In a study published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, researchers from National Taiwan University report that a ...

Under the right circumstances, electrons can actually “freeze” into a bizarre solid form. Now, physicists at Berkeley Lab have created and taken the first ever direct images of this structure. At low ...

Chemists discovered that a seemingly solid, nonporous crystal can 'come alive' when heated. A two-step transformation releases trapped molecules, drives a vivid blue - green - yellow glow, and even ...

Just as an electrical switch regulates the flow of electric current, thermal switches can control the flow of heat. These switches serve as thermal control devices and are useful for thermal ...

Solid materials are generally known to be rigid and unmoving, but scientists are turning this idea on its head by exploring ways to incorporate moving parts into solids. This can enable the ...

Solid-solution organic crystals have been brought into the quest for superior photon upconversion materials, which transform presently wasted long-wavelength light into more useful shorter wavelength ...

Piezoelectric materials, particularly single crystals and engineered solid solutions, play a pivotal role in modern sensing and actuation technologies. Their inherent ability to convert mechanical ...

Everyone’s owned a liquid crystal display watch at some point, but a solid crystal one? A Swarovski crystal one? Now that’s weird. This Reveal flips the crystals around from bright to dark to show the ...

Concave, umbrella-like metal complexes provide space to enable the largest molecular rotor operational in the solid-state. Solid materials are generally known to be rigid and unmoving, but scientists ...