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Research Highlights Archive
2024
2023
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Watching Metals Oxidize at the Atomic Scale
Thursday, November 16, 2023
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AI Deduces Material Structure From Complex X-Ray Spectra
Thursday, November 16, 2023
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Warming up Valley Polarization
Thursday, November 16, 2023
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Rare & Efficient Energy Transfer in 2D Heterostructures
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
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Understanding the Tantalizing Benefits of Tantalum for Qubits
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
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In Fuel Cell Catalysts, Three Elements are Better than One
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
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AI Discovers New Nanostructures Using X-rays
Sunday, April 30, 2023
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High Throughput and Multimodal Materials Identification
Sunday, April 30, 2023
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Controlling Oxide Catalysts with Peroxides
Sunday, April 30, 2023
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Molecular Brushes Stabilize Nanoparticles in Extreme Solution Environments
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
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Detecting Pollutant Gases with Aromatic Sensors
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
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Unlocking a Diversity of Self-assembled Nanostructures by Layering
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
2022
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A New Quantum Algorithm for Quantum Chemistry
Friday, September 30, 2022
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Unexpected Kinetics in Clean Energy Catalysts
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
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More Hydrogen from "Hot" Water Splitting
Friday, July 29, 2022
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'No Linker' Single-Molecule Circuits
Thursday, June 30, 2022
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Pressing Out Clean Interfaces in Layered 2D Devices
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
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Storing Electronic Data in Nanostructured Hybrids
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
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Visualizing the Internal Structure and Defects in 3D, Self-assembled Nanomaterials
Thursday, March 31, 2022
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New Model Describes COVID-19 Waves, Plateaus, and Endemic States
Monday, February 28, 2022
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Adding Up to Create Environmentally Friendly Anti-Corrosion Coatings
Friday, January 21, 2022
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Rapid Atomic Ordering for Catalytic Nanoparticles
Friday, January 21, 2022
2021
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High-throughput Maps of Polymer Self-Assembly
Friday, December 31, 2021
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Resisting Moore's Law Limits with Hybrid Materials
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
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Looking Under the Hood of Superconducting Qubits
Thursday, October 28, 2021
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Bond, DNA Bond. Assembling Ordered Arrays at the Nanoscale
Thursday, September 30, 2021
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Tracking Electrons on the Move in Twisted Graphene
Thursday, September 30, 2021
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Peering at Dynamic Perimeters that Promote Catalytic Activity
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
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A Graded Route to Constructing Stable Batteries
Friday, July 30, 2021
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A Good Hair Day for Stimuli-Responsive Emulsions
Friday, July 30, 2021
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Trapping Elusive Radicals in a Metal-Organic Framework
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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Discovering Flat Bands in Unexpected Places
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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Disentangling the Roles of Oxygen Vacancies in Solar Water Splitting
Friday, May 28, 2021
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Learning from Pileups in Li-Ion Batteries
Friday, May 28, 2021
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The Secret to Growing Carbon Nanotube Forests
Friday, April 30, 2021
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Uncovering Better Catalysts in Confined 2D Spaces
Friday, April 30, 2021
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Coatings Choose All Sides for a Biomedical Imaging Win
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
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Having a Ball Designing Nanoarchitectures with DNA
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
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Watch-and-Learn How Nanostructured Thin-Films Grow
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
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Simulations to the Rescue! Designing Better Alkali Catalysts
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
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The Guiding Power of Graphene in Polymer Films
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
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Using Nanoparticles to Reveal Polymer Nanoarchitectures
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
2020
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Designing Polarized Light Emitters with DNA
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
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Lithium as a Photocatalytic Performance Enhancer
Monday, November 30, 2020
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Patching Cracks in Perovskite Solar Cells for Better Performance
Monday, November 30, 2020
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Biofouling Prevention with Nanoscale Polymer Films
Friday, October 30, 2020
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Framing up Design of Nanomaterials with DNA
Friday, October 30, 2020
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Catching Light with 3D Hybrid Nanostructures
Thursday, September 24, 2020
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New Model Shows NYC May Avoid a Second COVID-19 Wave
Monday, August 31, 2020
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A New Model for Future Catalyst Design
Monday, July 27, 2020
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Making 2-D Magnetic Semiconductors Through Substitutions
