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By Lisa McDonald / March 29, 2023

Oxygen-ion battery, zap ‘forever chemicals’ for good, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 29, 2023.

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Fluoride strengthens both teeth and solar cells

By Lisa McDonald / June 4, 2019

Researchers in the Netherlands and China found adding fluoride to perovskite solar cells helps stabilize the material’s structure, much like fluoride in toothpaste protects tooth enamel from decay.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / May 15, 2019

Fluoride improves perovskite stability, salt batteries store heat, and other materials stories that may be of interest for May 15, 2019.

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Capital fund investment to enable Eurekite’s flexible ceramics to reach commercialization

By April Gocha / October 20, 2015

Eurekite, innovator of a new paper-like flexible ceramic, recently received some rather hefty start-up support from Cottonwood Technology Fund, an investment company that supports tech entrepreneurs through early and seed-stage investing.

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Video: Silicon nitride origami—making self-assembling 3D microstructures using water

By April Gocha / June 5, 2014

Researchers at the University of Twente (Netherlands) have made microscopic self-assembling 3D structures—cubes, pyramids, bowls, and other geometric shapes—out of flat sheets of silicon nitride using only a droplet of water.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Jim Destefani / November 4, 2013

Other materials stories that may be of interest.

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