Researchers from Japan achieve significant breakthrough in optoelectronics that can revolutionize next-generation photodetectors

All-solid-state batteries (ASSB) are widely recognized as a safer and potentially more energy-dense alternative to conventional lithium-ion technologies. Their performance critically depends on fast ionic conduction within solid electrolytes. Traditional methods to identify such materials involve labour-intensive synthesis and characterization processes, often hampered by the limitations of existing computational models in accurately capturing disordered, high-temperature ion

Every chemical reaction faces a barrier: for substances to react with one another, it is first necessary to supply energy. In many cases, this energy barrier is low – such as when striking a match. For many key reactions in industry, however, it is much larger – and increased energy requirements drive up production costs. To lower this barrier, chemists use “reaction helpers” known as catalysts. The best of these substances contain metals – including, in some cases, rare meta

A new study by NYU chemists finds that DNA tiles can assemble into 3D structures without the sticky cohesion of hydrogen bonding. This finding, published in Nature Communications, turns a fundamental paradigm in the field of DNA self-assembly on its head.

Advanced imaging reveals a detailed understanding of the mechanisms driving a previously misunderstood material, researchers say

The study serves as a benchmark for quantum chemical methods in modeling phosphate-containing clusters, opening new pathways for designing more efficient proton-conducting materials and understanding biological proton transfer.

Researchers at The University of Osaka use a nanoreactor to produce pores that mimic biological ion channels

Morphological characterization of the Fe 3 S 4 nanosheet-like structures. (a,b) SEM images at different magnifications. (c) TEM image, evidencing the two-dimensional structure, (d) HRTEM image with the corresponding FFT pattern shown in the inset. (e,f) Magnified views of the boxed regions marked in blue and pink in (d), highlighting the crystallographic planes of Fe 3 S 4 . (g−i) Dark-field STEM image and the corresponding EDX elemental mapping of Fe (red) and S (yellow). (

When ice melts into water, it happens quickly, with the transition from solid to liquid being immediate. However, very thin materials do not adhere to these rules. Instead, an unusual state between solid and liquid arises: the hexatic phase. Researchers at the University of Vienna have now succeeded in directly observing this exotic phase in an atomically thin crystal. Using state-of-the-art electron microscopy and neural networks, they filmed a silver iodide crystal protecte

With carefully designed tunable active sites, unique structure of new single atom platforms enables strong gas binding in pioneering step towards more efficient industrially-relevant catalysis.

The team’s breakthrough, reported in Nature on 19 November 2025, emerged from reimagining how light is generated. Instead of forcing current through insulating nanocrystals, the researchers wrapped them in specially-designed organic semiconductor molecules. These tailored ligands acted as molecular intermediaries, capturing electrons and holes under an electric field and transferring their energy to the lanthanide ions inside the crystal. The result was bright, stable light e

Light is fast, but travels in long wavelengths and interacts weakly with itself. The particles that make up matter are tiny and interact strongly with each other, but move slowly. Together, the two can combine into a hybrid quasiparticle called a polariton that is part light, part matter. In a new paper published today in Chem, a team of Columbia chemists has identified how to combine matter and light to get the best of both worlds: polaritons with strong interactions and fa