Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Fabrication could help unlock new quantum computing and energy technologiesCredit: Xiaoqing Pan / UCI Irvine, Calif., June 6, 2019 - ...

Manipulating electron spin using artificial molecular motors

Credit: NINS/IMS In spintronics, the use of organic materials as a "spin transport material" has recently garnered significant attention as ...

One-two-punch catalysts trapping CO2 for cleaner fuels

Credit: ©DGIST Copper and platinum nanoparticles added to the surface of a blue titania photocatalyst significantly improve its ability to ...

Modelling reveals new insight into the electrical conductivity of ionic liquids

A collaborative investigation has revealed new insight into how room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) conduct electricity, which may have a ...

Researchers uncover a new obstacle to effective accelerator beams

Credit: Gailing Yue High-energy ion beams -- laser-like beams of atomic particles fired through accelerators -- have applications that range ...

Understanding the (ultra-small) structure of silicon nanocrystals

University of Alberta chemists discover new information about structure of silicon nanocrystalsCredit: Haoyang (Emmett) Yu New research provides insight into ...

Thwarting oil-pipeline corrosion by identifying a nanoscale villain

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Steel pipes rust and eventually fail. To preempt disasters, oil companies and others have created computer models ...

Pistons are muscling up

300-year-old piston design reinvented with soft flexible materials can produce greater forces with higher energy efficiencies, and has potential for ...

Discovery sheds light on synthesis, processing of high-performance solar cells

Halide perovskite solar cells hold promise as the next generation of solar cell technologies, but while researchers have developed techniques ...

A polar-bear-inspired material for heat insulation

Credit: Hui-Juan Zhan For polar bears, the insulation provided by their fat, skin, and fur is a matter of survival ...

Creating new molecular sieves

Researchers make organic frameworks that could sift antibiotic residue out of waterCredit: Illustration by Joy Smoker An international team of ...

Could you fail a drug test by taking CBD? (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 6, 2019 -- Cannabidiol, or CBD, is a non-psychoactive compound produced by the ...

Toward a low-cost industrialization of lithium-ion capacitors

Combining two additives instead of one to facilitate the incorporation of lithium within capacitors: that is the solution proposed by ...

Organic electronics: a new semiconductor in the carbon-nitride family

Credit: C. Merschjann/HZB Some organic materials might be able to be utilised similarly to silicon semiconductors in optoelectronics. Whether in ...

Radon inferior to radium for electric dipole moments (EDM) searches

Credit: University of Liverpool An international research team led by the University of Liverpool has made a discovery that will ...

Researchers develop fast, efficient way to build amino acid chains

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists often build new protein molecules by stringing groups of amino ...

Jam-packed: A novel microscopic approach to amorphous solids

Tokyo, Japan - A team led by The University of Tokyo developed a new method for understanding the structure organization ...

Dynamics of key viral attack strategy visible for first time

Visualizing and quantifying frameshifting mechanisms in living cellsCredit: Keith Rein/Salt & Paper House Many infectious viruses, from HIV to West ...

Manipulating nanoscale light in nanocavity of scanning tunneling microscope junctions

Step forward toward achieving nanoscale imaging and spectroscopy with tailored 'nanolight'(a) SEM images of a gold FIB-tip. A single groove ...

New synthesis of complex organic molecules revealed