On taking a closer look at how nonuniform particles self-assemble, engineers were surprised to discover that it happens in multiples phases.
29 April 2019
Eutectic lithium salts can replenish the lithium ions that battery cathodes lose over extended use and restore their atomic structures.
26 April 2019
Researchers have discovered why vanadium disulfide is unstable as a battery cathode material and developed a way to make it more stable.
25 April 2019
Researchers have created ink for an inkjet printer from a highly conductive type of two-dimensional material called MXene.
25 April 2019
3D printing in geometric designs and material composites for devices with novel optical properties
24 April 2019Laurie Donaldson
Researchers have not only unexpectedly detected polar skyrmions in a material with reversible electrical properties, but also found that they're chiral.
24 April 2019
High-quality phosphorene nanoribbons for high-speed electronics
23 April 2019Laurie Donaldson
Measuring approach that characterizes materials at much smaller scales
21 April 2019Laurie Donaldson
For the first time, researchers have managed to create an anti-ordered state with liquid crystals, where they avoid aligning along a certain direction.
18 April 2019
Physicists have designed an evolutionary process that allows a wide range of nanomaterial morphologies to be synthesized from tungsten disulphide.
17 April 2019
Researchers have synthesized tiny, individual, flexible phosphorene nanoribbons from crystals of black phosphorous and lithium ions.
15 April 2019
Applying high pressures and temperatures to elements like potassium and sodium produces a new, stable state of matter that is both solid and liquid.
11 April 2019
A metal-organic framework made of the DNA base adenine can lock the DNA base thymine within its cavities for chemical reactions.
10 April 2019
By carefully stretching polymers like polyethylene, researchers have been able to produce colorful films with a range of heat-radiating capabilities.
8 April 2019
An environmentally friendly deep eutectic solvent can extract valuable elements from the metal oxides commonly used as cathodes in lithium-ion batteries.
4 April 2019
Researchers have developed a 'hybrid' cathode for lithium-sulfur batteries that combines an intercalation type material with a conversion type material.
3 April 2019
Scientists have found a way to place catalysts inside the tiniest pores of different host materials, a bit like fitting a model ship inside a bottle.
2 April 2019
Researchers have developed a wood membrane than can generate an ionic voltage from a small temperature differential.
1 April 2019