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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / April 4, 2018

X-rays reveal oxide islands on noble metal nanoparticles for catalytic converters, scientists elucidate the crystal structure of sodium boride, and other materials stories that may be of interest for April 4, 2018.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / February 15, 2017

Using atomic layer deposition to engineer atom-thick oxide semiconductors, research team helps Boeing set up nondestructive evaluation laboratory, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 15, 2017.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / January 25, 2017

Graphene’s sleeping superconductivity awakens, discovery could lead to jet engines that run hotter and cleaner, and other materials stories that may be of interest for January 25, 2017.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / January 11, 2017

Nano-chimneys can cool circuits, three-layer nanoparticle catalysts improve zinc-air batteries, and other materials stories that may be of interest for January 11, 2017.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / February 17, 2016

Graphene’s toughness in question, molybdenum disulfide memristors, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 17, 2016.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / December 16, 2015

Exploring limits of energy transfer, catalysts for solar water splitters, and other materials stories that may be of interest for December 16, 2015.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / October 21, 2015

Iron-based dye pairs with nanostructured titanium dioxide, semiconducting graphene nanoribbons, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 21, 2015.

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Green mining technique uses photosynthesis to extract semiconductor germanium from soil

By April Gocha / September 30, 2015

Scientists at Germany’s Freiberg University of Mining and Technology have figured out that they don’t have to dig up the earth to extract the semiconductor germanium—they can make plants do the work for them.

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Promising new approach to manufacture graphene could be key to faster, more efficient electronics—and it’s scalable

By Stephanie Liverani / August 14, 2015

The time-to-market gap for commercially viable graphene in electronic applications might just have shrunk even more—researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered a new method for growing graphene on germanium that naturally forms nanoribbons with smooth armchair edges.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / March 11, 2015

Ceramic matrix composites take on jet engine, high-temperature superconductivity advances, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 11, 2015.

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