Scientists develop a means of creating 'hopfion' crystals, complex, knot-like patterns of light that repeat across both space and time.

Researchers have developed a blueprint for weaving hopfions—complex, knot-like light structures—into repeating spacetime ...

"Most liquid-crystal-based devices are made from single-layer structures, but this limits light field modulation to a confined area," said research team leader Fan Fan from Hunan University in China.

The new method can determine crystal structures underlying experimental data thus far difficult to analyze.

Mar 05, 2025 Liquid crystal structures key to organic solar cell performance Researchers improved organic solar cell fabrication by controlling molecular assembly, enhancing efficiency and stability, ...

Material engineers have mapped out the reasons some steels are better than others and how to make those better still.

An oxide of strontium, iron, and cobalt can absorb and release oxygen, depending on the gases passing over it, with a high ...

A new oxygen breathing film crystal switches transparency and conductivity, offering promise for clean energy and electronics.