Illustration of how patterns are etched at the atomic scale

A precise chemical-free method for etching nanoscale features on silicon wafers has been developed by a team from Penn State and…

A slippery rough surface (SRS) inspired by both pitcher plants and rice leaves outperforms state-of-the-art liquid-repellent surfaces…

Image demonstrating the nanoscale structure of this research

Development of a theoretical basis for ultrahigh piezoelectricity in ferroelectric materials led to a new material with twice the piezo…

An international team of researchers has developed a new family of glass based on metals and organic compounds that stacks up to the…

An international team of researchers used their own mouse autologous immune cells to create large amounts of fillable nanovesicles to…

Teams of researchers led by Penn State provide new understanding of why synthetic two-dimensional materials often perform orders of…

Growing high quality, crystalline 2D materials at scale has proven a significant challenge. 

The most economical way to kill the bacteria that cause common food-borne illnesses – mostly caused by Salmonella enterica – is heat,…