Nanoantibiotics could provide new ways of treating drug-resistant 'superbugs' and reducing the amounts of traditional antibiotics used
5 December 2018Cordelia Sealy
A novel thin-film material can rapidly transition from an electricity-transmitting metal to an insulator without changing its atomic structure.
3 December 2018
making tiny, nanoscale holes into graphene sheets and removing them again could hold the key to manufacturing high-quality structures
3 December 2018Cordelia Sealy
Physicists have found the first evidence for a 2D material that can become a magnetic topological insulator even when it is not placed in a magnetic field.
23 November 2018
better understanding of stability of perovskites will aid application in large-area or flexible solar energy systems
21 November 2018Cordelia Sealy
By combining epoxy with graphene foam, scientists have produced a stiff, conductive composite material for electronic applications.
21 November 2018
Find out the recipients of the 2018 Extreme Mechanics Letters Young Investigator Award.
20 November 2018
Bacteria and graphene nanoribbons help generate electricity on a mushroom
20 November 2018Laurie Donaldson
Bone-forming and -resorbing cells prefer nanoparticles of specific size, surface charge, and composition
20 November 2018Cordelia Sealy
Scientists have dramatically improved the response of graphene to light by self-assembling a mesh of polymer nanowires that conduct electricity.
19 November 2018
Congratulations to Prof M Stanley Whittingham.
16 November 2018Stewart Bland
Hydrogen ions controlled by an electric voltage can be used to change the magnetic properties of a magnetic layer in a spintronics device.
16 November 2018
Using an x-ray analysis technique, scientists have discovered that the metal-insulator transition in magnetite is a two-step process.
14 November 2018
Scientists have used a process called ball-milling to help create 3D heterostructures from various 2D transition metal dichalcogenides.
13 November 2018
Ultrafast X-ray laser pulses have revealed that the insulator-to-metal transition of vanadium dioxide is more complicated than originally thought.
9 November 2018
A novel technique can produce films made from carbon nanotubes and a 2D material called MXene that can block electromagnetic interference.
9 November 2018
Scientists have combined silk proteins with carbon nanotubes to produce a composite material for use in flexible electronics and biomedical devices.
9 November 2018
Researchers have used a mussel-inspired polymer to produce graphene-based liquid crystalline fibers with impressive mechanical and electrical properties.
9 November 2018