Study: Mapping crystal shapes could fast-track 2D materials
Materials scientists are calling for a collective, global effort to fast-track the mass production of 2D materials like graphene and molybdenum disulfide.
Jul 27th, 2020
Read moreMaterials scientists are calling for a collective, global effort to fast-track the mass production of 2D materials like graphene and molybdenum disulfide.
Jul 27th, 2020
Read moreA soft material that heals itself instantaneously is now reality. A team of scientists tune the nanostructure of a new stretchable material in such a way that it now entirely recovers its structure and properties at the blink of an eye after being cut or poked.
Jul 27th, 2020
Read moreResearchers have combined optical and acoustic approaches and found that incorporating titanium atoms into barium hexaferrite leads to an unexpected substructure forming in the crystal lattice. The resulting material is promising for ultrafast computer memory applications.
Jul 27th, 2020
Read moreResearchers create neurotransmitter-lipid hybrids that help ferry therapeutic drugs and gene editing proteins across the blood-brain barrier in mice.
Jul 27th, 2020
Read moreThe study assessed how the guts of species could protect against the bioaccumulation and toxicological effects of engineered nanomaterials.
Jul 27th, 2020
Read moreNew model explores the design space of twisted 2D materials.
Jul 27th, 2020
Read moreWater molecules play an active role in facilitating the oxygen dissociation needed for the oxidation reaction.
Jul 27th, 2020
Read moreTheoretical studies have suggested that 'particle density', or the number of particles in an area, can be utilized to develop a novel ratchet transportation with a 'static' electrical field.
Jul 27th, 2020
Read moreScientists demonstrate a synchrotron X-ray spectroscopy-based method by which the local temperatures of metal nanoparticles can be measured under microwaves.
Jul 27th, 2020
Read moreWhen ultrafine magnetic particles are exposed to an external magnetic field, their magnetic core grows in a previously unexpected way.
Jul 27th, 2020
Read moreResearchers overcame the natural restrictions by developing optical tweezers based on metamaterials - a synthetic material with specific properties that do not occur naturally. This was the first time that this kind of metamaterial had been used for single nanoparticle trapping.
Jul 27th, 2020
Read moreNew approach creates synthetic layered magnets with unprecedented level of control over their magnetic properties.
Jul 24th, 2020
Read moreResolving alloys' strength-ductility trade-off and thermal instability.
Jul 24th, 2020
Read moreResearchers have created an optimal, low-cost methane storage system. In the pores of this MOF material (highly porous metal-organic framework) it is possible to create the conditions required to replicate gas structures under the sea.
Jul 24th, 2020
Read moreThe researchers combined PEGylated chitosan nanoparticles and biodegradable black phosphorus quantum dots to deliver amikacin for efficient therapy of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Jul 24th, 2020
Read moreScientists have developed a system to mold near-field light - opening the door to unprecedented control over this powerful, largely unexplored type of light.
Jul 23rd, 2020
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