Half-Heusler Ni-based alloys are thermoelectric materials with the potential for converting waste heat into electricity. However, the origin of their impressive conversion efficiency is not entirely ...

Carmine Ortix is at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, the Netherlands, and in the Department of Physics, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy. Read the paper ...

Researchers and industries have been using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to study semiconductors' stacking and dislocation faults. This article considers the analysis of crystal structures.

In addition to adding strength, this design allows the structure to use its crack patterns to minimize damage into the inner shell. Ling Li, an assistant professor in mechanical engineering at ...