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A novel metal-organic framework film with the smallest possible thickness can perform record levels of hydrogen-nitrogen separation.

22 September 2023

Researchers have found a way to grow high-quality indium selenide, a 2D semiconductor, on an industrial-scale silicon wafer.

22 September 2023

By dispersing single atoms of platinum on a sheet of molybdenum sulphide, researchers have developed an inexpensive catalyst for splitting water.

21 September 2023

Usint tiny ‘electrofoils’ and a novel microscopy technique, researchers have imaged streamlines of electric current in a quantum material.

21 September 2023

Researchers used mechanochemistry to characterize how a polymer chain in solution responds to a sudden acceleration of the solvent flow around it.

20 September 2023

Researchers have shown that an alloy of nickel and gold displays particularly promising thermoelectric properties.

19 September 2023

‘Engineered living material’ that decontaminates pollutants from water

19 September 2023Laurie Donaldson

Researchers have shown that conerting waste plastics into graphene by rapid flash Joule heating also results in the production of hydrogen.

18 September 2023

Researchers have discovered that the ferroelectric behavior of hafnia is coupled to its surface and can be tuned by changing the surrounding atmosphere,

18 September 2023

actuators based on composite fibers comprising aligned reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanosheets and PEDOT: PSS surpass biological muscles

15 September 2023Cordelia Sealy

New material makes data encryption safer

15 September 2023Laurie Donaldson

Researchers have developed a cheap, sustainable, high-strength adhesive by simply mixing together three abundant natural materials.

14 September 2023

By mining data from X-ray images, researchers have made significant new discoveries about the reactivity of lithium iron phosphate electrodes.

14 September 2023

Environmentally-friendly fire retardants might be closer (to the toilet) than you think.

13 September 2023Laurie Winkless

Researchers have uncovered evidence that a material that is a prime candidate to be a quantum spin liquid represents a new phase of disordered matter.

12 September 2023

A hybrid catalyst comprising a layer of zinc on copper can efficiently convert carbon dioxide and waste nitrogen into the fertilizer urea.

12 September 2023

Study shows that polylactic acid films are altered by glucose and ketone bodies

11 September 2023Laurie Winkless

Rechargeable battery with improved operating voltage and energy density

11 September 2023Laurie Donaldson

Researchers have developed a molecularly engineered hydrogel that can create clean water from air using just the energy in sunlight.

8 September 2023

A novel composite, textile-based material uses heat to kill viruses on its outer surface while staying cool on the reverse side near the user’s skin.

8 September 2023

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