Material Science & Technology

Modified “smart bricks” can store energy until required for powering devices. Credit: D’Arcy laboratory. Some of the world’s cheapest and most familiar building materials — can be converted into energy...

Scientists can have ambitious goals (Experiments With Twisted 2D Materials) to cure diseases, to study distant worlds, to clean energy revolutions. In physics and materials science, some of these ambitious...

Schematic illustration of the electron-hole pairs (electron: pink, hole: blue), which are formed by absorption of light in the two-layer molybdenum disulfide layer. Credit: Nadine Leisgang and Lorenzo Ceccarelli, Department...

Human cells possess various proteins that act as channels for charged ions. In the skin, certain ion channels rely on heat to drive a flow of ions that generates electrical...

Synthetic polymers have changed the world around us, and it would be hard to imagine a world without them. However, they do have their problems. It is for instance hard...

Electronic phase separation in multilayer rhombohedral graphite.Courtesy: The University of Manchester The new research shows that the special topology of rhombohedral graphite effectively provides an inbuilt "twist" and therefore offers...

Simulated mountain and valley landscape created by buckling in graphene. The bright linked dots are electrons that have slowed down and interact strongly. Courtesy: Yuhang Jiang Graphene, an extremely thin...

ptical microscope image of stacked graphene layers. Credit: Dr Matt Large Graphene and nanomaterials have been touted as wonder materials, and they are proving invaluable in all sorts of applications,...

This visualisation shows layers of graphene used for membranes. Courtesy: University of Manchester Scientists at the University of Bath have taken an important step towards understanding the interaction between layers...

he fin LED pixel design includes the glowing zinc oxide fin (purple), isolating dielectric material (green), and metal contact (yellow atop green). Courtesy: B. Nikoobakht / N. Hanacek, NIST. A...