Research Highlights

Thermoelectric materials: Porous structure captures heat more efficiently

Published in Chemistry of Materials

Honeycomb-like material hits the sweet spot for harvesting waste heat

11/30/2020

Topological insulators: Filling in the knowledge gaps

Published in Physical Review Materials

A new approach succeeds in inducing a Dirac gap in a topological insulator, bringing the potential for exotic quantum effects

10/26/2020

Transition metal oxides: Metal–insulator transition observed in nanowires

Published in Applied Physics Letters

Nanowires of a transition metal oxide switch from metallic to insulating with decreasing width

09/28/2020

Lithium-ion batteries: Making silicon usable

Published in ACS Nano

Anodes with specially designed nanoarchitectures beat the limitations of silicon anodes

08/31/2020

Solid-state batteries: Record-high lithium-ion conductivity at room temperature

Published in Applied Physics Letters

Lightweight rotating structures in hydride complexes are promising for developing solid-state electrolytes

07/27/2020

Soft-matter physics: Droplets hanging from a liquid surface

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA

A curious effect observed during an experiment could find application in microrobots

06/29/2020

Magnons: Sophisticated amplification process underpinned by simple math

Published in Physical Review Applied

An advance that may help to realize a futuristic form of computing can be described by the same equations as for a child playing on a swing