Scientist have modeled a new hybrid material that can reconfigure itself into different shapes when exposed to light and heat.
29 December 2015
Metal organic framework materials using CVD.
28 December 2015David Bradley
Counting electrons to boost catalyst efficiency
23 December 2015David Bradley
Top 5 news items of 2015 from Materials Today.
22 December 2015
Scientists have developed a freeze-casting technique that allows them to design and create strong, tough and lightweight materials.
22 December 2015
A novel hydrocarbon-based nanomaterial could be a ‘green’ replacement for superhydrophobic fluorocarbons.
21 December 2015
Scientists have have produced highly durable and active platinum-iron nanoparticles with a carbon shell for use as fuel cell catalysts.
17 December 2015
A new germanium nanofilm not only shimmers like an opal but is hard as a crystal, exceptionally thin and highly porous.
16 December 2015
Scientists have used graphene produced by heating plastic sheets with a laser to create flexible, solid-state micro-supercapacitors.
14 December 2015
Researchers have developed cancer-killing nanoparticles that swell and burst when exposed to near-infrared laser light.
11 December 2015
Could oceans be cleaned using entirely self-powered systems? A group of Chinese researchers believes so...
11 December 2015Laurie Winkless
A newly-developed polymer can minimize energy loss when converting sunlight to electricity in a solar cell.
10 December 2015
Scientists have developed a new process for fabricating 'perfect' white graphene, also known as hexagonal boron nitride.
9 December 2015
Scientists have discovered that doping tin selenide with sodium boosts its performance as a thermoelectric material.
7 December 2015
Using an organic superacid to fix defects in molybdenum disulphide produced a 100-fold increase in its photoluminescence quantum yield.
4 December 2015
Scientists have developed novel catalysts made from self-assembled porous silica material containing finely-positioned metal nanoparticles.
3 December 2015
Scientists have used scanning transmission electron microscopy to track atomic reconfigurations in individual platinum-cobalt nanoparticle catalysts.
2 December 2015
A novel ‘water-in-salt’ aqueous lithium-ion battery is able to produce double the voltage of other aqueous batteries.
2 December 2015