high-strength, creep resistant nanocrystalline Cu-Ta alloy could improve turbine engine efficiency and reduce carbon footprint
25 November 2016Cordelia Sealy
size, surface charge, composition and now shape of a nanoparticle determine how easily it can slip inside a cell
25 November 2016Cordelia Sealy
Scientists have synthesized a novel carbon material by using high pressures – rather than high temperatures – to initiate chemical reactions.
24 November 2016
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22 November 2016
By using a very hot pressing temperature, scientists have created a novel thermoelectric material with an unusually high power factor.
21 November 2016
Using a novel nanomechanical platform, scientists have discovered that the 2D material molybdenum diselenide is far more brittle than graphene.
18 November 2016
Scientists have managed to create an ultra-strong material by 'fusing' together multiwall carbon nanotubes.
14 November 2016
Fluctuations in the amount of a particular precursor in a two-dimensional alloy can influence the ordering of the atoms of the other components.
11 November 2016
Hydrogenation proceeds differently over single-layer graphene compared with few-layer graphene, and also requires defects or edges.
11 November 2016
Scientists have used a laser-heating technique to fabricate a new class of crystalline solid known as a rotating lattice single crystal.
10 November 2016
Researchers have smashed silver microcubes at high speeds to see how deforming their crystalline structures could make them stronger and tougher.
8 November 2016
High pressures applied by a novel nanocrystalline-diamond anvil could lead to the creation of as yet unknown new materials.
3 November 2016
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1 November 2016