Motion of defects (dislocation loops) in tungsten at low temperature. Courtesy: CEA “Massively heavy” atoms can move quantum mechanically within a crystalline material at cryogenic temperatures. This ...

Clean, safe and economical nuclear energy requires new materials capable of withstanding severe radiation damage. One strategy of imparting radiation resistance to solids is to incorporate into them a ...

A 3D-printed WS2/TiO2@C anode combining sulfur vacancies and a defect-rich TiO2 interphase delivered markedly higher lithium ...

A hydrothermally synthesized α-MnO2 nanoneedle–biochar nanocomposite showed substantially improved supercapacitor charge ...

Researchers showed that point-defect engineering can control how copper nanoparticles exsolve from perovskite oxides, ...

System reliability and safety are paramount across industries such as semiconductors, energy, automotive, and steel, where even microscopic cracks or defects within structures can critically affect ...

This illustration depicts a non-destructive evaluation system empowered by generative artificial intelligence (AI) to simulate and analyze internal material defects. Leveraging virtual defect ...

There are two fundamental native defects in silicon the lattice vacancy and the silicon interstitial. Each is present in thermodynamic equilibrium at any finite temperature T, its concentration being ...

Lithium titanate (LTO, Li4Ti5O12) is a well-established battery material that in its pristine state is a poor conductor of ...