Monday, July 27, 2020
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Nanocomposite Liposomes Kill Cancer Cells
Monday, June 29, 2020
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On a Quest to Tailor the Reactivity of Oxide Catalysts
Monday, June 29, 2020
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Machine Learning Deduces Material Structure from X-ray Spectra
Friday, May 29, 2020
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Better Catalysts to Convert Carbon Monoxide to Fuels
Friday, May 29, 2020
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Nanoscale Confinement Speeds Chemical Reactions
Thursday, April 30, 2020
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Solving the Mystery of Fast Ion Transport in Batteries
Thursday, April 30, 2020
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Platinum-free Nanocatalysts Provide a Fuel Cell Boost
Monday, March 30, 2020
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Fighting Cancer with DNA Origami
Monday, March 30, 2020
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Quantum Materials Cloak Thermal Radiation
Monday, February 24, 2020
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Nanodiamonds Shine with Single Photons
Friday, January 31, 2020
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Machine Learning Accelerates High-Resolution X-ray Imaging
Friday, January 31, 2020
2019
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Harvesting Light with Nature-inspired Nanoantennae
Monday, December 30, 2019
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A New Pathway to Highly-Interconnected Nanoarchitectures
Monday, December 30, 2019
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Research Highlight: Catching Light with Zinc Oxide Nanomesh Sensors
Friday, November 29, 2019
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Designing Plasmon Energies by Patterning Silicon at the 1-nm Scale
Friday, November 29, 2019
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Manganese Nanocatalysts Provide a Fuel Cell Boost
Monday, September 30, 2019
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Artificial Intelligence for Smarter & Faster Research
Friday, August 30, 2019
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Tuning Electron Dynamics at 2D Interfaces
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
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Looking at Atoms to Make Cleaner Fuels from Petroleum
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
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Observing the Obstacles Underlying Battery Capacity Fade
Friday, June 28, 2019
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Data Analytics Uncovers the Structure of Ultrathin Catalyst Coatings
Friday, June 28, 2019
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Machine Learning Model Interprets X-ray Absorption Spectra
Friday, May 31, 2019
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Nanocages Trap & Separate Elusive Noble Gases
Friday, May 31, 2019
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A "Bright" Molecular Machine
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
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LEGO™ Construction of Nanoparticle Assemblies
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
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Small Polymers Can Have a Big Impact on Self-Assembly
Monday, March 18, 2019
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Engineered Nanowrappers Carry and Release Cargo
Monday, March 18, 2019
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New Polymer Model Helps Explain the Origins of Life
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
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Smaller Nanoparticles are Better Battery Materials
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
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Painting Nanopatterns with Molecular Bottlebrushes
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
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Solving the Riddle of the Crystal Structure of Borophene
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
2018
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Tripling the Energy Storage of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Friday, October 26, 2018
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Nanocrystals Help Magnesium Batteries Go On-the-Move
Friday, October 26, 2018
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3D Nanofabrication of Cell-Sized Machines
Friday, September 28, 2018
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Super-stable Platinum-alloy/Graphene-tube Catalysts
Friday, September 28, 2018
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Atomically-Precise Assembly of Graphene Nanoribbons
Friday, August 31, 2018
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Understanding 'Strain-Free' Energy Storage in Lithium-ion Batteries
Friday, August 31, 2018
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Nanostructured Phosphors Make Bright LEDs Without Rare-Earth Elements
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
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Measuring "The Impossible" X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Hydrogen and Helium
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
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In a New Light: 2018 NSLS-II and CFN Joint Users' Meeting
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
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Filling the Gaps in Understanding Nanoporous Steel
Thursday, May 31, 2018
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Superplastic Alumina: Protector of Metals
Thursday, May 31, 2018
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Observing Structural Changes In Sub-nm Catalysts In Action
Monday, April 30, 2018
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Nanoscience Moves the Continents
Friday, March 30, 2018
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Uniform Size Rules the Performance of Quantum Dot Solids
Friday, March 30, 2018
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Molecular "Roller-Wheels" Make Better Solar Cell Materials
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
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Tripod Nanocatalysts Support Faster Fuel Cell Reactions
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
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Mixing the Right Blend Speeds Up Polymer Self-Assembly
Thursday, January 25, 2018
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Magnetic Quasicrystals are Both Ordered and Disordered Nanomaterials
Thursday, January 25, 2018
2017
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Getting an Up-Close, 3D View of Optical Nanomaterials
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
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Sorting molecules with self-assembled nanoscale membranes
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
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Can you see the invisible glass?
