Organic crystals twist, bend, and heal

Thermally twistable, photobendable, elastically deformable, and self-healable soft crystal gives a multifunctional, all-in-one material.

Scientists create continuously emitting microlasers with nanoparticle-coated beads

Team discovers right mix of nanocrystals and light to activate unique laser properties in 5-micron spheres.

Using gold nanoparticles to trigger sequential unfolding of 3-D structures

Scientists have developed a new technique that takes advantage of gold nanoparticles to trigger the sequential unfolding of three-dimensional structures using different wavelengths of light.

MXene's tour de force

Since the discovery of a large new family of two-dimensional materials, continued exploration has revealed their exceptional ability to store energy, block electromagnetic interference, purify water and even ward off bacteria.

Physicists solve the mystery of vanishing particles in graphene

A team of scientists explained the paradoxical phenomenon of the mutual annihilation of particles and antiparticles in graphene. The theoretical justification for this process was until recently one of the most complex riddles of solid-state physics.