Using a novel X-ray scattering technique, researchers have uncovered previously unknown defects in tiny electronic devices called quantum dots.
29 May 2018
A glass-polymer composite known as glassomer can be milled, laser-machined or processed in CNC machines just like a conventional polymer.
29 May 2018
Scientists have discovered that crystals of the semiconductor zinc sulfide are brittle when exposed to light but flexible when kept in the dark.
25 May 2018
A six-atom thick bilayer of tungsten diselenide exhibited a 100-fold increase in photoluminescence when subjected to strain.
21 May 2018
Scientists have extracted a novel 2D material, termed hematene, from a common iron ore, which could prove of use in solar cells and spintronic devices.
15 May 2018
Ceramic transition metal nanoparticle complexes coated with amino acids combine optical properties and chiral asymmetry.
14 May 2018Cordelia Sealy
Giant photo-effect in graphene decorated with Pt nanoparticles boosts proton transport and hydrogen generation.
14 May 2018Cordelia Sealy
The Acta Journals are delighted to announce the recipients of the 2018 Outstanding Reviewer awards for excellence in reviewing in 2017.
11 May 2018
New sensing strategy enables biological targets to be tracked and imaged in vitro and in vivo with high spatial and temporal accuracy.
11 May 2018Cordelia Sealy
By photodoping silicon cylinders, researchers have built the first metal-free, dynamically tunable metamaterial for controlling electromagnetic waves.
8 May 2018
Using various analytical techniques, researchers have established how hydrogen bonding plays a key role in the performance of perovskite solar cells.
1 May 2018
Salt aids the creation of 2D materials by lowering the energetic barrier that otherwise prevents the component molecules from reacting with each other.
1 May 2018