Strain can be introduced to materials through various methods, including mechanical stretching, bending, compressing, or by epitaxial growth on substrates with different lattice constants. Advanced ...

The ability to continuously control the bandgap in optoelectronic materials, in a low-cost manner, is highly desirable for a wide range of energy and sensing applications, including photovoltaics ...

Quantum defects are tiny imperfections in solid crystal lattices that can trap individual electrons and their "spin" (i.e., the internal angular momentum of particles). These defects are central to ...

A new technical paper titled “Strain engineering in 2D FETs: Physics, status, and prospects” was published by researchers at UC Santa Barbara. “In this work, we explore the physics and evaluate the ...

U.S. researchers claim to have improved the stability of one of the most promising halide perovskites – α-FAPbI3 – by squeezing the compound’s crystal lattices. The authors of the research prevented ...

Predicting how continuous microscopic strains alter local bond lengths and hopping energies has required computationally taxing physics simulations, frustrating attempts to efficiently scan the ...

A 'smart skin' employs the unique fluorescent characteristics of carbon nanotubes to quickly assess strain in materials. The method is intended for aircraft, spacecraft and critical infrastructures in ...

The quest for efficient and durable oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts is pivotal for the advancement of proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) technology. Despite their widespread ...

Heterogeneous catalysis—in which catalysts and reactants are of different phases, e.g., solid and gas—is important to many ...