A multi-disciplinary team of researchers linked atomic-scale features to efficient heat-to-electricity conversion, offering ...

Scientists have shown that it may be possible to transform materials simply by triggering internal quantum ripples rather ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new type of transistor structure, invented by scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has broken the 600 gigahertz speed barrier. The goal of a terahertz ...

Materials engineers are at the forefront of nanotechnology, biomaterials and microelectronics, as well as traditional technical fields. A degree in this discipline equips you to analyze the structure ...

Floquet control uses time-periodic drives to engineer quantum systems, creating dynamic changes in material properties ...

Purdue University civil engineering researchers have developed patent-pending intelligent architected materials that can dissipate energy caused by bending, compression, torque and tensile stresses, ...

Existing electroactive materials are hard, rigid, and often made from non-sustainable, toxic substances, making them impractical for use in soft, flexible electronics, wearable technology, and ...

More than ten years ago, researchers at Rice University led by materials scientist Boris Yakobson predicted that boron atoms would cling too tightly to copper to form borophene, a flexible, metallic ...

Every summer, our cities burn energy to keep us cool. The same happens in winter with the increasing demand for heating.

Organ failure impacts millions of patients each year and costs hundreds of billions of US Dollars. Over the last 30 years, scientists have utilized a combination of tools, methods, and molecules of ...