Across the physical world, many intricate structures form via symmetry breaking. When a system with inherent symmetry ...

Topological defects govern how many advanced materials behave, but predicting them has traditionally required slow, ...

The rapid advancement of 2D materials (2DMs), such as graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), has revolutionized the field of nanotechnology and ...

Researchers from the Institute of Physics in Zagreb have shown that depositing a thin layer of organic molecules on ...

Korean researchers have developed a new analysis method capable of detecting “hidden defects” in ...

A new hybrid layered perovskite featuring elusive spontaneous defect ordering has been found, report scientists. By introducing specific concentrations of thiocyanate ions into FAPbI3 (FA = ...

Advancements in nanotechnology fabrication and characterization tools have facilitated a number of developments in the creation of new two-dimensional (2D) materials and gaining and understanding of ...

Cadmium selenide nanoplatelets provide a promising foundation for the development of innovative electronic materials. Since the turn of the millennium, researchers around the world have taken a ...

Settling a half century of debate, researchers have discovered that tiny linear defects can propagate through a material faster than sound waves do. These linear defects, or dislocations, are what ...

Inside the Findings That Shaped Materials Science takes a closer look at some of those turning points - the ideas, lab ...