Crystalline materials news, March 2017

Biocompatible inks make printing devices easy

Water-based, biocompatible ink formulations of two-dimensional materials including graphene, MoS2, WS2, and hexagonal boron nitride.

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Nano-grained perovskite LEDs shine more brightly

Perovskite materials have optoelectronic properties promising for cheap, easy to make LEDs.

Ultra-strong metals created in a smash

Metals with a gradient in grain size show increased overall strength while allowing ductile behavior to take place to avoid catastrophic failure.

Taking 2D layered perovskites to the edge of efficiency

Scientists have discovered that "layer-edge-states" are responsible for the high efficiencies seen with 2D layered hybrid perovskites.

Dopants go against the grain in ceramics

Nanocrystalline doped ceramic oxide with zero-energy grain boundaries is as stable as bulk material.

Pyramid-shaped gold nanoparticles assemble into complex crystals

Scientists have shown that DNA can control the assembly of bipyramidal gold nanoparticles into a complex crystal structure known as a clathrate.

Today is the final day to enter the 2017 Reaxys PhD Prize

The deadline is Monday 13 March 2017.

Colloidal particles self-assemble into photonic crystals

Colloidal spheres can self-assemble into diamond and pyrochlore crystal structures that form the basis for photonic crystals.

Only a few days left to enter the 2017 Reaxys PhD Prize

The deadline is Monday 13 March 2017.

Healed diamonds could be perfect for quantum sensing

A new method for healing low-quality diamond nanocrystals under high-temperature conditions could lead to their use in quantum sensing.