Metals and alloys news, July 2022

Supercomputer uncovers new high-entropy alloys

Researchers have used supercomputer simulations to discover new high-entropy alloys and determine their properties.

Researchers see way to manufacture semi-transparent solar cells

Researchers have developed a method for the large-scale manufacture of highly efficient and semi-transparent solar cells.

Materials Today Innovation Award 2022

Light gets squeezed by 2D materials

Researchers have demonstrated a new platform for guiding compressed light waves in very thin van der Waals crystals.

Graphene gives boost to iron-based fuel cell catalysts

By combining iron with carbon and nitrogen, researchers have produced a new fuel cell catalyst that is efficient, durable and inexpensive.

Nanowires and nanoparticles light up syngas production

A light-powered catalyst made from gallium nitride nanowires covered in nanoparticles can transform carbon dioxide into synthesis gas.

Electrons swirl like water in 2D material

For the first time, researchers have observed electrons flowing as vortices, or whirlpools, in a two-dimensional material.

Magnetic nanoparticles put a smile on your face

Researchers have shown that magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles can be used to clean teeth, acting as as a toothbrush, rinse and dental floss.

New study finds transition to better thermoelectric materials

Researchers have discovered the importance of a quantum phase transition known as the Anderson transition to thermoelectric materials.

Spins in neodymium ‘freeze’ at higher temperatures

In a counterintuitive discovery, researchers have found that the magnetic spins in neodymium ‘freeze’ into a static pattern when the temperature rises.

Tracking elements in a high-entropy alloy

Using X-ray absorption spectroscopy and computer simulations, researchers have studied the local structure of a model high-entropy alloy.