Tag: Materials

June 4, 2019

An alternative nanoscale design for eco-friendly smart glassCredit: Steven Marquez/Colorado State University "Smart glass," an energy-efficiency product found in newer ...

2D crystals conforming to 3D curves create strain for engineering quantum devices

Credit: Christopher Rouleau/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 3, 2019--A team led by scientists ...

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Most detailed X-ray image of batteries yet to reveal why they still aren’t good enough

Credit: Purdue University image/Kejie Zhao WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Electric cars rely on the same lithium-ion battery technology that's in ...

What causes battery electrode failure?

Credit: Virginia Tech Battery researchers at Virginia Tech co-led an international study that detailed the broadest understanding of what happens ...

Accurate probing of magnetism with light

Credit: MBI Probing magnetic materials with extreme ultraviolet radiation allows to obtain a detailed microscopic picture of how magnetic systems ...

Ultrafast metal-ion batteries based on new organic cathode material have been developed

Researchers from Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology, IPCP RAS and D.I. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology have designed ...

Tuning the topological insulator Sb2Te3: Just add iron

Iron-doping of the topological insulator Sb2Te3 results in useful electronic and magnetic propertiesCredit: FLEET/UOW Iron-doping of the topological insulator Sb2Te3 ...

Researchers can now predict properties of disordered polymers

Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering Thanks to a team of researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and ...

Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 3, 2019

Credit: Carlos Jones/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Nuclear--Tiny test fuels For the first time, Oak Ridge National ...

Finding a needle in a haystack: Discovery of Ti 2 InB 2 for synthesizing layered TiB

Credit: Nature Communications Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) managed to use boron as the X element in ...

Colloidal gel properties under the microscope

Tokyo, Japan - The term colloidal gel might not be one that is immediately familiar to everybody. However, most people ...

Flexible generators turn movement into energy

Rice University's laser-induced graphene nanogenerators could power future wearablesCredit: Tour Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (May 31, 2019) - Wearable devices ...

Organic laser diodes move from dream to reality