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Surface science news, October 2020

Researchers have grown twisting spirals by depositing sheets of 2D material on a substrate that was curved slightly by slipping a nanoparticle underneath.

30 October 2020

Researchers have developed an electrochemically assisted membrane whose permeability to gases such as carbon dioxide can be switched on and off at will.

27 October 2020

23 October 2020

Thermochemical energy storage for renewable energy

23 October 2020Laurie Donaldson

New solar cell design improves their ability to absorb light

22 October 2020Laurie Donaldson

By adding a zeolite and tweaking the design, researchers have boosted the output of a system that can extract drinkable water directly from the air.

21 October 2020

Bacterial biofilms can mechanically disrupt tissue means they could damage their host without using toxins

21 October 2020Laurie Donaldson

A new type of topological insulator can efficiently propagate an exotic form of quasiparticle known as an exciton-polariton at warmer temperatures.

20 October 2020

19 October 2020

19 October 2020

A novel deposition method that utilizes liquid gallium is able to produce very large-scale 2D molybdenum disulphide without any grain boundaries.

16 October 2020

15 October 2020

By utilizing a soap-like film, researchers have managed to print organic semiconductor films on a special surface that is highly solution-repellent.

14 October 2020

Multilayered solar panels with pristine interfaces have the potential to be 1.5 times more efficient than traditional silicon panels.

13 October 2020

7 October 2020

7 October 2020

7 October 2020

7 October 2020

7 October 2020

7 October 2020

The natural world is proving a useful resource for building biocompatible and environmentally friendly bio-based devices

7 October 2020

The movement of oxygen in a perovskite material covered in iron nanoparticles can switch it between highly catalytic and less catalytic states.

1 October 2020

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