Tag: Materials

July 30, 2020

Interlayer coupling in FGT successfully increased by insertion of protonsCredit: FLEET A Chinese-Australian collaboration has demonstrated for the first time ...

Two for the price of one

July 30, 2020

Kyoto University simultaneously synthesizes dicarboxylic acids and hydrogen from diolsCredit: Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan -- Every year, the chemical industry ...

TU Graz researchers synthesize nanoparticles tailored for special applications

July 30, 2020

Credit: © IEP - TU Graz Whether in innovative high-tech materials, more powerful computer chips, pharmaceuticals or in the field ...

How a crystalline sponge sheds water molecules

Scientists use advanced techniques to observe how a specific crystalline sponge changes shape as it loses water moleculesCredit: Travis Mitchell ...

Transforming e-waste into a strong, protective coating for metal

Credit: Adapted from ACS Omega 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c00485 A typical recycling process converts large quantities of items made of a ...

Uncovering the nitty-gritty details of surface tension and flow behavior

Pitt Professor receives $292K from NSF to investigate the micromechanics of surface tensionCredit: University of Pittsburgh Dry sand can be ...

How stony-iron meteorites form

SAPHiR multi-anvil press solves mystery of the solar systemCredit: Dr. Nicolas P. Walte / TUM Meteorites give us insight into ...

Tailored light inspired by nature

Researchers develop for the first time light fields using caustics that do not change during propagationCredit: WWU - Alessandro Zannotti ...

New fabrication method brings single-crystal perovskite devices closer to viability

Credit: Yusheng Lei Nanoengineers at UC San Diego developed a new method to fabricate perovskites as single-crystal thin films, which ...

Electrochemical doping: researchers improve carbon nanotube transparent conductors

Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from Aalto University have discovered that electrochemical doping with ionic ...

Phillips group exactly solves experimental puzzle in high temperature superconductivity

Cooper pairing and wave function for superconducting state in doped Mott insulatorsCredit: L. Brian Stauffer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ...

NTU president Subra Suresh recognised with ASME’s most prestigious medal

Credit: NTU Singapore Professor Subra Suresh, President of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore (NTU Singapore), has been unanimously selected by ...

How plantains and carbon nanotubes can improve cars

Credit: Dr Patrick Ehi Imoisili, Therese van Wyk, University of Johannesburg. A luxury automobile is not really a place to ...

Discovery will allow more sophisticated work at nanoscale

July 28, 2020

New method of fluid gating has implications for drug delivery, power generation and other usesCredit: ACS Applied Nano Materials The ...

Study: Mapping crystal shapes could fast-track 2D materials

Experts call for global effort to clear hurdles to mass productionCredit: MSNE/Rice University HOUSTON - (July 27, 2020) - Materials ...

Stopping listeria reproduction ‘in its tracks’

University of Houston researchers discover CoO-TiO2 compound to mitigate bacterial contaminationCredit: University of Houston Listeria contaminations can send food processing ...

X-rays recount origin of oddball meteorites

Berkeley Lab scientists contribute to study exploring magnetization preserved for billions of years in meteorite samplesCredit: Carl Agee/Institute of Meteoritics, ...

Heat smarter, not harder — How microwaves make catalytic reactions more efficient

Credit: Tokyo Tech Many reactions that we use to produce chemical compounds in food, medical, and industrial fields would not ...

The solar cell you can print

£6 million to drive next-generation solar technology into new applicationsCredit: Swansea University A £6 million award will drive next-generation solar ...

Trapping tiny particles: A versatile tool for nanomanipulation