A long-standing mystery in materials science is beginning to unravel as researchers directly probe the hidden atomic ...

For decades, relaxor ferroelectrics have powered everything from medical ultrasounds to sonar systems, yet their inner atomic ...

MIT-led researchers have, for the first time, directly mapped the 3D atomic and polar structure of relaxor ferroelectrics, materials critical to sensors and energy devices. Using multi-slice electron ...

For decades, a class of materials critical to modern electronics operated with a level of mystery at their core. Now, ...

MIT researchers uncover a hidden 3D atomic structure in relaxor ferroelectrics using electron ptychography, resolving a ...

Materials called relaxor ferroelectrics have been used for decades in technologies like ultrasounds, microphones, and sonar ...

When nucleic acids like DNA or RNA build up in a cell's cytoplasm, it sets off an alarm call for the immune system. Enzymes usually clear these nucleic acids before they cause an issue, but when these ...

MIT-led researchers have, for the first time, directly mapped the three-dimensional atomic and charge structure of relaxor ferroelectrics, materials used in sensors, ultrasound, and sonar. Using multi ...