Chinese researchers believe they’ve gotten a step closer to producing all-weather photovoltaics by integrating phosphors into solar cells.
28 April 2017Laurie Winkless
Elsevier Editors claimed awards at Society for Biomaterials 2017 Annual Meeting.
27 April 2017
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27 April 2017
Using block copolymers on chemically-patterned templates, scientists have developed a new way to create some of the world's thinnest wires.
27 April 2017
Meta material for cooling without the energy input.
27 April 2017David Bradley
Advances in polymerization have enabled their use in cosmetics, drugs, biomedical devices, paints, coatings, adhesives, and microelectronics
26 April 2017Cordelia Sealy
Scientists have produced the first fully-functional microprocessor logic devices built from few-atom-thick layered materials.
26 April 2017
New research suggests that transition metal dichalcogenides could realize topological superconductivity and provide a platform for quantum computing.
25 April 2017
Stem cells can be turned into Schwann-like cells by growing them on printed, multi-layer graphene circuits and treating them with electricity.
25 April 2017
Scientists have succeeded in coupling together the specific defects in two separate diamonds, which could lead to novel quantum technology.
25 April 2017
Scientists have fabricated printed transistors consisting entirely of the layered materials graphene, tungsten diselenide and boron nitride.
21 April 2017
Gray tin exhibits a novel electronic phase when its crystal structure is strained, making it one of the few examples of a topological Dirac semi-metal.
21 April 2017
Crystalline clathrates templated with DNA.
21 April 2017David Bradley
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19 April 2017
Iron complex shows iron-involved photoluminescence.
19 April 2017David Bradley
Sustainable seaweed for supercapacitors.
19 April 2017David Bradley
Using polymer strands that contain a liquid metal alloy, scientists have developed elastic, touch-sensitive fibers.
18 April 2017
A new method can select semiconducting carbon nanotubes from a solution and make them self-assemble on a circuit of gold electrodes.
18 April 2017
A new self-healing, water-repellent, spray-on coating is hundreds of times more durable than its counterparts.
17 April 2017
Scientists have found a way to make graphene with fewer wrinkles, and to iron out those wrinkles that do still appear.
17 April 2017
Tuned graphene nanoribbons take a seat.
14 April 2017David Bradley
Injecting charge carriers can promote a chemical reaction that converts a polymer precursor into a graphene nanoribbon.
14 April 2017
A group of Canadian researchers have investigated the optimal design for lightweight armour, using 3D printing and mechanical testing.
13 April 2017Laurie Winkless
‘Fuzzy fibers’ of silicon carbide that act like Velcro can strengthen the composites used in advanced rocket engines.
13 April 2017
An international consortium are using the world’s most popular soft drink to produce a host of carbon-based storage materials.
13 April 2017Laurie Winkless
Enhanced single-walled carbon nanotubes are more effective at cleaning up contaminated water than conventional materials like silica gel.
12 April 2017
Gold nanoparticles have helped to reveal how to improve the light-harvesting abilities of a silver nanocatalytic material.
12 April 2017
A new computational method can map how molecules assemble and crystallize to form novel materials.
11 April 2017
A novel carbon nanotube-based electrocatalyst uses just one hundredth of the amount of platinum generally used in electrocatalysts.
11 April 2017
A new form of gallium(II) selenide with a boat-like conformation has a semiconducting band gap that could make it useful in electronic devices.
10 April 2017
The thinnest, smoothest layer of silver ever made could find use in touchscreens, optical computing and metamaterial superlenses.
10 April 2017
For work exploring boron doped diamond as a pH and chlorine sensor for water safety.
10 April 2017
Lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals exhibit unexpected characteristics that could be harnessed for use in sensors.
7 April 2017
A new self-assembly technique using block copolymers can produce some of the narrowest wires yet for use on computer chips.
7 April 2017
A new way to make glass bend and flex could allow for the development of lab-on-a-chip devices that work at the nanoscale.
6 April 2017
Subtle adjustments in the manufacture of a polymer-based carbon sorbent can optimize either carbon capture or methane flow.
6 April 2017
When heated to about 450°C, two-dimensional molybdenum ditelluride 'stripes' unexpectedly turn into one-dimensional 'stars'.
5 April 2017
Scientists have shown that films of carbon nanotubes can improve the long term stability of perovskite solar cells.
5 April 2017
Cutting edge research at the interface between physics and materials science.
4 April 2017
Scientists have developed a one-step, crystal growth process for making ultra-thin layers of material with molecular-sized pores.
4 April 2017
Wide-reaching analysis finds more women in research but physical sciences are lagging behind.
3 April 2017Cordelia Sealy
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3 April 2017
Renewable energy realized through new metal oxides using high-throughput computation and experiment
3 April 2017Laurie Donaldson
Nanoparticles can be arranged into defined patterns in ultrathin polymer films using entropy rather than chemistry.
3 April 2017