Tag: Materials

Credit: 2019 Hajime Tanaka, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - A team at The University ...

New cellulose-based material gives three sensors in one

A multiparameter Pressure-Temperature-Humidity Sensor based on Mixed Ionic-Electronic Cellulose AerogelsCredit: Thor Balkhed Cellulose soaked in a carefully designed polymer mixture ...

Extremely accurate measurements of atom states for quantum computing

Credit: Weiss Laboratory, Penn State A new method allows the quantum state of atomic "qubits"--the basic unit of information in ...

Team led by Stanford and MIT predicts the useful life of batteries with data and AI

Credit: Younghee Lee/CUBE3D Graphic If manufacturers of cell-phone batteries could tell which cells will last at least two years, then ...

Scientists squeeze catalysts inside host materials like a ship into a bottle

Credit: Jingwei Hou Scientists at Queen Mary University of London have found a way to place catalysts inside the tiniest ...

Advances and applications in plasma physics — The first Nature conference in Russia

September 18-20, 2019, An international scientific conference 'Advances and Applications in Plasma Physics' guided by the world's famous publisher Nature ...

UTSA chemist Banglin Chen receives prestigious Humboldt Research Award

Innovator of MOF sieve to reduce hydrocarbons in plastics wins recognitionCredit: Photo Courtesy of UTSA (San Antonio, March 25, 2019) ...

Catalyst advance removes pollutants at low temperatures

Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - Researchers at Washington State University, University of New Mexico, Eindhoven University of Technology, and Pacific ...

Key evidence associating hydrophobicity with effective acid catalysis

March 23, 2019

Quantitative analysis of dense siloxane gels shows water can hinder catalytic activityCredit: Hiroki Miura Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo ...

Breakthrough in air purification with a catalyst that works at room temperature

March 23, 2019

Turning ammonia into harmless substances using gold nanoparticles on a metal oxide frameworkCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers ...

Chemicals induce dipoles to damp plasmons

Rice University-led study finds molecules alter gold nanoparticles' electronic propertiesCredit: Alese Pickering/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 22, 2019) - The ...

Scaling forward

Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Argonne scientist's approach to molecular modeling may accelerate the development of new organic materials for electronics. ...

The story of nanotechnology and how size really does matter

Credit: World Scientific Nanotechnology is a buzz word many of us have heard but are uncertain as to what it ...

4D-printed materials can be stiff as wood or soft as sponge