Materials Sciences

Materials Sciences

Aerobornitride: The Lightest Material for Stunning Laser Light

With a porosity of 99.99 %, it consists practically only of air, making it one of the lightest materials in the world: Aerobornitride is the name of the…

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Exploring Grain Boundary Transformations in Metals

Grain boundaries are one of the most prominent defects in engineering materials separating different crystallites, which determine their strength, corrosion…

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Nanostructured Rubber-Like Material: A New Era in Tissue Engineering

In the development of medical technology products, there is a great demand for new naturalistic materials suitable for integration with the body.

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Hygroscopic Micro/Nanolenses Enhance Carbon Nanotube Ion Channels

A research team, led by Professor Chang Young Lee in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST has introduced a novel technology, which allows…

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Silicon-graphene hybrid plasmonic waveguide photodetectors beyond 1.55 μm

However, the realization of high-performance silicon-based waveguide photodetectors beyond 1.55 μm still faces challenges since there are some fabrication…

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Heat and Light Create Biocompatible Microparticles at Duke

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have devised a method for making small particles that are safe for living tissues that will allow them to create new…

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Boosting MXene Production for Next-Gen Electronics

For more than a decade, two-dimensional nanomaterials, such as graphene, have been touted as the key to making better microchips, batteries, antennas and many…

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NIST Study Reveals Key Cause of Solar Panel Failures

Manufacturers typically guarantee that panels will endure the elements for at least 25 years before experiencing significant drop-offs in power generation, but…

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IKBFU physicists keep improving 'smart' composites for biomedical sensors

IKBFU Physicists have successfully tested the new magnetic micro wire-based concept of “smart” composites production. The new composites are related to the…

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Exploring Li Metal-Wetting Properties with Graphite

To honor the contribution for “creating a rechargeable world”, the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to three famous scientists (John B. Goodenough, M….

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Groovy Key to 2D Nanotubes: Transforming Waste Heat to Energy

Ultrathin carbon nanotubes crystals could have wonderous uses, like converting waste heat into electricity with near-perfect efficiency, and Rice University…

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Exploring Molecular Artistry in Quantum Material Innovation

Over millennia, civilizations progressed through the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages. Now the time has come for quantum materials to change the way we live,…

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New Paths for Moore’s Law: Advancements in Microelectronics

Step by step, scientists are figuring out new ways to extend Moore's Law. The latest reveals a path toward integrated circuits with two-dimensional transistors.

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Gold’s Unique States: Solid to Liquid Transition Explained

-If you heat a solid material enough, the thermal energy (latent heat) causes the material's molecules begin to break apart, forming a liquid. One of the most…

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New State-of-the-MOF Materials Transform Chemical Storage

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous, crystalline materials that can trap compounds within their molecular cavities, giving them a wide range of…

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New molten metal hybrid filters from TU Freiberg will make components even safer and more resistant in the future

During the production process of metallic casting materials, there are many different impurities in the melt, which are difficult or impossible to remove…

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