Materials Sciences
Materials management deals with the research, development, manufacturing and processing of raw and industrial materials. Key aspects here are biological and medical issues, which play an increasingly important role in this field.
innovations-report offers in-depth articles related to the development and application of materials and the structure and properties of new materials.
On the way to breaking the terahertz barrier for graphene nanoelectronics
A team of scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) discovered that electrical conduction in graphene on the picosecond timescale – a…
Discovery of a "heat-storage ceramic"
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have discovered a new type of material which stores heat energy for a prolonged period, which they have termed a “heat…
Advanced composites may borrow designs from deep-sea shrimp
“A biological species surviving in that kind of extreme environment is a big deal,” said Vikas Tomar, an associate professor in Purdue University's School of…
Chemotherapeutic coatings enhance tumor-frying nanoparticles
In a move akin to adding chemical weapons to a firebomb, researchers at Duke University have devised a method for making a promising nanoscale cancer treatment…
Nanowires highly 'anelastic,' research shows
“What's surprising here is the magnitude of the effect,” said Huajian Gao, the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Engineering and a coauthor of a new paper…
Tunneling out of the Surface
The reaction mechanism, reported in ACS Nano, involves the application of an electric field that narrows the width of the reaction barrier, thereby allowing…