Materials Science & Nanotech

3+ hour, 58+ min ago   (840+ words) By Samuel López | USA Herald SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - A potentially important semiconductor may have been hiding in scientific literature for 27 years—not because scientists failed to study it, but because nobody appears to have connected what chemists discovered in 1999 with…...

5+ hour, 7+ min ago   (482+ words) A temporary liquid formed during manufacturing could help make promising new solar cells more efficient and longer lasting. Researchers used the liquid to guide crystal growth, producing smoother, more orderly materials with fewer defects. The work focuses on perovskites, a…...

5+ hour, 4+ min ago   (432+ words) Tiny carbon particles extracted from coal could help engineers make smaller, more efficient electronic devices. Researchers used the particles to solve a manufacturing problem that has held back materials only one atomic layer thick. These extremely thin materials could support…...

11+ hour, 6+ min ago   (277+ words) The study, authored by PhD student Shafin Bin Hamid, Alexander N. Chin, and Associate Professor Jean Anne C. Incorvia of the Integrated Nano Computing (INC) Lab at the University of Texas at Austin, modeled three MTJ architectures using analytical techniques derived from…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago   (671+ words) Researchers at Khalifa University have created gallic acid-functionalized Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene/SPES hybrid tight ultrafiltration membranes that achieve over 95 percent rejection of selected dyes and pharmaceuticals and quadruple water flux, offering a promising pretreatment for drug-laden hospital wastewater....

14+ hour, 4+ min ago   (420+ words) Fibrous filters are widely used for aerosol control; however, the coupled effects of elliptical fiber geometry and orientation on diffusion-dominated nanoparticle capture and efficiency–resistance optimization remain insufficiently understood. This study develops a numerical framework to investigate the effects of…...

10+ hour, 54+ min ago   (549+ words) When a polymer film breaks down under high voltage, its molecules shed electrons — and explaining precisely how that happens has proved surprisingly contentious. Two mechanisms have competed for decades. Confirming field ionization as the mechanism required more than choosing it…...

14+ hour, 4+ min ago   (184+ words) We’re sharing this article early to provide faster access to peer-reviewed, accepted research. It is citable and carries a permanent DOI. This version is subject to further edits and will be replaced automatically by the final Version of Record. All…...

6+ hour, 53+ min ago   (309+ words) October 10, 2026 By Carnegie Mellon University Researchers at Carnegie Mellon, Stanford and Purdue universities demonstrate a new way to dramatically enhance heat transfer across nanoscale gaps using engineered metamaterials The study, published in Nature by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford…...

3+ hour, 7+ min ago   (429+ words) Researchers have created a mesoporous nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide photocatalyst that degrades 99.3 percent of Rhodamine B dye in water within three hours of direct sunlight and remains reusable over five cycles....