Researchers see stripes in samples of twisted double bilayer graphene, indicating the presence of a nematic phase characterized by broken rotational symmetry.
Cryo-EM snapshots of the solid-electrolyte interphase, or SEI, reveal its natural swollen state and offer a new approach to lithium-metal battery design.
Researchers discovered the microscopic mechanism of the high strength and high toughness through detailed characterization of traditional Xuan paper and prepared high-performance films based on the findings.
Scientists have discovered a new mechanism to control spin-lattice interaction using ultrashort terahertz (THz) pulses. This mechanism can open up new and elegant ways to control propagation of spin waves and thus make an important step to conceptually new technologies of data processing in future.
Smart textiles use the warmth emitted by the human body and convert it into electricity. Their cooling properties make the new materials interesting for safety-relevant applications and at the same time en-sure increased wearing comfort and well-being.
By regulating the tip-to-tip interactions of protein needles, researchers allowed for their self-assembly into lattice structures, ordered monomeric states, and fiber assemblies, paving the way for the controlled construction of more of such protein architectures.
An estimated 6.8 billion face masks are used around the world each day, which ultimately are incinerated, sent to landfills or simply dumped in the environment, providing a glimpse of a forthcoming severe global environmental crisis. Many of these synthetic face masks are non-biodegradable in nature. To address this issue, researchers have developed a 3-layered biodegradable, antibacterial, breathable, herbal-extract based, and needleless electrospun face mask.
The breakthrough could pave the way for developing technologies that can identify materials according to their desired properties for specific applications.
Researchers designed an ultrafast amplitude detector for use in high-speed atomic force microscopy. The detector will enable the real-time recording of fast dynamical processes of biomolecules.
The new testing tool, engineered specifically to test nanoparticles, could advance the search for next-generation biological medicines. The technology builds upon nanoparticles currently used against cancer and eye disease, and in vaccines for viruses including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
