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29 September 2016Laurie Winkless
Researchers have managed to create a new room-temperature multiferroic by combining two non-multiferroic materials.
29 September 2016
Using cellulose and polymers, scientists have developed a new strategy for crafting nanorods from a wide range of precursor materials.
20 September 2016
Researchers have created the world’s largest database of elemental crystal surfaces and shapes to date, dubbed Crystalium.
19 September 2016
Scientists have discovered an inorganic semiconductor with a double helix structure that makes it highly flexible.
16 September 2016
Scientists have developed a method for allowing materials to self-heal cracks at temperatures well below freezing.
16 September 2016
For the first time, scientists have used a scanning transmission electron microscope to directly write tiny patterns in metallic ‘ink’.
15 September 2016
Scientists have developed a novel etching process that can allow metals such as aluminum, titanium or zinc to bond with nearly any other material.
14 September 2016
Scientists have discovered that a critical length scale marks the transition between a zero-dimensional quantum dot and a one-dimensional nanowire.
7 September 2016
Samarium nickelate can be electrically tuned between a transparent and an opaque state over an unprecedentedly broad spectrum range.
6 September 2016
Using electron microscopy, scientists have uncovered the first atomic scale evidence for strain-induced ferroelectricity in a layered oxide.
6 September 2016
Scientists have discovered that electron anions can reduce the temperature at which mayenite changes from a crystal to a glass.
2 September 2016
By sandwiching gallium and nitrogen atoms between layers of graphene and silicon carbide, scientists have produced 2D gallium nitride.
2 September 2016