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Thin widths change a high-performance electrical conductor into a semiconductor.
Researchers have created a porous, layered material that can serve as a graphene analog, and which may be a tool for storing energy and investigating the physics of unusual materials.
New material with a layered, atomic sandwich structure has unique optoelectronic properties.
Experiments using novel magnetic nanostructures confirm theoretically predicted behavior – bolstering their utility as a tool for understanding complex magnetic materials.
New metal oxide material works at temperatures low enough to improve fuel cell efficiency.
Lithium-ion batteries could benefit from this inexpensive method.
New microscopy technique reveals giant enhancement of coupling between magnetic and electric dipoles that could lead to novel electronic devices.
Magnetic property changes by several hundred percent over a narrow temperature range.
Scientists uncover the microscopic origin of a magnetic phase in iron-based superconductors.
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New theoretical techniques predict experimental observations in superconducting materials.
Combining computer simulations with laboratory measurements provides insights on molecular-level flexibility.
Coexistence of two states of matter that normally avoid one another is revealed by inelastic neutron scattering experiments.
