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Researchers Use New Process to Mechanically Imprint Atoms in Ceramic Crystals

Electroceramics, including capacitors, are crucial parts of electronic devices. But any disruption to the crystalline structure of these electroceramics can alter their specific properties.

31 May 2021

Research Paints a New Picture of How the Hall Effect Works in 3D Materials

This new 3D effect can be the foundation for topological quantum phenomena, which are believed to be particularly robust and therefore promising candidates for extremely powerful quantum technologies.

31 May 2021

Multiple-Element Alloy Composed of Cheap Metals Rivals Platinum as Electrocatalyst for Fuel Cells

As the cleanest renewable energy, hydrogen energy has attracted special attention in the research.

31 May 2021

Designing Switchable DNA-Based Soft Materials with Tunable Properties

While DNA is often idealised as the "molecule of life", it is also a highly sophisticated polymer that can be used for next-generation materials.

31 May 2021

Using Nanofibrous Filters for Air Purification

In a paper published in NANO, the author reviewed many kinds of nanofibrous filters including the component, preparation process, and application performances to provide directional guidance for improvement of the air purification field.

31 May 2021

Research Provides Better Understanding of Switchable MOF Structures

Metal-organic framework compounds consist of inorganic and organic groups and are characterised by a large number of pores into which other molecules can be incorporated.

31 May 2021

Fe2+ Ion Study Improves Understanding of Magnetoelectric Coupling

The authors, Kirill Vasin and Mikhail Eremin, contribute to the theory of electronic and structural properties of FeCr2O4 ferrimagnet.

31 May 2021

Samara Polytech Researchers Study the Properties of Non-Racemic Dihydrofurans

The research team of the Department of Organic Chemistry of Samara Polytech under the leadership of Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Head of the Department Yuri Klimochkin and Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor Alexander Reznikov in cooperation with the crystallographic research group of Lomonosov Moscow State University completed a study to obtain non-racemic 4,5-dihydrofurans based on Michael addition and study their chemical properties.

31 May 2021

PTR-MS and Beyond: Announcing the Vocus Aim Reactor

TOFWERK’s newly released Vocus Aim Reactor expands the detection capabilities of the Vocus CI-TOF to include new classes of organic and inorganic compounds – making it the world’s most powerful and vers...

From TOFWERK 31 May 2021

Anaerobic Bacterium Helps Synthesize Catalysts to Split Hydrogen from Water

Researchers from KAUST have illustrated an economical and dependable method to synthesize highly active single-atom catalysts by utilizing the exceptional metal-reducing potential of the iron-breathing bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens.

28 May 2021

An Organic Material for New Generation of Energy Storage Devices

A new report by Skoltech scientists and their colleagues describes an organic material for the new generation of energy storage devices, which structure follows an elegant molecular design principle.

28 May 2021

New Biomaterial Could Help in Bone Repair

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have developed a new biomaterial made entirely from discarded bullfrog skin and fish scales that could help in bone repair.

28 May 2021

Engineered Line Defects in Crystalline Material Can Boost Electrical Performance

Materials engineers don't like to see line defects in functional materials.

28 May 2021

Study Shows that Ionophobic Electrodes can Boost the Overall Performance of Energy Storage

Using renewable energy to replace fossil energy is now considered the best solution for greenhouse gas emission and air pollution problems. As a result, the demand for new and better energy storage technology is strong.

28 May 2021

New Approach Relates Spacetime Crystals to Traditional Geometry

Focused on crystal structures, a researcher from the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) has designed a novel mathematical formula that might solve an ancient issue in interpreting spacetime—the foundation of the universe suggested in Albert Einstein’s theories of relativity.

28 May 2021