Landscapes give latitude to 2-D material designers
Scientists show growing atom-thin sheets on cones allows control of defects.
Aug 9th, 2017
Read moreScientists show growing atom-thin sheets on cones allows control of defects.
Aug 9th, 2017
Read moreResearchers have devised a new method of dynamically forming a platinum shell on a metallic alloy nanoparticle core, a development that may lead to better materials for oxygen reduction reactions in fuel cells that power some cars and electronic devices.
Aug 9th, 2017
Read moreA new featherweight, flame-resistant and super-elastic metamaterial has been shown to combine high strength with electrical conductivity and thermal insulation, suggesting potential applications from buildings to aerospace.
Aug 9th, 2017
Read moreEngineers have developed dynamic windows that can switch from transparent to opaque or back again in under a minute and do not degrade over time.
Aug 9th, 2017
Read moreFunding approved for levitated optomechanics project.
Aug 9th, 2017
Read moreScientists demonstrate how multiwalled carbon nanotubes with controllable sizes are cut precisely along the radial direction, and the structural evolution is efficiently investigated through a combination of geometry phase analysis and first-principle calculation.
Aug 9th, 2017
Read moreA new study reveals how a specific structure in flagellum and injectisome, the export gate complex, dynamically assembles and how preventing this assembly could make bacteria innocuous.
Aug 9th, 2017
Read moreResearchers demonstrate the bottom-up synthesis of InGaN nanowire photonic crystals with precisely controlled size, spacing, and morphology, which can serve as the fundamental building blocks of a new generation of photonic crystal devices and systems.
Aug 9th, 2017
Read moreNew design boosts the power output of the best-performing chip-scale terahertz laser by 80 percent.
Aug 8th, 2017
Read moreMachine learning could be key to producing stronger, less corrosive metals.
Aug 8th, 2017
Read moreThere are so many 2D materials with such a wide variety of properties that we can effectively use them to design and build new 3D materials with the exact characteristics we want.
Aug 8th, 2017
Read moreEnvironmental scientists have discovered that the burning of coal produces incredibly small airborne particles of a highly unusual form of titanium oxide with the potential to be toxic to humans.
Aug 8th, 2017
Read moreResearchers designed and synthesized a novel macrocyclic host molecule, a metallohost, structurally similar to a crown ether, but with caps.
Aug 8th, 2017
Read moreScientists are investigating the properties of hybrid systems consisting of carbon nanostructures and a dye.
Aug 8th, 2017
Read moreThe change in behaviour of natural nanoparticles, called lipoproteins, under pressure could provide new insights to better understand the genesis of high cholesterol and atherosclerosis.
Aug 8th, 2017
Read moreA new polymer, created with a structure inspired by crystalline silicon, may make it easier to build better computers and solar cells.
Aug 8th, 2017
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