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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / October 20, 2021

Metalens focuses light with ultradeep holes, super stable glass, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 20, 2021.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / October 6, 2021

Breakup of a single chemical bond, lass ‘sand’ to prevent coastal erosion, a new way to control magnets, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 6, 2021.

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To bilayers and beyond—researchers overcome the single-atomic-layer limit of borophene

By Lisa McDonald / August 31, 2021

Synthesizing multilayer borophene is difficult because of the tendency of boron atoms to cluster. Researchers at Northwestern and Rice Universities discovered they could synthesize bilayer borophene by growing it on a special silver substrate.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / August 18, 2021

Glass as hard as diamond, blue hydrogen downsides, and other materials stories that may be of interest for August 18, 2021.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / July 14, 2021

Graphene keeps artworks’ colors ageless, cyber risks of 3D printing, and other materials stories that may be of interest for July 14, 2021.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / June 30, 2021

Quantum dots boost catalysis, interactive map for critical minerals, and other materials stories that may be of interest for June 30, 2021.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / June 23, 2021

Sound–light pulses in 2D materials, recovering rare-earth metals, and other materials stories that may be of interest for June 23, 2021.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / June 9, 2021

Visualizing cement hydration, 99.5% purity rare earth from waste magnets, and other materials stories that may be of interest for June 9, 2021.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / May 12, 2021

IBM unveils first 2 nm chip technology, ‘molecular glue’ for perovskite solar cells, and other materials stories that may be of interest for May 12, 2021.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / March 31, 2021

Make quantum dots brighter, the secrets of printed electronics, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 31, 2021.

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