Advances in polymerization have enabled their use in cosmetics, drugs, biomedical devices, paints, coatings, adhesives, and microelectronics
26 April 2017Cordelia Sealy
Scientists have produced the first fully-functional microprocessor logic devices built from few-atom-thick layered materials.
26 April 2017
New research suggests that transition metal dichalcogenides could realize topological superconductivity and provide a platform for quantum computing.
25 April 2017
Scientists have fabricated printed transistors consisting entirely of the layered materials graphene, tungsten diselenide and boron nitride.
21 April 2017
Gray tin exhibits a novel electronic phase when its crystal structure is strained, making it one of the few examples of a topological Dirac semi-metal.
21 April 2017
Using polymer strands that contain a liquid metal alloy, scientists have developed elastic, touch-sensitive fibers.
18 April 2017
A new method can select semiconducting carbon nanotubes from a solution and make them self-assemble on a circuit of gold electrodes.
18 April 2017
Scientists have found a way to make graphene with fewer wrinkles, and to iron out those wrinkles that do still appear.
17 April 2017
‘Fuzzy fibers’ of silicon carbide that act like Velcro can strengthen the composites used in advanced rocket engines.
13 April 2017
Gold nanoparticles have helped to reveal how to improve the light-harvesting abilities of a silver nanocatalytic material.
12 April 2017
A novel carbon nanotube-based electrocatalyst uses just one hundredth of the amount of platinum generally used in electrocatalysts.
11 April 2017
A new form of gallium(II) selenide with a boat-like conformation has a semiconducting band gap that could make it useful in electronic devices.
10 April 2017
The thinnest, smoothest layer of silver ever made could find use in touchscreens, optical computing and metamaterial superlenses.
10 April 2017
When heated to about 450°C, two-dimensional molybdenum ditelluride 'stripes' unexpectedly turn into one-dimensional 'stars'.
5 April 2017
Scientists have shown that films of carbon nanotubes can improve the long term stability of perovskite solar cells.
5 April 2017
Cutting edge research at the interface between physics and materials science.
4 April 2017
Wide-reaching analysis finds more women in research but physical sciences are lagging behind.
3 April 2017Cordelia Sealy