Scientists who study materials can be divided into three categories. "You have people who make things, people who make things do things, and people who try to understand why things do what they do," said Jim De Yoreo, a Battelle fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He places himself into the third category.
Writing in Materials, scientists have presented a multi-analytical study on Nuragic bronze statues. The study shines light on ancient metallurgical techniques and superficial treatments of bronze statues from this period.
In an article recently published in the journal Dental Materials, researchers discussed the role of a novel selective protease inhibitor in slowing the monomer inspired by mussels, i.e., dentine collagen breakdown.
Engineers have encountered difficulty in studying the basic properties of the materials involved as thermoelectric electronic, and computer technologies have been miniaturized to nanometer scale. And in many cases, targets are too small to be seen with optical instruments.
An international collaborative group, for the first time, has been successful in reproducing a topological change of viscous fingering in a numeric manner.
Superconductors are materials with no electrical resistance whatsoever, commonly requiring extremely low temperatures. They are used in a wide range of domains, from medical applications to a central role in quantum computers. Superconductivity is caused by specially linked pairs of electrons known as Cooper pairs.
Scientists from Pakistan have investigated the effects of using manganese catalysts in anodes on the performance of direct carbon fuel cells. Their findings have been reported in a new paper published in ACS Applied Energy Materials.
A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers has discovered how subtle structural changes in strontium titanate, a metal oxide semiconductor, can alter the material's electrical resistance and affect its superconducting properties.
Scientists from the University of Birmingham have described how microscopic crystals grow and change shape in molten metals as they cool, in research that is breaking new ground in alloy research and paves the way for improving the tensile strength of alloys used in casting and welding.
Solar energy is considered to be a clean and renewable source of energy. Generally, Solar cells have a semiconductor material that has the potential to absorb sunlight and produce electricity.