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• Study looks into the physics-defying quantum properties of HOIP materials

  Researchers studied the semiconducting properties of hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (HOIP) that defy physics by producing stable quantum properties despite intense molecular motion. details>>

• Physicists discover new quantum electronic material, kagome metal

  Scientists have for the first time produced a kagome metal, which is an electrically-conducting crystal made of layers of iron and tin atoms. details>>

• Scientists creating smaller nanoparticles have overcome thermal quenching

  Researchers believe that they have found a way around the fundamental physical restraint of thermal quenching, which has dimmed the brightness of ultra-small nanoparticles. details>>

• Advances made in production of nanoparticles using plasma-based synthesis

  Scientists developed diagnostic tools to improve the production of nanomaterials with specific characteristics through plasma-based synthesis. details>>

• Researchers create molecules in never-before-seen, complex structures

  Physicists worked on a two-year project to create Rydberg polarons from strontium atoms that were one million times colder than deep space. details>>

• Gaps between layers of 2-D materials used to separate atoms at room temp

  Researchers discovered that there are naturally-occurring gaps between the layers of 2-D materials can be used as subatomic sieves to separate atoms and demonstrated this process by pushing hydrogen isotopes. details>>

• Research reveals details about heat carriers in amorphous polymers

  Researchers detail their work on amorphous polymer chains to gain a greater understanding for how heat carriers move in the polymers and its effect on thermal conductivity. details>>

• New sensor technology shows batteries can be charged five times faster than current limits

  A direct, precise test of the internal temperatures and electrode potentials of commercially-available lithium-ion batteries reveled that batteries can be charged five times faster than current limits. details>>

• Scientists provide insights into the mechanical properties of crystalline solids

  Scientists developed a new method for precisely measuring the interatomic forces that hold crystalline solids together. details>>

• Researchers create predictable patterns from unpredictable carbon nanotubes

  Scientists at MIT developed a systematic method for predicting the two-dimensional patterns that carbon nanotubes will form when packed together by evaporating drops of acetone or ethanol. details>>