Materials – Page 48
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ResearchNew front opened for greener high-performance polymers
Energy needed to make composite similar to those in Boeing’s Dreamliner cut by nine orders of magnitude
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ResearchTuring patterned membrane takes on water purification
Mathematician Alan Turing’s sole chemistry paper inspires self-assembling spotted and striped polymer structures
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PodcastIndium tin oxide, ITO
Swipe, tap, pinch, poke and prod – Neil Withers gets hands on with touchscreen material indium tin oxide
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ResearchAlloy takes on improbable 'negative pressure' structure
New route to create materials almost impossible to make normally
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ResearchUnlimited combinations possible for new range of atom thick materials
Molten salts allow synthesis of 35 unknown 2D transition metal chalcogenides with many more possible
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ResearchBendy bling: researchers make flexible diamonds
Deformable diamond nano-needles offer new opportunities for allotrope
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CareersHow materials science kept the Paralympics on track
Maddy Nichols shares her video diary working behind the scenes at the Pyeongchang games
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ResearchInorganic semiconductor has metal-like ductility
Pliable silver sulfur material may find uses in flexible electronics
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ReviewGraphene: the superstrong, superthin, and superversatile material that will revolutionize the world
A book that asks whether the ‘wonder material’ will live up to expectations
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ResearchManganese makeover for lithium-ion batteries
Cobalt-free cathodes could combat supply issues by using one of the cheapest metals available
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ResearchZeolite filters out carcinogens to make tastier smoked foods
Technology can remove up to 93% of polyaromatic hydrocarbons produced by the smoking process
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ResearchNanotube water channelling claims challenged
Results from 2017 paper raise questions over the flow rates of water through nanotubes
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ResearchArtificial photosynthesis harnesses forgotten half of sunlight’s energy
Intermediate band semiconductor enables infrared radiation to drive a carbon dioxide splitting reaction
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ResearchSolving the crystal maze
Workflow swaps gut feelings for data when designing continuous crystallisation processes
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ResearchHealthier hair in just 10 minutes with graphene dye
Graphene oxide hair dye is not only non-toxic, it also imbues hair with antistatic and thermal conductive properties
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OpinionHow perovskites can live long and prosper
The future of solar cells depends on better stability testing
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ArticleHarnessing electronic display technology in bioimaging
Less toxic than quantum dots, can conjugated polymer nanoparticles revolutionise bioimaging?
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Research2D gallium stripped from molten metal
Gallenene is the first atomically thin material made by exfoliating a liquid metal