Refractory materials, essential for high-temperature industrial applications, rely on robust chemical compositions to withstand extreme thermal and corrosive environments. Chromium, particularly in ...

When the film was heated and annealed, oxygen made its way into the film, leading to a change in the structure. The nature of the chromium atoms, or their "oxidation state," also changes ...

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new atomically layered material which experiences a five order of magnitude resistivity reduction when oxidized, more ...