Berkeley Lab scientists Junqiao Wu, Fan Yang, and Changhyun Ko are working at the nano-Auger electron spectroscopy instrument at the Molecular Foundry, a DOE Office of Science User Facility. They used ...

For this metal, electricity flows, but not the heat Law-breaking property in vanadium dioxide could lead to applications in thermoelectrics, window coatings Date: January 26, 2017 Source: DOE/Lawrence ...

A systematic study of phase changes in vanadium dioxide has solved a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades. A systematic study of phase changes in vanadium dioxide has solved a mystery that ...

(Phys.org) —Graphene may command the lion's share of attention but it is not the only material generating buzz in the electronics world. Vanadium dioxide is one of the few known materials that acts ...

For the first time, researchers have gotten a detailed view of how atoms in a compound called vanadium dioxide move when an ultrafast laser pulse transforms the material from an electrical insulator ...

There are already energy-saving "smart glass" windows that can be electronically tinted to block the sun's hot rays, thus reducing the need to run air-conditioning systems. Such systems still require ...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released by industrial processes and vehicle exhaust rank among the most significant urban air pollutants. These substances carry serious environmental and health ...

While the large windows and glass that often surround modern buildings allow for the immense amount of lighting that enters these areas during the day. However, the glazings that are placed as a film ...

A new technical paper titled “Strain-free thin film growth of vanadium dioxide deposited on 2D atomic layered material of hexagonal boron nitride investigated by their thickness dependence of ...

Researchers at EPFL have discovered a material that seems to be able to “remember” all of its past encounters with stimuli, such as electrical currents. The compound could come in handy for better ...