Tag: Materials

Successful trials of titanium-copper alloys for 3D printing could kickstart a new range of high-performance alloys for medical device, defence ...

Bio-inspired hydrogel can rapidly switch to rigid plastic

Credit: Nonoyama T. et al., Advanced Materials, November 18, 2019 A new material that stiffens 1,800-fold when exposed to heat ...

New ‘hyper glue’ formula developed by UBCO and UVic researchers

Cross-linking technology tightly binds where commercial glues cannotCredit: UBC Okanagan With many of the products we use every day held ...

Water was a winner in capturing CO2

Wetting a polymer membrane improved its ability to capture CO2Credit: Photo: Kenneth P. Mineart, NCSU Climate worries go hand in ...

Freeze frame: Scientists capture atomic-scale snapshots of artificial proteins

Berkeley Lab scientists adapt microscopy technique to build and image peptoid nanosheets with unprecedented atomic precisionCredit: Berkeley Lab Protein-like molecules ...

Properties of graphene change due to water and oxygen

Credit: Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) We often find that food becomes rotten when we leave it outside ...

Mapping the energy transport mechanism of chalcogenide perovskite for solar energy use

Engineers have characterized the thermal energy conversion mechanism in the lattice of an advanced nanomaterial called chalcogenide perovskite and demonstrated ...

UD engineering professor honored by National Academy of Inventors

Kristi Kiick recognized for internationally recognized researchCredit: Kathy F. Atkinson Kristi Kiick, Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Materials Science ...

Study sheds light on the peculiar ‘normal’ phase of high-temperature superconductors

It reveals an abrupt transition in cuprates where particles give up their individuality; the results flip a popular theory on ...

UH physicist named to National Academy of Inventors

Seamus Curran launched nanotech company to market protective coatingsCredit: University of Houston A University of Houston physics professor has been ...

Electron correlations in carbon nanostructures

Physicists from Kiel and Copenhagen elucidate the behaviour of electrons in graphene nanoribbonsCredit: Copyright: Jan-Philip Joost, AG Bonitz New materials ...

Towards high quality ZnO quantum dots prospective for biomedical applications

Credit: IPC PAS, G.Krzyzewski Nanocrystalline zinc oxide (ZnO) is currently one of the most commonly used semiconductor metal oxide nanomaterials ...

Diamonds in your devices: Powering the next generation of energy storage

Using conductive nanodiamond as electrode material in a water-based cell significantly increases its energy storage capacity, scientists findCredit: Tokyo University ...

Imaging technique gives catalytic 2D material engineering a better view