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The Material World

A weeklong materials science workshop series with morning lectures followed by hands-on lab exercises to reinforce concepts for introduction of materials-related content into core science curricula at the home institution Organized and taught by MRSEC faculty investigators Partnership with the Faculty Resource Network at NYU,

Effective Defects: Strength in Numbers. The surprising strength of highly defective graphene

Graphene in its pristine form is one of the strongest materials, but defects influence its strenth.  Using atomistic calculations, we find that, counter to standard reasoning, graphene sheets with large-angle tilt boundaries that have a high density of defects are as strong as the pristine material and unexpectedly are much stronger than those with low-angle boundaries having fewer defects.  We

Computer-aided design of lightweight allows for future vehicles

Replacing steel with lightweight Aluminum alloys could significantly improve fuel economy of vehicles.  Existing lightweight alloys are difficult to use, because they have poor ductility, and tend to tear while they are stamped to form a complex part.  Adding small quantities of additional allying elements to lightweight alloys could improve their ductility.  But at present the only way to iden

Protein-Driven Synthesis of Transition Metal-Doped ZnS Immuno-Quantum Dots

Doping semiconductor nanocrystals with transition metals is an efficient route to tune emission color over a broad range of

Interacting electron ripples provide clues to superconductivity

 

Interacting electron ripples provide clues to superconductivity A theoretical prediction is confirmed by atomic-scale microscopy

Rapid computational prediction of crystalline polymorphism

 The ability of an organic molecular solid to crystallize into different structures is  a phenomenon known as polymorphism.  Polymorphism is an issue of major concern in the pharmaceutical industry.  In many drug compounds, some fraction

MoO3 Films for Efficient Hole-Injection in Organic Electronics

Transition-metal oxides (TMO), such as molybdenum tri-oxide (MoO3), are promising hole-injection electrode materials for organic electronics because of their large work function and high conductivity. They are superior to the widely used organic polymer PEDOT:PSS which causes device degradation. However, deposition of MoO3 layers

Device Characteristics of Bulk-Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells

Device characteristics under dark and illumination

Topological Surface States Penetrate Through Surface Barriers

Topological surface states are a new class of novel electronic states that are potentially useful for quantum computing or spintronicapplications. Unlike conventional two-dimensional electron states, these surface states are expected to be immune to localization and to overcome barriers caused by material imperfection.

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