Monday, November 20, 2017
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Thicker, efficient polymer-based solar cells
Monday, November 20, 2017
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Efficient composite synthesis boosts battery energy delivery
Monday, October 23, 2017
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Data Science Heals Imperfect X-ray Scattering Datasets
Monday, October 23, 2017
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A dash of P stabilizes nanocrystalline Ni under stress
Friday, September 29, 2017
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Superacids are good medicine for 2D semiconductors
Friday, September 29, 2017
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Understanding Growth of Ceria Nanocatalysts on Practical Oxide Supports
Monday, August 21, 2017
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Self-stacking DNA Tablets Construct Towers of Nanoparticles
Monday, August 21, 2017
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Metasurfaces Shrink Broadband Photonics to Smallest Sizes Ever
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
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Photonic Hypercrystals Shine Brightly and Colorfully
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
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Watching Ionic Liquids at Electrode Interfaces in Real Time
Monday, June 26, 2017
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Trapping Argon Atoms in Two-Dimensional Arrays of Tiny Cages
Monday, June 26, 2017
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Drawing at the One-Nanometer Length Scale
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
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Hybrid Nanorods Glow Like Jellyfish
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
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Self-Assembled Nanotextures are Impervious to Fog
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
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Blowing Nanobubbles in Perovskite Crystals
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
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New Assembly of Multifunctional, Responsive Nanomaterials
Monday, March 13, 2017
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Watching oxidation of bimetallic catalysts in 3D
Monday, March 13, 2017
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Platinum-Lead Core/Shell Nanoplates are High-Performance, Highly-Stable Fuel Cell Catalysts
Monday, February 13, 2017
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A General Model Explains Binary Nanoparticle Assembly
Monday, February 13, 2017
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Tricking Self-Assembly into Creating New Shapes
Monday, January 16, 2017
2016
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Producing Valuable Chemicals from Waste Carbon Dioxide
Friday, September 30, 2016
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The Curious Behavior of Proteins in Confined Spaces
Sunday, July 31, 2016
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Electron Microscopy Reveals in-Situ Evolution of Lithium Batteries
Friday, July 1, 2016
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Bi-functional Nanocrystal Coatings Enhance the Performance of Silicon Solar Cells
Thursday, June 30, 2016
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Positioning Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers for Diamond-Based Quantum Computers
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
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Watching Gallium Nitride Nanowires Grow at the Atomic Scale
Sunday, May 1, 2016
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Nanomaterial Composites Greatly Enhance the Efficiency of Photodetectors
Sunday, May 1, 2016
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Ultrathin Nanoporous Coatings Prevent Metals from Rusting
Friday, April 1, 2016
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Realizing Diamond-Shaped Nanoparticle Superlattices
Monday, February 1, 2016
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Nanocrystals Within Nanowires
Friday, January 22, 2016
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Location, Location, Location: Titanium Doping Improves Hematite's Water Splitting Performance
Friday, January 8, 2016
2015
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Atomically Designed Imide-Based Nanoribbons Enable Efficient Organic Solar Cells
Friday, December 18, 2015
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Pathway-Dependent Ordering of Block Copolymers
Friday, December 4, 2015
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Industrially Favorable Fabrication of Electrodes for High-Performance Supercapacitors
Friday, November 20, 2015
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Efficient Conversion of CO2 into Methanol Using Nanocatalysts
Friday, November 6, 2015
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Bacteria Hairs Make Excellent Electrical Wires
Friday, October 23, 2015
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Doping Crystals of Nanocrystals
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
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Room Temperature Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide with 100% Efficiency
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
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Photonic Waveguides Suppress "Crosstalk among Neighbors"
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
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Artificial Moth Eyes Enhance the Performance of Silicon Solar Cells
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
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Peering into How Rechargeable Lithium Ion Batteries Function
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
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Metal Oxidation – Controlled by Atomic Surface Steps
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
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Swapping Tellurium for Sulfur Improves Light Absorption in Organic Solar Cells
Thursday, February 5, 2015
2014
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Scalable Growth of High Quality Bismuth Nanowires
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
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Transforming the Composition of Nanoparticles Using Electrochemistry
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
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Research Highlight: Graphene Sees the Light
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
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Optimization of Lead Sulfide Quantum Dot Synthesis for Monodispersity
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
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Unraveling Atomic-scale Edge Structure of Nanoscale Graphene Islands
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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Role of Size and Defects in Ultrafast Broadband Emission Dynamics of ZnO Nanostructures
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Ion-Implanted Si Waveguide Photodetectors
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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Resonant Energy Transfer from Quantum Dots to Graphene
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
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Research Highlight: Quantum vs. Bulk Behavior: It Depends on the Energy
Monday, April 21, 2014
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Visualizing and Understanding Reaction Paths in Lithium-ion Batteries
Monday, March 31, 2014
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The Mechanism of Caesium Intercalation of Graphene
Thursday, February 20, 2014
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Unlocking the Potential of Rechargeable Lithium Batteries
Friday, January 10, 2014
2013
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Measurement of Spin Torque Non-adiabaticity in Magnetic Vortices
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
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Thermopower of Highly Conducting Au-C Bonded Single-molecule Circuits
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
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Resolution Limits of Electron-beam Lithography Pushed Towards the Atomic Scale
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
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Polymer Solar Cells Employing Förster Resonance Energy Transfer
Monday, August 19, 2013
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Sub 15-nm Patterns for Magnetic Recording Using Block Copolymers
Monday, July 8, 2013
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Mesoscale Linear Assembly of Nanostructures
Monday, July 8, 2013
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Engineering Catalytic Contacts with Binary Nanocrystal Superlattices
Sunday, April 7, 2013
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Chemical Modification of Self-Assembled Block Copolymers for Area-Selective Formation of Metal Oxide Nanostructures
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
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Resolving the Internal Structure of Nanoparticle Dimers Linked by DNA
Tuesday, January 15, 2013