Tag: Materials

June 11, 2020

'Twisted' layers of 2D materials produce photonic topological transition at 'magic' rotation anglesCredit: FLEET Monash researchers are part of an ...

Simple explanation suffices for conduction in nickelates

June 11, 2020

Credit: Beatriz Noheda, University of Groningen Some metal oxides, such as nickelates, have a tuneable resistivity, which makes them an ...

Three research groups, two kinds of electronic properties, one material

Credit: © MPI CPfS This it is the story of a unique material - made of a single compound, it ...

Self-healing bone cement

Material scientists at the University of Jena (Germany) have developed a bone replacementCredit: Anne Guenther Our body is able to ...

Surprisingly strong and deformable silicon

Credit: Illustration: ETH Zurich Since the invention of the MOSFET transistor sixty year ago, the chemical element silicon on which ...

Flexible and recyclable optoelectronics move a step closer

Cheaper electrodes could enable the creation of low-cost solar cells, touchscreens and affordable high-tech windowsCredit: Dr. Tengfei Qiu Australian researchers ...

First confirmation of new theory by metamaterial

Credit: Chair of Theoretical Physics I / University of Wuerzburg Topological metamaterials are applied as a novel platform to explore ...

Russian engineers invented the first unmanned solar wing-in-ground-effect vehicle

The wing-in-ground-effect vehicle supported by the AI systemCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Young engineers from Peter the Great ...

Liquid metals break down organic fuels into ultra-thin graphitic sheets

First synthesis of ultra-thin graphitic materials at room temperature using organic fuelsCredit: UNSW, Sydney For the first time, FLEET researchers ...

Lab makes 4D printing more practical

Rice advances manufacture of complex shapeshifters for soft robots, biomedical implantsCredit: Verduzco Laboratory/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 9, 2020) - ...

Renewable fuel from carbon dioxide with the aid of solar energy

Credit: Thor Balkhed/Linköping University Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, are attempting to convert carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, to fuel ...

Study proves that magma chambers can be totally molten

The study challenges a recently-emerged paradigm that magma chambers are huge masses of crystals with just a very small amount ...

An alternative route for studying the intrinsic properties of solid-state materials

Credit: MPI CPfS The physical and chemical properties of intermetallic compounds are governed by the real structure of synthesized materials ...

Spontaneous formation of nanoscale hollow structures could boost battery storage