Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Thr work is the culmination of a US Department of Energy project that began in 2014Credit: Photo courtesy of Matthew ...

Running on empty: New affordable catalyst relies on nitrogen vacancies to produce ammonia

Credit: Tokyo Tech Ammonia (NH3) is one of the most commonly produced chemicals worldwide, because of its use as an ...

FSU news: Scientists discover heavy element chemistry can change at high pressures

Credit: Courtesy of Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt / Nature TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- New research shows that one of the heaviest known elements ...

Shaking light with sound

Credit: Jijun He, Junqiu Liu (EPFL) Piezoelectric materials can convert electrical voltage to mechanical displacement and vice versa. They are ...

FSU researchers find sun, rain transform asphalt binder into potentially toxic compounds

Credit: Credit: Sydney Niles TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A dramatic oil spill, such as the Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf ...

The smallest micro-gripper, grown on optical fibers, is operated remotely with light

Credit: Source: UW Physics Researchers at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, used the liquid crystal elastomer technology to ...

Transparent inorganic multicolour displays enabled by zinc-based electrochromic devices

Credit: by Wu Zhang, Haizeng Li, William W. Yu, Abdulhakem Y. Elezzabi Multicolour electrochromic displays are one of the most ...

Higher-order topology found in 2D crystal

Credit: Gil-Ho Lee (POSTECH) Over the last decade, the field of condensed matter physics has experienced a golden age with ...

KIST develops “dielectrophoretic tweezer” technology for toxic nanoparticles

Technology developments for 'nanogap electrodes' to purify various ultra-fine floating particles in the air and water. Single particle? Scalable massive ...

New lithium battery charges faster, reduces risk of device explosions

Researchers at Texas A&M University have invented a technology that can prevent lithium batteries from heating and failingCredit: Juran Noh/Texas ...

Dancing chemicals: Innovative catalytic reaction for low-cost synthesis of aromatic esters

Scientists discover a novel "ester dance reaction" that can pave the way for various developments in organic chemistryCredit: Junichiro Yamaguchi ...

A new path for electron optics in solid-state systems

A novel mechanism for electron optics in two-dimensional solid-state systems opens up a route to engineering quantum-optical phenomena in a ...

Tale of the tape: Sticky bits make better batteries

Rice University scientists stick to their laser guns to improve lithium metal technologyCredit: Tour Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (July 14, ...

Next-gen micro-CT scan can lower radiation, offer better pictures

Research could 'transform the landscape' of micro-CT imagingCredit: University of Houston With a five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National ...

Hammer-on technique for atomic vibrations in a crystal

Credit: MBI Vibrations of atoms in a crystal of the semiconductor gallium arsenide (GaAs) are impulsively shifted to a higher ...

Particulate plutonium released from the Fukushima Daiichi meltdowns

New research strongly suggests that the nano-scale heterogeneity that is common in normal nuclear fuels is still present in the ...

Nanoelectronics learn the same way as the human brain

Researchers at TU Dresden and HZDR develop the first neurotransistorCredit: TU Dresden / E. Baek Especially activities in the field ...

Australian collaboration to deliver world-leading gyroscope technology

Coming soon: the world's most precise, compact and cost-effective gyroscopeCredit: RMIT University Australian researchers and industry partners will collaborate to ...

POSTECH solves the durability issue of hydrogen cars

Credit: Yong-Tae Kim (POSTECH) When a bicycle gets wet in the rain, the frame and chain become corroded or rusty ...

Review of progress towards advanced Lithium-sulfur batteries