Electronic properties news, August 2008

Robot snail advances with novel soft material

Researchers have developed a liquid-metal-filled organogel composite with high electrical conductivity, high stretchability and self-healing properties.

New method for growing flowery MXenes

By taking advantage of ‘atom economy’, researchers have developed a faster, more efficient method for producing the 2D materials known as MXenes.

The potential of silicon anode based lithium ion batteries

Multiscale materials modeling

Folding and cutting graphene like paper

Japanese arts of origami (paper folding) and kirigami (paper cutting) inspire scientists and engineers to make graphene into three-dimensional structures.