Covalent bonds found in alpha plutonium clarify its unusual atomic structure

Plutonium has captured the attention of scientists since its discovery in the early 1940s. This enigmatic element has an ...

Shining a light on dark valleytronics: First direct observation of dark excitons in atomically thin materials

In a world-first, researchers from the Femtosecond Spectroscopy Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST ...
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Atomic neighborhoods in semiconductors provide new avenue for designing microelectronics

Inside the microchips powering the device you're reading this on, the atoms have a hidden order all their own. A team led by ...
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Atomic Ordering Discovery Opens Avenues for Semiconductor Design

A team led by Berkeley and GWU working with the U of A's Center for Manipulation of Atomic Ordering for Manufacturing Semiconductors confirmed that atoms in semiconductors arrange themselves in ...
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Advanced Techniques Illuminate Atomic Structure of α-Pu

Plutonium has captured the attention of scientists since its discovery in the early 1940s. This enigmatic element has an ...
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Scientists visualize atomic structures in moiré materials

Researchers with the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have ...
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Atomic insights reveal hidden structure in amorphous silicon

Researchers uncovered how soft regions in amorphous silicon mix order and disorder, offering new insights for designing ...

In a World-First, Scientists Directly Observe Elusive “Dark Excitons”

Using one of the world’s most advanced spectroscopy systems, researchers have developed a framework to guide studies in ...

Electron microscopy reveals new method to make exotic metal alloys

Researchers created a near-room-temperature method to make high-entropy alloys with precise control of crystal structure and ...