Bismuth is an unusual element that we don't encounter much in everyday life. But this pretty, iridescent metal, found near ...

Newly developed halide perovskite nanocrystals (HPNCs) show potential as antimicrobial agents that are stable, effective and ...

Ram Mohan looks at how bismuth — a remarkably harmless element among the toxic heavy metals in the periodic table — has sparked interest in areas varying from medicinal to industrial chemistry.

Bismuth has been associated with medicine for over 200 years ... Hongzhe Sun: Conceived the project idea and designed experiments. Shuofeng Yuan and Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan: Designed and performed ...

Rice scientists Jun Lou and Yifan Zhu have developed a new method for producing halide perovskite nanocrystals that can kill ...

[NightHawkInLight] has been playing around with the diamagnetic properties of bismuth. Diamagnetic materials get a lot of attention due to their strange ability to produce the opposite of the ...

Admittedly, we have a pretty low bar for that kind of stuff, but eye candy aside, [Robin Debreuil]’s quick outline of his technique for desoldering with the help of bismuth is worth watching.

In the experiment, the device achieved an efficiency ... have simulated a thin-film solar cell based on copper bismuth oxide (CuBi 2 O 4), which is a p-type semiconductor that has been recently ...