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Quantum Emitting Answer Might Lie in the Solution

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 28, 2017 — Tapping into the quantum properties of photons for optoelectronics requires highly efficient light sources. Lead trihalide perovskite nanocrystals exhibit a number […]

Strain-Free Epitaxy of Germanium Film on Mica

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 17, 2017 — Germanium, an elemental semiconductor, was the material of choice in the early history of electronic devices, before it was largely replaced […]

Volatility Surprises Arise in Removing Excess Hydrogen

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 15, 2017 — Excess hydrogen can cause problems in a variety of industries. It can corrode semiconductors, electronics, and nuclear fuel sitting in storage. […]

Electron Backscatter Diffraction Yields Microstructure Insights

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 14, 2017 — High-efficiency electric motors with tailored speed-torques, determined by their magnetic components, are essential for sustainable, successful electric automobile drive concepts. Soft […]

Soft Magnetic Material Characterizations Get a Harder Look

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 14, 2017 — In motors, generators and similar electric machines, the electrical current that powers them generates magnetic fields that magnetize some of the […]

Are Multiple H-Coils Needed to Accurately Measure Magnetic Field Strengths?

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 14, 2017 — Is more always better? Researchers from Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan, sought to find out if that was the case for […]

Researchers Model Coulomb Crystals to Understand Star Evolution

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 7, 2017 — Matter in the cores of old white dwarfs and the crusts of neutron stars is compressed to unimaginable densities by intense […]

Improving Sensor Accuracy to Prevent Electrical Grid Overload

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 7, 2017 — Electrical physicists from Czech Technical University have provided additional evidence that new current sensors introduce errors when assessing current through iron […]

Opening the Van der Waals’ Sandwich

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 31, 2017 — Eighty years after the theoretical prediction of the force required to overcome the van der Waals’ bonding between layers in a […]