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Materials Science May 18, 2023

Nontoxic powder uses sunlight to quickly disinfect contaminated drinking water

At least 2 billion people worldwide routinely drink water contaminated with disease-causing microbes.

Condensed Matter May 15, 2023

Superconductivity with Tc as high as 32K found in borides

Superconductors with high transition temperature (high-Tc SCs) are long-sought targets in the condensed matter physics and materials communities because of significant scientific and application values. Since the discovery ...

Condensed Matter May 1, 2023

Magnetic imaging unlocks crucial property of 2D superconductor

Using state-of-the-art magnetic imaging, a Cornell-led collaboration has for the first time characterized a key property of the superconducting state of a class of atomically thin materials that are too difficult to measure ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 24, 2023

A panoramic view on lithium-mediated electrochemical dinitrogen reduction reaction

The Haber-Bosch process is the industrial approach for NH3 production today, which must be operated at energy-intensive high temperatures and pressures. The reduction of dinitrogen (N2) by electrocatalysis offers an alternative ...

Nanomaterials Apr 24, 2023

From sheets to stacks, new nanostructures promise leap for advanced electronics

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have successfully engineered multi-layered nanostructures of transition metal dichalcogenides that meet in-plane to form junctions. They grew out layers of multi-layered structures ...

Nanophysics Apr 24, 2023

Superlattice films developed to achieve macroscale superlubricity

A research group led by Prof. Wang Liping at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Prof. Li Qunyang at Tsinghua University, developed ...

Nanophysics Apr 20, 2023

Molding of nanowires spurs unanticipated phases

Sometimes to make big breakthroughs, you have to start very small.

Bio & Medicine Apr 19, 2023

Intelligent membranes with memories for next-generation smart filters

Researchers from the National Graphene Institute (NGI) have created "intelligent" membranes whose "memory" can be used in areas like smart separation technology, wound management, drug delivery, sensors and memory devices.

Analytical Chemistry Apr 18, 2023

Chemists propose ultrathin material for doubling solar cell efficiency

Solar power technologies, which use solar cells to convert sunlight to electricity or storable fuels, are gaining momentum in a world looking beyond fossil fuels for its energy needs.

Nanophysics Apr 18, 2023

Toward controlling contact polarity and contact resistance in 2D-material devices

National University of Singapore (NUS) physicists found that contacts made of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and tungsten diselenide (WSe2) on gold metal are both p-type, while the same contacts with chalcogen vacancy defects ...

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