A setback in growing light-responsive crystals led UB chemist Jason Benedict and his team to a novel method for mapping ...

The nonlinear susceptibility is a measure of a material's nonlinear response to an applied electric field. It determines the strength of the nonlinear effects and is related to the crystal's symmetry ...

These newly discovered spinning crystals twist, break, and heal themselves, revealing a strange new side of solid matter.

Optical materials serve a major role in modern sciences and technology. Many of the devices we use feature technology resulting from material discoveries in this fast moving area of research. Optical ...