Recently, a research team led by Prof. Chen Tao from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) revealed the formation and evolution of the point ...

Within a material, the patterns in which the atoms are arranged determine the characteristics of that material. For instance, the material’s strength, flexibility or conductivity are all determined by ...

Fluorescent defects in atomically thin hexagonal boron nitride can detect and identify individual ions in liquids through spectral shifts, enabling real-time single-ion sensing relevant to batteries ...