Micro-/Nanotechnology

Energy Perspectives: Jonathan Coleman Elucidates Capacity vs Rate Performance

Jonathan Coleman of TCD elucidates the trade-off between rate performance and capacity in battery electrodes, and explains how to optimise it.

A Catalyst for Sustainable Methanol

A new green catalyst converts carbon dioxide and hydrogen into methanol.

Making MRIs Safer

Nanoparticle-based gadolinium contrast agents to improve the safety of MRIs.

A Powerful Lightweight Battery Comes Closer to Reality

A research team has invented a new coating that could finally make safe and long lasting lightweight lithium metal batteries.

Liquid-Metal-Driven Micromachines for the Next Cutting-edge Technology

Is the T-1000 no longer science fiction?

Protein Biohybrids as a Toolkit for New Materials

Protein capsids are specialized and versatile natural macromolecules with exceptional properties. These materials have numerous potential applications, including catalysis and drug delivery.

Not a Stretch: Flexible Hydrogels with Structural Color

New hydrogels from magnetic photonic crystal units combine the advantages of structural colour and the flexibility needed for biological applications.

Self-sorting of Colloidal Particles Triggered by Light

Complex self-sorting, as seen in nature, is mimicked here using a non-invasive light-triggered system to induce self-sorting of colloidal nanoparticles.