Researchers developed 'sticky' silica particles that can capture coronavirus particles and attached them to the surface of face masks.
28 September 2023
materials systems and essential mechanisms for novel brain-like computing identified
28 September 2023Cordelia Sealy
A novel bottom-up approach to producing nanomaterials takes advantage of the fact that crystals often grow in a specific direction.
27 September 2023
Grafting isolated copper atoms onto 2D polymer templates produces a highly efficient catalyst for converting carbon dioxide into methane.
27 September 2023
Researchers have proposed a new theoretical framework, involving thermal avalanches, to explain dynamical heterogeneities in glass-forming liquids.
26 September 2023
Using various spectroscopic techniques, researchers have shown that engineered lab-grown diamonds can make good photoelectrode materials.
26 September 2023
Researchers have produced a dynamic window that can switch between transparent, blocking infrarerd light and blocking both infrared and visible light.
25 September 2023
Researchers have shown that doping the topological material cobalt-tin-sulfur with nickel can produce a substantial spin Hall effect.
25 September 2023
A novel metal-organic framework film with the smallest possible thickness can perform record levels of hydrogen-nitrogen separation.
22 September 2023
Researchers have found a way to grow high-quality indium selenide, a 2D semiconductor, on an industrial-scale silicon wafer.
22 September 2023
By dispersing single atoms of platinum on a sheet of molybdenum sulphide, researchers have developed an inexpensive catalyst for splitting water.
21 September 2023
Usint tiny ‘electrofoils’ and a novel microscopy technique, researchers have imaged streamlines of electric current in a quantum material.
21 September 2023
Researchers used mechanochemistry to characterize how a polymer chain in solution responds to a sudden acceleration of the solvent flow around it.
20 September 2023
Researchers have shown that an alloy of nickel and gold displays particularly promising thermoelectric properties.
19 September 2023
‘Engineered living material’ that decontaminates pollutants from water
19 September 2023Laurie Donaldson
Researchers have shown that conerting waste plastics into graphene by rapid flash Joule heating also results in the production of hydrogen.
18 September 2023
Researchers have discovered that the ferroelectric behavior of hafnia is coupled to its surface and can be tuned by changing the surrounding atmosphere,
18 September 2023
actuators based on composite fibers comprising aligned reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanosheets and PEDOT: PSS surpass biological muscles
15 September 2023Cordelia Sealy
New material makes data encryption safer
15 September 2023Laurie Donaldson
Researchers have developed a cheap, sustainable, high-strength adhesive by simply mixing together three abundant natural materials.
14 September 2023
By mining data from X-ray images, researchers have made significant new discoveries about the reactivity of lithium iron phosphate electrodes.
14 September 2023
Environmentally-friendly fire retardants might be closer (to the toilet) than you think.
13 September 2023Laurie Winkless
Researchers have uncovered evidence that a material that is a prime candidate to be a quantum spin liquid represents a new phase of disordered matter.
12 September 2023
A hybrid catalyst comprising a layer of zinc on copper can efficiently convert carbon dioxide and waste nitrogen into the fertilizer urea.
12 September 2023
Study shows that polylactic acid films are altered by glucose and ketone bodies
11 September 2023Laurie Winkless
Rechargeable battery with improved operating voltage and energy density
11 September 2023Laurie Donaldson
Researchers have developed a molecularly engineered hydrogel that can create clean water from air using just the energy in sunlight.
8 September 2023
A novel composite, textile-based material uses heat to kill viruses on its outer surface while staying cool on the reverse side near the user’s skin.
8 September 2023
Turkish researchers develop low-cost, flexible device using simple methods
7 September 2023Laurie Winkless
Using a heterostructure made of two different 2D materials, researchers have managed to maintain valley polarization at room temperature.
6 September 2023
Researchers have developed bio-based adhesive formulations that grow stronger when underwater or exposed to wet conditions.
6 September 2023
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown reaction pathway that could addresses the short lifetimes of lithium-sulfur batteries.
5 September 2023
Using a sugar solution and X-ray tomoscopy, researchers have been able to study the process by which freeze casting produces highly porous materials.
5 September 2023
Researchers have discovered that a layered nickelate could form the basis for a novel form of non-volatile phase change memory.
4 September 2023
Researchers have developed a novel catalyst for reducing carbon dioxide by loading silver nanoparticles onto a titanium dioxide support.
4 September 2023
Mechanism likely contributes to pipeline degradation
1 September 2023Laurie Winkless
impact-resistant materials inspired by the largest edible fruit on Earth, the jackfruit, show better performance
1 September 2023Cordelia Sealy