Glassy carbon is lightweight, ultrastrong, very hard, elastic, and electrically conductive and is ideal for military armor and aerospace applications.
28 September 2017Cordelia Sealy
Defects in the molecular structure of perovskite solar cells can be ‘healed’ by exposing them to light, oxygen and just the right amount of humidity.
20 September 2017
Molybdenum disulfide as nano-actuator material.
18 September 2017David Bradley
Scientists have shown that repeated cycles of heating and cooling offer a cheap way to produce single-crystal metals.
13 September 2017
Fernando Torres recipient of 2017 Embracing Challenge award
11 September 2017Laurie Donaldson
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8 September 2017Kayla Dos Santos and Stewart Bland
Using nanorods and metal coatings, scientists have developed a new way of controlling the domain structure of ferroelectric materials.
8 September 2017
Scientists have detected a rare state of matter known as ‘electronic nematic’, in which electrons in a superconducting crystal organize collectively.
5 September 2017