Reversible electronic solid-gel switching of a conjugated polymer. Researchers at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics…
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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.
Armored with plastic ‘hair’ and silica, new perovskite nanocrystals show more durability. Perovskite nanocrystals hold…
Scientists showed for the first time the presence of unique magnetic transitions in peculiar structures…
Scientists at the University of California Santa Barbara, HRL Laboratories LLC, and the U.S. Army…
ETH researchers used a 3D printing process to produce complex and highly porous glass objects.…
The ‘e-textile’ prototype uses sustainable and low-cost materials like tomato skin. Researchers of the Faculty…
New material should be relatively easy to produce at an industrial scale, researchers say. MIT…
Cornell researchers have made a new discovery about how seemingly minor aspects of the internal…
Columbia researchers invent a new way to tune the properties of 2D materials by adjusting…
Building materials that clean themselves could save immense time and labor in homes and businesses,…
Synthetic biologists working on a U.S. Army project have developed a process that could lead…
Industrial and automotive machinery, such as automotive engine parts, contain materials that are, heat-, wear-,…
The efficiency of solar panels is hampered by a ‘Goldilocks’ problem: the light needs to…
A new type of material generates electrical current very efficiently from temperature differences. This allows…
The world of aerospace increasingly relies on carbon fiber-reinforced polymer composites to build the structures…
In a finding that reveals an entirely new state of matter, research published in the…
Theoretical tubulanes inspire ultrahard polymers: Rice University-printed sample is full of holes, but stops bullets…
Using crystallographic analyses at the Diamond Light Source (DLS) synchrotron in the United Kingdom, an…