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AMES, Iowa – Materials engineers don’t like to see line defects in functional materials. The structural flaws along a one-dimensional line of atoms generally degrades performance of electrical ...

Topological defects in liquid crystals guide the self-assembly of molecular amphiphiles. Figure 1: Self-assembly of amphiphiles in nematic liquid-crystal defects. Abbott and co-workers' study raises ...

BERKELEY, Calif. — In a study at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), exposing certain thermoelectric materials to alpha-particle radiation has been shown to transform the materials into far ...

Detecting macro-defects early in the wafer processing flow is vital for yield and process improvement, and it is driving innovations in both inspection techniques and wafer test map analysis. At the ...

Whether a project is big or small, it seems inevitable that construction defect claims will surface. While the nature of these claims may vary, common patterns are generally present, and construction ...

When Barbara Bowen was planning for retirement, she took pains to get her house in order. Chief among her projects was replacing the cedar-shake roof on her 1970s' Walnut Creek home. After careful ...

Cadmium selenide nanoplatelets provide a promising foundation for the development of innovative electronic materials. Since the turn of the millennium, researchers around the world have taken a ...

Researchers have discovered that engineering one-dimensional line defects into certain materials can increase their electrical performance. Materials engineers don't like to see line defects in ...