A new electron microscopy technique can follow atomic-scale physical processes occurring at the surfaces of materials in situ and in real time.
21 March 2016
Scientists have discovered that electrons in novel crystalline materials called Weyl semi-metals sink into the crystal through special conductive channels.
18 March 2016
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18 March 2016
Details of the five finalists for Elsevier's Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge.
18 March 2016
The vibrations of the outermost atomic layers at the surface of a nanomaterial are comparatively large and play an important role in how it behaves.
17 March 2016
Scientists have used a helium ion microscope to control the conductivity and distribution of ferroelectric domains on a 2D material.
16 March 2016
Graphene can transmit high frequency electrical signals without energy loss, outperforming any other known material, including superconductors.
15 March 2016
Low-frequency Raman spectroscopy can characterize the patterns produced when 2D materials are stacked on top of each other and twisted.
15 March 2016
By combining microscopy and theoretical calculations, scientists have studied the properties of a promising next-generation energy storage material.
15 March 2016
Scientists have zoomed in on the quantum phase transition that could explain why copper oxides are high-temperature superconductors.
8 March 2016
Scientists have discovered that the rearrangement of particles during deformation resembles avalanches that span the entire material.
8 March 2016
Through the EU research project HealCON, scientists are examining three different approaches to creating concrete that can repair itself.
7 March 2016
See your image on the cover of Nano Today in 2016.
5 March 2016Juliet Dunstone
biomaterials based on seaweed-derived alginate could improve polyurethanes used to repair cardiac and vascular tissue
4 March 2016Cordelia Sealy
For the first time, scientists have observed electrons in graphene behaving like a fluid.
1 March 2016