Metals and alloys news, May 2020

Liquid metal structures that regains their shape on heating

New class of materials based on liquid metal lattices

Acta Journals’ Outstanding Reviewers in 2019

New technique lets polymer membranes dip into surface treatment

Researchers have found that dipping polymeric membranes in tannic acid allows their surface to be coated by atomic layer deposition.

New method mixes things up for bimetallic nanoparticles

A novel method for mixing metals generally known to be immiscible at the nanoscale can create a new range of bimetallic nanoparticles.

Hydrogen to blame for non-superconducting nickelates

Scientists have discovered that the incorporation of hydrogen into nickelates during their synthesis stops them from superconducting.

Applied Energy - Special Issue on "COVID-19 impacts on Energy and Environment"

Call for Applications: The 2020 Microelectronic Engineering and Micro and Nano Engineering Journals (Elsevier), Young Investigator Award and Lectureship

The award is to honor a young researcher active in the fields of Nanofabrication and Nanotechnology for Electronics, MEMS and Life Sciences.

New electrolyte forms protective ceramic layer over battery anode

A novel electrolyte that forms a protective layer over the silicon nanoparticles that make up a battery anode gives the silicon room to swell.