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An inexpensive hydrogel-based material efficiently captures moisture even from low-humidity air and then releases it on demand.

Immersion could become the ultimate test for assessing the wetting properties of coating-free microtextured surfaces.

Research into porous films made via the condensation of humid air could lead to materials with applications ranging from medicine to photovoltaics.

Materials that harvest heat and turn it into electricity could lead to more cost-effective devices.

Understanding the effect pressure has on soot production during fuel combustion could help reduce polluting emissions.

Tohoku University's Center for Innovative Integrated Electronic Systems (CIES), led by Professor Tetsuo Endoh (Graduate School of Engineering at Tohoku University) has announced success on a collaboration between CIES and semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation.

Korean researchers has developed a new hot embossing process technology that can freely imprint fine circuit patterns on flexible polymer substrate. The result is expected to be used in semiconductor process, wearable device & display industry.

Scientists have discovered a novel method to synthesize furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) in a high yield from a glucose derivative of non-food plant cellulose, paving the way for replacing petroleum-derived terephthalic acid with biomaterials in plastic bottle applications.

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HKBU researchers have discovered a new nanomaterial which could enable the early detection and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.

Nanomaterials that respond to cancer-specific stimuli show potential in the targeted delivery of treatments and imaging compounds, but many challenges remain.

A numerical study reveals how to reduce instabilities in the complex flow of plasma in converging geometry of particles in fusion reactions.

Nanoparticles with a shell structure improve the performance of zinc-oxide photodetectors.

Scientists have developed a photoelectrode that can harvest 85 percent of visible light in a 30 nanometers-thin semiconductor layer between gold layers, converting light energy 11 times more efficiently than previous methods.

An improvement to the catalyst that converts methane to syngas could lead to a more economical process.

Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan have collaborated with others to develop a simple way to create and functionalize virus-like polymer particles that have various nanostructures. The collaboration includes researchers from Michigan University in the USA and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany.

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tohoku University have addressed one of the major disadvantages of all-solid-state batteries by developing batteries with a low resistance at their electrode/solid electrolyte interface.

Laser-scribed disordered graphene significantly improves sodium-ion battery capacity.

Superflexible aerogels are highly efficient absorbents, thermal insulators, and pressure sensors.

The table groups molecules according to the nano-shapes they form.

A membrane made of porous carbon-fiber structures grown on a porous ceramic substrate is more efficient at filtering seawater than existing similar membranes.

An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has discovered that folding is an efficient strategy to incorporate large-area monolayer graphene films on polymer composites and that doing so improves mechanical reinforcement. Their work has been published in the prestigious journal, Advances Materials.

Graphene coatings may offer the ability to control the water evaporation process from various surfaces, according to new research.

Researchers control the self-assembly of molecules to form an ultralight, porous gel. This could lead to wide-ranging applications for construction, aerospace, electronics and the environment.

A research team in DGIST succeeded in discovery of a high efficiency organic image sensor which is expected to replace silicon image sensors.

A research team from the State Key Laboratory on Advanced Displays and Optoelectronics Technologies of HKUST has developed a new Liquid-crystal display (LCD), which image resolution, energy efficiency as well as color saturation were markedly enhanced.

A metal carbide within a hydrogel composite senses, stretches and heals like human skin for use in medicine and robotics.

Researchers at Nagoya University have developed a composite material that, by adjusting its composition and exposing it to different types of light, can mimic animals’ changes in color.

HKBU scholars invent award-winning medical device for safe growth of neural stem cells using nanotechnology.

Thermally twistable, photobendable, elastically deformable, and self-healable soft crystal gives a multifunctional, all-in-one material.