8 July 2020Christopher A. Schuh
Smart medicines could generate drugs and imaging agents when they come into contact with diseased tissues
6 July 2020
Embedding metallic nanoparticles inside ceramics could be key to exploiting their commercial potential in many applications
6 July 2020
A light-powered metal catalyst, comprising tiny spheres of aluminum dotted with specks of palladium, can break the strong chemical bonds in fluorocarbons.
3 July 2020
Materials called metal-organic frameworks can be spun into fibres to filter particulate pollutants from air
2 July 2020
Researchers have developed smart adaptive clothing by showing that graphene can control thermal radiation from textile surfaces.
1 July 2020
Researchers have developed a new abrasion-based method for producing heterostructure devices based on 2D materials such as graphene.
1 July 2020
26 June 2020The Materials Today family Editors and Publishers
New structural supercapacitor electrode produced from nanofiber materials
23 June 2020Laurie Donaldson
Polymer coating could help biomedical devices and crop sprays
22 June 2020Laurie Donaldson
Natural multifunctional green composite coating improves on conventional coatings
22 June 2020Laurie Donaldson
Researchers have found a new way to control harmful fungi, by developing polymer coatings that resist the attachment of these fungi.
17 June 2020
A novel metasurface can operate as many birefringent materials in parallel, allowing more compact manipulation of light polarization.
16 June 2020
Inspired by the Japanese art of paper cutting, engineers have designed a friction-boosting material that could be used to coat the bottom of shoes.
12 June 2020
Applying a magnetic field to small particles of nickel suspended at the surface of water causes them to assemble into a novel active material.
11 June 2020
A felt of nickel microfibers has the optimum combination of surface area and bubble release for producing hydrogen via electrolysis.
9 June 2020
Scientists have uncovered evidence that the 2D material tungsten ditelluride conducts electricity in very narrow channels at its outer edges.
8 June 2020