New sustainable thermal management material from cellulose
29 November 2022Laurie Donaldson
Researchers have demonstrated a new technique for directly printing electronic circuits onto curved and corrugated surfaces.
29 November 2022
Researchers have developed a novel method for getting pyramid-shaped nanoparticles to self-assembe into pinwheel lattices with chiral properties.
29 November 2022
Dendrites can be prevented from travelling between electrodes in a solid-state lithium-metal battery by simply applying mechanical stress.
28 November 2022
Researchers have turned Raman spectroscopy into a scientific ‘ruler’ to understand how 2D materials expand on exposure to heat.
28 November 2022
A new way to guide the self-assembly of a wide range of nanoscale structures, including parapets and aqueducts, uses simple polymers as starting materials.
25 November 2022
smart paper packaging with built-in graphene sensor could offer real-time warnings of spoiled food or temperature conditions likely to cause spoilage
25 November 2022Cordelia Sealy
oil-in-water droplet microtechnology produces uniform, small-volume tumor organoids with two compartments for improved cell culture
24 November 2022Cordelia Sealy
Researchers have shown that nickel oxide can display responses to brief electrical pulses that are similar to learning.
23 November 2022
Researchers have deduced that the thermal Hall effect in a magnetic insulator is caused by bosons in the presence of a novel force-field.
23 November 2022
flexible three-dimensional piezoelectric nanocomposite with integrated electrodes makes useful energy harvesting device
22 November 2022Cordelia Sealy
Researchers have uncovered the dance that goes on between cerium, sulfates and water in a cerium-based flow cell battery.
22 November 2022
Researchers have predicted the existence of tiny picophotonic waves that can propagate in semiconductors like silicon.
21 November 2022
Researchers have developed a scanning probe microscope that uilizes terahertz waves and used it to study a perovskite material for solar cells.
21 November 2022
Researchers investigate commonplace polymers with an eye to the microplastics crisis
20 November 2022Laurie Winkless
Researchers have developed a new magnetic material that can change its electrical behavior based on previous experience, giving it a form of memory.
18 November 2022
Using AI to design new complex metamaterials with useful properties
18 November 2022Laurie Donaldson
A new heat treatment can transform the microscopic structure of 3D-printed metals, making them less prone to the deformation process known as creep.
17 November 2022
Researchers have discovered how the electronic properties of the photoelectrode bismuth vanadate change when it gets wet.
17 November 2022
Researchers have developed a novel reaction process that uses fuel to control non-living materials such as hydrogels by charging them.
16 November 2022
Using a new electron microscopy technique and data mining, researchers have mapped out altered domains in rechargeable ion batteries at the nanoscale.
15 November 2022
Researchers have come up with a novel strategy for growing carbon nanotubes with a single desired chirality.
15 November 2022
Researchers have discovered a material that can act as a magnetic topological insulator, able to conduct electrons along a ‘quantum highway’.
14 November 2022
A novel machine-learning method can analyze the speckle patterns produced when studying materials by X-ray scattering, even when highly 'blobby'.
14 November 2022
Using microstratucture engineering, researchers have improved the properties of manganese bismuth, a rare-earth-free magnetic material.
11 November 2022
Researchers used various optical techniques to investigate the unusual superconductivity of a recently discovered family of kagome metals.
11 November 2022
Researchers have developed a material that can switch from p-conducting to n-conducting with a small change in temperature.
10 November 2022
By studying how sheets of graphene slide over a graphite surface, researchers have come up with a new law of friction.
9 November 2022
Researchers have shown that the metal-organic framework aluminum formate offers a cheap and effective material for capturing carbon dioxide.
9 November 2022
Researchers have developed a method for getting quantum dots to self-assemble into a highly conductive optoelectronic metamaterial.
8 November 2022
By burning away a scaffold of carbon nanotubes, engineers have been able to produce a forest of aligned boron nitride nanotubes.
8 November 2022
Researchers have developed a combined electrolyte and cathode that can enhance the energy density of nonrechargeable batteries.
8 November 2022
Researchers have developed a new self-healing fiber-reinforced composite that allows structures such as aircraft wings to repair themselves in place.
7 November 2022
Researchers have shown that X-ray absorption spectroscopy and machine learning can be used to identify materials with topological properties.
7 November 2022
By shifting the oxidation-reduction potential of a lithium-metal electrode, researchers have enhanced the energy density of lithium-metal batteries.
4 November 2022
Combining a thin-film superconducor with a thin-film topological insulator offers a novel way to explore topological superconductivity.
4 November 2022
Scientists have managed to produce a material with the disordered structure of a plastic that conducts electricity more like a metal.
3 November 2022
metamaterial based on liquid-crystal elastomers can change its mechanical properties in response to light
3 November 2022Cordelia Sealy
novel conductive biomaterial composite based on pristine graphene and collagen is ideal for neural medical device applications
2 November 2022Cordelia Sealy
Researchers have shown that introducing intentional flaws to a metallic alloy can be used to make it stronger without affecting its flexibility.
2 November 2022
By taking advantage of nanoscale forces, researchers have developed a method for precisely controlling the arrangement of nanoparticles on a material.
1 November 2022
Researchers have developed a novel method for producing a strong, degradable plastic with a high content of wood fibers.
1 November 2022