Find out who will receive one of the 2016 Acta student awards.
27 July 2017Christopher A. Schuh
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
Scientists have produced the most detailed study yet of the thermal effects of semiconducting metal-nitride nanowires.
18 July 2017
Converting an organic polymer to carbon via heating offers a novel way to fix catalyst nanoparticles onto electrode surfaces.
18 July 2017
Carbon nanofiber electrodes coated with a conductive polymer and bacteria can generate electricity while cleaning wastewater.
17 July 2017
A novel membrane made from graphene can filter molecules from aqueous solutions up to 10 times faster than state-of-the-art membranes.
13 July 2017
A novel composite material shows promise as a catalyst for the degradation of environmentally-harmful synthetic dye pollutants.
13 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
A novel ‘sugar-coated’ nanomaterial can promote the growth of new bone, as well as other bodily tissues, with minimal use of growth factor.
11 July 2017
Scientists have shown how 3D selective laser sintering can be used to make fingertip-size blocks of graphene foam.
10 July 2017
A new low-temperature catalyst can produce high-purity hydrogen gas while simultaneously using up carbon monoxide.
10 July 2017
Copper-containing mesoporous bioactive glass nanoparticles are versatile, multifunctional and can carry active agents to the site of bone damage
10 July 2017Cordelia Sealy
Mimicking useful properties of melanin-like materials.
6 July 2017Laurie Donaldson
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
Assemblies of metallic nanoparticles at multiple length scales behave like bulk magnets and display shape-dependent behavior.
3 July 2017
Tracking and controlling dynamic molecular vibrations.
3 July 2017Laurie Donaldson