Twisting films of carbon nanotubes produces short lengths of strong, conductive fibers in about an hour, making this process much faster than spinning.
30 January 2018
Cleaning nanotubes through heat and ion bombardment.
26 January 2018Laurie Donaldson
Using carbon nanotubes and modified graphene nano ribbons in fuel cells.
26 January 2018Laurie Donaldson
A nanostructure made from a fluoropolymer and metal oxide materials allows thin-film transistors to operate with unprecedented stability.
25 January 2018
Photocatalyst based on titanium dioxide can turn carbon dioxide into usable fuel and reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide.
25 January 2018Cordelia Sealy
New technique offers strong and resilient ultrafine polymer fibers with a range of applications.
24 January 2018Laurie Donaldson
Scientists have developed a water-absorbing metal-organic framework that can suck up to twice its weight in atmospheric moisture.
24 January 2018
Researchers have found a way to produce a two-dimensional electron gas between insulating oxides on the semiconductor gallium arsenide.
23 January 2018
A crystal with an exterior case surrounding a rotating axis is the first proof that a single material can be both static and moving, or amphidynamic.
23 January 2018
A novel process called gel electrospinning can produce ultrafine polymer fibers that are exceptionally strong and tough.
22 January 2018
Asymmetrical polymer particles imprinted with DNA are able to bind together in a spatially defined manner for use in biomedicine and 'soft robotics'.
17 January 2018
A method for encapsulating metals such as dysprosium and copper in a single layer of graphene could produce materials with novel properties.
16 January 2018
Lithium-ion batteries designed to be safer in an accident.
12 January 2018Laurie Donaldson
Read our latest series and find out about materials science researchers in New Zealand and Australia.
12 January 2018
Comparing the results reported in thousands of papers about the properties of MOFs revealed that replicability could be a problem in material science.
12 January 2018
Adding water to asphalt-derived porous carbon produces a material that can adsorb more than two times its weight of carbon dioxide.
11 January 2018
Researchers have found a simple way to deposit magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles onto silica-coated gold nanorods for biomedical applications.
10 January 2018
Improved DNA detection using nanopore sensors.
9 January 2018Laurie Donaldson
Two-step thermal reduction process boosts conductivity and mobility of reduced graphene oxide (RGO), opening up new potential applications.
9 January 2018Cordelia Sealy
Solar power device like a double-glazed window offers new approach.
8 January 2018Laurie Donaldson
A new method based on vaporizing a frozen solution with a laser can create hybrid thin-film materials that would otherwise be impossible to make.
5 January 2018
Batteries powered by sweat made completely from fabric
5 January 2018Laurie Donaldson
Adding a tiny amount of boron to a carbon-containing plasma can alter the grain size and electrical properties of the diamond film produced by the plasma.
4 January 2018
Scientists have developed a new method for produce semiconducting graphene nanoribbons by heating a specially-prepared polymer.
3 January 2018
Scientists have determined the mechanisms that cause tiny wires of molybdenum disulfide to extend into tungsten diselenide at their interface.
3 January 2018