Material Science & Technology

Carmakers have been using natural fibres for decades in high-end sedans and coupes. Natural fibers such as hemp, flax and wood are used in interior door panels; as well as...

Hall-bar device on solid proton conductor used for measurements. Credit: FLEET A Chinese-Australian collaboration has demonstrated for the first time that interlayer coupling in a van der Waals (vdW) material...

Photo: Inspired by the work of Japanese snowflake researcher Ukichiro Nakaya, materials scientists from Rice University the University of Pennsylvania created a Nakaya-like diagram of 2D crystal shapes of molybdenum...

The feasibility of collecting the charges in a semiconductor means that they can be used in solar cells and in artificial photosynthesis. Credit: Matton In a new study, a research...

Photo: Acceleration of the chemical reaction by β-MnO2 catalyst in the nanospace of the particles. Credit: Keiko Kamata, Tokyo Institute of Technology. Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology explore a...

An efficient pathway to improve the performance of supercapacitors. Credit: Dawei Su Demand for integrated energy storage devices is growing rapidly as people rely more and more on portable and...

A forward-looking review encourages scientists to study electrode-ionic liquid coupling, which occurs at the interface of electrodes and electrolytes, when developing safer, more stable and efficient energy storage devices. Credit:...

The research team wants to use new materials to enable safe and durable high-performance cells.Photo Credit: Julia Maibach, KIT. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and at Jilin...

Nanocellulose decorated with metal nanoparticles. Credit: Magnus Johansson When nanocellulose is combined with various types of metal nanoparticles, materials are formed with many new and exciting properties. They may be...

In situ optical microscopic images showing the process of the microbubble generation and elimination. Courtesy: H. Lin et al. Tiny bubbles can solve large problems. Microbubbles—around 1-50 micrometers in diameter—have...