image: In-cell engineering can be a powerful tool for synthesizing functional protein crystals with promising catalytic properties, show researchers at Tokyo Tech. Using genetically modified bacteria ...

For the first time ever, researchers have watched the mesmerizing process of nanoparticles self-assembling into solid materials. In the stunning new videos, particles rain down, tumble along ...

Perovskite thin films are key to high-efficiency and low-cost solar and optoelectronic devices. However, when produced at large scale, these films often suffer from uneven crystallization, defects, ...

Northwestern University researchers have uncovered a previously unknown property of colloidal crystals, highly ordered three-dimensional arrays of nanoparticles. The team engineered colloidal crystals ...

Research has revealed how minute structural modifications in advanced perovskite materials critically influence their ...

Students Tackling Advanced Research, or STAR, gives first-year Dragons a summer to join a faculty-led project and learn how research really happens. The goal is early mentorship, real responsibility, ...

Waters supersaturated with sparingly soluble salts are encountered in RO/NF (reverse osmosis/nanofiltration) membrane-based water treatment processes, cooling water discharge, and produced water from ...

Researchers have revealed the thermodynamics and kinetics that facilitate crystal growth in deeply supercooled liquids and glasses. Their insights will help people exploit this atypical crystal growth ...