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Diamond anvil cells put pressure on material analysis

Turning natural atomic flaws inside diamond anvils into quantum sensors offers a novel way to study the effects of pressure on materials.

Announcement of 2019 Materials Today Agents of Change Award Recipients

New MOFs soak up carbon dioxide from wet flue gas

Taking inspiration from drug discovery, scientists have developed metal-organic frameworks that can capture carbon dioxide from wet flue gasses.

A diamond from the smooth

Making a diamond-like material from bilayer graphene

Minuscule tweak can produce big increase in efficiency for organic solar cells

A new model has revealed how tiny tweaks to the molecular shapes in non-fullerene acceptors can improve the performance of organic solar cells.

New study puts twist on electronic properties of graphene

Rotating layers of boron nitride above and below a graphene layer introduces moiré superlattices that modify the graphene's electronic properties.

Porous scaffold makes a good home for blood stem cells

highly porous polymer foam that mimic bone marrow drives the differentiation of blood-forming stem cells

Carbon nanotube composites cut CO2 emissions

CNTs produced from CO2 using low-energy chemical processes drastically reduce emissions associated with construction materials

Nanomaterials pave way for sustainable energy future

Continuing research in the field of nanomaterials for energy storage will be critical for the widespread adoption of sustainable energy sources.

Two phases and four wells found in single crystal

Scientists have discovered two co-existing phases in a layered, copper-containing crystal that are connected through a quadruple energy well.

Bending not so simple for multilayer graphene

Scientists have found that multilayer graphene is stiff when bent a little, but becomes much softer when bent a lot, as the layers slide past each other.

Open Call - Materials Today Chemistry: Special Issue on FINAEC (Functional Interfaces based Nanomaterials for Applications in Environment and Chemistry)

Deadline Extended for the 2020 Robert Cahn Award

Light illuminates faster battery charging

Exposing the cathode in a lithium-ion battery to a beam of concentrated light can lower the charging time by a remarkable factor of two or more.

Diffuse diffraction means perfect graphene

Scientists have found that a broad diffraction pattern can help determine whether graphene and other 2D materials are structurally perfect.

Graphene resists stresses and strains with kirigami

Applying kirigami, the Japanese art of cutting and folding, to graphene can make it more strain tolerant and adaptable to movement.

Kirigami-inspired sensors take the strain

kirigami-inspired design allows graphene-based sensor devices to withstand large strains

Oxygen atoms form unexpected bonds on graphene

New materials could arise from the unexpected discovery of unusual configurations of oxygen and nitrogen on graphene.