Combining Mössbauer spectroscopy with ‘center of gravity’ analysis can reveal how the oxidation state of iron oxide nanoparticles changes over time.
15 October 2018
Halide perovskites can maintain their crystalline structure even while the atoms in their crystals undergo unusually large-scale vibrational motion.
15 October 2018
hybrid material based on transition metal selenide could be a nonprecious metal alternative electrocatalyst for hydrogen generation
11 October 2018Cordelia Sealy
Read the review papers published in the Special Issue on Surface Modification and Characterization on Nanodiamond Particles.
3 October 2018
A unique combination of imaging tools and atomic-level simulations has revealed that a hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite film is ferroelastic.
3 October 2018
Allenby and colleagues developed a tissue-engineered 3D hollow-fibre perfusion bioreactor system.
2 October 2018Naomi C Paxton
A novel electron microscopy technique has probed the internal structure of a polyamide membrane used for reverse osmosis at nanoscale resolution.
28 September 2018
Polystyrene thin films are twice as good as absorbing impact energy as other leading materials such as graphene.
27 September 2018Cordelia Sealy
X-ray studies have revealed that the pathways lithium ions take through a common battery material are more complex than previously thought.
25 September 2018
New approach uses hydrogen to overcome hydrogen-embrittlement problem in alloys for applications in extreme conditions.
20 September 2018Cordelia Sealy
A new technique can create an individual fingerprint of the current-carrying edge states occurring in topological insulators or 2D materials.
19 September 2018
Stress-corrosion cracking can occur when a metal is exposed to tensile stress and corrosion separately, as well as simultaneously.
18 September 2018
As much as 100 times more heat than predicted by standard radiation theory can flow between the edges of two very thin semiconductor plates.
13 September 2018
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
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 induced a two-dimensional material to cannibalize itself for atomic ‘building blocks’ that go on to form stable structures.
5 September 2018