Defects in the crystalline lattice of lithium-ion battery cathodes can speed up the rate of charge and discharge by forcing lithium ions to take detours.
29 December 2019
By taking advantage of polarons and plasmons, researchers have been able to develop optical nanoantennas from a conducting polymer.
28 December 2019
Bonding sensitive rubber to electronic components
27 December 2019David Bradley
Making a diamond-like material from bilayer graphene
26 December 2019David Bradley
Using a novel detwinning technique, researchers have been able to produce a map of the electronic states in the superconductor iron selenide.
24 December 2019
Using an electron microscope, researchers have, for the first time, seen atomic scale defects that dictate the properties of a promising semiconductor.
23 December 2019
A novel design strategy for identifying new materials exhibiting a metal-insulator transition has led to the discovery of molybdenum oxynitride.
23 December 2019
Researchers have developed a new copper-titanium alloy for 3D printing that is much less prone to cracking or distortion than other titanium alloys.
20 December 2019
A new model has revealed how tiny tweaks to the molecular shapes in non-fullerene acceptors can improve the performance of organic solar cells.
20 December 2019
Robotic high throughput polymer generation
20 December 2019David Bradley
A synthetic actuator made from thermo-responsive liquid crystal polymer networks and a coat of dye can learn to bend and walk in response to light.
19 December 2019
Lab-grown mini-tumours with a network of functioning blood vessels will assist understanding of cancer and drug testing
18 December 2019
drug-loaded silica nanoparticles target the blood vessels that supply tumors with oxygen and nutrients to ‘starve’ cancer cells
18 December 2019Cordelia Sealy
By studying the normal state of cuprate superconductors, researchers have discovered an abrupt shift in the behavior of electrons with increased doping.
18 December 2019
A new Raman spectroscopy technique can assess the chemical composition and structure of metallic particles with a diameter of just 0.5nm to 2nm.
17 December 2019
17 December 2019Ann Leenaers, Lorenzo Malerba, Philippe Pareige, Michael Preuss
This year JALCOM celebrates it’s 60 anniversary with a special issue.
17 December 2019Edited by Jurgen Buschow, Ludwig Schultz, Vitalij Pecharsky
Researchers test a sampling of synthetic, biocompatible hydrogels to see how tuning them influences the body’s inflammatory response.
17 December 2019Jeffrey D. Hartgerink et al.: “Chemical functionality of multidomain peptide hydrogels governs early host immune response,” Biomaterials (2020)
chemical compounds based on thorium and hydrogen conduct electricity without resistance at relatively high temperatures
17 December 2019Cordelia Sealy
A 1% bend in an organic semiconductor based on single crystals of the hydrocarbon rubrene can roughly double the speed of electrons flowing through it.
17 December 2019
Hybrid silicon-organic for next-generation quantum computers, energy conversion
16 December 2019David Bradley
A new ion-transport membrane technology based on microporous polymers could reduce the cost of storing energy and purifying water.
16 December 2019
By encapsulating perovskite nanocrystals in both silica and plastic hairs, researchers have enhanced their ability to withstand moisture.
13 December 2019
Using an electron microscope, researchers have unlocked the fundamental physics of how roughness affects soft material adhesion to a surface.
13 December 2019
Researchers have developed a new way both to find topological Weyl semimetals and to manipulate them for potential spintronic devices.
12 December 2019
Using 3D printing technology, scientists have developed an efficient elastocaloric cooling material made from a nickel-titanium alloy,
12 December 2019
Cobalt-doped molybdenum disulfide grown on a carbon cloth makes an effective catalyst for converting dinitrogen into ammonia.
11 December 2019
By placing silver nanocubes on a thin layer of gold above a pyroelectric material, researchers have created a new multispectral photodetector.
11 December 2019
Build a better biomimetic bone
10 December 2019David Bradley
Depositing an organic polymer as highly aligned crystals produces a transparent, flexible coating with high electrical conductivity.
10 December 2019
German Research Foundation honours Dr. Baptiste Gault with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award
9 December 2019Joe D'angelo
Using Monte Carlo calculations, scientists have observed the strange metal state in the Hubbard model of materials with strongly correlated electrons.
9 December 2019
By adding cobalt impurities, researchers have observed a surprising quantum effect in a high-temperature iron-containing superconductor.
9 December 2019
A new liquid-handling robotic system for synthesizing novel synthetic polymers can create up to 384 different polymers at once.
9 December 2019
plastic waste in seawater breaks down and dissolves into organic molecules much more quickly than expected when exposed to sunlight
6 December 2019Cordelia Sealy
Rotating layers of boron nitride above and below a graphene layer introduces moiré superlattices that modify the graphene's electronic properties.
6 December 2019
highly porous polymer foam that mimic bone marrow drives the differentiation of blood-forming stem cells
5 December 2019Cordelia Sealy
CNTs produced from CO2 using low-energy chemical processes drastically reduce emissions associated with construction materials
5 December 2019Cordelia Sealy
Scientists have developed a new approach for making metal-metal composites and porous metals with a ‘bicontinuous’ structure in thin films.
4 December 2019
Perovskite for low-temperature ammonia production
4 December 2019David Bradley
Continuing research in the field of nanomaterials for energy storage will be critical for the widespread adoption of sustainable energy sources.
3 December 2019
Researchers have developed a new type of polymer gel that, while still highly porous and malleable, has a much more ordered structure.
2 December 2019
'Designer substrates' produced by exposing silicon to phosphine gas offer a quick and inexpensive way to synthesize high quality 2D crystals.
2 December 2019