Scientists have developed a novel material that possesses both spontaneous magnetization and electric polarization.
27 August 2015
A novel form of graphene with embedded metallic nanoparticles makes a useful fuel cell catalyst.
26 August 2015
A new fabrication method allows unstable 2D materials to be isolated as single atomic layers for the first time.
26 August 2015
Researchers from across the country have begun to design the framework on which to build the emerging field of nanoinformatics.
25 August 2015
Researchers observed that hydrogen sulfide becomes superconductive at minus 70 degree Celsius.
25 August 2015
A team of judges have completed the evaluation of nominees for the 2014 Acta Student Awards.
25 August 2015Subhash Mahajan
Tuning band gap in black phosphorus for better semiconductors.
24 August 2015Laurie Donaldson
A new method of gene sequencing.
24 August 2015
21 August 2015Jelena Petrovic
21 August 2015Emmanuelle Marquis
Electronic devices that use DNA to harvest energy from motion.
21 August 2015Laurie Donaldson
Transition metal sandwiches with a carbide filling.
21 August 2015David Bradley
Researchers have developed a model system for so-called soft colloids.
20 August 2015
Announcing the winner of the 2015 IUPAP Magnetism Award and Néel Medal: Prof. Chia-Ling Chien.
20 August 2015
Winner of the 2014 Frans Habraken Best Paper Award Announced: Congratulations to Cedric Barroo!
20 August 2015
Scientists have used a unique nano-optical probe to study the effects of illumination on two-dimensional semiconductors at the molecular level.
20 August 2015
Applied Materials Today is now live on ScienceDirect.
19 August 2015
Flexible hybrid electronics emerging from military research.
19 August 2015David Bradley
The next step is to achieve running white lasers on a battery which would bring this invention closer to application in real-life technologies.
19 August 2015Aya Kawanishi
Dutch chemists have developed a novel kind of polymer than can report when it changes shape.
18 August 2015
Scientists have discovered a way to grow graphene nanoribbons directly on a conventional germanium semiconductor wafer.
17 August 2015
Using high-pressure conditions, scientists have induced colossal magnetoresistance in a pure sample of lanthanum manganite.
17 August 2015
The softness of a new dry silicone rubber can be tailored to match a variety of biological tissues.
14 August 2015
Scientists have developed a new energy-efficient catalyst for converting carbon dioxide directly into the liquid fuel methanol.
14 August 2015
The study and development of atomically thin coatings will be the focus of a new, one-of-a-kind university/industry center.
14 August 2015
Scientists have developed a new hydrogel that stretches and contracts in response to changing temperature.
14 August 2015
A lawn-like coating of tiny grass-like platinum wires could improve electronic devices used to communicate with the brain.
13 August 2015Cordelia Sealy
Magnetic nanoparticles encased in oily liquid shells spontaneously form chains on exposure to a magnetic field.
13 August 2015
12 August 2015Zara Preston
Special Issue Publication on bio-based polymers, available to freely download now.
12 August 2015Rumen Duhlev
An iron-telluride material can develop superconductivity with no long-range electronic or magnetic order when ‘doped’ with sulfur.
12 August 2015
An unusual amorphous metal alloy known as a bulk metallic glass could increase the longevity of stents, which are used to to open up blocked arteries.
12 August 2015Cordelia Sealy
Nanoparticles with a solid shell and a ‘yolk’ inside that can change size make a good anode for rechargeable batteries.
11 August 2015
Developing a tunable terahertz generation using hybrid semiconductors
11 August 2015David Bradley
Scientists have demonstrated for the first time how to generate magnetism in metals that aren’t naturally magnetic.
7 August 2015
Scientists have developed an entirely new material spun out of boron, nitrogen, carbon and oxygen.
7 August 2015
New technology developed by UC Berkeley bioengineers promises to make a workhorse lab tool cheaper, more portable and many times faster
6 August 2015
Researchers have found that catalysis and wetting, two processes, which had been considered unrelated, are in fact closely linked
6 August 2015
Scientists one step closer to understanding how certain materials display high oxygen mobility at room-temperature.
6 August 2015Laurie Winkless
A research team has found that catalysis and wetting, which had been considered unrelated, are in fact closely linked.
6 August 2015
Researchers have developed a new capacitor dielectric material that provides an electrical energy storage capacity rivaling certain batteries.
5 August 2015
Researchers, have shown how nature uses a variety of pathways to grow crystals that go beyond the classical, one-atom-at-a-time route.
4 August 2015
Flexible electronic devices that can be injected into cavities or living tissue through a needle and interpenetrate the space have been developed.
4 August 2015Cordelia Sealy
A novel combination of graphene wrapped around nanodiamond particles can reduce friction to near zero.
4 August 2015Cordelia Sealy
Researchers have confirmed that Li ions prefer to aggregate at and move along defects like twin boundaries in battery electrode materials.
4 August 2015Cordelia Sealy
Researchers at ETH Zurich have now developed a modulator that is a hundred times smaller than conventional models.
4 August 2015
Patterning metallic biomedical dental and hip implants with tiny grooves could improve biocompatibility with the body and reduce adverse reactions.
4 August 2015Cordelia Sealy
Researchers from Brown University have identified a material with a higher melting point than any known substance
3 August 2015
Research team has made electrically conducting fibers that can be reversibly stretched to over 14 times their initial length.
3 August 2015
Inspired by birds’ bright plumage, researchers have designed thin films of synthetic nanoparticles that mimic these colorful displays.
3 August 2015Cordelia Sealy
Researchers have engineered the surface of nanosized polymeric drug carriers to bind onto cancer cells and slip past the blood-brain barrier.
3 August 2015Cordelia Sealy
Engineers and physicists have discovered a property of silicon that combines aspects of all of these desirable qualities.
3 August 2015
Researchers have observed the growth of free nanoparticles in helium gas.
3 August 2015