Materials
Cleaning the air with roof tiles
13 Jun 2014
Graphene’s multi-coloured butterflies
06 Jun 2014
Graphene to make large scale electricity storage a reality
27 May 2014
Graphene – the world’s thinnest material isolated – could make batteries light, durable and suitable for high capacity energy storage from renewable generation.
Scientists use nanoparticles to control growth of materials
20 May 2014
An aluminum-bismuth alloy without the introduction of nanoparticles (left, at 500 microns), and after nanoparticles were introduced before the alloy is cooled (right, at 50 microns)
New chemistry paves the way for creating higher-quality advanced materials
By By Gail Wilson | 07 May 2014
A device that boosts image quality in phones, computers, TVs
05 May 2014
A device created by UCLA researchers could lead to a significant leap in the quality of images on smartphones, computer displays, TVs and inkjet printers
Solving a mystery of thermoelectrics
05 May 2014
New analysis explains why some materials are good thermal insulators while similar ones are not
Lead out, tin in for cheap solar cell
03 May 2014
Researchers at Oxford University have demonstrated that the lead in solar cells based on lead halide perovskites can be replaced with tin
A molecular approach to solar power
17 Apr 2014
A team at MIT and Harvard University has come up with a material that can absorb the sun's heat and store that energy in chemical form, ready to be released again on demand
Relieving electric vehicle range anxiety with improved batteries
16 Apr 2014
Electric vehicles could travel farther and more renewable energy could be stored with lithium-sulphur batteries that use a unique powdery nanomaterial
Quantum photon properties revealed in plasmon
16 Apr 2014
Quantum photon properties revealed in plasmon
16 Apr 2014
Strain can alter materials’ properties
By By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 10 Apr 2014
Engineers design ‘living materials’
08 Apr 2014
Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with non living elements that can conduct electricity or emit light. By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office
Solar cells turned into cheap printable lasers
04 Apr 2014
Solar cells based on a perovskite material not only excel at absorbing light but also at emitting it, turning them into low-cost lasers, a team from Oxford University and Cambridge University has shown
Nanoparticle networks' design enhanced by theory
By By Anne Ju | 11 Mar 2014
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