A general framework for designing reconfigurable metamaterials can be applied to everything from meter-scale architectures to nano-scale systems.
30 January 2017
Simple strategy for creating solutions of two-dimensional nanomaterials could make large-scale production of future devices easier and cheaper.
27 January 2017Cordelia Sealy
Biomimicry of the beetle helps material design.
27 January 2017Laurie Donaldson
Stretched fibers of bacterial cellulose could strengthen a new generation of ‘green’ nanocomposites.
26 January 2017Cordelia Sealy
Terahertz scanner based on a carbon nanotube film is flexible, portable, and wearable.
26 January 2017Cordelia Sealy
hydrogen bonding enables the fabrication of stretchable, self-healing semiconducting polymer transistors paving the way for wearable electronics
24 January 2017Cordelia Sealy
Porous 3D form of graphene produced using heat and pressure
24 January 2017Laurie Donaldson
Scientists have used a new approach to investigate the formation of defects in materials at the atomic scale and in near-real time.
23 January 2017
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
Scientists have produced the most tightly knotted physical structure ever known, which could lead to a new generation of advanced materials.
17 January 2017
Scientists have woven a 'smart' fabric that mimics the sophisticated and complex properties of the bone tissue periosteum.
16 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
Enjoy free access to the anniversary special issue of Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science.
5 January 2017
Novel fuel cell catalysts comprising atomically-ordered platinum-lead 'nanoplates' display high catalytic activity, stability and durability.
3 January 2017