New theory could help optimize defects in semiconductors
Three basic rules govern how defects behave in response to strain, say theorists
Read article: New theory could help optimize defects in semiconductors
Thank you for registering with Physics World
If you'd like to change your details at any time, please visit My account
Isabelle Dumé is a contributing editor to Physics World. She has more than 10 years of experience in science writing and editing in condensed-matter physics relating to technology/nanotechnology/biotechnology, astronomy and astrophysics, energy and the environment, biology and medicine. She has an MSc in advanced materials and a PhD in magnetism. In her spare time, she helps to organize cafés scientifiques.
Three basic rules govern how defects behave in response to strain, say theorists
Read article: New theory could help optimize defects in semiconductors
New material could be used in devices that capture waste heat produced by industrial power plants and combustion engines
Read article: Polycrystalline thermoelectric breaks record for heat conversion efficiency
Calculations show that the quantum states of a vibrating nanotube-quantum dot platform would be robust against noise
Read article: Nanomechanical qubit could be highly stable
Electron-lattice interactions allow light to pass through these industrially important thin films, researchers say
Read article: New theory explains why metallic oxides are transparent
Could incoherent charge carriers contribute to high-temperature superconductivity in these materials?
Read article: Cuprate superconductors contain a strange component
Observations show that sheets of silicene naturally transform into single-domain structures when extra silicon atoms are added
Combined experimental and theoretical approach reveals electronic correlations in quantum materials
Read article: X-ray technique sheds fresh light on correlated metals
New laboratory technique bypasses the need for astronomically high pressures
Read article: Water transforms into gold-coloured metallic solution
New type of reflective screen can be viewed in bright sunshine without an energy-draining backlight
Read article: Nanostructures make brighter e-reader displays
First snapshots of ultrafast switching could lead to more energy-efficient computing
Read article: ‘Stop-motion movie of atoms’ reveals short-lived state in nanoscale switch