Scientists use novel method to make promising battery material
Charging and discharging a battery cell transforms its electrode material into a "super" material.
Materials Science
Sep 8, 2022
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Cage with caps: Selective confinement of rare-earth-metal hydrates in host molecules
Rare-earth metals are indispensable for many technical products, from smartphones, laptops, batteries, electromotors, and wind turbines, to catalysts. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a Japanese team has now introduced a ...
Materials Science
Aug 22, 2022
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Electron slow motion: Ion physics on the femtosecond scale
How do different materials react to the impact of ions? This is a question that plays an important role in many areas of research—for example, in nuclear fusion research, when the walls of the fusion reactor are bombarded ...
Nanophysics
Aug 22, 2022
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At the water's edge: Self-assembling 2D materials at a liquid–liquid interface
The past few decades have witnessed a great amount of research in the field of two-dimensional (2D) materials. As the name implies, these thin film-like materials are composed of layers that are only a few atoms thick. Many ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 21, 2022
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New research furthers understanding of the electronic structure of graphite
Graphite is an incredibly important, versatile mineral, with uses spanning industries. Because graphite can easily conduct electricity and withstand high temperatures, it is especially important for electronics. Graphite ...
General Physics
Jul 19, 2022
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'Hot' graphene reveals migration of carbon atoms
The migration of carbon atoms on the surface of the nanomaterial graphene was recently measured for the first time. Although the atoms move too swiftly to be directly observed with an electron microscope, their effect on ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 24, 2022
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Novel use of iron-laced carbon nanofibers yields high-performance energy storage
A new study by Chinese researchers demonstrates a novel approach to enhancing the storage performance of batteries and capacitors. The researchers developed a simple yet efficient way to produce a material with excellent ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 6, 2022
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Manganese oxide material can rapidly store and release low-grade heat without decomposing
Scientists in Japan have found a common substance that can reversibly and rapidly store and release relatively large amounts of low-grade heat without decomposing. The research could lead to more efficient reuse of industrial ...
Materials Science
Apr 4, 2022
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Nanomaterials: Light dependent atom clusters for sensing applications
In a new report now published in Nature Asia Materials, Kenshi Harada and a team in materials science and analytical science in Japan and France formed a new environment sensing device that explored the opto-ionic-electronic ...
Researchers verify relationship between rate of a nonequilibrium process and the rate at which it creates entropy
A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in China has verified the relationship between the rate at which a nonequilibrium process happens and the rate at which it creates entropy. In their paper published ...
