Materials – Page 49

Research
Reversible textile can keep you both cool and warm

2017-11-10T19:01:00Z

Composite material can both suppress and enhance a body’s heat loss depending on which way round it is
Feature
Phase to phase

2017-11-10T13:58:00Z

Chemists are finding fascinating phase-change phenomena, discovers Rachel Brazil
Podcast
Polybutene

2017-11-09T14:24:00Z

Kit Chapman discovers the compound that blighted Nixon’s second presidential inauguration by littering the route with dead pigeons
Research
Spaces can be useful

2017-11-08T14:06:00Z

Truly functional MOFs are on the horizon but Susumu Kitagawa saw their potential when they were weak and idle
Research
Inorganic polystyrene gives old material a new backbone

2017-11-07T11:02:00Z

New catalytic route opens the door to polymers made from boron and nitrogen
Research
Batteries reveal all after dip in hot butter

2017-11-06T11:20:00Z

High resolution images aided by solidified fat could help design batteries that charge and discharge quicker
Research
Material containing perfectly planar octacoordinate titanium predicted

2017-11-03T15:45:00Z

Titanium falls flat in an eight-membered boron ring
Research
How do liquid metal snowflakes grow?

2017-11-03T15:45:00Z

Electrochemical oxidation shapes liquid gallium–indium metal into fractal shapes
Article
Silicones – enabling the next big leap in prosthetics and health

2017-11-03T07:41:00Z Sponsored by CES Silicones Europe, By Pierre Germain

Safe, reliable and versatile, silicones are changing lives
Research
Next-generation invisible ink revealed

2017-11-01T12:03:00Z

Reversible reaction transforms MOF messages into glowing perovskite crystals
Research
Glass should be redefined as a liquid

2017-10-27T13:45:00Z

New proposed textbook definition breaks with traditional description of glass as a solid
Research
Electro-shock treatment switches MOF on to gas separation

2017-10-25T12:29:00Z

Electric field stops molecular wriggling and boosts natural gas separation in porous crystal
Research
Zirconium MOF buckles under dynamite pressure

2017-10-25T09:57:00Z

Could MOFs add shock-absorber to their list of potential applications?
Podcast
Neoprene

2017-10-20T14:06:00Z

The wear-resistant polymer that helps keep you warm in the winter surf
Research
Smart stretch expands hip implant performance

2017-10-19T12:18:00Z

Material designed to get thicker as it bends
Research
Carbon fibre gets a colourful makeover

2017-10-13T15:34:00Z

Titanium dioxide structures allow super strong material to ditch dull reputation
Research
Gold chains give DNA semiconducting powers

2017-10-11T14:43:00Z

Sulfurous nucleic acid building blocks confer new electronic properties on DNA
Research
First liquid MOF could get material discovery flowing

2017-10-10T13:20:00Z

Data and modelling show framework and porous structure are retained after melting
Research
First pentagonal 2D material unveiled

2017-10-10T11:41:00Z

Palladium diselenide shows promise in electronics and photonics
Research
Bright future for trace water analysis

2017-10-09T09:28:00Z

MOF-based material has detection limit as low as traditional Karl Fischer titration