Mid- and far-infrared birefringent crystals are key functional materials for polarization control, laser technologies, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Physicists at CU Boulder have created shimmering “time-moving” crystals from liquid crystal materials, revealing a new form of ...

(Left) Schematic depicting the molecular arrangement and light-matter interaction in the cooling material: a photonic crystal based on spiral liquid crystals. (Right) Actual photographs of the ...

A Chinese research team has successfully developed ammonium fluorooxoborate (ABF), a high-performance nonlinear optical crystal designed for vacuum ultraviolet light (VUV) generation. The new material ...

Scientists have shown that twisting a crystal at the nanoscale can turn it into a tiny, reversible diode, hinting at a new era of shape-engineered electronics.

Superconductors (materials that conduct electricity without resistance) have fascinated physicists for more than a century. While conventional superconductors are well understood, a new class of ...

Researchers grew a twisted multilayer crystal structure for the first time and measured the structure's key properties. The twisted structure could help researchers develop next-generation materials ...

Portable, intuitive wearable devices have been sought after in recent years. Despite the flexibility and miniaturization of current electronic devices, the power supply and complex structural design ...

Dr. Jin Gu, Kang, and his team at the Nanophotonics Research Center of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have developed a vibrant radiation-cooling liquid crystal material that ...

Scientists have developed a new way to fabricate three-dimensional nanoscale devices from single-crystal materials using a ...