials. Clare Sansom reports ...

Manufacturing SiC and GaN devices requires advanced techniques to address such issues as defect densities ... but prices are coming down as manufacturing processes mature around crystal growth, ...

Accurate detection of film-coating defects is imperative for improving ... but it is necessary to cool the source to temperatures near that of liquid helium, a considerable disadvantage for ...

A recent project conducted by in-house researchers at the UK’s national synchrotron facility on its Hard X-ray Nanoprobe beamline, looked at how microplastics waste may interact with zinc oxide ...

Scientists have discovered a way to use single missing atoms in crystals as memory cells, packing terabytes of data into a ...

Researchers have explored a 'quantum-inspired' technique to make the 'ones' and 'zeroes' for classical computer memory applications out of crystal defects, each the size of an individual atom. This ...

Data storage has always depended on systems that toggle between "on" and "off" states. However, the physical size of the components storing these binary states has ...

UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering researchers created a "quantum-inspired” revolution in microelectronics, storing classical computer memory in crystal gaps where atoms should be.

But now, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) researchers have explored a technique to make ones and zeroes out of crystal defects, each the size of an ...