Materials Sciences

Materials Sciences

New 2D Semiconducting Material Boosts Electronics Speed

University of Utah engineers have discovered a new kind of 2D semiconducting material for electronics that opens the door for much speedier computers and…

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Graphene and Glass: A New Era for Electronics Innovation

Graphene, the two-dimensional powerhouse, packs extreme durability, electrical conductivity, and transparency into a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon. Despite…

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Graphene: A Metal That Mimics Water’s Unique Properties

Graphene is going to change the world — or so we've been told.

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Twisting Magnets Boost Data Storage Capacity Efficiently

“It is a great success for our international consortium, as we achieved the result effectively by taking advantage of the organization that is composed of…

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Body Temperature Activates Shape-Changing Polymer Innovation

Polymers that visibly change shape when exposed to temperature changes are nothing new. But a research team led by Chemical Engineering Professor Mitch…

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Iron-Stepping Stones: Advancing Wearable Tech Without Chips

Yap says the iron-studded BNNTs are pushing the boundaries of electronics hardware. The transistors modulating electron flow need an upgrade.

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New Nanowires Created Using Natural Gas Heating Technique

A team of Korean researchers, affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has recently pioneered in developing a new simple…

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Is Graphene Strong Enough to Be Tough? Exploring Its Limits

Graphene, a material consisting of a single layer of carbon atoms, has been touted as the strongest material known to exist, 200 times stronger than steel,…

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World’s Smallest Lattice Structure: Breakthrough by KIT Scientists

KIT scientists now present the smallest lattice structure made by man in the Nature Materials journal. Its struts and braces are made of glassy carbon and are…

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New Nanosheet Growth Technique Enhances Nanomaterial Production

The group — led by Xudong Wang, a UW-Madison professor of materials science and engineering, and postdoctoral researcher Fei Wang — has developed a technique…

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Innovative Grinding Techniques for Hard-to-Reach Component Areas

This process allows difficult to reach dead volume areas deep inside components to be accurately ground and polished.

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New Polymer Innovation: Removable Parts for Regeneration

Imagine a polymer with removable parts that can deliver something to the environment and then be chemically regenerated to function again. Or a polymer that…

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Nano-Coating Reduces Coaxial Cable Weight by 50%

Common coaxial cables could be made 50 percent lighter with a new nanotube-based outer conductor developed by Rice University scientists.

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New Magnetoresistance Effect in Spin-Orbit Coupled Materials

The ultimate goal of spintronics is to have a deeper understanding of the charge-to-spin conversion and transport phenomena at the nanoscale in order to be…

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Graphene Coating Keeps Helicopter Wings Ice-Free

A thin coating of graphene nanoribbons in epoxy developed at Rice University has proven effective at melting ice on a helicopter blade.

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Microwaved Nanotubes: A Breakthrough in Clean Nanomaterials

Amid all the fancy equipment found in a typical nanomaterials lab, one of the most useful may turn out to be the humble microwave oven.

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