Materials Science
Sep 8, 2022
Scientists use novel method to make promising battery material
Charging and discharging a battery cell transforms its electrode material into a "super" material.
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Biochemistry
Sep 7, 2022
A new tool for cryo-electron microscopy
Researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf led by Prof. Dr. Carsten Sachse are using cryo-electron microscopy, or cryo-EM for short, to make biomolecules visible at the atomic level. ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 6, 2022
Liquid cell transmission electron microscopy analysis of semiconductor nanocrystals
Semiconductor nanocrystals of different sizes and shapes can govern the optical and electrical properties of materials. Liquid cell transmission electron microscopy (LCTEM) is an emerging method to observe nanoscale chemical ...
Nanophysics
Aug 29, 2022
How can X-ray diffraction be used for a reliable study of nanostructured materials?
Owing to their unique physical properties, nanostructured materials are now at the forefront of materials science. Several different techniques can be used to characterize their microscopic features, but each of these has ...
Nanophysics
Aug 25, 2022
Scientists take control of magnetism at the microscopic level
Atoms in magnetic materials are organized into regions called magnetic domains. Within each domain, the electrons have the same magnetic orientation. This means their spins point in the same direction. "Walls" separate the ...
General Physics
Aug 17, 2022
Capturing high pressures in diamond capsules
Preservation of the high-pressure states of materials at ambient conditions is a long-sought-after goal for fundamental research and practical applications.
Biochemistry
Aug 10, 2022
Commonly used chemical fixation causes aggregation artifact
Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Communications Biology that using common chemicals for fixing living cell samples for microscopy studies causes membrane proteins to aggregate.
General Physics
Aug 3, 2022
New materials research sees transformations at an atomic level
When manufacturing techniques turn metals, ceramics or composites into a technologically useful form, understanding the mechanism of the phase transformation process is essential to shape the behavior of those high-performance ...
Nanophysics
Jul 27, 2022
Graphene scientists capture first images of atoms 'swimming' in liquid
Graphene scientists from The University of Manchester have created a novel "nano-petri dish" using two-dimensional (2D) materials to create a new method of observing how atoms move in liquid.
Nanophysics
Jul 26, 2022
How do nanoparticles grow? Atomic-scale movie upends 100-year-old theory
For decades, a textbook process known as "Ostwald ripening," named for the Nobel Prize-winning chemist Wilhelm Ostwald, has guided the design of new materials including nanoparticles—tiny materials so small they are invisible ...
