Hybrid technique to produce stronger nickel for auto, medical, manufacturing
Credit: Qiang Li/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Nickel is a widely used metal in the manufacturing industry for both ...
Tag: Materials
It’s closeness that counts: how proximity affects the resistance of graphene
Research team led by the University of Göttingen observes greater variation than expectedCredit: Georg A Traeger/Anna Sinterhauf - University of ...
A nanoscale lattice of palladium and yttrium makes for a superlative carbon-linking catalyst
Credit: Nature Communications A group of materials scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology has shown that a palladium-based intermetallic electride, ...
Stress test reveals graphene won’t crack under pressure
Researchers have discovered that the carbon-based material can withstand more than one billion cycles of high stress before breakingCredit: Daria ...
UVphotonics to showcase custom UV LEDs and modules at Photonics West
Credit: FBH/P. Immerz UVphotonics will present novel UV LED developments with emission wavelengths from 330 nm to as low as ...
Hermetically sealed semi-conductors
New encapsulation technique protects electronic properties of sensitive materialsCredit: HZDR / Sahneweiß Tomorrow's electronics are getting ever smaller. Researchers are ...
Researchers generalize Fourier’s heat equation, explaining hydrodynamic heat propagatio
Theory is in striking agreement with pioneering experimental results in graphite published last yearCredit: @Michele Simoncelli, EPFL Fourier's well-known heat ...
A better building block for creating new materials
Credit: Felice Macera When chemists or engineers want to make a new type of material, they head to the laboratory ...
Method detects defects in 2D materials for future electronics, sensors
Credit: MRI/Penn State To further shrink electronic devices and to lower energy consumption, the semiconductor industry is interested in using ...
A sustainable alternative to crude oil
The synthesis of bio-based high-performance polyamide from biogenic residuesCredit: Cordt Zollfrank / TUM A research team from the Fraunhofer Society ...
Rice lab turns trash into valuable graphene in a flash
'Green' process promises pristine graphene in bulk using waste food, plastic and other materialsCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. ...
Detection of very high frequency magnetic resonance could revolutionize electronics
UC Riverside-led research has applications in ultrafast and spin-based nanoscale devicesCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A team ...
Science at the interface: Bioinspired materials reveal useful properties
Credit: Graphic by Jason Drees The design of sophisticated new materials is undergoing brisk technological advancement. Innovations in material science ...
How to take a picture of a light pulse
Until now, complex experimental equipment was required to measure the shape of a light pulse; a team from TU Wien ...