By examining ring shapes in silica glass, researchers have uncovered details about the structural regularity hidden in glassy materials.
27 November 2023
Researchers have discovered that a one-dimensional metal called purple bronze can switch between insulating and superconducting states.
24 November 2023
Researchers have shown that single atom 'promoters' enhance the activity of catalytic nanoparticles by controlling 'pacemakers' on their surface.
24 November 2023
vacancies can be used to engineer the mechanical toughness and fracture behavior of transition metal dichalcogenides
21 November 2023Cordelia Sealy
Researchers have confirmed the presence of quantum spin liquid behavior in a new material with a triangular atomic structure.
20 November 2023
A new 3D inkjet printing system can work with a much wider range of materials by using computer vision to monitor the printing process.
20 November 2023
A new laser-based technique offers a non-destructive and high-throughput way to dynamically characterize microscale metamaterials.
17 November 2023
Making slight tweaks to a non-chiral polymer to introduce helical structures can cause major changes in the phases of the polymer.
17 November 2023
A novel method can determine the sequence of a polymer as it is made, by imaging and identifying every single monomer as it is added to the polymer.
14 November 2023
Researchers have developed a multipurpose, high-performance barrier material from self-assembling nanosheets.
9 November 2023
By taking advantage of 'kagome' patterns, researchers have achieved an electronic flat band in a three-dimensional crystal.
8 November 2023
Researchers have used DNA to assemble nanoparticles shaped like two pyramids stuch together at their base into quasicrystals.
3 November 2023