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High-precision analysis of 2D materials microstructures achieved using electron microscopy and machine learning

A research team led by NIMS has, for the first time, produced nanoscale images of two key features in an ultra-thin material: twist domains (areas where one atomic layer is slightly rotated relative ...
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Cologne researchers add a new detail to the “nuclear periodic table”

Nuclear chemists and nuclear physicists at the University of Cologne provide experimental proof of a long-suspected atomic decay pathway. The article published in ‘Physical Review’ shows that ...
AOL

Penn State scientists found a new way to identify superconducting materials

Instead of requiring complex quantum simulations of electron pairing, scientists can now look directly at electron-density maps from DFT calculations to identify whether a material could become ...
C&EN

Machine learning helps density functional theory model molecules accurately

A rotating cylinder with its side cut away to expose the core, showing patches of purple, blue, green, yellow, and orange that are dense in the middle and more diffuse toward the edges. This rotating ...
Electronic Design

SiC Supercharges High-Voltage Inverter Brick for EVs

Automotive supplier Schaeffler has started mass production of a new high-voltage inverter brick equipped with ROHM’s silicon-carbide (SiC) MOSFET bare chips as part of its strategic partnership. The ...
Microsoft

Deep learning for DFT

In Density Functional Theory, the exchange correlation functional captures the complex relationship between its input—the electron density — and its output: the exchange-correlation energy. The ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Electrical Properties of ML and BL MoS2 GAA NS FETs With Source/Drain Metal Contacts (NYCU)

A new technical paper titled “Electrical Characteristics of ML and BL MoS2 GAA NS FETs With Source/Drain Metal Contacts” was published by researchers at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. “This ...
C&EN

End-Group Modulation in a High Electron Mobility Y-Series Nonfullerene Acceptor Achieved Based on the DFT Method

College of Big Data and Information Engineering, Guizhou University, Huaxi Road, Huaxi District, Guiyang, Guizhou550025, P. R. China Engineering Research Center of Semiconductor Power Device ...
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Watch a Live Catalytic Event in Real Time

A Northwestern University-led international team of scientists has, for the first time, directly observed catalysis in-action at the atomic level. In mesmerizing new videos, single atoms move and ...