Quartz glass, irradiated by a laser pulse, becomes a metal for a very short span of time (femtoseconds) and returns to its original state immediately afterwards. This phenomenon has now been explained by Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) scientists in partnership with Tsukuba University researchers with the help of large-scale computer simulations.
Researchers at the Brookhaven National Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy have identified charge preferences and nanoscale asymmetries of the ferroelectric materials that may account for their operational limits.
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is on a mission to drill and collect Martian rock material. It is currently on a target called as “Bonanza King,” which is located in the Gale Crater. The rover team at NASA are currently evaluating the site as a possible drilling target.
Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a new click chemistry reaction which can be used to make novel plastics, smart materials, drugs and many other products.
Nanostructure analysis and measurement of tiny forces between molecules can be effectively performed using atomic force microscopes. Researchers at the Research School of Physics and Engineering of the Australian National University have improved the sensitivity of atomic force microscopes using laser beams.
Qualoupe Lite, Bibby Scientific's low cost, intuitive laboratory information management system (LIMS), is now available across an even wider selection of the company's laboratory equipment.
A new shape memory polymer has been developed, which can expand with warm salt water to accurately fill bone defects and aid in new bone growth.
University of Notre Dame researchers have studied the basic optical properties of organic-inorganic "hybrid" perovskites, a new class of semiconducting materials. The study results are published in the journal, Nature Photonics.
2D Materials, a journal of IOP Publishing, has published a study demonstrating the stability of silicene when exposed to oxygen. The two-dimensional material is able to maintain its stability for at least 24 hours.
NPL scientists have demonstrated that graphene devices exhibit a different conductivity at the center when compared to the edges.
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