A novel X-ray nanoprobe beamline can observe materials down to a scale of just 10nm and capture multiple images of different material properties.
25 April 2018
Using a multi-layered stack of metal films, researchers have shown that under certain conditions superconductors can also carry currents of 'spin'.
23 April 2018
Find out about the recipients of the 2018 Outstanding review awards from the Acta Journals.
19 April 2018
High-quality lead-free films based on double perovskites with useful photovoltaic properties.
18 April 2018Laurie Donaldson
Sodium-ion electrolyte with newly discovered structure could be used in solid-state batteries.
18 April 2018Laurie Donaldson
A novel database of inorganic thin-film materials for energy applications developed by NREL scientists contains more than 140,000 sample entries.
16 April 2018
A new material made of sodium, phosphorous, tin and sulfur, with a tetragonal crystal shape, should make an effective electrolyte in solid-state batteries.
16 April 2018
Scientists have witnessed exotic superconductivity in the material ytterbium-bismuth-platinum that relies on highly unusual electron interactions.
13 April 2018
Physicists have induced magnetism in platinum by applying an electric field in a paramagnetic ionic liquid, creating a switchable 2D ferromagnet.
12 April 2018
Constant illumination relaxes the crystal lattice of a perovskite material, making it more efficient at collecting sunlight and converting it to energy.
11 April 2018
Inspired by a version of origami called kirigami, researchers have developed malleable electronic circuits that can be bent and twisted.
9 April 2018
A novel method can produce linked networks of metal oxides, held together by boron, that possess interesting catalytic or electronic properties.
9 April 2018
An aluminum-based material can quickly change how it reflects heat, by smoothing or wrinkling its surface after being stretched or electrically triggered.
6 April 2018
A polymer thermal conductor with rigid, ordered monomer chains can conduct 10 times more heat than most commercially used polymers.
5 April 2018
Scientists have discovered that a barium-iron-arsenic superconductor changes its magnetic properties when put under mechanical strain.
4 April 2018
Scientists created an electrically conducting crystal made from layers of iron and tin atoms, with each layer arranged in the pattern of a kagome lattice.
4 April 2018