Scientists have been able to create the world's thinnest lens from molybdenum disulphide, due to its remarkable optical properties.
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
A new machine learning tool can predict a theoretical polymer's electronic properties from its atomic configuration.
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
A new metamaterial made from specially-patterned polymeric materials can separate and concentrate chemical compounds.
14 March 2016
Scientists have discovered a new one atom-thick material made from silicon, boron and nitrogen that is stable and semiconducting.
11 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
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5 March 2016Juliet Dunstone
For the first time, scientists have observed electrons in graphene behaving like a fluid.
1 March 2016