Heterostructures are structures formed by reassembling isolated atomic layers such as graphene, hBN or TMDCs, one on top of each other in a precise chosen sequence to form a complex structure which has unusual properties and potential applications.
By Benedette Cuffari
20 Feb 2017
An international team of researchers has now made this dream a reality. The team have managed to produce an innovative strategy to fabricate 2D polymers that consist of interwoven polymer fibres, held together by the interlocking mechanical forces that arise from the weaved pattern.
By Liam Critchley
20 Feb 2017
Researchers from the USA have created a series of flattened-nanotube reinforced thermoplastic composites, which have been fabricated as a function of buckypaper loading. The researchers incorporated a Parmax polymer resin, to increase and optimise the mechanical strength of these composites.
By Liam Critchley
17 Feb 2017
Boron nitride monolayers are fabricated by chemical vapour deposition (CVD), under a low pressure and high temperature. The monolayers are uniform in nature and only have a maximum thickness of 0.45 nm which allows this material to form an atomically thin coating.
By Liam Critchley
15 Feb 2017
A group of French researchers have developed a novel 3D printed microscopy chamber, known as UniverSlide, that can be used for multidimensional imaging.
By Liam Critchley
13 Feb 2017
A team of engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder has developed a novel metamaterial with extraordinary properties not found in nature. The material is scalable, and has commercial applications as a kind of air conditioning system for structures. It also has the ability to cool objects, even when in direct contact with sunlight, with no consumption of energy or water.
By Liam Critchley
10 Feb 2017
Electroactive polymers are flexible, elastic materials that change size or shape due to an applied electric field.
By Colm O'Regan
26 Jan 2017
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) provide new insights in biomedical engineering with the unique properties they exhibit.
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but ways in which it can be stored efficiently are continuously evolving with the increased energy requirements and advances in technology going on in the world today.
By Benedette Cuffari
11 Oct 2016
Lightweight metals are often produced for operations where lightweight and improved performance properties are required.