The new alloying concept exhibits a phase transformation behavior that facilitates the adjustment of dual phase microstructure.
Month: October 2015
High-Performance Flexible Si Phototransistors
Inspired by the mammalian eye, University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical engineers have created the fastest, most responsive, flexible silicon phototransistor ever made.
Say It With Flowers to Boost Lithium Storage
A unique 3D reduced graphene oxide–cobalt oxide composite material presents promising properties as an anode for lithium-ion batteries.
Partnership offers integrated energy storage module
Aquion Energy and Eguana Technologies collaborate to provide customers with an integrated energy storage module.
Optimal strategies for product-by-process materials
Spanish researchers review the knowledge-based production of waterborne hybrid polymer materials
Selective Laser Melting of Titanium Materials for Biomedical Applications
This paper reviews the recent progresses in selective laser melting of titanium alloys and titanium matrix composites for biomedical applications.
Harvesting light in 3D: new design for silicon solar cell
Innovative 3D silicon solar cell design on both macroscale and nanoscale boosts efficiency while lowering cost.
How to survive and succeed at grad school
Getting a PhD is the first big step towards a career in academia. Hints and tips for grad school are presented in Advanced Science.
Collaborative nanoscience at the Molecular Foundry
A new special issue of Advanced Materials has highlighted the broad multidisiplinary work being done at the Molecular Foundry, part of the Lawerence Berkeley laboratory.
Non-Toxic and Efficient: New Developments for Polymer Solar Cells
A team of US and Chinese scientists has demonstrated a new, nonhalogenated solvent system to produce high performance polymer solar cells.
Monitoring Hypoxia with an Ir-Complex Nanoprobe
An Ir-complex modified nanoprobe to sensitively monitor hypoxia in cancer cells without interfering autofluorescence is developed.
Puncture-proof and self-sealing water-tight materials
Bruns and co-workers have produced a composite membrane that remains water-tight even if punctured with a sharp item.
Fabrication of nanostructures by roll-to-roll extrusion coating
Nanostructures with typical linewidths in the range 100 – 400 nm are best replicated using semi-crystalline polymers such as polypropylene.
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