Tag Archives: Nanoscience

Computing a Textbook of Crystal Physics

Posted on September 29, 2015 by rberkowitz

Berkeley Lab scientists publish world’s largest database of piezoelectric properties Continue reading →

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Defects Through the Looking Glass

Posted on September 2, 2015 by rberkowitz

Berkeley Lab researchers characterize individual defects inside a bulk insulator using scanning tunneling microscopy. Continue reading →

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A Bright Light for Ultrafast Snapshots of Materials

Posted on June 11, 2015 by rberkowitz

Berkeley Lab researchers develop a bright, high-repetition-rate laser source in the extreme UV for studies of ultrafast materials dynamics Continue reading →

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Outsmarting Thermodynamics in Self-assembly of Nanostructures

Posted on November 3, 2014 by rberkowitz

Berkeley Lab reports method for symmetry-breaking in feedback-driven self-assembly of optical metamaterials Continue reading →

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Berkeley Lab Study Reveals Molecular Structure of Water at Gold Electrodes

Posted on October 23, 2014 by rberkowitz

Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a method not only to look at the molecules next to the electrode surface, but to determine their arrangement changes depending on the voltage. Continue reading →

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Unexpected Water Explains Surface Chemistry of Nanocrystals

Posted on May 29, 2014 by rberkowitz

Berkeley Lab scientists answer questions of how charged ligands balance on surface of colloidal nanoparticles Continue reading →

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