New Pathways to Advance Adsorbent Technologies for Alkene Purification: Research carried out in collaboration with beamline scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source have…

Crystallographic evidence of the importance of water loading effects on a metal-organic framework that does not experience large-scale structural changes has been revealed by researchers using the U.…

Thermoelectric materials, which convert heat into energy, are challenging to design because of the unusual set of interrelated properties required for high efficiency. Researchers have synthesized…

Crystals Could Reveal a New Spin on Quantum Physics: Physicists would like to know whether a theorized new state of matter, called a quantum spin liquid, actually exists. One multi-institution group…

A New Focus Emerges for Barocaloric Cooling Research: Barocaloric cooling is one of several new technologies promising improved efficiency and reduced emissions. Experiments at the U.S. Department…

Laser Excitation Alters the Structure and Light Emission of Perovskite Thin Films: Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites show exceptional promise for use in multiple optoelectronic applications.…

Quantum Leap: Advancing High-Temperature Superconductor Research: Researchers have discovered that nickel, a neighbor of copper on the periodic table, can also superconduct as an oxide, but so far…

Researchers used the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source to reveal the structural evolution of inorganic cluster growth and crystallization resulting from sequential infiltration…

Pivotal Battery Discovery Could Impact Transportation and the Grid: Researchers using the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source have discovered a key reason for the performance…

Developing hydrogen as a fuel is important for both economic and environmental reasons. This work carried out at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source advances our understanding…