Vapor-phase synthesis, a technique used to create very pure and scalable nanomaterials and coatings, has great promise for the electronic, optical, aerospace, energy and environment, and semiconductor ...

In the early 20th century, the development of a catalyst for ammonia synthesis by the Haber-Bosch method took more than 10,000 experiments before it was successful. The development of new materials is ...

Colloidal gallium nitride and titanium nitride nanocrystals could enable printed displays and implant coatings ...

Sonochemistry harnesses the intense localised conditions generated by acoustic cavitation to drive the synthesis of nanomaterials with controlled composition, morphology and crystallinity. When ...

Researchers at the Institute of Materials Science in Hanoi are developing a fully automated laboratory that promises to ...

A research team has developed a high-performance coating material that self-assembles from 2D nanosheets, and which could significantly extend the shelf life of electronics, energy storage devices, ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Scientists are developing new ways to observe and direct the construction of materials at the smallest scales. Recent advances in scanning transmission electron microscopes (STEMs ...

Recently, a joint research team from North Minzu University, Xiamen University and Tsinghua University has made progress in the synthesis of ...

Carbon nanotubes are cylindrical structures made of rolled-up graphene sheets. They can be single-walled (SWCNTs), with a diameter of around 1 nm, or multi-walled (MWCNTs), with diameters ranging from ...

Nanoparticles exhibit distinct physical and chemical properties compared to bulk materials, making them valuable in applications such as electronics, photovoltaics, catalysis, and biomedical sciences.