Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

University of Göttingen awarded new Collaborative Research Centre

DFG funds 'Mathematics of Experiment' with approximately 9 million eurosCredit: CRC 1456 The German Research Foundation (DFG) will be funding ...

New energy conversion layer for biosolar cells

Credit: Felipe Conzuelo A research team from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), together with colleagues from Lisbon, has produced a semi-artificial ...

Excellent research on actinide bonds and on energy-efficient communication technology

Tonya Vitova and Laurent Schmalen, KIT, are awarded ERC Consolidator Grants for their projectsCredit: Markus Breig, KIT Private For their ...

Speeding toward improved hydrogen fuel production

A new nanomaterial helps obtain hydrogen from a liquid energy carrier, in a key step toward a stable and clean ...

Scientists develop an efficient way to produce low-cost heatsinks

Credit: Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS NUST MISIS scientists found a way to reduce the cost of industrial and electronics heatsinks production ...

New catalytic approach to accessing key intermediate carbocation

IBS chemists have developed a novel multifaceted catalyst to access carbocation intermediates and convert them into useful ring-shaped molecules for ...

Goldilocks and the three quantum dots: Just right for peak solar panel performance

A new algorithm will calculate the ideal size and density of quantum dots for use as light sensitizers in solar ...

Performance breakthrough by topological-insulator into a waveguide-resonator system

Credit: @Science China Press Waveguides and resonators are core components in electronics, photonics, and phononics, both in existing and future ...

Regulating off-centering distortion maximizes photoluminescence in halide perovskites

Credit: Xujie Lü In work published in the National Science Review (nwaa288), a team at HPSTAR led by Dr. Xujie ...

Seeking answers in ferroelectric patterning

Understanding the changing patterns in ferroelectric filmsCredit: FLEET Why do some ferroelectric materials display bubble-shaped patterning, while others display complex, ...

Researchers invent method to ‘sketch’ quantum devices with focused electrons

Technique is 10,000 faster than previous methods, and can create active nanostructured gates directly below two-dimensional materials such as grapheneCredit: ...

New class of cobalt-free cathodes could enhance energy density of next-gen lithium-ion batteries

Credit: Andy Sproles/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed a new family of cathodes with ...

Ultra-fast gas flows through tiniest holes in 2D membranes

Researchers from the National Graphene Institute at the University of Manchester and the University of Pennsylvania identify ultra-fast gas flows ...

New topological properties found in “old” material of Cobalt disulfide

For one thing, it's not a true half-metalCredit: Princeton Department of Chemistry, Schoop Lab Leading a collaboration of institutions in ...

Shifting gears toward chemical machines

Pitt engineers build chemically driven wheels that "morph" into gears to perform mechanical workCredit: A. Laskar PITTSBURGH (December 18, 2020) ...

New discovery brings analogue spintronic devices closer

Credit: S. Omar, University of Groningen The observation of nonlinearity in electron spin-related processes in graphene makes it easier to ...

Power boost thanks to gold lamellae

Research team develops new material system to convert and generate terahertz wavesCredit: HZDR/Werkstatt X On the electromagnetic spectrum, terahertz light ...

Artificial Intelligence that can run a simulation faithful to physical laws

Replicating energy conservation and dissipation using digital analysisCredit: Takashi Matsubara A research group led by Associate Professor YAGUCHI Takaharu (Graduate ...

Scientists take a step towards expanding the use of magnetic fluids in medicine