The vast majority of consumer electronics use lithium-ion batteries, and with each generation, these devices are designed ...

A recent discovery by materials science researchers in Drexel University’s College of Engineering might one day prevent electronic devices and components from going haywire when they’re too close to ...

The underlying mechanism improving piezoelectricity via interfacial polarization is elucidated through combining the experimental results, molecular dynamics simulations and density functional theory ...

(Nanowerk News) Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are materials that have gained significant attention in the field of energy due to their unique characteristics, like a high specific surface area, ...

A new method in spectromicroscopy significantly improves the study of chemical reactions at the nanoscale, both on surfaces and inside layered materials. Scanning X-ray microscopy (SXM) at MAXYMUS ...

The image on the left shows the flaky structure of the MXene sample under a scanning electron microscope. The image on the right shows the resulting composite material after cobalt and iron were ...

A recent study published in the journal ACS Omega reports the development of a novel process for producing thin and adaptable supercapacitor electrodes using MXene and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) ...

A type of two-dimensional layered material has emerged as a candidate to assist in replacing the body's waste filtration system in wearable kidneys. For more than 3 million people around the world, ...

Researchers estimate that mercury emissions in the atmosphere have quadrupled since the Industrial Revolution. The heavy metal, generated by burning fossil fuels and the disposal of industrial and ...

Researchers report that MXene current collectors perform as well as the copper foils being used in current lithium-ion ...