Researchers have come up with a way for growing nanowire networks in a highly controlled and fully reproducible manner on silicon semiconductors.
27 February 2019
Switching on rechargeable sodium batteries
27 February 2019David Bradley
Graphene's electrical properties can be engineered by covering it with another 2D material and then patterning it with an array of nanoscale holes.
26 February 2019
A boost of vitamin C can help small gold nanorods grow into long gold nanowires for use in sensing, diagnostic and imaging applications.
26 February 2019
Faster batteries through X-ray insights
24 February 2019David Bradley
Infusing graphene foam with materials such as plastic, rubber and cement produces tough composites with a wide range of possible applications.
21 February 2019
A novel neural network algorithm can determine the appropriate amount and direction of strain required to confer specific properties on a material.
20 February 2019
For the first time, researchers have directly imaged ‘edge conduction’ in monolayer tungsten ditelluride, a 2D topological insulator.
18 February 2019
Combining graphene and white graphene in a ceramic should produce a material that alters its conductivity when subject to different types of strain.
14 February 2019
new type of electric field effect can control light emission from perovskite devices
13 February 2019Cordelia Sealy
By incorporating carbon nanotube-based electrodes between multiple layers of elastomer, researchers have produced a novel shape-shifting material.
13 February 2019
Researchers have shown that adding carbon nanotubes to a rubbery polymer semiconductor can increase its carrier mobility.
12 February 2019
Tiny, electrically charged crinkles in graphene sheets can interact with molecules on the surface, causing the molecules to line up along the crinkles.
8 February 2019
A new electron microscopy technique has revealed how atomic species attached to layers of the 2D material MXene can affect its properties.
7 February 2019
Researchers have used 2D materials to create the first fully flexible, battery-free ‘rectenna’ for converting energy from Wi-Fi signals into electricity.
5 February 2019
Increasing the pressure on a superconducting bismuth material can cause its transition temperature to increase after initially dropping.
4 February 2019
Researchers have developed a way to incorporate high-k dielectrics into assemblies of 2D materials known as heterostructures.
2 February 2019