Materials Sciences

Materials Sciences

Exploring Nanoscopic Tools for Ligand-Binding Insights

For scientists wishing to understand signalling processes the situation is made more complex by the receptors not only being unevenly distributed and often…

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1 cm² Perovskite Solar Cells Achieve 1,000-Hour Durability Test

The cells have passed 1,000 Hours of Light Soaking (AM 1.5G, 100 mW/cm2) test, which is considered to be a basic criterion for practical use. These…

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Tackling Strong Odour Challenges of Mercaptans in Innovation

Mercaptans or thiols are a special class of organic compounds that contains sulfur functional group, RSH. Various sulfur compounds are highly demanded in the…

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Discover New Polymeric Carbon Nitrides for Organic Electronics

Polymeric carbon nitrides are organic compounds synthesised to form a yellow powder of a myriad of nanocrystals. The crystalline structure resembles that of…

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New Electron Microscopy Method Crafts 3D Atomic Structures

The ORNL study published in the journal Small demonstrates how scanning transmission electron microscopes, normally used as imaging tools, are also capable of…

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New Insights into MOFs from Global Scientist Collaboration

An international collaboration of scientists led by Omar Yaghi, a renowned chemist with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has developed…

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New Tech Brings True Color to Infrared Imaging Systems

Researchers have devised a technology that can bring true color to infrared imaging systems, like the one used to track Arnold Schwarzenegger through the…

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Electrochemical Etching: Boosting High-Tc Superconductivity

Iron selenide (FeSe) is an attracting superconducting material since the superconducting transition temperature (Tc) is enhanced from 8 K in bulk form toward…

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Membrane “nano-fasteners” key to next-generation fuel cells

The internal workings of fuel cells vary, but basically all types mix hydrogen and oxygen to produce a chemical reaction that delivers usable electricity and…

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Toxic Risks of 3D Printing: UC Riverside Study Reveals Findings

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have found parts produced by some commercial 3D printers are toxic to certain fish embryos. Their…

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Novel 'crumpling' of hybrid nanostructures increases SERS sensitivity

“I believe that this work will benefit researchers in the area of surface plasmonics by providing a new strategy/design for enhancing the surface enhanced…

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New Perovskite Materials Enhance Long-Wavelength Solar Efficiency

Moving toward the Realization of Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Solar Cells

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Doubling Up Boosts Bimetallic Nanoring Design Efficiency

A bimetallic nanoring that generates a short magnetic pulse when irradiated by a laser pulse has been theoretically studied by researchers at Singapore's…

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Ultrasensitive Boron-Doped Graphene Sensors for Gas Detection

Graphene is known for its remarkable strength and ability to transport electrons at high speed, but it is also a highly sensitive gas sensor. With the addition…

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Discovering Methane Hydrates: The Ice That Burns

Methane hydrates are a kind of ice that contains methane, and that form at certain depths under the sea or buried in permafrost. They can also form in…

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Nanoquakes Unlock Potential of New 2D Materials for Electronics

In a step towards a post-graphene era of new materials for electronic applications, an international team of researchers from the University of Augsburg…

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