Scientists have developed a novel material that possesses both spontaneous magnetization and electric polarization.
27 August 2015
A new fabrication method allows unstable 2D materials to be isolated as single atomic layers for the first time.
26 August 2015
Researchers observed that hydrogen sulfide becomes superconductive at minus 70 degree Celsius.
25 August 2015
A team of judges have completed the evaluation of nominees for the 2014 Acta Student Awards.
25 August 2015Subhash Mahajan
Tuning band gap in black phosphorus for better semiconductors.
24 August 2015Laurie Donaldson
21 August 2015Emmanuelle Marquis
Electronic devices that use DNA to harvest energy from motion.
21 August 2015Laurie Donaldson
Transition metal sandwiches with a carbide filling.
21 August 2015David Bradley
Scientists have used a unique nano-optical probe to study the effects of illumination on two-dimensional semiconductors at the molecular level.
20 August 2015
Flexible hybrid electronics emerging from military research.
19 August 2015David Bradley
Scientists have discovered a way to grow graphene nanoribbons directly on a conventional germanium semiconductor wafer.
17 August 2015
Using high-pressure conditions, scientists have induced colossal magnetoresistance in a pure sample of lanthanum manganite.
17 August 2015
The study and development of atomically thin coatings will be the focus of a new, one-of-a-kind university/industry center.
14 August 2015
A lawn-like coating of tiny grass-like platinum wires could improve electronic devices used to communicate with the brain.
13 August 2015Cordelia Sealy
An iron-telluride material can develop superconductivity with no long-range electronic or magnetic order when ‘doped’ with sulfur.
12 August 2015
Nanoparticles with a solid shell and a ‘yolk’ inside that can change size make a good anode for rechargeable batteries.
11 August 2015
Developing a tunable terahertz generation using hybrid semiconductors
11 August 2015David Bradley
Scientists have demonstrated for the first time how to generate magnetism in metals that aren’t naturally magnetic.
7 August 2015
Scientists have developed an entirely new material spun out of boron, nitrogen, carbon and oxygen.
7 August 2015
A research team has found that catalysis and wetting, which had been considered unrelated, are in fact closely linked.
6 August 2015
Researchers have developed a new capacitor dielectric material that provides an electrical energy storage capacity rivaling certain batteries.
5 August 2015
Flexible electronic devices that can be injected into cavities or living tissue through a needle and interpenetrate the space have been developed.
4 August 2015Cordelia Sealy
Researchers have confirmed that Li ions prefer to aggregate at and move along defects like twin boundaries in battery electrode materials.
4 August 2015Cordelia Sealy
Research team has made electrically conducting fibers that can be reversibly stretched to over 14 times their initial length.
3 August 2015
Engineers and physicists have discovered a property of silicon that combines aspects of all of these desirable qualities.
3 August 2015