Materials Science

  1. Materials Science

    A Soft Touch: Imaging technique reveals hidden atoms

    Researchers have devised a new imaging technique for visualizing every carbon atom in the basic unit of graphite.

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  2. Materials Science

    Charging cartilage

    A hybrid material made of biodegradable polymers and carbon nanotubes yields an optimal scaffold for growing cartilage.

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  3. Materials Science

    Soft spheres yield photonic structures

    A novel technique for patterning light-guiding channels through photonic crystals made of hydrogel nanoparticles may lead to faster, all-optical telecommunications technologies.

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  4. Materials Science

    Molecular Memory: Carbon-nanotube device stores data in molecules

    Scientists have created a memory device in which data are encoded in switching molecules called catenanes that are attached to a carbon nanotube.

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  5. Materials Science

    Sopping Up Heavy Metal: Hybrid material removes mercury from water

    A hybrid material consisting of a bacterial protein and a temperature-sensitive polymer proves efficient at removing mercury from contaminated water.

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  6. Materials Science

    Plastic Chips: New materials boost organic electronics

    A new class of electrically conducting organic molecules provides researchers with improved materials with which to fabricate plastic electronic devices.

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  7. Materials Science

    Titanium makes move toward mainstream

    Inventors of a new process for producing titanium claim that their method can reduce the metal's cost to one-third its current price.

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  8. Materials Science

    Layered Approach

    A decade-old method for creating thin coatings is poised to move from the lab to countless low- and high-tech products.

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  9. Materials Science

    Worm’s Jaws Show Mettle: Zinc links may inspire new materials

    New analyses of the jaws of marine worms may lead scientists to better ways of making synthetic materials.

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  10. Materials Science

    Miniature Motor: Nanotubes central to new rotating device

    Researchers have used miniature, nested cylinders, called multiwalled carbon nanotubes, to make a motor only 300 nanometers long.

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  11. Materials Science

    Tiny Labs: Polymers on silicon chip catch, release proteins

    In a step toward a new laboratory-on-a-chip technology, researchers have grown a dense polymer film on a silicon wafer that takes up and releases proteins on command.

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  12. Materials Science

    Gas sensor uses nanotube parts

    New sensors use carbon nanotubes to analyze gas.

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