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Strain could switch on diamond for optoelectronics

large diamond structures can be elastically deformed in a uniform and controlled way at the nanoscale

28 April 2021Cordelia Sealy

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Structural control gives sea urchins strength

mineralized skeletons of sea urchins that are light and robust hold important clues for analyzing and designing artificial porous materials

29 May 2020Cordelia Sealy

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Spotting trapped hydrogen settles embrittlement debate

detecting trapped hydrogen could help design of embrittlement-resistant steels for low-carbon technologies

12 February 2020Cordelia Sealy

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Nanocrystals put new face on oxygen reduction

nanocrystal core-shell catalyst for fuel cells uses less Pt but drives the oxygen reduction reaction more efficiently and is more durable

8 January 2020Cordelia Sealy

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Novel ‘ruler’ measures thermal expansion of 2D materials

Researchers have turned Raman spectroscopy into a scientific ‘ruler’ to understand how 2D materials expand on exposure to heat.

28 November 2022

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Electric shock leads to learning for nickel oxide

Researchers have shown that nickel oxide can display responses to brief electrical pulses that are similar to learning.

23 November 2022

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Curves, bosons and thermals combine in magnetic insulator

Researchers have deduced that the thermal Hall effect in a magnetic insulator is caused by bosons in the presence of a novel force-field.

23 November 2022

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Cerium-based flow batteries dance to their own tune

Researchers have uncovered the dance that goes on between cerium, sulfates and water in a cerium-based flow cell battery.

22 November 2022

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New microscope sheds novel light on perovskite degradation

Researchers have developed a scanning probe microscope that uilizes terahertz waves and used it to study a perovskite material for solar cells.

21 November 2022

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New heat treatment makes printed alloys less creepy

A new heat treatment can transform the microscopic structure of 3D-printed metals, making them less prone to the deformation process known as creep.

17 November 2022

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What happens when bismuth vanadate gets wet?

Researchers have discovered how the electronic properties of the photoelectrode bismuth vanadate change when it gets wet.

17 November 2022

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New technique rings the changes in rechargeable batteries

Using a new electron microscopy technique and data mining, researchers have mapped out altered domains in rechargeable ion batteries at the nanoscale.

15 November 2022

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New material directs electrons onto quantum highway

Researchers have discovered a material that can act as a magnetic topological insulator, able to conduct electrons along a ‘quantum highway’.

14 November 2022

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New machine-learning method can defeat the blob

A novel machine-learning method can analyze the speckle patterns produced when studying materials by X-ray scattering, even when highly 'blobby'.

14 November 2022

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Characterization

Strain could switch on diamond for optoelectronics

Structural control gives sea urchins strength

Spotting trapped hydrogen settles embrittlement debate

Nanocrystals put new face on oxygen reduction

Novel ‘ruler’ measures thermal expansion of 2D materials

Electric shock leads to learning for nickel oxide

Curves, bosons and thermals combine in magnetic insulator

Cerium-based flow batteries dance to their own tune

New microscope sheds novel light on perovskite degradation

New heat treatment makes printed alloys less creepy

What happens when bismuth vanadate gets wet?

New technique rings the changes in rechargeable batteries

New material directs electrons onto quantum highway

New machine-learning method can defeat the blob

Experimental progress on the emergent infinite-layer Ni-based superconductors

One-dimensional van der Waals quantum materials

Progress in solvent-free dry-film technology for batteries and supercapacitors

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