“We got a lot of 'oh wow!' responses, from eight-year-olds wanting to know how it worked to EPA officials wondering why no one had done this before,” says…
The new technique does not rely on cutting or printing on the material, as most other self-folding origami techniques do. It is also different from continuous…
Hollow molecular structures known as COFs (covalent organic frameworks), which could serve as selective filters or containers for other substances and have…
Nitrides are actively used in superhard coatings and electronics. Usually, the nitrogen content in these materials is low, and it is therefore difficult to get…
Rice materials theorist Boris Yakobson and his team bucked a theory that when growing nanotubes in a furnace, a catalyst with a specific atomic arrangement and…
Modern communication systems often employ optical fibers to carry signals across or between devices. The integrated optics in these devices combine more than…
Researchers at Tufts University School of Engineering have developed magnetic elastomeric composites that move in different ways when exposed to light, raising…
Wear, corrosion, material fatigue are signs of degradation that are common to most materials. This makes it all the more important to detect damage early,…
Using state-of-the art neutron and synchrotron X-ray scattering, Argonne scientists and their collaborators are helping to answer long-held questions about a…
“The beauty of topology is that one can apply symmetry principles to find and categorize materials,” said B. Andrei Bernevig, a professor of physics at…
What makes inks and adhesives effective isn't their chemical content, but their stickiness to the surface of any gummy metal such as nickel, aluminum,…
On the other hand, hybrid compounds of transition metals and light elements, especially transition metal nitrides have been widely studied for their high…
Borophene, the atomically flat form of boron with unique properties, is even more interesting when different forms of the material mix and mingle, according to…
The findings, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday, July 9, suggest that these nanoclusters may be useful as molecular…
As a rule, metallic components manufactured additively in a Selective Laser Melting (SLM) process, are designed to have larger-than-usual oversize to allow for…
Knowing how surface materials interact with liquids is crucial to everything from printing to recovering oil spills from water. Being able to accurately and…
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