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Scientists design outstanding catalysts by controlling the composition and shape of these tiny plate-like structures on the nanoscale.
Scientists set record resolution for patterning materials at sizes as small as a single nanometer using microscope-based lithography.
For the first time, self-organized, soft machines powered by molecular motors propelled fluid for hours across meters.
Big impacts on crystal formation result from small changes and reveal design principles for new materials for solar cells, more.
Scientists capture excess light energy to produce fuel, essentially storing sunlight’s energy for a rainy day.
The quest for solar cell materials that are inexpensive, stable, and efficient leads to a breakthrough in thin film organic-inorganic perovskites.
Plutonium has more verified and accessible oxidation states than any other actinide element, an important insight for energy and security applications.
Easily manufactured membranes aid efficient chemical separation.
A new uranium-based metal-organic framework, NU-1301, could aid energy producers and industry.
A new polymer, created with a structure inspired by crystalline silicon, may make it easier to build better computers and solar cells.
Developing a highly active and acid-stable catalyst for water splitting could significantly impact solar energy technologies.
Scientists invent a new approach to creating ordered patterns of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond, a promising approach to storing and computing quantum data.
