Materials – Page 66
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ResearchGecko-inspired adhesives for microfluidics
Technical innovation in reversible bonding allows for strong and affordable devices
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ResearchTouch lights up supercooled material
Weight of a single cell is enough to induce crystallisation in amorphous organic material
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ResearchCollaboration reduces barriers to rare earth separation
Photochemistry selectively removes europium from red lamp phosphor
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ResearchZIF-8 disrupts ionic liquid deep freeze
Unusual ionic conducting framework retains conductivity at −20°C to open up a promising class of electrolytes
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ResearchMOF catalyst capable of disabling chemical weapons
Zirconium-based framework breaks down nerve agent mimic within 30 seconds
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ResearchResearch shines light on perovskite solar cell manufacturing
Efficiency record for perovskites may be broken after development of new manufacturing method
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NewsUN sets its sights on marine microplastics
Scale of the problem means no simple solutions exist to tackle plastic particles already in the world’s oceans
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ResearchGraphene-wrapped diamond ball bearings cut friction to virtually nothing
Discovery could help save energy and money, but still needs to overcome limitations in humid conditions
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Polymers curl up and take control
Single polymer chains can be shaped into globular nanoparticles to mimic nature’s catalysts
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ResearchGold-plated onion shows its strength as artificial muscle
New artificial muscle made by applying a voltage across gold-plated onion cells
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ResearchCarnivorous plant adhesive helps cells stick
Chemical analysis of the glue sundews use to catch insects suggests potential for tissue engineering
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PodcastMussel adhesive proteins
How do mussels stick tight and weather the constant ocean waves? Helen Scales discovers mussel adhesive proteins
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ResearchMolecular shuttle slides into the solid state
Rotaxane ‘switch’ has been successfully wedded to a metal–organic framework
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Floppy polymer defies convention to form rigid framework
Hybrid metal–organic frameworks could be engineered with a whole set of new properties
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ResearchDefective by design
Structural disorder brings out desirable but counterintuitive phenomenon in metal–organic framework
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Fighting crime with covert nanowires
Nanobarcode is encoded and read with electron beam irradiation from a transmission electron microscope
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E-paper display draws on child’s toy
For interactivity, scientists take a leaf out of the Magna Doodle book
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ResearchDisrupting graphene
Scientists hope their comprehensive roadmap will help tease out graphene’s potential
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ResearchPhotoacoustic nanoparticles highlight uranium in the body
A study that will likely gather the interest from defence agencies around the world