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Melting the unmeltable—new method extends the range of meltable MOF materials

By Lisa McDonald / October 12, 2021

Fabricating metal-organic frameworks in a glassy phase is a successful way to synthesize these materials for bulk production. However, some MOFs decompose before reaching the melting temperature and so cannot be turned into a glass. Researchers in Germany and the U.K. found a way to melt these unmeltable MOFs by adding ionic liquid to the compound.

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Reverse engineering complements stylistic and iconographic analyses of ceramic figurines in southwest Colombia

By Lisa McDonald / May 14, 2021

Figurines created by people of the Tumaco-La Tolita culture give insight into their ancient society and ideology. Researchers in Colombia and the United Kingdom investigated use of a reverse engineering framework to complement conventional stylistic and iconographic analyses of these figurines.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / February 10, 2021

Recycle face masks into roads, quantum tunneling in graphene, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 10, 2021.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / November 18, 2020

New family of quasiparticles, glass that combines organic and inorganic components, and other materials stories that may be of interest for November 18, 2020.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / November 4, 2020

Path to nanodiamond from graphene, better “artificial bone” coating for implants, and other materials stories that may be of interest for November 4, 2020.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / September 2, 2020

Fruit peel turns old batteries new, electronic skin reacts to pain, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 2, 2020.

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I th‘ink’ we have a solution: Researchers explain mechanism behind uniform deposition of 2D materials for printed electronics

By Lisa McDonald / August 28, 2020

In 2017, an international team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge found a certain alcohol-based solvent allowed uniform deposition of inks containing 2D materials—a result important to advancing printed electronics. Now, the team has proposed a mechanism to explain their finding.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / August 26, 2020

Transparent solar panels hit record efficiency, long-range and high-power wireless electricity, and other materials stories that may be of interest for August 26, 2020.

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Maximize production of electricity and crops—tinted semitransparent solar panels for agrivoltaics

By Lisa McDonald / August 18, 2020

Agrivoltaics, the practice of co-locating photovoltaic infrastructure and agriculture, can lead to reduced crop yield if the solar panels block too much light. Researchers in the United Kingdom and Italy investigated using tinted semitransparent solar panels that selectively absorb certain wavelengths and found a substantial overall financial gain compared with classical agriculture.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / August 12, 2020

Bring agrivoltaics to the next level, make nonmagnetic materials magnetic, and other materials stories that may be of interest for August 12, 2020.

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