Scientists have shown that the presence of certain compounds in the liquid electrolyte of lithium batteries prompts the growth of dendrites and whiskers.
30 October 2019
A subtle interaction between single atomic defects in the 2D material tungsten diselenide and mechanical strain causes it to emit quantum light.
30 October 2019
Shedding light on biomimetics
29 October 2019David Bradley
Due to a new quantum mechanism, the heat generated by friction is significantly lower in topological insulators than in conventional materials.
29 October 2019
Navigational tools from the 16th century have helped researchers understand how polymer spheres can be transformed into twisted spindles.
29 October 2019
Material with unconventional behavior affected by strong magnetic fields
28 October 2019Laurie Donaldson
New technique for 3D printing of soft materials with additive manufacturing
25 October 2019Laurie Donaldson
An alloy-based nanoparticle catalyst offers a greener route to producing a more robust version of a polymer used in bulletproof vests.
24 October 2019
Electric current can simultaneously flow clockwise and counterclockwise in a ring of a polycrystalline material made from bismuth and palladium.
24 October 2019
Scientists have produced a heavy fermion material with superconducting regions coexisting alongside regions in a normal metallic state.
24 October 2019
A novel mathematical approach based on graph theory can predict which pairs of zeolite types can be transformed from one to the other.
23 October 2019
Researchers have developed silk materials that can wrinkle into highly detailed patterns, which can be erased by flooding the silk surface with vapor.
23 October 2019
Researchers have gained new insights into high-entropy alloys by using X-ray spectroscopy to create atomic-resolution chemical maps of them.
23 October 2019
The superconducting state of uranium ditelluride rises, breaks down and then re-emerges on exposure to very strong magnetic field.
22 October 2019
Engineers have identified two aspects of the interaction between a metal and its alloying material that can predict how a particular alloy will behave.
21 October 2019
Complex shape-shifting lattices composed of multiple elastomeric materials can grow or shrink in response to changes in temperature.
21 October 2019
Researchers have developed an artificial, layered crystal composed of the elements lanthanum, titanium, cobalt and oxygen in atom-thick sheets.
21 October 2019
Researchers have found that submerging a polymer in liquid water can boost its ability to selectively remove carbon dioxide from gas mixtures.
18 October 2019
By simply adding a trace amount of copper, scientists have created the strongest ever silver without reducing its electrical conductivity.
18 October 2019
Scientists have discovered that the magic angle at which two layers of graphene become superconducting is slightly wider than originally thought.
18 October 2019
Using a silver substrate and molecular-beam epitaxy , scientists were able to grow elongated, hexagon-shaped flakes of the 2D material borophene.
17 October 2019
Researchers have found that graphene has many of the same mechanical properties as 3D graphite and is significantly thicker than widely believed.
16 October 2019
A new model suggests that high-temperature superconductivity in cuprates arises when electrons hop from atom-to-atom in a particular pattern.
16 October 2019
novel electroluminescent device uses flexible, electrically conductive Ag-coated nylon fibers embedded in a PDMS + ZnS composite as electrodes
15 October 2019Cordelia Sealy
As a step towards fabricating circuits from nanomaterials, engineers have created heterostructures from the 2D materials graphene and borophene.
15 October 2019
Engineers have harnessed machine learning to design dielectric metamaterials that absorb and emit specific frequencies of terahertz radiation.
15 October 2019
By combining different materials, scientists have created highly configurable, nanoscale thermal light emitters for producing light from heat.
14 October 2019
Scientists have found a new way to manipulate the electronic properties of 2D tungsten disulfide that could prove useful for quantum computing.
14 October 2019
Aerogel support for enzymes
10 October 2019David Bradley
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, Chemistry Nobel 2019
10 October 2019David Bradley
Researchers have created a net-like structure, called a ‘nanochain’, of antimony, which can enhance lithium-ion charge capacity in batteries.
10 October 2019
Researchers have found that a crystal made of cobalt, manganese and gallium is a room-temperature topological magnet that hosts quantum loops.
10 October 2019
Smart skin that responds to heat and sunlight
9 October 2019Laurie Donaldson
Films of platinum only two atoms thick supported by graphene could usher in fuel cell catalysts with unprecedented catalytic activity and longevity.
9 October 2019
Adding spider silk protein to wood cellulose nanofibrils makes tougher, but flexible composite
8 October 2019David Bradley
Researchers have shown that ultrasonic waves produced by an acoustic transducer can manipulate the viscosity of shear-thickening materials.
8 October 2019
Researchers have found that doping indium oxide with molybdenum rather than tin doubles the conductivity of this transparent conductor.
8 October 2019
A Lewis acid offers an effective way to change the electrical properties of certain organic semiconductors, but only in the presence of water.
7 October 2019
A silicone polymer embedded with temperature-sensitive dyes and liquid metal wires can carry out simple logic functions in response to touch.
7 October 2019
Coating chlorine-etched aluminum foil with carbon nanotubes created a material that is 10 times blacker than anything previously reported.
4 October 2019
Crystallographic dislocations can impact the ability of halide perovskites to hold energy derived from light in the form of excited electrons.
1 October 2019
Smallest ever spectrometer based on a single nanowire
1 October 2019Laurie Donaldson