In biology, defects are generally bad. But in materials science, defects can be intentionally tuned to give materials useful new properties. Today, atomic-scale defects are carefully introduced during ...

In materials science, defects are irregularities or imperfections in a crystal's atomic structure. While they may sound like flaws, defects are often intentionally introduced to enhance properties ...

Materials scientists at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have found a way to create and control tiny "flaws" inside ultra-thin materials. These internal features, known as extended defects, ...

Defect tolerance is a concept applied in photovoltaics to explain semiconductors such as lead-halide perovskites that excel without relying on single-crystalline growth. It differentiates from the ...

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have become a major field of modern research in materials science since the discovery of graphene in 2004. Since then, applications of 2D materials have spanned from ...

A new model measures defects that can be leveraged to improve materials' mechanical strength, heat transfer, and energy-conversion efficiency. (Nanowerk News) In biology, defects are generally bad.

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 = ...

Much of modern electronic and computing technology is based on one idea: add chemical impurities, or defects, to semiconductors to change their ability to conduct electricity. These altered materials ...

Semiconductors may be small, but the impacts they have are significant. Semiconductors used in life-dependent applications, such as pacemakers, defibrillators, life support systems, automotive safety ...

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 ...