manganese selenide nanocubes are promising anode materials for sodium-ion batteries
5 October 2018Cordelia Sealy
A novel, zero-dimensional photoluminescent material is cheap to fabricate, does not use toxic starting materials and is very stable.
4 October 2018
A unique combination of imaging tools and atomic-level simulations has revealed that a hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite film is ferroelastic.
3 October 2018
Researchers have shown that complex macroscale superstructures can be assembled from building blocks comprising pyramid-shaped quantum dots.
3 October 2018
Researchers have trained an artificial neural network to predict stable materials in two classes of crystals known as garnets and perovskites.
28 September 2018
Boride nanowires deposited on carbon fiber cloth could form the basis of high capacity, stable supercapacitors for energy storage devices.
24 September 2018Cordelia Sealy
N-doped titania photocatalysts on oxidised carbon nanotube support show different properties and performance depending on the synthesis route that is used.
20 September 2018Cordelia Sealy
New approach uses hydrogen to overcome hydrogen-embrittlement problem in alloys for applications in extreme conditions.
20 September 2018Cordelia Sealy
Nanoscale diamond needles can bend and deform reversibly, like bristles on a brush, before breaking.
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
A new boron nitride lift-off technique could be used to produce tandem solar cells that combine indium gallium nitride and silicon.
4 September 2018
Scientists have developed a new electron microscopy method that allows them to observe the crystallization process for 2D materials.
4 September 2018
Making magnesite much faster for CO2 sequestration.
29 August 2018David Bradley
Superlubricity in two-dimensional material interface.
28 August 2018David Bradley
Adding lithium ions into the crystal structure of a quantum material called samarium nickelate makes it an ion conductor but an electrical insulator.
27 August 2018
Researchers can fine-tune the electronic, mechanical and optical properties of 2D heterostructures by varying the angle between the crystals in real time.
23 August 2018
Scientists have discovered that negatively curved carbon sheets known as schwarzites can be synthesized inside the pores of zeolites.
21 August 2018
Advanced synchrotron small-angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering reveals how dental caries evolve and the changes in structure of enamel at the nanoscale.
21 August 2018Cordelia Sealy