Computation and theory news, September 2021

31st ICDCM 2021 Early Career Research Award Winner Announced

The 31st ICDCM 2021 Young Scholar Award Winners Announced

NSF funds take 2D materials research center to next phase

Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings, operated by Penn State and Rice Universities, secures $1.5 million in Phase II funding from NSF

Metals come together to convert carbon dioxide to ethanol

When cesium, copper and zinc oxide are brought together in a certain configuration they can catalyze the conversion of carbon dioxide to ethanol.

Doping reveals neighborly attraction in cuprate superconductors

By synthesizing the first 1D cuprate that can be doped, scientists have uncovered an unexpectedly strong nearest-neighbor attraction between electrons.

Applied Materials Today Welcomes New Editor

Applied Materials Today Welcomes New Editor

Commercial silica nanocages make noble effort to trap gases

Researchers have discovered how to get cheap commercial silica nanocages to trap noble gases like argon, krypton and xenon.

Webinar Alert: Going Beyond the Fundamentals of Journal Publishing – Advanced Scientific Writing: How to Construct and Write a Research Paper

14 September 2021 at 9:00 AM Singapore time.

Materials Today ‘Materials in Society’ Lecture 2021 - Paula E. Colavita

"Carbon-based materials for electrocatalysis: tailored functionalities towards activity and selectivity"

New model catalyzes prediction of electronic structures

Researchers have developed a model for predicting how the compositions of catalytic metal alloys and oxides affect their electronic structures.

The effects of microplastics on cell membranes exposed

Microplastics shown to stress cell membranes through physical processes