Only the good shall pass: Battery with a built-in bouncer

Microporous polymer separator prevents specific molecules from crossing battery and causing degradation and shorter lifetimes.

Novel porous materials made from flexible 'spaghetti-like' molecules

Scientists transformed flexible one-dimensional molecular chains into a structured, well-defined porous three-dimensional material.

Graphene used for treatment of damaged muscle tissue

Researchers use graphene to synthesize a scaffold to treat damaged muscles.

Serendipitous observation may lead to more efficient solar cells and new gas sensors

While investigating perovskite crystals, scientists made an observation that could make perovskite solar cells more efficient.

Cellulosic nanomaterials could help strengthen auto parts

Trees that are removed during forest restoration projects could find their way into car bumpers and fenders.

Watering solar cells makes them grow... in power

Perovskite solar cells are usually exposed to ambient air for several hours after fabrication. This procedure increases their efficiency, even if the reason behind the phenomenon was unclear.

Atomic blimp stretches a crystal

Implanted helium ions 'tuned' complex behaviors - enabling design of new materials for efficient electricity storage and testing theories.

The hot attraction of gold

Gold had long been considered a non-magnetic metal. But researchers recently discovered that gold can in fact be magnetized by applying heat.

Novel self-assembly can tune the electronic properties of graphene

In what could prove to be a significant advance in fabricating new technologies, scientists discovered a new self-assembly mechanism that surprisingly drives negatively charged molecules to clump together to form islands when graphene is supported by an electrical insulator.

A new family member for 2D nanomaterials

First atomically thin, halide perovskite sheets could be an alternative to graphene for future electronics.