Self-healing of solar cells ecplored with photoconductive AFM

A team of researchers have disclosed in which location self-healing occurs for the future solar cells through the use of Photoconductive Atomic Force Microscope.

Atomically controlled gas sensing

An international team of scientists have solved the stucture of a gas sensing surface of tin dioxide, opening the way to advanced device design.

Making the Internet of Things possible with a new breed of memristors

Researchers show how they have fabricated a new breed of 'ferroelectric tunnel junctions', that is, few-nanometre-thick ferroelectric thin films sandwiched between two electrodes. They have abilities beyond existing technologies and bode well for energy-efficient and stable neuromorphic computing.

A rare quantum state realized in a new material

A revolutionary material harbors magnetism and massless electrons that travel near the speed of light--for future ultrasensitive, high-efficiency electronics and sensors.

Fiber OLEDs, thinner than a hair

Scientists expect the technology, which produces high-efficiency, long-lasting OLEDs, can be widely utilized in wearable displays.

New discovery could improve brain-like memory and computing

Researchers demonstrate the existence of a new kind of magnetoresistance involving topological insulators.

An exotic state of matter discovered in 2-D material

Electrons are forced to the edge of the road on a thin sheet of tungsten ditelluride.