Nanoscale patterns in metals known as nanotwins can stabilize defects associated with repetitive strain and limit the build-up of fatigue-related damage.
21 November 2017
Researchers have developed a new technique for creating novel nanoporous materials with unique optical, magnetic, electronic and catalytic properties.
21 November 2017
A simple method for manufacturing extremely low-density palladium nanofoams could help advance hydrogen storage technologies.
20 November 2017
Cathodes for lithium-ion batteries that contain point defects allow more efficient exchange of lithium ions between the cathode and electrolyte.
17 November 2017
Scientists have used cryo-electron microscopy to capture the first atomic-level images of the crystalline dendrites that can grow in batteries.
16 November 2017
Scientists have discovered that, contrary to expectations, a material's crystal grains can sometimes slide along a coherent twin boundary.
16 November 2017
Researchers have created a honeycomb material capable of frustrating the magnetic properties within it to produce a ‘quantum spin liquid’.
15 November 2017
Treating a perovoskite catalyst with heat or chemicals causes different atoms to segregate on the surface and catalyse different reactions.
13 November 2017
For the first time, researchers have developed a way to create atomically thin metal oxide layers that don't exist naturally.
13 November 2017
Scientists have determined what kind of carbon nanotubes produce the best fibers and developed a novel method for purifying them.
10 November 2017
Lateral heterojunctions between 2D semiconducting monolayers produce more efficient solar cells than vertical stacks.
9 November 2017
A new microscopy method can measure the behavior and properties of electrons flowing across the surface of topological insulators.
8 November 2017
Novel nanocomposite harnesses water flow and sunlight to break up organic pollutants.
8 November 2017Cordelia Sealy
Doping 2D materials with other elements can not only alter their mechanical and electrical properties, but can also make them magnetic.
7 November 2017
Researchers have found a way to reversibly change the atomic structure of a two-dimensional material by injecting electrons.
7 November 2017
A self-formed, flexible, hybrid solid-electrolyte interphase layer solves many of the problems that currently bedevil lithium-sulfur batteries.
2 November 2017
3D nanoelectronic system made up of stacked layers of carbon nanotube transistors and random-access memory cells could improve computational devices.
1 November 2017Cordelia Sealy