Understanding creep in semiconductors compared with metals
23 December 2015David Bradley
Top 5 news items of 2015 from Materials Today.
22 December 2015
For the first time, researchers have investigated how much electrical charge nanoparticles transfer to their support.
22 December 2015
In their search for materials that can withstand supercritical ammonia, scientists tested 35 metals, two metalloids and 17 ceramic materials.
21 December 2015
By developing a way to line up three gold nanoparticles of increasing size, scientists have developed a nanolens for focusing light.
18 December 2015
A new anti-reflection coating made up of metal nanopillars lets light through without hampering the flow of electricity in optoelectronic devices.
18 December 2015
Scientists have have produced highly durable and active platinum-iron nanoparticles with a carbon shell for use as fuel cell catalysts.
17 December 2015
Metal powders could provide a more viable long-term replacement for fossil fuels than hydrogen, biofuels or batteries.
17 December 2015
A new germanium nanofilm not only shimmers like an opal but is hard as a crystal, exceptionally thin and highly porous.
16 December 2015
16 December 2015Baptiste Gault
A newly-developed polymer can minimize energy loss when converting sunlight to electricity in a solar cell.
10 December 2015
Nanoscale octopods made of gold and palladium can do double duty as catalysts and plasmonic sensors.
8 December 2015
Scientists have discovered that doping tin selenide with sodium boosts its performance as a thermoelectric material.
7 December 2015
Scientists have produced a new kind of gold foam that is lighter than water and almost as light as air.
7 December 2015
Scientists have developed novel catalysts made from self-assembled porous silica material containing finely-positioned metal nanoparticles.
3 December 2015
Scientists have used scanning transmission electron microscopy to track atomic reconfigurations in individual platinum-cobalt nanoparticle catalysts.
2 December 2015
A novel ‘water-in-salt’ aqueous lithium-ion battery is able to produce double the voltage of other aqueous batteries.
2 December 2015