When ions penetrate a material, highly complex processes take place - so fast that they could hardly be analyzed until now. But sophisticated measurements have now made it possible.
Researchers have discovered that Vanadium Dioxide, a compound used in electronics, is capable of 'remembering' the entire history of previous external stimuli. This is the first material to be identified as possessing this property, although there could be others.
Researchers have used an atomically thin material to build a device that can change the color of laser beams. Their microscopic device may yield new kinds of ultra-small optical circuit chips and advance quantum optics.
Researchers have shown the existence of liquid-like atoms in metallic glasses. These atoms inherit the dynamics of high-temperature liquid atoms, revealing the nature of metallic glasses as part-solid and part-liquid.
