Surface science news, December 2016

Healthy aging of materials

A new perspective article reviews the state-of-the-art of autonomous polymers and lays out future directions for the field.

29 December 2016

Silver nanocubes produce full-color images

Using plasmonic silver nanocubes, researchers have developed a novel technique for printing and imaging across a range of colors.

29 December 2016

Catalytic particles more effective with Swiss-cheese structure

Bimetallic particles of nickel and cobalt form an extremely porous ‘Swiss cheese’-like structure on oxidation, increasing their catalytic activity.

16 December 2016

First articles from Materials Today Energy published

New additions to the Materials Today family.

14 December 2016Chun-Sing Lee

Materials Today Chemistry now online

First articles, available now.

13 December 2016Stewart Bland

New catalytic finding takes edge off molybdenum sulfide

Researchers have found that the entire surface of molybdenum sulfide can be used as a hydrogen evolution catalyst, not just the edges.

13 December 2016

Polaritons focus electromagnetic energy in 2D materials

Exciting the polaritons in 2D materials can cause electromagnetic energy to be focused down to a tiny volume.

9 December 2016

Graphene-covered bumps produce diamond material for heat transfer

Patterned diamond surfaces covered with a layer of graphene can efficiently transport phonons from a semiconductor to a diamond heat sink.

9 December 2016

Polymer layer boosts perovskite solar cells

introducing an additional polymer layer into ‘inverted’ perovskite solar cells can boost performance

8 December 2016Cordelia Sealy

The countdown to the 2017 Reaxys PhD Prize has begun

Do you qualify for the 2017 Reaxys PhD Prize?

8 December 2016

Nanoparticles give organic dyes a clean break

Nanoparticles can break down hazardous organic dyes into harmless molecules.

7 December 2016Cordelia Sealy

Quality more important than quantity for graphene friction

Using powerful computer simulations, researchers have determined why the friction varies when an object slides across graphene.

6 December 2016

2017 Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal Award

Professor Allan S. Hoffman wins 2017 Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal.

5 December 2016

New technique can spray-paint organic semiconductors

A low-cost, scalable spray-printing process can fabricate high-quality, isolated organic single crystals on almost any substrate.

1 December 2016

Scientists create flexible conductive film at supersonic speed

By propelling silver nanowires at supersonic speed, scientists have produced an ultrathin film that is both transparent and highly conductive.