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Sb2Te3 nanoplates decorated with two-dimensional chalcogenide self-assembled Ag, with spiral growth.
A regenerative coating system inspired by biology that is a simplified synthetic analog of skin, with a vascularized substrate (dermis-like) and protective coating (epidermis-like) is demonstrated.
A series of monolithic porous Au with different pore sizes were successfully synthesized.
The continued development of piezoelectric materials has led to a huge market of products (image credit: Csaba Deli/Shutterstock).
Several devices using flexible circuit boards were created to demonstrate the possibilities of this technology, showing the ability to create thermoplastic electronic devices.
A high-throughput tensile testing technique has been implemented, which utilizes high-resolution cameras to track the deformation during testing.
Perovskite solar cells made on flexible plastic substrates are a crucial development, but how to deposit the electron collecting layer?
Concept of ‘breathing glass’: The biobased poly(limonene carbonate) (PLimC) unifies sustainability, carbon capture and utilisation of carbon dioxide in one material.
Safer technologies with higher energy densities and longer working lives are at the top of the list for lithium battery research.
New theory suggests gravity is not a fundamental force
Scientists take a closer look at rare particles called hypernuclei
Quantum entanglement visualized for the first time ever
French WEST reactor breaks record in nuclear fusion
Higgs boson may be driving the Universe’s expansion
Researchers take a glimpse at the structure of rare tetraquarks
CERN scientists search for new physics in unusual energy patterns linked to hidden particles
An anti-inflammatory peptide may hold the key to low-back pain relief
Black hole images deliver a deathblow to alternative theory of gravity
Could a nuclear explosion set Earth’s atmosphere on fire?