Materials chemistry news, November 2020

Call for Papers: Special Issue - Fundamentals of Phase Change Materials (PCM)

Nafion as a patternable high-speed ionomer for electronics applications

Improving bioelectronics with Nafion films

New luminescent wood film is eco-friendly

Bio-based, luminescent, water-resistant wood film for lighting

Absorbent sponges made from waste mussel shells

Environmentally friendly use of mussel shell waste with interesting properties

Scientists mix and match to find perovskite candidates

Researchers have developed a quick and easy method for assessing new compositions of perovskite materials for use in solar cells.

Nanowire radius selects crystal structure

framework evaluates how a single nanowire grows and effects of different growth factors

Materials Today Sustainability - Impact Factor Incoming

Moth eye nanoscale structure for transparent molds and films

Anti-reflective coatings inspired by the biostructure of moth eyes

New study brings order to organic thermoelectric materials

By adding a sidechain and dopant to spherical carbon molecules, researchers have developed an efficient organic thermoelectric material.

Microscope helps synthesize nanographene from the bottom up

Researchers have shown they can synthesize nanographene by removing hydrogen from organic molecules with an atomic force microscope.

Silica-coated DNA helps construct superconducting nanomaterials in 3D

By coating self-assembled DNA structures with silica, researchers were able to use them as scaffolds for the construction of 3D nano-superconductors.

Novel technique takes CNTs to new lengths

novel approach based on chemical vapor deposition produces forests of nanotubes 14 cm long

Spintronics could benefit from new lead-free magnetic perovskite

Researchers have developed a lead-free magnetic double perovskite, which raises the possibility of coupling spintronics with optoelectronics.

Novel biomaterial scaffold produces smoother healing

Researchers have developed a biomaterial for treating wounds that reduces scar formation by triggering an adaptive immune response.

2020 Materials Today Innovation Award Winner

Biomaterial approval opens citrate route to medical implants

Biomaterial approval opens citrate route to medical implants

Hard calcium carbonate goes all soft

Scientists have discovered that treating the hard calcium carbonate in mussel shells with acetic acid turns it into a soft, spongey material.

New computational approach offers optimal way to design materials

Researchers have developed a new computational approach, based on Bayesian optimization, to accelerate the design of materials.

Call for papers: Biomaterials for Future Food

JMBBM Frontiers Webinar - Celebrating the Life and Work of John Currey

Thursday, Nov. 19, 9am Boston, 2pm London, 3pm Berlin, 6am San Francisco, Honolulu 4am

Chemical scissors cut out nanoribbon catalysts

Researchers have developed chemical scissors than can cut transition metal dichalcogenides into thin, catalytic nanoribbons for splitting water.