Boron is a versatile non-metal element, but until the last five years, chemists have only theorized about the useful properties and applications of two-dimensional (2D) boron-containing materials. In a study published this ...
Materials Science
Oct 28, 2021
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As a newcomer in the alloy material world, high-entropy alloys exceed the traditional alloy design concept as they possess more than five elements, and generally exhibit a simple solid solution structure due to their high ...
Materials Science
Oct 25, 2021
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Inspiration struck Yi Zheng on a summer visit to a local dairy farm. There were cows and horses and, Zheng noticed, that meant that there was manure everywhere.
Materials Science
Oct 21, 2021
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Magnesium rechargeable batteries (MRBs), where high-capacity Mg metal is used as the anode material, are promising candidates for next-generation batteries due to their energy density, safety, and cost. However, the lack ...
Materials Science
Aug 23, 2021
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A research team led by Professor Guntae Kim in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST has announced a breakthrough in technology that efficiently converts liquid ammonia into hydrogen. Their findings have ...
Materials Science
Aug 12, 2021
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOF) are crystalline porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials which, by filling their pores with guest molecules, can create functionalities through interactions between the organic-inorganic based ...
Materials Science
Jul 6, 2021
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It is now well known that carbon dioxide is the biggest contributor to climate change and originates primarily from burning of fossil fuels. While there are ongoing efforts around the world to end our dependence on fossil ...
Materials Science
May 6, 2021
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On the 35th anniversary of one of the world's worst nuclear disasters, new research has been published that could help to contain and clean up the most dangerous radioactive materials that still remain at the site in Chernobyl.
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 26, 2021
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QUT researchers have used carbon dots, created from human hair waste sourced from a Brisbane barbershop, to create a kind of "armor" to improve the performance of cutting-edge solar technology.
Nanophysics
Apr 8, 2021
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Researchers from Skoltech and their collaborators have designed, synthesized and evaluated new compounds that can serve as catholytes and anolytes for organic redox flow batteries, bringing this promising technology closer ...
Materials Science
Apr 6, 2021
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