A new breakthrough is transforming MXenes—ultra-thin, high-tech materials—into something far more powerful and precise.

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Assistant Professor Siddharth Deshpande and PhD student Snehitha Srirangam use data visualizations to reveal what happens on an atomic level when catalysts convert shale gas into polypropylene. The ...

Electron diffraction is a powerful analytical technique used to study the atomic structure of materials. It involves the interaction of a beam of electrons with a crystalline sample, resulting in a ...

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