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Computation and theory news, April 2018

Defects prove beneficial for 2D materials

Defects in two-dimensional materials can enhance their physical, electrochemical, magnetic, energy and catalytic properties.

30 April 2018
Impurity helps form SEI in lithium-ion batteries

Scientists have discovered that a reaction involving the impurity hydrogen fluoride helps form the solid-electrolyte interphase in lithium-ion batteries.

26 April 2018

Scientists have developed a model that draws on oxidation kinetics to explain how stress affects the formation and spread of oxide layers in alloys.

20 April 2018

Thin, engineered material that controls the redirection and reflection of sound waves with near perfect efficiency.

20 April 2018Laurie Donaldson

Find out about the recipients of the 2018 Outstanding review awards from the Acta Journals.

19 April 2018

An artificial intelligence system has discovered three new metallic glass materials 200 times faster than could be done before.

19 April 2018

Sodium-ion electrolyte with newly discovered structure could be used in solid-state batteries.

18 April 2018Laurie Donaldson

A novel database of inorganic thin-film materials for energy applications developed by NREL scientists contains more than 140,000 sample entries.

16 April 2018

A new material made of sodium, phosphorous, tin and sulfur, with a tetragonal crystal shape, should make an effective electrolyte in solid-state batteries.

16 April 2018

A proposed new state of matter termed a ‘superfluid quasicrystal’ should should flow without friction while exhibiting a nonperiodic structure.

13 April 2018

Inspired by a version of origami called kirigami, researchers have developed malleable electronic circuits that can be bent and twisted.

9 April 2018

Scientists created an electrically conducting crystal made from layers of iron and tin atoms, with each layer arranged in the pattern of a kagome lattice.

4 April 2018

When placed between the two electrodes of a lithium-metal battery, a graphene oxide 'nanosheet' can prevent the formation of lithium dendrites.

3 April 2018

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