A new study presented in the Nanomaterials journal reports on recent developments in use optimization of annealing atmospheres in the production of copper foils – an area which has seen limited study thus far but presents a significant amount of potential given the usefulness of copper.
By Adrian Thompson
16 Nov 2021
The study on carbon nanotube films offers breakthroughs in CMOS FETs, highlighting potential for improved performance and energy efficiency in IC applications.
By Adrian Thompson
16 Nov 2021
Researchers have developed many materials in recent decades to deliver medications locally and over long periods of time. These polymers, known as drug-delivery systems, offer significant safety benefits by permitting on-target drug exposure while reducing side effects and the cost of treatment.
By Akhlaqul Karomah
16 Nov 2021
3D additive printing is becoming more commonplace in today's industries. To improve the properties of printed polymers, a paper published on chemxriv has explored the incorporation of aramid nanofibers into printable photoresins.
By Reginald Davey
16 Nov 2021
The field of wearable electronics requires flexible materials and batteries that can resist mechanical deformation. To develop new foldable, durable batteries for wearable electronics technologies, a paper published in Materials Today Energy has explored carbon nanotubes as materials.
By Reginald Davey
16 Nov 2021
The study in Advanced Materials examines natural polymers in soft electronics, emphasizing their advantages, limitations, and environmental considerations.
By Ibtisam Abbasi
16 Nov 2021
Spent lithium-ion batteries contain valuable metals that are difficult to separate from each other for recycling purposes.
As silicon based semiconducting technology is approaching the limit of its performance, new materials that may replace or partially replace silicon in technology is highly desired.
The latest research in the journal Applied Polymer Science by researchers in Xi’an, China, is done by fabricating a novel type of cellulose foam by utilization of waste cigarette filters.
By Ibtisam Abbasi
16 Nov 2021
By mimicking photosynthesis, the light-driven process that plants use to produce sugars, MIT researchers have designed a new type of photocatalyst that can absorb light and use it to drive a variety of chemical reactions.
A new study featured in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers a potential alternate approach that combines pressure and electrochemistry to stabilize superhydrides at moderate, perhaps even close to ordinary, pressures.
The research group of Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering of Toyohashi University of Technology, consisting of Hirotada Gamo, doctoral course student;
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted wide interest for their unique electronic structure and abundant physiochemical properties.
The research team led by Prof. ZHANG Kaiming from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborating with Prof. Chang Chung-I from Academia Sinica in Taiwan, successfully analyzed complete three-dimensional (3D) structure of the Lon protease.
Organic nitriles are a class of important compounds in chemical technology, which have been used for synthesis of fine chemicals, agrochemicals, and raw materials for high-performance polymers, rubbers.