How to control friction in topological insulators. Topological insulators are innovative materials that conduct electricity on the surface, but act as insulators on the inside….
Rice scientists lead the effort to improve the manufacture of valuable 2D material. Borophene has a nearly perfect partner in a form of silver that…
The revolutionary tech discoveries of the next few decades, the ones that will change daily life, may come from new materials so small they make…
How long the battery of your phone or computer lasts depends on how many lithium ions can be stored in the battery’s negative electrode material….
Block copolymers (BCPs) have been of great interest to researchers in recent years. These nanostructured materials, made from blocks of chemically dissimilar polymers, self-assemble to…
From nanoscale silver to titanium dioxide for air purification, the use of nanomaterials of high commercial relevance proves to have clear benefits as it attracts…
A team of scientists have invented an ultra-thin invisibility cloak that can conform to the shape of an object and conceal it from detection with…
In a newly published study, scientists from Rice University reveal that putting nanotube pillars between sheets of graphene could create hybrid structures with a unique…
A new method to incorporate light-capturing nanomaterials into future solar-panel designs could make it easier for engineers to boost the efficiency and reduce the costs…
A team of researchers has fabricated field effect transistors made from molybdenum sulfide that demonstrated the best performance to date, exceeding existing molybdenum sulfide transistor…
Using new computer technology based on gaming machines, physicists were able to use a combination of molecular dynamics and quantum mechanics calculations to model the…
An international team of scientists have developed a new synthesis method that enables the production of wafer-thin carbon layers for a wide range of applications….
MIT researchers show the inner workings of a lithium-ion battery, revealing how a random solid solution affects the movement of ions through battery material. New…
Researchers from the University of Michigan used an insulating barrier layer between two graphene sheets to develop the first graphene photodetectors with ultra-broadband and high…
Researchers have produced uniform antimony nanocrystals for the first time, taking a big step forward in the exploration of alternative energy storage. Researchers from Empa…
Researchers from Brown University have produced the first experimental evidence that a one-atom-thick “borophene” structure is possible. Providence, Rhode Island (Brown University) — Researchers from…
Nanoengineers from UC San Diego have developed nanosponges that soak up a dangerous pore-forming toxin produced by MRSA, and have shown that their nanosponge vaccine…
Researchers at Syracuse University have developed a new synthetic pathway to tailor the internal microstructure of nanomaterials. Chemists in The College of Arts and Sciences…