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Researchers utilize cellular proteins to shape silver nanoplates, suggesting an efficient strategy for controlling the nanostructure of inorganic materials.

Researchers at Nagoya University find an inorganic semiconductor is brittle when exposed to light, but flexible in the dark.

A fast and safe method to prepare a 3D porous material that mimics the shape of a honeycomb could have broad applications from catalysis to drug delivery or for filtering air to remove pollutants or viruses.

New carbon-dioxide-adsorbing crystals could form the basis of future biomedical materials that rely on the shape-memory effect.

Organic salts with high proton conductivity

Nanocellulose offers renewable, biodegradable, strong and lightweight components for electronic products.

Perovskite-based solar cells reach a record 22.1% energy conversion rate, thanks to a new fabrication method.

An innovative chemical reactor for depositing semiconductors at very high temperatures draws on the strength of Saudi Arabia’s chemical industry.

Hokkaido University scientists have developed ‘fibre-reinforced soft composites’, that are extremely flexible and five times stronger than carbon steel.

Japanese researchers have observed superconductivity in a quasicrystal for the first time.

A novel algorithm to simulate the color appearance of objects under chromatic illuminants has been proposed by Ichiro Kuriki of Tohoku University.

~ A fluke discovery could pave the way towards improved graphene-based electronics ~

3D printing shows potential for fabricating personalized ‘soft’ robotic hands and hearts. But challenges need to be addressed.

A research team in Korea has newly developed imaging system that can analyze the movement of sound generated from 2D structure with the thickness of an atomic unit. It is expected to be used in new material, solar cell, and catalyst development.

A technique of microwave synthesis of layered oxides enables high-capacity aqueous zinc-ion batteries.

A soft, stick-on patch collects, analyses and wirelessly transmits a variety of health metrics from the body to a smartphone.

Researchers at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, have succeeded in developing a new biosensing contact lens capable of detecting glucose levels in patients with diabetes.

Nanomaterial coating enables efficient delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 machinery into the cell.

Adding oxygen atoms to a perovskite-like crystal material splits it into layers, giving it unique electrical properties.

Researchers have developed ultra-small magnetic tunnel junctions with high retention properties for use in semiconductor technologies.

~ A new water-soluble nanocarbon triggers cell death when exposed to light ~

In a recent study, researchers from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, have designed a novel approach to trap and manoeuvre objects as small as 100 nm.

Qatar University (QU) and The University of Newcastle – Australia signed on February 11 a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen their collaboration and cooperate on the design and development of advanced materials for energy and environmental applications.

A team of researchers in Korea has successfully developed an alternative and cheap anode material for excellent and ultra-stable alkaline water electrolysis.

Synthesis of a water-soluble warped nanographene and its application for photo-induced cell death

Tohoku University researchers have fabricated two types of trilayer graphene with different electrical properties.

A fast and efficient method for graphene nanoribbon synthesis Scientists at Nagoya University have now developed a fast way to form nanographenes in a controlled fashion.

Developing 2D materials similar to graphene remains a challenge, but chemists are making progress — moving closer to smaller and faster electronics and photonics.

Ultrathin, rigid silicon segments that are wired through interdigitated metal contacts produce ultraflexible high-performance solar cells.

A team of researchers, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), has succeeded in developing world's first stretchable aqueous Li-ion batteries that may power the next generation of wearable devices.