The quest for materials capable of combining semiconductor properties with superconductivity represents a major challenge for ...

Finding new materials with useful properties is a primary goal for materials scientists, and it's central to improving technology. One exciting area of current research is 2D materials—super-thin ...

Scanning Acoustic Microscopy (SAM) has become a critical non-destructive testing method for confirming high reliability in ...

Organic electronics can make a decisive contribution to decarbonization and, at the same time, help to cut the consumption of rare and valuable raw materials. To do so, it is not only necessary to ...

In, Graphene: A new material for electronics, Part 2, of this blog series, I focused on the possible utilizations of graphene as building material for innovative applications in electronics ranging ...

Ferroelectric materials are used in infrared cameras, medical ultrasounds, computer memory and actuators that turn electric properties into mechanical properties and vice-versa. Most of these ...

Wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors are a class of materials that can offer a range of advantages over silicon. These materials can operate at higher voltages and higher temperatures, serving as ...

Wearable electronics could be more wearable, according to a research team at Penn State. The researchers have developed a ...

Flexible and stretchable electronics have gained significance owing to their ability to be compressed, twisted, and molded into non-planar surfaces. Soft, flexible, and stretchable materials ...

The color green is often associated with St. Patrick’s Day. But in global manufacturing, green is the codeword for companies gravitating to using materials that are more environmentally sustainable, ...