Tag: Materials

Published work paves the way for further research into the potential of graphene TROY, N.Y. -- By studying how electrons ...

Bridge over coupled waters: Scientists 3D-print all-liquid ‘lab on a chip’

Berkeley Lab researchers set the stage for new class of 3D-printed, all-liquid devices; could automate chemical synthesis for batteries and ...

NASA announces funding for RIT professor to develop novel diffractive solar sails

Grover Swartzlander earns Phase II award from NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program Scientists have been floating designs for solar sails ...

Unprecedented insight into two-dimensional magnets using diamond quantum sensors

Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics For the first time, physicists at the University of Basel have succeeded in ...

Ice-proof coating for big structures relies on a ‘beautiful demonstration of mechanics’

Credit: Joseph Xu/Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing, University of Michigan ANN ARBOR--A new class of coatings that sheds ice effortlessly ...

Caffeine gives solar cells an energy boost

Credit: Rui Wang and Jingjing Xue Scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Solargiga Energy in China ...

Developing a model critical in creating better devices

Credit: Virginia Tech Water is everywhere. Understanding how it behaves at an intersection with another material and how it affects ...

Biomimicry of basic instinct

Pitt chemical engineers replicate feed, fight and flight responses in catalytic chemical reactionsCredit: Abhrajit Laskar/Anna Balazs PITTSBURGH (April 22, 2019) ...

Wristbands do a health check while you work out

Credit: © KAUST 2019 Next-generation fitness sensors could give deeper insights into human health through noninvasive testing of bodily fluids. ...

Battery research at TU Graz: New breakthroughs in research on super-batteries

Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz Since 2012, Stefan Freunberger of the Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials at ...

Tracking charge carriers in the molecular crystal at organic pn junction

Credit: NINS/IMS An organic solar cell is light, flexible, low cost and green device, hence regarded as a potential seed ...

Timothy J. Bunning awarded 2019 MRS Communications Lecture

The 2019 MRS Communications Lecture recognizes excellence in the field of materials research through work published in MRS Communications. It ...

New nanomaterial to replace mercury

LEDs make UV light The nano research team led by professors Helge Weman and Bjørn-Ove Fimland at the Norwegian University ...

Cui, Hensleigh, Chen and Zheng awarded the JMR Paper of the Year

The Journal of Materials Research Paper of the Year Award recognizes excellence in advancing materials knowledge through written scholarship. The ...

Liquid crystals in nanopores produce a surprisingly large negative pressure

Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Negative pressure governs not only the Universe or the quantum vacuum. This phenomenon, although of a ...

Frustrated materials under high pressure

HZDR researchers modify magnetic behavior of exotic materialsCredit: D. Mueller / HZDR People are not the only ones to be ...

Energy-saving new LED phosphor

Chemists developed a new red phosphor whose light is well perceived by the eyeCredit: University of Innsbruck Light emitting diodes ...

Polymer reversibly glows white when stretched

Credit: American Chemical Society Polymers that change their appearance in response to mechanical forces can warn of damage developing in ...

Polymers to give early warning signs

Credit: Copyright Hokkaido University. Researchers at the University of Fribourg's Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) and Hokkaido University in Japan have ...

Water walking — The new mode of rock skipping