Windows made of transparent wood could offer more even and consistent natural lighting and better energy efficiency than glass.
25 August 2016
Harvard University has licensed a new materials discovery platform to a company developing novel OLED display technologies.
23 August 2016
Novel strategy to control dental plaque relies on a catalytic iron oxide nanoparticles and hydrogen peroxide.
22 August 2016Cordelia Sealy
Find out who won a prize for their poster at EMRS Spring meeting 2016.
18 August 2016
Scientists have developed a new, simple method for fabricating transparent electronic circuitry using inexpensive and readily available materials.
18 August 2016
Jing-yang Wang is the recipient of the 2017 Acta Materialia Silver Medal.
17 August 2016
John J. Jonas receives the 2017 Acta Materialia Gold Medal.
17 August 2016
Treating hybrid halide perovskite solar cells with a solution of methyl ammonium bromide can repair defects in the perovskite film.
17 August 2016
Scientists have used metal-organic frameworks to develop a new kind of electrochromic material that can quickly change from clear to opaque.
17 August 2016
Glasses based on calcium and phosphate have been synthesized using soft chemistry at low temperatures with water as a solvent.
17 August 2016Cordelia Sealy
Researchers have 3D laser lithography to produce atomic force microscopy probes of any shape and with a radius down to just 25nm.
16 August 2016
Microscopic voids and particles of calcium hydroxide play an important role in in giving concrete its strength and toughness.
16 August 2016
Scientists have found a way to direct the self-assembly of multiple molecular patterns within a single material, producing new nanoscale architectures.
15 August 2016
Scientists have developed a working lithium-ion battery that dissolves away in 30 minutes when dropped in water.
12 August 2016
Scientists have developed a novel superconducting material by heating a mixture of platinum, lanthanum and arsenic under pressure.
12 August 2016
zwitterionic polymers – that contains an equal number of positively and negatively charged groups – can protect therapeutic proteins from immune response
12 August 2016Cordelia Sealy
Submit your abstract for the Fifth International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials from the 6 to 10 March 2017.
11 August 2016
Scientists have discovered the optimum amount of selenium to add to cadmium-telluride solar cells to enhance their efficiency.
11 August 2016
Temperature could hold the key to growing carbon nanotubes of a particular chirality or 'handedness'
10 August 2016Cordelia Sealy
Bonding composite layers with carbon nanotubes produces a material that is substantially stronger than other advanced composites.
10 August 2016
A new silicon-tin nanocomposite anode can enhance the charge capacity and extend the lifetime of lithium-ion batteries.
10 August 2016
Dr. Warren Poole wins the 2017 Acta Materialia Holloman Award for Materials & Society.
5 August 2016
Scientists have engineered biodegradable silicon nanoparticles that when illuminated can make nerve cells fire and heart cells beat.
4 August 2016
Scientists have discovered that nitrogen-doped graphene can greatly enhance the sensitivity of Raman spectroscopy.
1 August 2016
Scientists have developed a novel garnet-type, fast ionic conducting oxide as a solid electrolyte in an all-solid-state rechargeable battery.
1 August 2016
Researchers have produced a new class of materials called sodium polyhydrides, which could possess superconducting properties.
1 August 2016