Researchers develop fire-retardant coating featuring renewable nanocellulose materials
Nanocellulose coating could reduce the flammability of the polyurethane foam used in a variety of household furniture.
Feb 12th, 2019
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Laser-induced graphene gets tough, with help
Researchers combine conductive foam with other materials for capable new composites.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read more'Magnetic graphene' switches between insulator and conductor
Researchers have found that certain ultra-thin magnetic materials can switch from insulator to conductor under high pressure, a phenomenon that could be used in the development of next-generation electronics and memory storage devices.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreWhat does it take to make a better battery?
Researchers are working to solve one of technology's biggest puzzles: how to build next-generation batteries that could power a green revolution.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreUsing artificial intelligence to engineer materials' properties
New system of 'strain engineering' can change a material's optical, electrical, and thermal properties.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreHyperbolic metamaterials enable nanoscale 'fingerprinting'
Researchers use a narrow light beam in hyperbolic metamaterials to 'fingerprint' and obtain spatial and material information about nanometer-scale objects -- allowing identification without complete images.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreNanotechnology enables engineers to weld previously un-weldable aluminum alloy
Super-strong but lightweight, AA 7075 now could be more widely used in automobiles and other manufacturing thanks to nanotechnology research.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreNano drops a million times smaller than a teardrop explodes 19th century theory
New theory and understanding of how liquid nano-jets breakup into droplets.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreAt the rim: Mods to nanotubes help filter salt from seawater
The ability of carbon nanotubes to filter sodium while still allowing water to pass through can depend on many factors, including their diameters and the interactions of electrically charged atoms on their rims.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreLaser snapshots of fullerenes show how they transform in intense infrared light
Physicists have irradiated buckyballs with infrared femtosecond laser pulses. Under the influence of the intense light the form of the macromolecules was changed from round to elongated.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreScientists develop AI to predict and engineer material properties
Scientists have developed a machine learning approach that can predict changes to the properties of materials from straining the material.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreFinding chemicals inside a cell
Chemical and topographical single-cell imaging at nanoscale resolution by near-field desorption mass spectrometry.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read morePhase transition dynamics in two-dimensional materials
Scientists have discovered the mechanism involved when transition metal dichalcogenides on metallic substrates transform from the semiconducting 1H-phase to the quasi-metallic 1T'-phase.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreEngineers develop room temperature, two-dimensional platform for quantum technology
Researchers have demonstrated a new hardware platform based on isolated electron spins in a two-dimensional material. The electrons are trapped by defects in sheets of hexagonal boron nitride, a one-atom-thick semiconductor material, and the researchers were able to optically detect the system's quantum states.
Feb 11th, 2019
Read moreResearchers use X-rays to understand the flaws of battery fast charging
Researchers have imaged a battery as it was quickly charged and discharged, allowing for the observation of lithium plating behavior that can inhibit the battery's long-term function.
Feb 11th, 2019
Read moreNext-generation optics in just two minutes of cooking time
One of the key building blocks of flexible photonic circuits and ultra-thin optics are metasurfaces. Engineers have now discovered a simple way of making these surfaces in just a few minutes -- without needing a clean room -- using a method already employed in manufacturing.
Feb 11th, 2019
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