Materials Science
Berkeley Lab Researchers Find Simpler Approach to Making Plasmonic Materials The question of how many polyhedral nanocrystals of silver can be packed into millimeter-sized supercrystals may not be burning on many lips but the answer holds importa
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Until now, scientists have had little success creating materials that emit light in the near-infrared range, a portion of the spectrum that only can be seen with the aid of night vision devices.
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To improve the electronic devices that keep our modern, hyper-connected world organized, scientists are on the hunt for new semiconductor materials, which control the flow of electricity that powers smart phones and other electronic devices.
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Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas are developing an anti-icing system that could make airport runways safer and less expensive to maintain during winter months.
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Researchers have conducted the first direct comparison of two techniques that could be used for doping sheets of 2D graphene.
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Berkeley Lab and MIT have teamed up to develop a new tool, called the Materials Project, which launches this month.
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The latest Berkeley Lab research is unveiling how slim sheets of protein-like structures self-assemble.
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A new nanostructure-based process developed at UMass Amherst will simplify the process for making magnetic materials.
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Researchers at ORNL recently discovered a material with 10 times the piezoelectric effect of crystals and ceramics.
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A new study has revealed more on how tweaking a nanoparticle can lead to the creation of ordered uniform “supraparticles.”
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Berkeley Lab researchers and the University of California have resolved the high-voltage mystery for one ferroelectric material.
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Stony Brook University researchers have developed a new way of predicting new superhard materials, which have many uses.
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