Physicists have discovered that recovered carbon black powder can be transformed by laser treatment to give a wide range of colours for potential display applications.
Apr 18th, 2018
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Researchers show how salt lowers reaction temperatures to make novel materials.
Apr 18th, 2018
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Scientists have found a way to write and delete magnets in an alloy using a laser beam - a surprising effect. The reversibility of the process opens up new possibilities in the fields of material processing, optical technology, and data storage.
Apr 18th, 2018
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Flexible televisions, tablets and phones as well as 'truly wearable' smart tech are a step closer thanks to a new nanoscale transistor.
Apr 18th, 2018
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Scientists have developed an automated robot that greatly speeds up the collection of 2D crystals and their assembly to form van der Waals heterostructures.
Apr 18th, 2018
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Light causes crystal lattice to swell, opening new possibilities for artificial muscles, tiny electronics.
Apr 18th, 2018
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Scalable manufacturing process spools out strips of graphene for use in ultrathin membranes.
Apr 18th, 2018
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If you want to build a tall house, you need to use scaffolding. Researchers are applying this construction principle to their lab work, with one major difference: The materials they are working with are just a few billionths of a square meter in size.
Apr 18th, 2018
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A porous cerium-based nanostructured coating boosts the durability of oxygen-forming catalysts while maintaining their inherent water-splitting activity.
Apr 18th, 2018
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Engineers have developed a technique that causes a composite material to become stiffer and stronger on-demand when exposed to ultraviolet light.
Apr 17th, 2018
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Researchers are developing new ways to store, separate, and transport gases with metal organic frameworks.
Apr 17th, 2018
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A new paper details a new methodology that allows designers of smart-wearables to better understand and predict how their products would perform once manufactured and in use.
Apr 17th, 2018
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Researchers have shown that certain superconductors can also carry currents of 'spin'. The successful combination of superconductivity and spin could lead to a revolution in high-performance computing, by dramatically reducing energy consumption.
Apr 17th, 2018
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For the first time in the lab, a group of researchers have observed topological phases of matter of quantum states under the action of temperature or certain types of experimental imperfections.
Apr 17th, 2018
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Polymer carpets based on graphene could make any fabrics generate current.
Apr 17th, 2018
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Physicists have studied the vibrations of a carbon monoxide molecule that is bonded on a copper surface under the influence of an external force field exerted by the tip of a scanning probe microscope.
Apr 17th, 2018
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