A novel fuel cell catalyst comprising cobalt-platinum alloy nanoparticles on a composite substrate uses much less platinum than current catalysts.
30 December 2018
Natural spider silk gives up some of its secrets
28 December 2018Laurie Donaldson
A new catalyst made of nanometer-thin sheets of metal carbide can generate hydrogen from water just as efficiently as platinum-based catalysts.
27 December 2018
Microfluidic foam generation system for enabling customizable and "wet" foams in tiny amounts
26 December 2018Laurie Donaldson
Using laser light to trap atoms in a checkerboard-like pattern, scientists have studied how resistance can develop in unconventional metals.
25 December 2018
By patterning and then shrinking a polymer scaffold, researchers have come up with a way to fabricate nanoscale, 3D objects of nearly any shape.
25 December 2018
Oscillating loads at certain frequencies can lead to several-fold increases in the strength of composites that contain a molecular layer of ‘nanoglue’.
24 December 2018
Researchers have modified two enzymes so that they self-assemble to form a stable catalytic biomaterial that can be used in industrial production.
23 December 2018
Moth helps develop nano-antibiotics
22 December 2018David Bradley
Nuclear Materials & Energy has been accepted for indexing in Clarivate’s Science Citation Index Expanded.
20 December 2018Callum McGuire
By studying how peptides assemble, researchers have discovered that some materials can avoid the nucleation barrier by growing one row at a time.
20 December 2018
Scientists have demonstrated electronic switching in an ultrathin topological material that can carry a charge with nearly zero loss at room temperature.
20 December 2018
Due to popular demand, Nano Today is extending the deadline of its annual cover competition.
20 December 2018Callum McGuire
Conventional computers could be replaced by massively parallel, low energy, more intelligent brain-like processors using artificial synaptic devices
19 December 2018Cordelia Sealy
Using oxygen doping, scientists have uncovered previously inaccessible details of the phase diagram of a high-temperature superconductor.
19 December 2018
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18 December 2018Xingcai Zhang
Scientists have developed a blend of two polymers, one conducting and one insulating, that can conduct electricity at temperatures up to 220°C.
18 December 2018
Engineers have developed a method for making atom-flat sensors from 2D materials and then transferring them to curved surfaces.
18 December 2018
A novel x-ray technique can image antiphase magnetic domains in antiferromagnets, which could advance their use in spintronics applications.
17 December 2018
Using an x-ray visualization technique called COBRA, scientists have imaged the 3D atomic and electron density structure of a perovskite crystal.
17 December 2018
Congratulations to Prof M Stanley Whittingham.
16 December 2018Stewart Bland
14 December 2018Aude Simar, Joe d’Angelo
Inspired by animal chirps, engineers have devised a faster and more accurate rheological technique for measuring the properties of soft materials.
14 December 2018
Magnetic frustration, kagome magnet
14 December 2018David Bradley
By adding sodium to a lead-free all-inorganic perovskite, physicists have produced a single material that can produce white light.
13 December 2018
2D peptide materials, row by row
13 December 2018David Bradley
Scientists have used magnetic fields to create liquid crystal elastomers that can move in any direction in response to multiple types of stimuli.
12 December 2018
Scientists have developed a liquid crystal elastomer with auxetic properties, meaning it gets thicker when stretched.
12 December 2018
Echolocation for soft materials
11 December 2018David Bradley
Physicists have synthesized borophene with large-area single-crystal domains on copper substrates, making it suitable for electronic applications.
11 December 2018
Circularly polarized light delivered at a particular angle to C-shaped gold nanoparticles produced a plasmonic response unlike any discovered before.
10 December 2018
Multiferroics and topological materials have produced a new energy-efficient transistor called a magneto-electric spin-orbit (MESO) device.
10 December 2018
Scientists have discovered that silicon contamination is the reason why graphene often doesn't perform as well as predicted.
7 December 2018
Researchers have accomplished the first detailed high-speed imaging and analysis of the process that occurs when a microparticle impacts a surface.
7 December 2018
bridging the gaps between aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes with metal atoms boosts electrical conductivity in a new direction
6 December 2018Cordelia Sealy
Nanoantibiotics could provide new ways of treating drug-resistant 'superbugs' and reducing the amounts of traditional antibiotics used
5 December 2018Cordelia Sealy
An easily produced flexible strain-sensing material could promote advances in wearable motion-sensing devices
4 December 2018Xiaozheng Wang, Hongling Sun, Xiaoyan Yue, Yunfei Yu, Guoqiang Zheng, Kun Dai, Chuntai Liu, Changyu Shen
A novel thin-film material can rapidly transition from an electricity-transmitting metal to an insulator without changing its atomic structure.
3 December 2018
making tiny, nanoscale holes into graphene sheets and removing them again could hold the key to manufacturing high-quality structures
3 December 2018Cordelia Sealy