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- May 05, 2021
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First nanoscale look at a reaction that limits the efficiency of generating clean hydrogen fuel
- With a new suite of tools, scientists discovered exactly how tiny plate-like catalyst particles carry out a key step in that conversion – the evolution of oxygen in an electrocatal
- Mechanical Behavior & Structural Materials, Electronic, Magnetic & Photonic Materials
- January 04, 2021
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First glimpse of polarons forming in a promising next-gen energy material
- These fleeting disruptions, seen for the first time in lead hybrid perovskites, may help explain why these materials are exceptionally good at turning sunlight into electrical curr
- Materials Computation, Theory & Design, Materials for Sustainability, Biomaterials and Bio-interfaces
- November 30, 2020
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Engineers invent an ultrafast way to make perovskite solar modules
- High-speed manufacturing could spur the commercialization of these energy-efficient, cost-effective alternatives to the silicon solar panels that are widely used today.
- Biomaterials and Bio-interfaces, Materials for Sustainability, Mechanical Behavior & Structural Materials
- October 26, 2020
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A team borrows solar panel tech to create ultrahigh-res OLED display
- The display would feature brighter images with purer colors and more than 10,000 pixels per inch.
- Materials for Sustainability, Electronic, Magnetic & Photonic Materials, Mechanical Behavior & Structural Materials
- March 20, 2020
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A device brings silicon computing power to brain research
- A new device enables researchers to observe hundreds of neurons in the brain in real-time. The system is based on modified silicon chips from cameras, but rather than taking a pict
- Biomaterials and Bio-interfaces, Mechanical Behavior & Structural Materials
- February 05, 2019
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Untangling a strange phenomenon that both helps and hurts lithium-ion battery performance
- New research offers the first complete picture of why a promising approach of stuffing more lithium into battery cathodes leads to their failure. A better understanding of this cou
- Mechanical Behavior & Structural Materials
- November 21, 2018
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An electric glove gives robots a sense of touch
- With sensors that mimic human skin, the robotic hands achieve some of the manual dexterity that humans enjoy.
- Biomaterials and Bio-interfaces, Mechanical Behavior & Structural Materials
- June 01, 2017
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Using nanotechnology to make a key industrial catalyst more effective
- Catalytic converters and clean-energy technologies sop up air pollution like a sponge. Researchers find that stretching or compressing a key material boosts its cleansing power.
- Materials for Sustainability, Mechanical Behavior & Structural Materials
- April 10, 2017
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Crystal paradox: Almost perfect structures made useful by tiny flaws
- A crystal is the repeated arrangement of identical atoms or molecules. But their value, as precious gems or silicon chips, often owes to tiny structural defects or impurities.
- Mechanical Behavior & Structural Materials
- March 30, 2017
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Reinhold Dauskardt: Human skin — the ultimate bio-interface
- New research on the biomechanical properties of skin has implications for new cosmetics, wearable tech, and treatment of damaged skin.
- Biomaterials and Bio-interfaces, Materials Computation, Theory & Design, Materials for Sustainability
- August 10, 2016
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Can we design memory chips 1,000 times faster than those we use today?
- Silicon chips store data in billionths of a second, but phase-change memory could operate in trillionths of a second, while using less energy and space.
- Mechanical Behavior & Structural Materials
- June 27, 2016
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How do we build more durable electronic devices?
- New insights about the protective layers in chips could help build sturdier products.
- Materials for Sustainability, Mechanical Behavior & Structural Materials, Novel Characterization Methods