• The underlying migration mechanism of Mg 2+ in cathode materials and roles of defects in Mg 2+ migration in cathode materials were studied. • Applications of defect engineering to Mg 2+ migration in ...

Photocatalysts are powerful materials that use light as a source of energy for operation, becoming indispensable materials in many fields, from the food and biomedical industry to energy production.

Defect engineering has emerged as a powerful strategy to tailor the activity and stability of electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions. By intentionally introducing vacancies, ...

Two-dimensional materials, exemplified by graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), exhibit exceptional electronic, optical and catalytic properties arising from their atomically thin ...

Scientists can now create and control tiny internal defects in ultra-thin materials, enabling new properties and potential breakthroughs in nanotechnology. (Nanowerk News) Materials scientists at the ...

This study is led by Prof. Shuangyin Wang (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University) and Prof. Chen Chen (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University).

A research team from Skoltech, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, N.M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics RAS, and other scientific organizations has studied the effect of various types of ...

Atomic-scale defects in crystals can make excellent quantum memories that can be written and read out using lasers, and could form the basis of future quantum communications and computing systems.

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Scientists have sought to leverage atomic defects to enhance electrocatalytic performance for clean energy applications. However, the inability to precisely study defects' ...

A study conducted by researchers from the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has demonstrated how nitrogen vacancies (V N) resolve ...

Detecting macro-defects early in the wafer processing flow is vital for yield and process improvement, and it is driving innovations in both inspection techniques and wafer test map analysis. At the ...