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Scientists Develop New Way to Stretch and Strain Liquid Crystals to Generate Different Colors

Chameleons are famous for their color-changing abilities. Depending on their body temperature or mood, their nervous system directs skin tissue that contains nanocrystals to expand or contract, changing how the nanocrystals reflect light and turning the reptile's skin a rainbow of colors.

13 Jul 2020

New Tool Straightens Out Molecule-Sized Tangles of Polymers

A team of scientists at the University of Vermont have invented a new tool--they call it a "nanocage"--that can catch and straighten out molecule-sized tangles of polymers.

13 Jul 2020

New Approach to Better Measure Crystal Growth Rate in Supercooled Liquids

The authors propose a new quantitative approach to better measure the crystal growth rate in supercooled liquids.

10 Jul 2020

Study Determines Crystal Structure of Superhard Tungsten Boride

Skoltech researchers together with their industrial colleagues and academic partners have cracked a 1960s puzzle about the crystal structure of a superhard tungsten boride that can be extremely useful in various industrial applications, including drilling technology.

7 Jul 2020

New Study Categorizes Causes of Structural Asymmetry in Materials

You've heard the expression form follows function- In materials science, function follows form.

2 Jul 2020

New Approach to Find Intrinsically Low Thermal Conductivity in 1D Crystals

The low thermal transport properties are important for applications in thermoelectrics and thermal barrier coatings.

22 Jun 2020

New Findings on Crystallite Behavior can Help Optimize Magnetic Nanoparticles for Various Applications

Magnetic nanoparticles, a class of nanoparticles that can be manipulated by magnetic fields, have a wide range of technical and biomedical applications, including magnetic hyperthermia, targeted drug delivery, new magnetic storage media and nanorobots.

17 Jun 2020

Researchers Discover Ferroelectric Nematic Phase of Liquid Crystal

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder's Soft Materials Research Center (SMRC) have discovered an elusive phase of matter, first proposed more than 100 years ago and sought after ever since.

11 Jun 2020

New Way to Spontaneously Induce Chirality in Crystalline, Liquid Substances

Chirality is a fundamental property of many organic molecules and means that chemical compounds can appear in not only one form, but in two mirror-image forms as well.

9 Jun 2020

Crystals Show Different Flipping Patterns Based on Light Polarity

Insights into a flipping crystal could further research into the development of autonomous robots.

14 May 2020

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

The global semiconductor market has entered an exciting period. Demand for chip technology is both driving the industry as well as hindering it, with current chip shortages predicted to last for some time. Current trends will likely shape the future of the industry, which is set to continue to show

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

The primary distinction between graphene-based batteries and solid-state batteries lies in the composition of either electrode. Although the cathode is commonly changed, carbon allotropes can also be employed in fabricating anodes.

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

In recent years, the IoT is rapidly being introduced into almost all sectors, but it has particular importance in the EV industry.

Crystallography News

Scientists Develop New Way to Stretch and Strain Liquid Crystals to Generate Different Colors

New Tool Straightens Out Molecule-Sized Tangles of Polymers

New Approach to Better Measure Crystal Growth Rate in Supercooled Liquids

Study Determines Crystal Structure of Superhard Tungsten Boride

New Study Categorizes Causes of Structural Asymmetry in Materials

New Approach to Find Intrinsically Low Thermal Conductivity in 1D Crystals

New Findings on Crystallite Behavior can Help Optimize Magnetic Nanoparticles for Various Applications

Researchers Discover Ferroelectric Nematic Phase of Liquid Crystal

New Way to Spontaneously Induce Chirality in Crystalline, Liquid Substances

Crystals Show Different Flipping Patterns Based on Light Polarity

How can Charge Photometry be Used for Battery Screening and Development?

Comparing Computed Radiography and Digital Detector Arrays

How the RSC is Empowering the Future of Chemical Sciences

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Editorial Highlights

The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

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How can Charge Photometry be Used for Battery Screening and Development?

Comparing Computed Radiography and Digital Detector Arrays

How the RSC is Empowering the Future of Chemical Sciences

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