Materials

Rice University scientists produce valuable nanowires from short particles without the bulkCredit: Zubarev Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 19, 2019) - A boost of vitamin C helped Rice University scientists turn small gold…

Lithographically carved graphene and boron nitride 'sandwich' yields outstanding electrical propertiesCredit: Carl Otto Moesgaard Graphene Flagship researchers solved one of the challenges of making graphene nano-electronics effective: to…

Boston College researchers find an unusual way in which a material conducts heat when it is compressed Chestnut Hill, Mass. (2/19/2019) - In the latest wrinkle to be discovered in cubic boron arsenide, the unusual material contradicts the…

Materials for aircraft brakes to become more reliableCredit: © Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" have tested experimental composite materials for aircraft brakes, developed…

Credit: Yin Lab/ Penn State A new type of light-emitting diode lightbulb could one day light homes and reduce power bills, according to Penn State researchers who suggest that LEDs made with firefly-mimicking structures could improve…

A team of researchers from Denmark has solved one of the biggest challenges in making effective nanoelectronics based on graphene; the new results have just been published in Nature NanotechnologyCredit: Carl Otto Moesgaard For 15 years,…

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2019 -- Journalists who register for the American Chemical Society's (ACS') Spring 2019 National Meeting & Exposition in Orlando, Florida, will have access to nearly 13,000 presentations on the meeting's theme,…

Credit: Virginia Tech An update on recently reported research on porous carbon fibers shows how this material can be used in an industrial setting, marking an important step from the theoretical to application. Guoliang "Greg" Liu, an…

Rutgers-led research could lead to advances in lighting and solar cellsCredit: Hsiang-Hsi (Sean) Kung/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Rutgers and other physicists have discovered an exotic form of electrons that spin like planets and…

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells are widely studied for the conversion of solar energy into chemical fuels. They use photocathodes and photoanodes to "split" water into hydrogen and oxygen respectively. PEC cells can work under mild…