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Proposed magnetometer design could measure atomic-scale properties
Proposed technique uses probe’s magnetic field to induce measurable response in materials whose magnetic properties only occur internally at the atomic scale. Continue reading
Sustainable manufacturing conference in South Africa highlights importance of materials
For sustainable materials processing methods to help counter our growing population’s demand for ‘stuff’, they need to be affordable and accessible. Continue reading
New simulations suggest cost-effective materials design for H2 storage
Researchers propose an inexpensive material design that appears able to store and deliver bulk hydrogen at an unprecedented rate. Continue reading
Automotive industry drives search for tunable thermal “switch” materials
New thin-film material automatically changes conductivity and helps to harness and repurpose waste heat. Continue reading
Conductive polymer substrate creates platform for biosensing applications
If you want to know how a living cell exchanges information with its surroundings, you have to understand how materials pass through the cell wall. Now, researchers have synthesized lipid bilayers on a flexible, conductive substrate that allows signals to transduce the model membrane. Continue reading
LIGO optical coatings pose new challenges in materials research
Not only has the detection of gravitational waves opened a new era of astronomy, it has also unveiled new horizons for optical and materials sciences. Continue reading
Metal migration damages perovskite solar cells
Heat-induced migration of metal contacts is one culprit behind the degradation that plagues otherwise efficient perovskite solar cells. Continue reading
Plasma oxidation technique yields precise control over mixed metal oxide composition
Mixed metal oxide alloys play an important role as substrates and catalysts for many energy conversion and storage applications. Until now, making multi-element solid solutions with precise compositions has eluded current synthesis techniques. Continue reading
Directional freeze-casting method produces highly structured metal foams by ice-templating
The key to producing an anisotropic tungsten metal foam is starting with a non-metallic oxide powder, and reducing it to metal before densifying the final structure. Continue reading
Fluorescent Colloidal Nanomaterial Rapidly Internalized into Living Cells
Researchers have successfully incorporated colloidal nanoplatelets, a disc-like variation on spherical quantum dots, in a biological system. The new “lipoprotein nanoplatelets” were found to be rapidly internalized into living cells while retaining their fluorescence, making them uniquely valuable in live-cell imaging and labelling. Continue reading
