Research Highlights

Metallic glasses: Discovering better combinations faster

Published in Nature

A new and powerful method for accelerating the optimization of metallic glasses has been demonstrated

09/30/2019

Magnetic materials: A magnet that can twist and turn

Published in Science

Liquid droplets containing nanoparticles can have permanent magnetism

08/26/2019

Electrochemical water splitting: Mathematically designed graphene on edge

Published in Advanced Science

Holey sheets of chemically doped graphene have great potential for generating clean hydrogen fuel

07/29/2019

Topological insulators: Imaging nanoscale domains on a multilayer structure

Published in Nano Letters

A nanoscale beam allowed the surface of a multilayer topological structure to be imaged for the first time

06/24/2019

Nanoporous graphene: High strength and flexibility achieved

Published in Science Advances

Excellent tensile strength and ductility have been realized in an ultralight, three-dimensional structure made of nanoporous graphene

05/27/2019

Topological phases: Two new fermions discovered

Published in Physical Review Letters

Two fermions have been found that can exist only as quasiparticles inside topological crystals

04/26/2019

Lithium batteries: Complex hydride promising as solid electrolyte

Published in Nature Communications

A designed hydride has a combination of properties that make it nearly ideal as an electrolyte in all-solid-state lithium batteries