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
Using computational simulations, scientists have discovered the process by which an iron-based superconductor collapses under pressure.
5 September 2018
Scientists have developed a new electron microscopy method that allows them to observe the crystallization process for 2D materials.
4 September 2018