A new way to create ultra-thin layers of metals makes it possible for scientists to study a new and unusual class of 2D ...

An international research team has developed a perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell based on self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) that improve perovskite growth and optoelectronic properties.

If this light-activated stuff works, it could make building robots easier - or make lazing about under the Sun quite a ...

A team of Chinese researchers has developed a new interfacial synthesis strategy to fabricate high-performance crystalline ...

Department of Chemistry, University of York, York YO10 5DD, U.K.

By taking two flakes of special materials that are just one atom thick and twisting them at high angles, researchers at the ...

The human body moves through a coordinated effort of skeletal muscles, working in concert to generate force. While some ...

A novel atomic-level manufacturing method, vdW squeezing, allows for the creation of 2D metals at the angstrom thickness ...

Researchers show that precisely layering nano-thin materials creates excitons -- essentially, artificial atoms -- that can act as quantum information bits, or qubits.

Imagine a world where your clothing generates electricity as you move—no batteries, no chargers, just energy from motion.

Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19147, United States ...