Rice University scientists have theoretically determined that the properties of atom-thick sheets of boron depend on where those atoms land.
Nanomaterials
Sep 2, 2015
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Rust never sleeps. Whether a reference to the 1979 Neil Young album or a product designed to protect metal surfaces, the phrase invokes the idea that corrosion from oxidation—the more general chemical name for rust and ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 29, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Glass is mysterious. It is a broad class of materials that extends well beyond the everyday window pane, but one thing that these disparate glasses seem to have in common is that they have nothing in common ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 9, 2014
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A multi-institutional team has resolved a long-unanswered question about how two of the world's most common substances interact.
Materials Science
Aug 9, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A multi-institutional team has resolved a long-unanswered question about how two of the world's most common substances interact.
Materials Science
Jul 1, 2014
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By inserting platinum atoms into an organic semiconductor, University of Utah physicists were able to "tune" the plastic-like polymer to emit light of different colors – a step toward more efficient, less expensive and ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 13, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A Kansas State University chemical engineer has discovered that a new member of the ultrathin materials family has great potential to improve electronic and thermal devices.
Nanomaterials
Sep 5, 2013
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(Phys.org) —An unexpected magnetic behavior within Sr3CuIrO6, a transition-metal compound (TMC) that combines the transition metal copper with the transition metal iridium has been revealed by research at the U.S. Department ...
Condensed Matter
Aug 8, 2013
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A University of Colorado Boulder team has developed a radically new technique that uses the power of sunlight to efficiently split water into its components of hydrogen and oxygen, paving the way for the broad use of hydrogen ...
Materials Science
Aug 1, 2013
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Concentric hexagons of graphene grown in a furnace at Rice University represent the first time anyone has synthesized graphene nanoribbons on metal from the bottom up—atom by atom.
Nanomaterials
Jul 18, 2013
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