When it comes to porous metamaterials - ubiquitous, sponge-like materials used in everything from sound absorption to self-cleaning glass - it's all about how you slice it.
Mar 18th, 2022
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There is a spectrum from chemical to physical retention of ions. Researchers say acknowledging and understanding it is the key to progress for energy storage technology.
Mar 18th, 2022
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Atomically thin sheets are not necessarily uniform. They can be subject to mechanical deformation that result in defects, such as bubbles and wrinkles that occur during exfoliation and transfer. This lack of perfect flatness of individual layers forming a van der Waals heterostructure has implications for interface properties, such as those formed by metal contacts or insulating layers.
Mar 18th, 2022
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Researchers demonstrate the all-electrical generation, manipulation, and detection of spin polarization in chiral single-crystalline Tellurium nanowires. The results pave the way for the development of magnet-free chirality-based spintronic devices.
Mar 18th, 2022
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The discovery could help researchers engineer exotic electrical states such as unconventional superconductivity.
Mar 17th, 2022
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To better understand how carbon nanomaterials could be tailor-made and how their formation impacts shock phenomena such as detonation, scientists conducted machine-learning-driven atomistic simulations to provide insight into the fundamental processes controlling the formation of nanocarbon materials, which could serve as a design tool, help guide experimental efforts and enable more accurate energetic materials modeling.
Mar 17th, 2022
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Researchers found that substituting a few phosphorous atoms with arsenic stabilizes a 2D structure in black phosphorous. This structure results in improved thermoelectric power compared to pure black phosphorous.
Mar 17th, 2022
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New supramolecular materials can be used in energy production and medical devices. Scientists aim to identify the best supramolecular materials for use with the help of machine learning.
Mar 17th, 2022
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A new research project could make it easier to fabricate and control synthetic DNA-based nanostructures - potential applications include better medical diagnosis, plasmonic displays, and more.
Mar 17th, 2022
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To achieve simultaneous atmospheric passivation, and selective gas sensing in graphene, researchers developed a nano-porous activated-carbon functionalized graphene channel.
Mar 17th, 2022
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Researchers have developed a new method to display highly realistic holographic images using 'holobricks' that can be stacked together to generate large-scale holograms.
Mar 17th, 2022
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Scientists have constructed a database of electronic structure parameters correlated with materials' thermoelectric conversion properties and by a comprehensive analysis of the database.
Mar 17th, 2022
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Entropy is the measure of the disorder in a system that occurs over a period of time with no energy put into restoring the order. Zentropy integrates entropy at multiscale levels.
Mar 17th, 2022
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A new study stacks two different types of 2D materials together to create a hybrid material providing enhanced properties.
Mar 17th, 2022
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Inspired by the human ear, a new acoustic fabric converts audible sounds into electrical signals.
Mar 16th, 2022
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Inspired by how dandelions use the wind to distribute their seeds, a research team has developed a tiny sensor-carrying device that can be blown by the wind as it tumbles toward the ground.
Mar 16th, 2022
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