Researchers have created tiny electronic ‘graphene tweezers’ that can grab biomolecules and nanoparticles floating in water with incredible efficiency.
27 December 2017
Scientists have discovered the fastest magnesium-ion solid-state conductor, which could find use as a solid electrolyte in magnesium-ion batteries.
22 December 2017
For the first time, scientists have observed ion migration within hybrid perovskite crystals and related that to declines in its light-absorbing ability.
21 December 2017
A novel method for synthesizing nanoparticles of europium(II) oxide is allowing scientists to study the properties of this ferromagnetic semiconductor.
21 December 2017
Scientists have disentangled the intriguing dynamics of how electron stripes melt and form on quantum materials.
20 December 2017
A novel. high-quality magnetoelectric material is allowing scientists to study cross-coupling between electric and magnetic properties.
19 December 2017
Researchers have succeeded in growing semiconducting graphene nanoribbons with a regular armchair edge and incorporating them into nanotransistors.
19 December 2017
A prototype of a sodium battery with a solid electrolyte is safer and can store more energy than a lithium-ion battery.
15 December 2017
A new, cost-effective catalyst made from nickel, tine and ceria can convert carbon dioxide and methane directly into synthesis gas.
14 December 2017
Physicists have tested which films containing different combinations of magnetic nanostructures can generate spin currents most effectively from heat.
13 December 2017
A novel epitaxy method that incorporates van der Waals’ forces is able to grow thin films of the semiconductor germanium on mica.
11 December 2017
A novel material synthesis method uses a stream of protons to shoot ions from a source material into a host material.
11 December 2017
Pre-treatment process controls the chirality of SWNTs by tuning the degree of oxidation of the Co catalyst during growth.
6 December 2017Cordelia Sealy
Simple solution could radically broaden the range of metal alloys that can be produced by additive manufacturing.
5 December 2017Cordelia Sealy
For the first time, researchers have discovered the existence of a disordered electron spin state, known as a frustrated magnetic state, in a metal.
5 December 2017
An updated version of infrared imaging has proved ideal for studying and and optimizing metal-organic frameworks.
1 December 2017