Surface reflections from glass surfaces can be reduced to nearly zero by etching tiny nanoscale features into them.
22 November 2017
Scientists report major progress in developing a new type of lithium-ion battery that utilizes cathodes made with so-called ‘disordered’ materials.
22 November 2017
Nanoscale patterns in metals known as nanotwins can stabilize defects associated with repetitive strain and limit the build-up of fatigue-related damage.
21 November 2017
Cathodes for lithium-ion batteries that contain point defects allow more efficient exchange of lithium ions between the cathode and electrolyte.
17 November 2017
Scientists have used cryo-electron microscopy to capture the first atomic-level images of the crystalline dendrites that can grow in batteries.
16 November 2017
Scientists have discovered that, contrary to expectations, a material's crystal grains can sometimes slide along a coherent twin boundary.
16 November 2017
Researchers have created a honeycomb material capable of frustrating the magnetic properties within it to produce a ‘quantum spin liquid’.
15 November 2017
Treating a perovoskite catalyst with heat or chemicals causes different atoms to segregate on the surface and catalyse different reactions.
13 November 2017
Scientists have determined what kind of carbon nanotubes produce the best fibers and developed a novel method for purifying them.
10 November 2017
A new microscopy method can measure the behavior and properties of electrons flowing across the surface of topological insulators.
8 November 2017
A metal-organic framework that can conduct electricity could offer an efficient means of storing renewable energy.
8 November 2017
Doping 2D materials with other elements can not only alter their mechanical and electrical properties, but can also make them magnetic.
7 November 2017