Double, Double Toil and Trouble: Tungsten Burns and Helium Bubbles
New models reveal the impact of competing processes on helium bubble formation in plasma-exposed tungsten.
New models reveal the impact of competing processes on helium bubble formation in plasma-exposed tungsten.
Clusters with longer separations between atoms had enhanced catalytic activity.
Concentrating noble-metal catalyst atoms on the surface of porous nano-frame alloys shows over thirty-fold increase in performance.
New studies explain the transition, providing a quantitative picture of a 50-year-old mystery.
Discovery paves the way to quantitatively investigate the interplay among magnetism, superconductivity and disorder in high temperature superconductors.
Carbon nanotubes insert into artificial and active cell membranes, reproducing major features of biological channels.
Thin widths change a high-performance electrical conductor into a semiconductor.
Researchers have created a porous, layered material that can serve as a graphene analog, and which may be a tool for storing energy and investigating the physics of unusual materials.
New material with a layered, atomic sandwich structure has unique optoelectronic properties.
Experiments using novel magnetic nanostructures confirm theoretically predicted behavior – bolstering their utility as a tool for understanding complex magnetic materials.
New metal oxide material works at temperatures low enough to improve fuel cell efficiency.
Lithium-ion batteries could benefit from this inexpensive method.