Important material properties can be explained at the level of quantum physics - for example, whether a material conducts electricity or not. Analysing such quantum states has now revealed that there ...

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D-TMDs). (a) The table shows common TMDs and their band gap. (b) A schematic illustration of the layered structure of MoS2. (c) Energy dispersion in ...

The energy transition from fossil fuels to less carbon-intensive ways of producing electricity and transporting it won't happen without so-called "green metals." These metals, including lithium ...

Even though emeralds and rubies are very different colors, they both have the same secret ingredient in their atomic ...

a metal crucial to the nation’s energy transition. California-based startup Brimstone announced last week that its process to create low-carbon cement and concrete ingredients could also produce ...