Introducing a facet controlling assistor (FCA) can control the 2D nucleation of the predetermined facets and adjust the growth mode and direction of crystals.

The twisted spirals made in this work exhibit interesting, tuneable superconductive properties. Courtesy: S Jin Researchers have found a way to grow layers of two-dimensional (2D) materials with ...

The OneView® IS camera offers the highest performance and the most rapid operation of all the fiber-coupled Gatan cameras. It is capable of displaying and saving 16 MP images to disk at up to 25 fps, ...

Creating two-dimentional materials large enough to use in electronics is a challenge despite huge effort but now, Penn State researchers have discovered a method for improving the quality of one ...

Do the twist: Making two-dimensional quantum materials using curved surfaces Date: October 22, 2020 Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison Summary: Scientists have discovered a way to control the ...

Weak bonds a strength in making borophene Theory shows potential to synthesize material on an insulator Date: November 12, 2021 Source: Rice University Summary: Researchers show how borophene, the ...

The quality of 2D RP perovskite films influences the photovoltaic performance of PSCs. Additionally, the solvent evaporation rate, nucleation, and grain growth rate highly depend on the annealing ...

(Nanowerk News) Borophene may be done tantalizing materials scientists and start serving their ambitions, if a new approach by Rice University researchers can be turned into practice. Materials ...