The material physicist on having fun and enjoying research, accepting challenges as opportunities, and supporting young talent in the field.

The material physicist on having fun and enjoying research, accepting challenges as opportunities, and supporting young talent in the field.
New observations suggest that the unexpected dimming of the supergiant star was most likely caused by a dust cloud that blocked starlight coming from the star’s surface.
Simulations at Graz University of Technology refute earlier theories on long-range charge transfer between organic and inorganic materials.
Semi-transparent solar cells allow plants and solar energy to be efficiently generated on the same crop land.
What are alternative technologies to lithium-ion batteries and what does the future hold for energy storage?
Scientists express cautious optimism about two potential COVID-19 vaccine candidates from the UK and China.
A pair of micro-scale pliers was made from a liquid crystalline elastomer and fiber optic wire, which can reversibly change shape in response to visible light.
High-throughput computational materials screening is turning out to be an efficient highway to optoelectronic semiconductor design.
Celebrating “10 years of Advanced Energy Materials Research,” Tierui Zhang opens up about his scientific career and his rather unique hobby of chemistry stamp collecting.
Researchers design a photo-electrochemical reactor to produce affordable “green” hydrogen.