Smoother surfaces on a solid electrolyte could eliminate or greatly reduce the problem of dendrite formation in lithium-ion batteries.
28 July 2017
Submissions are being accepted for the 2018 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Researchers in Developing Countries.
27 July 2017
Scientists have created the first machine learning method for predicting the properties of new metals, ceramics and other crystalline materials.
27 July 2017
Find out who will receive one of the 2016 Acta student awards.
27 July 2017Christopher A. Schuh
A new ‘controlled spalling’ layer transfer technique can derive thin films from superconducting gallium nitride crystals.
27 July 2017
By depositing bismuth onto a silicon carbide substrate, scientists have created a topological insulator that can work at room temperatures.
27 July 2017
New electrode designs based on a highly conductive, two-dimensional transition metal carbide could produce fast-charging batteries.
27 July 2017
A new low-temperature solution printing technique can fabricate high-efficiency perovskite solar cells with large crystals.
25 July 2017
Scientists have found evidence for a new type of electron pairing that may broaden the search for new high-temperature superconductors.
24 July 2017
A combination of experimental and theoretical methods has revealed evidence of superconductivity on ultrathin lithium titanate films.
21 July 2017
Scientists have produced the most detailed study yet of the thermal effects of semiconducting metal-nitride nanowires.
18 July 2017
Carbon nanofiber electrodes coated with a conductive polymer and bacteria can generate electricity while cleaning wastewater.
17 July 2017
A new strong, thermally-stable nickel-containing alloy could prove an ideal replacement for silicon in microelectromechanical systems.
14 July 2017
Halide perovskite semiconductors can emit multiple, bright colors from a single nanowire at resolutions as small as 500nm.
12 July 2017
Scientists have created a novel 2D material in which electrons travel in one direction with one type of spin, which could be useful for spintronics.
12 July 2017
An inexpensive material called quinone makes an effective anode for safe, long-lasting batteries that work across a range of temperatures.
11 July 2017
Scientists have found that amorphous regions of a polymer film can transport ions, while crystalline regions are better at conducting electrons.
7 July 2017
Scientists have made theoretically-predicted heterostructural alloys, blends of compounds that don't share the same atomic arrangement.
7 July 2017
A novel nickel oxide compound is an unconventional but promising candidate material for high-temperature superconductivity.
6 July 2017
A new semiconductor alloy that can capture near-infrared light could improve the efficiency and reduce the cost of concentrator photovoltaics.
6 July 2017
A novel chemical process can deposit nanomaterials on graphene without changing the properties and arrangement of its carbon atoms.
4 July 2017
A new way to create extremely thin electrically conducting sheets within crystals could lead to reconfigurable electronic circuits.
4 July 2017
Tracking and controlling dynamic molecular vibrations.
3 July 2017Laurie Donaldson