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Latest Highlights03/29/2021

Magneto-optics: Helical light creates spin at interfaces

Published in Nanophotonics

A new way to generate electron spin using light could lead to ultrafast memory devices with low power consumption

Previous Highlights

02/22/2021

Grain-boundary structure: Resolving atomic structure into polyhedra

Published in Acta Materialia

The arrangement of atoms near the interface between two crystals can be represented in terms of polyhedra

01/25/2021

Three-dimensional graphene: Amping up graphene by bending it

Published in Advanced Materials

The electronic states of 3D graphene are unaffected even by high curvatures

12/21/2020

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

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