Organic semiconductors have emerged as a promising alternative to their inorganic counterparts owing to their versatility, low-cost fabrication and tunable electronic characteristics. These ...

The intrinsic properties of semiconductor nanocrystals are profoundly influenced by their exposed facets, which dictate both their electronic and chemical behaviours. The orientation of these ...

Semiconductor materials play an important part in developing nanophotonic technologies. Semiconductors are used for generating controllable photons as well as for confining and exploiting them for ...

Chiral molecules have structures that cannot be superimposed on their mirror image, like left and right hands. Many ...

Scientists have demonstrated that small changes in the isotopic content of thin semiconductor materials can influence their optical and electronic properties, possibly opening the way to new and ...

Quantum properties in atom-thick semiconductors offer new way to detect electrical signals in cells Date: March 3, 2025 Source: University of California - San Diego Summary: For decades, scientists ...

Promising 2D materials may face an unexpected obstacle at the atomic scale: a tiny gap at their interfaces. For decades, the ...

A research team led by Professor Hyukjun Kwon from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST; President Kunwoo Lee), has ...

In the world of semiconductor nanodevices, where quantum effects and atomic positions dictate behavior, the demand for advanced characterization methods is on the rise, and spectroscopic techniques ...

2D materials are widely seen as a promising path toward better computer chips. Researchers at TU Wien have now shown that ...

Scientists are striving to discover new semiconductor materials that could boost the efficiency of solar cells and other electronics. But the pace of innovation is bottlenecked by the speed at which ...