Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? The concept of aperiodic geometry has existed for at least 1,000 years from Islamic ...

Researchers from the University of Basel have demonstrated, for the first time, what an individual electron looks like in an artificial atom. Thanks to new techniques, it is now possible to show the ...

For the first time, researchers have used a cutting-edge microscope to study the relationship between the atomic geometry of a ribbon of graphene and its electrical properties. Graphene, a material ...

MIT physicists have trapped electrons in a pure crystal, marking the first achievement of an electronic flat band in a three-dimensional material. The rare electronic state is thanks to a special ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The arrangement of the constituent atoms in a solid material's crystal structure determines its properties. Technologies such as electron and x-ray crystallography can reveal the ...