News: Materials Science

Materials with high magnetoelectric coupling could be useful in novel devices such as magnetic computer memories, chemical sensors and quantum computers.

Using supercomputer simulations, Feliciano Giustino and his team are revealing why perovskites are so promising for solar cells, lighting and computer memory.

Elaine Li and Xiuling Li will co-direct the new Texas Quantum Institute.

The new program will help fill the demand for semiconductor scientists and engineers and give students a chance to lead in a booming industry.

New ultrafast method for controlling magnetic materials might enable next-generation information processing technologies.

UT Austin's Timothy Liao has been selected to participate in a research program where he will develop computational tools for material design and discovery.

UT Austin researchers' new acoustic component, made of aluminum nitride and configured into periodic phononic crystals, allows engineers to direct high frequency elastic waves along...

For Zachariah Page's research in materials chemistry, he has been selected as a 2022 Cottrell Scholar.

A new sodium-based battery material is highly stable, capable of recharging as quickly as a lithium-ion battery and might deliver more energy than current battery...

Marye Anne Fox’s work has had applications in materials science, solar energy and environmental chemistry.