(Nanowerk Spotlight) Electronic devices have gotten much smaller and more efficient over the years but the design and underlying physics of today's optical lenses haven't changed much since antiquity.

'Inverse design' is a design approach that reverses the traditional design process and enables the designer to discover and create materials that possess a user-defined set of properties. Researchers ...

The need to find materials with specified functionalities: Society’s goals to deliver a material that is 30% more efficient at converting sunlight to electricity, or a battery with 5 times higher ...