All Materials articles – Page 10
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ResearchSuper-slippery 2D material could be ideal lubricant for planetary rovers
Metal carbide material is significantly better lubricant than oils
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Webinar
Computational acceleration of novel organic electronic materials development
Join us to learn about the latest technology in atomistic-scale design and development of novel organic electronic materials with recent case studies and examples
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Webinar
Should we design biodegradable plastics?
Join us to find out how chemists design plastics for biodegradability, and discuss the opportunities and challenges that these new materials present on our journey to a more sustainable future
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Research
High performance fabric that can be made from plastic bags could slash fashion’s huge emissions
Polyethylene yarn can create clothes that are stain resistant, cool the wearer and are simple to recycle
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Cadmium cyanide surprises chemists by shrinking when irradiated with x-rays
Contraction expands potential applications for inorganic materials
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Stable 2D boron material created for the first time
Atomically thin boron stabilised by hydrogenating the material to create borophane
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Giant glowing fabric made into shirtsleeve display
Flexible textile woven from conductive polymer and luminescent fibres made into wearable display and keyboard device
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New magnesium alloy shows exceptional corrosion resistance
Magnesium reaps big benefits from tiny amounts of calcium
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Photosensitive monomer allows polyurethanes to be degraded by light
Polymer designed to have a cleaving point after every second monomer unit
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Business
Chromosol’s silicon photonics system tackles data transfer bottleneck
Technology for integrating lasers directly into photonic circuits could accelerate replacement of large and expensive optical systems
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Mineral plastic made into fireproof foam
Pre-gelation strategy could be key to non-combustible insulation materials
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Twisted trilayer graphene supports existence of exotic superconductivity
‘Magic angle’ twist in three layers of graphene offers new insight into superconductivity current models can’t explain
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Shipping ‘skid mark’ detected in the North Sea
Antifouling coatings are an underestimated source of plastic pollution
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Sonic energy turns liquid mercury into solid nanoparticles
New form of mercury shows electrocatalytic properties
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Colour-changing coating can diagnose damage to climbing ropes or safety equipment
Heat and friction changes appearance of metal-based coating
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New web apps help standardise how chemists assign colours to MOFs
Survey highlighting the subjective nature of colour prompts scientists to create new tools to improve chemical records
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Feature
How rubber is bouncing back
From their colonial roots to future alternatives, Kit Chapman looks at the chemistry of natural elastomers
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Research
Ultrasound tops traditional synthesis in hunt for elusive golden polymer
Mechanochemical synthesis of fluorinated polyacetylene shows that mechanical force can tackle transformations that are near impossible with solvent-based chemistry
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Hybrid resin offers new dimension in flow reactor printing
New resin enables chemical resistance, UV transparency and the potential for surface functionalisation
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Research
How tunnelling titanium turns a perfect crystal into a bad heat conductor
Quantum tunnelling is key to solving the mystery of why some defect-free crystals have such low thermal conductivities
