Materials – Page 37
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Research‘Little big coil’ breaks record for world’s strongest magnet
High temperature superconductor used to create 45.5 Tesla field magnet 9000 times more powerful than a fridge magnet
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ResearchSpore shell acts as sunscreen for light-sensitive antibiotics
Polymer capsule that protects and preserves antimicrobial compound could aid fight against multi-drug resistant pathogens
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BusinessIndustry adopts quantum computing, qubit by qubit
Companies looking to solve complex chemistry problems are among early adopters of quantum technology
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ResearchEveryday kitchen chemicals used to grow carbon nanotubes
Nanotubes can be synthesised at relatively low temperatures using sodium compounds
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ResearchNanoparticle-fed plankton grow magnetic skeletons
Scientists make bionic material by commandeering the growth process of a calcifying organism
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ResearchHumans consuming thousands of microplastic particles in their food every year
Fans of seafood and bottled water are exposed to thousands of microplastic particles each year
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ResearchFirst atom-thick perovskites show there’s no limits to crystallinity
Could 2D perovskite oxides become the next graphene?
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ResearchCarbon dioxide generated then recycled in polymerisation bicycle
Zinc catalyst links two polymerisation reactions to grow block copolymer
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ReviewThe Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter
Megan McGregor reviews Paul Steinhardt’s book about the discovery of quasicrystals
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ResearchC–H fluoroalkylation tackles plastic waste
Photocatalytic method that upcycles aromatic polymers could breathe new life into rubbish
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ResearchSuper-wood offers way to create air con that doesn’t need power
Buildings covered in densified wood ‘super-material’ could cut cooling’s carbon footprint
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ResearchAlgorithm accurately predicts mechanical properties of existing and theoretical MOFs
Machine learning could speed up the production and use of coordination polymers in industry
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PodcastBeryllium oxide
Brian Clegg examines the duality that makes beryllium oxide so valuable to the electronics industry
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ResearchNew compounds make dissolving gold simpler and safer
Polypseudohalogen-based ionic liquid offers innovative way to recycle electronics
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ResearchMagnetite microswarm repairs circuit by mimicking bridge-building ants
Gold-coated iron particles in magnetic field move like swarming ants to repair broken microcircuits
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ResearchElectrostatic doping improves 2D semiconductor performance
Overcoming defects in monolayer materials could pave the way for their use in electronics
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ResearchConverting waste plastic bottles into jet fuel
Simple three-step process generates minimal waste and diverts plastic from landfill
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ResearchFirst radial-conjugated aromatic that does the twist
Figure-of-eight shaped molecule is the first with a radial π-electron system