Materials Sciences

Materials Sciences

New Organic Semiconductor Breakthrough in Carbon-Nitride Family

A team headed by chemist Dr. Michael J. Bojdys at Humboldt University Berlin recently synthesised a new organic semiconductor material in the carbon-nitride…

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2D Crystals Shape to 3D Curves: Advancing Quantum Device Engineering

The team first explored growth of the flat crystals on substrates patterned with sharp steps and trenches. Surprisingly, the crystals conformally grew up and…

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Texas A&M research team develops bioinks to print therapeutics in 3D

A team of researchers at Texas A&M University has developed an innovative way to print therapeutics in 3D for regenerative medicine.

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Unlocking Tough Materials: Laser Technique for Next-Gen Electronics

In 2004, researchers discovered a super thin material that is at least a 100 times stronger than steel and the best known conductor of heat and electricity.

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Texas A&M researcher makes breakthrough discovery in stretchable electronics materials

With a wide range of healthcare, energy and military applications, stretchable electronics are revered for their ability to be compressed, twisted and…

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New Organic Flow Battery Revives Decomposing Molecules

After years of making progress on an organic aqueous flow battery, Harvard University researchers ran into a problem: the organic anthraquinone molecules that…

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Impact of Chemical Treatments on Tissue Engineering Quality

A group of scientists from Russia and Ireland found out how quality of tissue-engineered biomeshes (biological “frame” which is used for tissue repair) is…

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NUST MISIS Scientists Enhance Aluminum for Lighter Vehicles

Lighter and faster aircraft and vehicles require lighter materials. One of the most promising materials is aluminum, or rather, aluminum-based composites.

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Carnegie Mellon Unveils Soft, Flexible Materials Breakthrough

In the study, the researchers combined their expertise in foundational science and engineering to devise a method that uniformly incorporates eutectic gallium…

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Physicists Create Quasi-2D Gold Using Molybdenum Disulfide

Published in Advanced Materials Interfaces, the study shows that by using monolayer molybdenum disulfide as an adhesion layer, quasi-2D gold can be deposited…

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Plumbene, graphene's latest cousin, realized on the 'nano water cube'

In particular, the up-to-now purely theoretical possibility of a lead-based 2D honeycomb material, called plumbene, has generated much attention because it has…

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Ultra-Thin Gold Nanoparticle Superlattices for Nanophotonics

The group “Colloids and Nanooptics” of Prof. Dr. Matthias Karg at the Institute of Physical Chemistry has come up with a simple yet precise technique for…

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Advancements in Synthesis of Helical Ladder Polymers

Moreover, most existing strategies for the synthesis of ladder polymers suffer from severe limitations in terms of selectivity and quantitativity. Another…

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Cement’s Climate Impact: Carbon-Neutral Alternatives from Residues

The basic raw material for cement is limestone, which is converted to cement clinker in large furnaces. The environmental impact of this process is disastrous:…

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New Iron-Based Superconductor Discovered: BaTh2Fe4As4(N0.7O0.3)2

The newly discovered electron-doped IBSC is BaTh2Fe4As4(N0.7O0.3)2, an intergrowth compound of un-doped BaFe2As2 and electron-doped ThFeAsN0.7O0.3 (see the…

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Uncovering Unique Structures with Big Data and Machine Learning

While tremendously useful, these models do not directly show the rules and physics underlying the relationship between structure and property. And despite of…

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