Graphene buckles when cooled while attached to a flat surface, resulting in beautiful pucker patterns that could benefit the search for novel quantum materials and superconductors.
Aug 12, 2020
A new way to check nanomaterial quality enters the 'wild frontier' industry.
Aug 12, 2020
A new way to check the quality of nanomaterials like graphene has emerged from a team at the University of Sussex.
Aug 12, 2020
The OECD has published two guidance documents on nanomaterials testing. One is on dissolution and dispersion stability, and the other covers aquatic and sediment toxicology.
Aug 12, 2020
Artificial surfaces that can repel liquids have attracted significant attention across scientific and industrial platforms to create functional topological features. But the role of the underlying structures that are in contact with liquid droplet...
Aug 12, 2020
Polymers reinforced with ultra-fine strands of carbon fibers epitomize composite materials that are "light as a feather and strong as steel," earning them versatile applications across...
Aug 12, 2020
Since the discovery of graphene, two-dimensional materials have been the focus of materials research. Among other things, they could be used to build tiny, high-performance transistors. Researchers at ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne have now simula...
Aug 12, 2020
Albert Einstein once said, "I see my life in terms of music." Perhaps inspired by his words, scientists at the Center for Self-assembly and Complexity (CSC), within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Korea) now see chemical rea...
Aug 12, 2020
When nanocellulose is combined with various types of metal nanoparticles, materials are formed with many new and exciting properties. They may be antibacterial, change colour under pressure, or convert light to heat. "To put it simply, we ma...
Aug 12, 2020
Researchers from the University of Huddersfield and the University of Southampton have been awarded £5.5 million in funding for a five-year research project to accelerate the development of Industry 4.0 techniques for nanoscale metrology.
Aug 12, 2020
