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- Researchers use nitrogen-based compounds as new high-performance energy storage materials 26/03/2024 Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have synthesized unique scandium polynitrides under extreme conditions, with exotic chemistry and potential applications as high-energy-density materials.
- Aluminum nanoparticles make tunable green catalysts 21/03/2024 A nanotechnology pioneer has uncovered a transformative approach to harnessing the catalytic power of aluminum nanoparticles by annealing them in various gas atmospheres at high temperatures.
- Selective dual-wavelength olefin metathesis 3D-printing: How engineers are using SWOMP 19/03/2024 3D printing has changed the world. It's allowed the aerospace, medical, automotive, manufacturing and many other industries to customize parts and prototypes in ways they never could before. It has drastically increased flexibility and cost effectiveness while reducing waste and production time. But many 3D-printed materials aren't the strongest.
- Breakthrough research enables high-density hydrogen storage for future energy systems 14/03/2024 A research team has reported a groundbreaking development in efficient hydrogen storage.
- A physics-based predictive tool to speed up battery and superconductor research 12/03/2024 From lithium-ion batteries to next-generation superconductors, the functionality of many modern, advanced technologies depends on the physical property known as intercalation. Unfortunately, it's difficult to identify in advance which of the many possible intercalated materials are stable, which necessitates a lot of trial-and-error lab work in product development.
- Diamond quantum memory with Germanium vacancy exceeds coherence time of 20 ms 22/02/2024 The color centers of diamond are the focus of an increasing number of research studies, due to their potential for developing quantum technologies. Some works have particularly explored the use of negatively-charged group-IV diamond defects, which exhibit an efficient spin-photon interface, as the nodes of quantum networks.
- CERN researchers measure speed of sound in the quark–gluon plasma more precisely than ever before 20/02/2024 Neutron stars in the universe, ultracold atomic gases in the laboratory, and the quark–gluon plasma created in collisions of atomic nuclei at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC): they may seem totally unrelated but, surprisingly enough, they have something in common. They are all a fluid-like state of matter made up of strongly interacting particles. Insights into the properties and behavior of any of these almost-perfect liquids may be key to understanding nature across scales that are orders of magnitude apart.
- A novel technique for creating superhydrophobic surfaces 16/02/2024 Superhydrophobic surfaces, characterized by their ability to repel water with a contact angle above 150° and a sliding angle below 10°, offer a range of applications from self-cleaning and anti-corrosion to oil/water separation and droplet manipulation. Traditionally, creating such surfaces has been challenging, requiring complex, time-consuming, or material-specific methods.
- Helium droplets capture double water structure 15/02/2024 An elusive structure involving two water molecules, which had been predicted but never observed, has been isolated by RIKEN chemists. This finding could have implications for a wide range of fields ranging from astrochemistry to corrosion of metals. The paper is published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.
- Shedding light on the origin of the photovoltaic effect in organic–inorganic perovskites 07/02/2024 A team led by RIKEN researchers has investigated how special crystals convert light into electricity. Their findings will help inform efforts to improve their efficiency, which could lead to the crystals being used in solar cells.
- 3D printed multilayer structures for high-numerical aperture achromatic lenses 05/02/2024 Flat optics are made of nanostructures containing high-refractive index materials to produce lenses with thin form factors that function only at specific wavelengths.