Amorphous materials news

Simple ingredient is egg-actly right for ultralight aerogels

egg white proteins can be transformed into ultralightweight carbon aerogels for highly efficient water purification

3D printing and self-assembly promise novel ceramics

block copolymer self-assembly combined with 3D printing creates ceramics with nano- to microscale porosity

The 32nd ICDCM 2022 Young Scholar Award Winners Announced

Materials Data Science & AI Topic Submissions

RECIPIENTS OF THE 2021 ACTA STUDENT AWARDS

NuMat 2022 has special topics in mind

JMRTEC Establishes Two Awards

Openings for Editors, the Acta Journals

Acta Journals’ Outstanding Reviewers in 2021

Quantum models reveal electronic properties of amorphous carbon

Using quantum mechanical models, researchers have more accurately predicted how amorphous carbon conducts electricity and absorbs light.

Materials Today Innovation Award 2022

Taking steps towards new carbon structures

well-ordered novel carbon nanostructures such as nanowalls can be grown by electrodeposition from molten salts

Surface modification makes carbon fiber composites tougher

electrochemical modification of carbon fibers makes polymer composites tougher

Amorphous graphite adds new layer to carbon materials

Using computer modelling, researchers have predicted the existence of a new layered form of carbon they call 'amorphous graphite'.

Molecular simulations see through amorphous materials

Scientists used sophisticated molecular dynamics simulations to better understand the unusual properties of amorphous materials such as glass.

Glass electrode provides window on all-solid sodium batteries

Researchers have developed an oxysulfide glass electrolyte for use in ambient-temperature solid-state sodium-sulfur batteries.

Organic solar cells close the lab to fab gap

green-solvent-processable, open-air printable self-assembly strategy for fabricating stable, efficient OSCs

Flexible patch gives wounds the signal to heal

flexible electrical patch based on a hydrogel impregnated with antibacterial silver nanowires speeds up wound healing