A new design strategy provides a highly general framework that can be applied to the self-assembly of crystalline or fluid materials.
23 May 2017
ptychographic X-ray computed tomography uses X-rays instead of light or electrons to examine samples non-destructively
22 May 2017Cordelia Sealy
Two new discoveries provide a way to ‘stencil’ 2D materials in precise locations and overcome a barrier to their use in next-generation electronics.
17 May 2017
Scientists have succeeded in making the first chiral molecular sieves for distinguishing left- and right-handed versions of molecules.
17 May 2017
Using a novel analytical method, scientists have discovered that a 2D crystal of chromium germanium telluride possesses intrinsic ferromagnetism.
12 May 2017
There will be four awards of $2,000 each for Acta Materialia, Scripta Materialia and Acta Biomaterialia.
11 May 2017
A new model can account for irregularities in how atoms in materials such as metals arrange themselves at so-called ‘grain boundaries’.
9 May 2017
Scientists have discovered the first three-dimensional quantum liquid crystal, which could lead to advances in spintronics and quantum computing.
9 May 2017
Scientists have used graphene to transfer intricate crystalline patterns from an underlying semiconductor wafer to a top layer of identical material.
5 May 2017
Using simplified proteins known as peptoids, scientists have discovered that a minor change in structure can alter the crystallization pathway.
4 May 2017
Molecular crystal lattice made up of fullerene molecules called fullerite has outstanding stiffness and hardness.
3 May 2017Cordelia Sealy