Researchers developed battery-like electrochemical Nb2CTx MXene electrodes with stable voltage output and high energy density by using a high-voltage scanning strategy. These latest findings may lead to a breakthrough in inventing the powerful battery of the next generation.
A walk in the park could soon include getting real-time measurements of pollutants in the air and updated walking routes to avoid the most toxic ones, all while wearing a gadget the size of a smart watch.
Researchers created the first ever prototype of a soft, biodegradable and soluble velcro inspired by the micro-hook structure of leaves on the catchweed plant (Galium aparine), for use in devices for the monitoring and safeguarding of the environment and in precision farming.
Scientists have discovered a path that could lead to shape-shifting ceramic materials. This discovery could improve everything from medical devices to electronics.
A new 3D printing technology makes the production of complex metallic objects at the nanoscale possible. A team of chemists has developed an electrochemical technique that can be used to make objects out of copper just 25 nanometres in diameter.
Researchers have uncovered the quantitative explanation for magnetic symmetry breaking during domain wall motion, a contribution to the fundamental physics of technology needed to build faster computers.
Scientists make a surprising discovery: A catalyst seems to contradict usual laws and can exhibit completely different activity states at the same time.
In this study, by using femtosecond photoluminescence up-conversion and transient absorption spectroscopy, the researchers for the first time directly and dynamically observed the ultrafast and highly efficient exciton dissociation in 2D perovskites.
This study not only develops a highly efficient electrocatalyst toward electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction, but also offers a new prospect for the rational design and construction of 3D porous MXene-based aerogel materials for diverse applications in energy storage and conversion, gas adsorption and separation, and catalysis.
