metal oxide

Dislocations create traffic jams—not express lanes—for ionic transport in metal oxides

By April Gocha / April 3, 2015

New research from Massachusetts Institute of Technology adds another to the list of things that aren’t as they seem—the effect of dislocations on ionic transport within metal oxides.

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Ceramics set to solidify the future of solid-state batteries

By April Gocha / October 28, 2014

University of Michigan researchers have been working on a scheme to use ceramics to improve even safer solid-state batteries, which completely do away with aqueous solutions altogether.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / October 1, 2014

Novel oxide electronics, reference nano-materials, graphene alternatives, flexible electronics, cheap solar cells, and LEDs, LEDs, LEDs.

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The heat is on: Thermochromic paint warns when materials get too hot

By April Gocha / July 15, 2014

Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology have stirred up a new thermochromic paint formulation that could give an early warning signal that equipment may malfunction, explore, or overheat.

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Expanding horizons of varistors in electronics: From transistors to sensors

By Yoko Co / June 24, 2014

[Editor’s note: This report comes to us from R.K. Pandey, PhD, Professor at Ingram School of Engineering at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.] by R. K. Pandey A…

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / May 27, 2014

Other materials stories that may be of interest for May 27, 2014.

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Can basic chemistry concepts explain oxide surfaces?

By / February 25, 2010

Researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Oxford say that relatively simple methods of explaining chemical bond mechanisms typically taught at undergraduate levels turns out to be an accurate…

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