Using rapid, powerful bursts of light, scientists have uncovered evidence of Rashba effects in bulk organometallic halide perovskites.
29 April 2020
Researchers have found that they can switch Weyl points between two different states in a novel antiferromagnetic manganese-tin alloy.
29 April 2020
By stretching hexagonal boron nitride, scientists have obtained the largest spectral color-tuning range from an atomically thin quantum system.
28 April 2020
Researchers have created a self-adapting material that can change its stiffness in response to an applied force by incorporating minerals.
28 April 2020
Researchers have developed a carbon nanotube-based sensor that can track how plants respond to stresses such as injury, infection and light damage.
27 April 2020
The traps that capture charge carriers in perovskite crystals occur at the boundaries between distorted grains and pristine grains.
27 April 2020
Neural networks search the periodic table for superconductors
24 April 2020David Bradley
data can be written and erased in novel light-emitting hybrid combining bioimaging organic dyes and luminescent solid-state metal clusters
24 April 2020Cordelia Sealy
Researchers have uncovered a new material able maintain its skyrmion properties at room temperature when exposed to high pressures.
24 April 2020
Researchers have discovered that polymers filled with carbon nanotubes could improve how unmanned military vehicles dissipate energy.
24 April 2020
Using 3D laser printing, researchers have fabricated plate-based carbon nanolattices that are stronger than diamond.
22 April 2020
The transition of iron sulfide into a magnet can produce changes in its crystalline structure that cause it to switch from a conductor to an insulator.
22 April 2020
Zinc-loaded particles might have the potential to fight breast cancer
21 April 2020Laurie Winkless
biocompatible drug-carrying nanofiber that splits into tiny nanoparticles once inside the body could offer a new strategy for anticancer therapy
21 April 2020Cordelia Sealy
Researchers have designed a novel liquid crystal elastomer that can be ‘programmed’ to both twist and bend in the presence of light.
20 April 2020
Researchers have developed an hexagonal silicon-germanium alloy that can emit light, which could prove of great use for photonics.
20 April 2020
Researchers can monitor batteries by sending electrical pulses into them and then processing the response with a new machine-learning algorithm.
17 April 2020
The coronavirus pandemic highlights the importance of testing for viruses; a simple physical procedure might make it easier, cheaper and quicker
16 April 2020
Adding a low concentration of a 2D tin-based perovskite to a 3D version in solution produces a stable and efficient photovoltaic thin film.
16 April 2020
Researchers have developed a novel machine-learning algorithm for quantitatively characterizing material microstructure in three dimensions.
15 April 2020
Scientists have uncovered evidence for the presence of Majorana particles on the surface of the unconventional superconductor uranium ditelluride.
15 April 2020
new material for electrochemical sensing of hydrogen peroxide based on platinum dichalcogenide promises outstanding performance
14 April 2020Cordelia Sealy
By using a laser to fabricate nanoscale patterns, researchers could potentially make the surface of metals such as copper lethal to bacteria.
14 April 2020
Scientists have created a flexible membrane from a normally brittle complex oxide, and shown that stretching can change its electronic properties.
14 April 2020
‘bio’ yarn made from human cells can be braided, knitted, or woven into medical devices or scaffolds that don't elicit an immune reaction
10 April 2020Cordelia Sealy
Scientists have uncovered evidence that a state of matter known as a pair density wave coexists with superconductivity in a cuprate superconductor.
10 April 2020
Triboelectric energy harvesters get a boost from Georgia Tech
9 April 2020Laurie Winkless
Indium-carbon bonding for catalysis
9 April 2020David Bradley
A new study shows that samarium sulfide expands at low temperatures due to electrons moving into the outermost shell of the samarium atoms.
8 April 2020
A novel neural network was able to reduce the time needed to discover promising materials for a flow battery from 50 years to five weeks.
8 April 2020
Researchers have shown how different temperatures can be used to create different products from biohydrogels depending on their intended application.
7 April 2020
By combining a conducting polymer, rubber and an ionic liquid, researchers have produced a conducting, flexible organic composite.
7 April 2020
When heated, a novel photonic crystal appears to emit more coherent light at infrared wavelengths than can be explained by Planck's Law.
6 April 2020
Researchers have found that crumpling graphene makes it more than 10,000 times more sensitive to DNA by creating electrical ‘hotspots’.
6 April 2020
Composite metal foams have passed so-called ‘simulated pool fire testing’, which indicates they could be used for transporting hazardous materials.
3 April 2020
Scientists have developed an artificial photosynthesis system that utilizes nanotubes made of layers of cobalt oxide, silica and titanium dioxide.
3 April 2020
Sheets that are just a single molecular layer thick could be used to detect toxic gases
2 April 2020
Researchers have shown that the crystal structure at the surface of semiconductor materials can make them behave like metals and even superconductors.
2 April 2020
Researchers have demonstrated that solar cells made from organic materials may be better than traditional silicon solar cells for use underwater.
2 April 2020
Researchers have created a new rubber-like material based on plexiglass that could act as a replacement for human tissue in medical procedures.
1 April 2020
Utilizing 'hybrid data', a new analytical technique can improve the estimation of mechanical properties of metallic materials from indention tests.
1 April 2020