Improved artificial photosynthesis methods would allow production of alternative fuels without burning fossil fuels. New research lays the foundation for designing ultrastable nanocatalysts for such methods.
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Flatter materials have fewer imperfections and make for better solar cells and light sensors, new battery material goes with the flow, and other materials stories that may be of interest for August 16, 2017.
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Black phosphorus doesn’t mind water, supercomputer simulation reveals 2-D glass can go infinitely soft, and other materials stories that may be of interest for December 21, 2016.
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Mantis shrimp inspiration, hematite re-growth, and other materials stories that may be of interest for June 24, 2015.
Read MoreAn artist’s representation of the proposed on-chip laser design, created via transfer printing of photonic crystal between layers of silicon nanomembrane. Credit: Hongjun Yang. Check ’em out: Printed photonic crystal mirrors…
Read MoreSchematic of Daniel Nocera’s personalized energy system. Credit: MIT News Office Daniel Nocera likes it when he is called a revolutionary. “Yes, sure I am!,” he responded when a writer…
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