A nanomechanical device equipped in SEM was creatively designed to achieve quantitative in-situ tensile test of individual SnO2 NWs.
11 February 2019Jiashen Meng
A new electron microscopy technique has revealed how atomic species attached to layers of the 2D material MXene can affect its properties.
7 February 2019
Increasing the pressure on a superconducting bismuth material can cause its transition temperature to increase after initially dropping.
4 February 2019
Using super-resolution microscopy to observe the motion of individual polymer chains has revealed the true complexity of polymer dynamics.
30 January 2019
Researchers have developed a process for growing graphene nanoribbons in both armchair and zig-zag configurations on the same wafer.
30 January 2019
Researchers have discovered that layered graphene can exhibit very different properties in humid conditions, due to water seeping between the layers.
29 January 2019
Scientists have probed the complex interactions between quantum particles such as excitons and polarons in halide organic-inorganic perovskites.
24 January 2019
A new catalog details the sizes and shapes of the holes that would most likely be observed in 2D materials when a given number of atoms is removed.
21 January 2019
High-energy X-ray beams and a clever experimental setup have allowed researchers to watch the formation of two different cobalt crystals.
15 January 2019
Using a powerful new analytical technique, scientists have uncovered a distinct pattern of electron spins within a cuprate superconductor.
11 January 2019
small doses of gold nanoparticles can be broken down by aquatic plants over a period of months
8 January 2019Cordelia Sealy
graphene can covert high frequency gigahertz signals into the terahertz range
7 January 2019Cordelia Sealy
mushroom-like gold nanowires on soft, flexible substrates could enable a new generation of wearable or implantable stretchable electronic devices
7 January 2019Cordelia Sealy
light-emitting diodes based on perovskites that have surpassed a milestone in efficiency
5 January 2019Cordelia Sealy
A composite made of lignin, nylon and carbon fiber possesses just the right mix of viscosity when hot and strength when cool for 3D printing.
3 January 2019
Disordered magnesium chromium oxide crystals just 5nm in size can make an effective cathode material for magnesium batteries.
3 January 2019
Pristine graphene formed into geometric shapes such as narrow ribbons connected to wide-open regions can efficiently convert light into electricity.
2 January 2019
Researchers have found that the density of intentionally introduced point defects in graphene electrodes is directly proportional to their sensitivity.
2 January 2019