New, ultrathin photovoltaic materials could eventually be used in mobile applications, from self-powered wearable devices…
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Materials science is the interdisciplinary study of the properties, structure, and performance of materials—from metals, ceramics, and polymers to nanomaterials and biomaterials. It combines principles of physics, chemistry, and engineering to understand how atomic and molecular structures determine a material’s behavior and functionality. Researchers in this field design and synthesize new materials for advanced technologies, including semiconductors, batteries, renewable energy systems, quantum devices, and medical implants. By exploring phenomena such as superconductivity, self-healing materials, and metamaterials, materials science drives innovation across industries and shapes the future of sustainable energy, electronics, and manufacturing.
Rice scientists calculate how carbon nanotubes and their fibers experience fatigue. Up here in the…
Defected hBN can host single precious metal atoms, turning an inert material into a powerful…
EDTA templates stabilize perovskite solar material without sacrificing efficiency. Researchers have developed a method to…
AI machine learning presents a roadmap to define new materials for any need, with implications…
The rechargeable battery can be woven and washed, and could provide power for fiber-based electronic…
The findings demonstrate that many-body effects, such as electronic quantum correlations, can be tuned in…
A new way of processing rare-earth and other key metals to separate them from other…
Breakthrough regulates household temperature without consuming natural gas or electricity. Scientists have developed an all-season…
A new fabrication technique produces low-voltage, power-dense artificial muscles that improve the performance of flying…
Newly proven physics opens chalcogenide glasses to applications at visible and ultraviolet wavelengths. Electrical engineers…
Origami- and kirigami-based metamaterials have applications from robotics to medical devices. The ancient arts of…
Six Swedish universities have united in a major initiative focused on functional materials, with approximately…
A team of researchers from TU Delft managed to design one of the world’s most…
Tokyo Tech scientists created van der Waals crystals that upconvert sunlight efficiently, overcoming decades of…
It is the hardest known glass with the highest thermal conductivity among all glass materials.…
In a new study, genetically engineered E. coli eat glucose, then help turn it into…
Researchers at NTNU have developed a new elastomer with unprecedented stiffness and toughness, inspired by…