Tag Archives: Materials Sciences

Piezoelectric Catalyst Destroys Forever Chemicals

Startup secures $16 million to deploy PFAS-busting tech for wastewater. Continue reading →

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Iron–Helium Compounds Form Under Pressure

Experiments show that iron’s crystal lattice expands to incorporate
helium. Continue reading →

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Bumpy Particles Take One Step to Become Glass

Roughing up the surfaces of particles in a colloidal system can smooth its transition into a glassy state. Continue reading →

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Mapping the Textures of Thicker Magnets

A soft x-ray magnetic imaging technique makes possible the study of a wide range of magnetic materials. Continue reading →

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Setting Temporal Boundaries for Sound Waves

A magnet-and-coil system reveals how acoustic waves reflect and refract when the host medium suddenly changes elasticity. Continue reading →

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Gated Flows in Charged Channels

Electrically patterning the walls of a nanochannel could provide a route to creating “valves” that abruptly alter the speed at which a charged fluid flows through a nanofluidic device. Continue reading →

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A Cleaner Way to Produce Ammonia

New research reveals how a surprising catalyst can help to efficiently convert nitrogen into useful products under ambient conditions. Continue reading →

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Lithium-Ion “Traffic Jam” Behind Reduced Battery Performance

Real-time in situ x-ray observations of new nickel-rich lithium-ion batteries reveal that reduced performance comes from lithium ions getting trapped in the cathode. Continue reading →

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Thermal Conductivity Not Too Hot to Handle

A radiometry technique directly measures thermal conductivity in molten metals and confirms the relationship with electrical resistivity. Continue reading →

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Testing a New Solar Sandwich

By combining the world’s oldest photovoltaic material with today’s most used one, researchers have taken a step toward next-generation solar devices. Continue reading →

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