Materials science in 2026: a crash course
A sourced crash course on frontier materials: superconductors, LK-99, graphene and twistronics, perovskite solar, metamaterials and AI labs.
Materials science
Superconductors, 2D materials and engineered materials that could change technology.
Materials science frontier tracker
Live tracker of frontier materials science: superconductivity records, 2D and moiré materials, perovskite solar, and AI-driven discovery, 2023-2026.
Electron ptychography
LK-99: the room-temperature superconductor that wasn't
The Materials Project
Metamaterials and metasurfaces
Nickelate superconductors
Perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells
Topological insulators and topological materials
Twisted bilayer graphene and twistronics
Has AI discovered new materials? The debate over GNoME and A-Lab
Perovskite solar: ready for rooftops, or still a lab record?
Room-temperature superconductors: how close, and how to tell?
How 2D materials work: graphene, stacks and twists
How perovskite solar cells work
How superconductivity works