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ResearchPerovskite frozen in MOF glass glows in rainbow colours
Porous material preserves lead halide perovskite’s luminescent form while tailoring emission colour
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Model performs reality check on adsorbents for carbon capture
Tool could save researchers time by assessing new materials from a variety of angles
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How a circular economy and nanotech save us from a clean energy bottleneck
A carbon-neutral future depends on smarter materials and circular thinking
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Wood made foldable and stronger than steel
Next-level modification sees natural material made into knives, nails and honeycomb structures that can carry the weight of a car
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Nanoparticles in full flow
Promethean Particles’ hydrothermal reactors make nanomaterials in liquid dispersions
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Flawless quasicrystals may be possible to synthesise simply
Cutting misalignment should allow perfect structures to form
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Polymerisation used to synthesise 2D material inside living cells
Sheets are larger than those cells can take up and the technique could find uses in imaging
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Meltable MOF glass made with ionic liquid
New family of glassy porous materials can be melted and moulded into any shape
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Squeezed crystal becomes better catalyst
Fine-tuning platinum’s lattice strain with removable atomic spacers boosts its catalytic activity by up to 50%
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Materials swap cuts cost of green hydrogen device
Coating allows titanium electrolyser components to be replaced with stainless steel
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New process could turn scrap metal into hi-tech steel in demand for cars and alloys
Ultra-low carbon steel created electrochemically
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How polluting is plastic?
Find out the impact plastic waste has on the natural environment, from both the chemical, and microbial point of view, and how natural processes can be used to deal with plastic waste and convert into value-added products.
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Liquid crystals under pressure create squid-like camouflage
Pneumatic membranes trigger full-spectrum colour shifting on demand
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Chemours under fire for trying to exempt fluorochemicals from EU regulation
European Court of Justice will rule on whether GenX chemicals should be listed as substances of very high concern
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Sublime precursors: how modelling organometallics at surfaces drives innovation in materials processing
Explore atomic-scale simulation workflows – and learn about key precursor properties and the thermodynamics of adsorption
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Heavy metal proteins are the secret weapon in ant bites
Protein-rich biomaterials containing zinc, manganese, copper and bromine allow ants, crabs and scorpions to pack more punch for their size
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Eggshell-ent MOFs made from sustainable precursors
Green starting materials for calcium-based frameworks
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Water splitting electrocatalyst made from unconventional alloy containing 14 elements
Simple dealloying process creates complex nanoporous alloy
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Massive fire at UK polyurethanes plant
One worker remains missing a week after Leamington Spa incident
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Hardest amorphous material can scratch even diamond
Compressing buckyballs at high temperatures makes ultra-hard and strong carbon materials
