'Deep learning' casts wide net for novel 2D materials
Engineers show faster techniques to model atom-flat materials for bottom-up design.
Apr 10th, 2019
Read moreEngineers show faster techniques to model atom-flat materials for bottom-up design.
Apr 10th, 2019
Read moreScientists have theoretically and experimentally demonstrated that the piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) technique can generate false positives when the piezoelectricity of a material is measured at the nanoscale.
Apr 10th, 2019
Read moreCan water reach minus 263 degrees Celsius without turning into ice? Yes it can, if it is confined in nanometre-scale lipid channels.
Apr 10th, 2019
Read moreFor the first time, researchers were able to grow an isotopically pure and highly uniform transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) material only six atoms thick.
Apr 10th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have synthesized new nanowires with high carrier mobility and fast infrared light (IR) response, which could help in high-speed communication.
Apr 10th, 2019
Read morePhysicists observe how electron-hole pairs drift apart at ultrafast speed, but still remain strongly bound.
Apr 10th, 2019
Read moreScientists observe and control molecular and atomic dynamics at the fastest timescales to date.
Apr 10th, 2019
Read moreScientists discovered how iron atoms continually re-arrange on surfaces, offering insights into metal corrosion and soil remediation.
Apr 10th, 2019
Read moreScientists have used neutron scattering to identify the secret to a metal-organic framework's (MOF) ability to efficiently convert chemicals, through a process called catalysis, into new substances.
Apr 10th, 2019
Read moreFluorinated metal-organic frameworks make excellent materials for selective sensing and removal of toxic gases.
Apr 10th, 2019
Read moreThe enhanced power of the new measuring technique to characterize materials at scales much smaller than any current technologies will accelerate the discovery and investigation of 2D, micro- and nanoscale materials.
Apr 9th, 2019
Read moreDetailed 3D images show how nanoparticles change in reactions that purify contaminated water or power recyclable geochemical batteries.
Apr 9th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have created an electron microscopy technique termed cryoAPEX that accurately tracks membrane proteins in a well-preserved cell. The new method is a hybrid of two commonly used methods in cell biology: high-pressure freezing and chemical fixation.
Apr 9th, 2019
Read moreThe project focuses on chemical reactions catalysed by ligand-stabilized metal nanoclusters.
Apr 9th, 2019
Read moreResearchers report that graphene may take the oxygen out of lithium battery fires.
Apr 9th, 2019
Read moreEngineers have developed a spectrometer so small and simple that it could integrate with the camera of a typical cellphone without sacrificing accuracy.
Apr 9th, 2019
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