A general framework for designing reconfigurable metamaterials can be applied to everything from meter-scale architectures to nano-scale systems.
30 January 2017
Biomimicry of the beetle helps material design.
27 January 2017Laurie Donaldson
Porous 3D form of graphene produced using heat and pressure
24 January 2017Laurie Donaldson
Structural defects and jagged surfaces of nanoparticles shown to be key to catalysis.
23 January 2017Laurie Donaldson
New theory of coffee-ring effect could keep solar panels clean, improve DNA sequencing.
18 January 2017David Bradley
A new computational model can calculate how metallic glasses morph over time when they are put under mechanical stress.
18 January 2017
17 January 2017Tobias Wesselius
In some water-splitting catalysts, oxygen comes from within the catalyst material itself, as well as from the surrounding water molecules.
13 January 2017
Placing cones that act as nano-chimneys between graphene and carbon nanotubes could enhance heat dissipation from nano-electronics.
12 January 2017
Compressing and fusing flakes of graphene can produce a porous, lightweight 3D material with a strength 10 times that of steel.
12 January 2017
Defects in cement that catch layers of the material as they move past each other can produce concrete that is tougher and stronger.
11 January 2017
Submissions for the 8th annual Reaxys PhD Prize are now open.
10 January 2017
Firing highly-charged xenon ions at graphene has revealed that the electrons in this material are highly mobile, generating a very high current density.
9 January 2017
Scientists have used tiny diamonds known as use diamondoids to assemble atoms into the thinnest possible electrical wires, just three atoms wide.
9 January 2017
Christopher Hutchinson and Tadashi Furuhara join the Acta Journals.
6 January 2017
Enjoy free access to the anniversary special issue of Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science.
5 January 2017
Dr. Yanming Ma has joined Computational Materials Science as an Associate Editor.
5 January 2017
Insight into the friction in layered graphene.
2 January 2017Laurie Donaldson