Glass, a highly functional material integral to modern technology, plays an active role in the world of electronics and energy. From the screens of our smartphones to the fibers that carry internet ...

The UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is working to provide more reliable measurement of the electrical properties of materials used in nanotechnology – which could lead to much more accurate ...

The study of a high-entropy material with a perovskite structure was carried out by scientists from the South Ural State University (SUSU). They obtained a new material with a high configurations' ...

Porcelain insulators have long been integral to electrical power systems, valued for their high dielectric strength, durability and reliability under challenging environmental conditions. Their ...

When thoughts turn to the modernization and decarbonization of our transportation infrastructure, one imagines it to be dominated by exotic materials. EV motors and wind turbine generators need ...

The world of nanoscale analysis has been revolutionized by the advent of electrical Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) modes. New possibilities for measuring electrical properties with remarkable precision ...

What is Scanning Microwave Microscopy? Scanning microwave microscopy (SMM) is a powerful imaging technique that combines the principles of atomic force microscopy (AFM) and microwave technology to ...

The high-resolution imaging capability of atomic force microscopy (AFM) can be extended to enable a wide range of characterization methods to study electrical, mechanical, thermal, and other ...

What is Electrostatic Force Microscopy? Electrostatic Force Microscopy (EFM) is a scanning probe microscopy technique that measures the electrostatic interactions between a conductive probe and a ...

Conductors are materials that allow electric current to flow with minimal resistance and are essential for transmitting power and electrical signals in electronic devices. Most metals are good ...