Scientists have verified a key prediction from a 55-year-old theory about how electrons move through one-dimensional nanotubes and nanowires.
12 September 2018
Network of isolated, individual carbon nanotubes could be ideal transparent conductive films for touch screens, smart windows, and photovoltaic cells.
11 September 2018Cordelia Sealy
Precision-synthsized porous graphene is transformed into a semiconductor and the most efficient filter.
11 September 2018Cordelia Sealy
Nanoscale diamond needles can bend and deform reversibly, like bristles on a brush, before breaking.
10 September 2018Cordelia Sealy
New strategies could translate exceptional attributes of nanoscale fibers like carbon nanotubes and cellulose nanofibrils into macroscale materials.
10 September 2018Cordelia Sealy
Scientists have developed a new electron microscopy method that allows them to observe the crystallization process for 2D materials.
4 September 2018
Using video game controllers with electron microscopy, researchers have developed a way to move line defects around in bilayer graphene.
31 August 2018
Making magnesite much faster for CO2 sequestration.
29 August 2018David Bradley
Superlubricity in two-dimensional material interface.
28 August 2018David Bradley
A novel platinum-gold alloy, 100 times more durable than high-strength steel, is believed to be the most wear-resistant metal in the world.
27 August 2018
Researchers can fine-tune the electronic, mechanical and optical properties of 2D heterostructures by varying the angle between the crystals in real time.
23 August 2018
Scientists have discovered that negatively curved carbon sheets known as schwarzites can be synthesized inside the pores of zeolites.
21 August 2018
Researchers have made triple-layered hollow nanostructures consisting of a conductive organic core sandwiched between two inorganic layers.
21 August 2018
Simple, universal reflux pre-treatment and sonication method produces measurable amounts of two-dimensional quantum dots from bulk raw materials.
20 August 2018Cordelia Sealy
Fire-resistant wallpaper based on inorganic nanowires and graphene oxide (GO) thermal sensors sounds an alarm in the event of fire.
15 August 2018Cordelia Sealy
Quantum computing could benefit from the finding that electrons can be trapped between graphene nanoribbons with different topologies,
14 August 2018
Researchers have found that ‘rebar graphene’, in which graphene is reinforced with carbon nanotubes, is more than twice as tough as pristine graphene.
10 August 2018
Could carbon nanotubes give us stronger Kevlar bullet-proof vests?
9 August 2018Laurie Winkless