Using carbon nanotubes to develop clothing that can double as batteries

Engineers are creating clothing that can charge your cell phone. What makes this possible are the unique properties of carbon nanotubes: a large surface area that is strong, conductive and heat-resistant.

Wetting of surfaces is surprisingly difficult to measure reliably

Researchers provide a standardized approach to improve the accuracy and reliability of contact angle measurements of surfaces.

Underlying mechanism discovered for magnetic effect in superconducting spintronics

New work on the interactions between superconductors and ferromagnets bridges the gap between theory on the long-range magnetic proximity effect and recent experimental results.

Researchers improve conductive property of graphene, advancing promise of solar technology

Researchers have connected a graphene layer with two other atomic layers (molybdenum diselenide and tungsten disulfide) thereby extending the lifetime of excited electrons in graphene by several hundred times.

Carbon nanotube catalysts in MINT condition

Carbon nanotubes have been used as catalysts in many relevant chemical processes, however, controlling their catalytic activity is not easy. In new work, researchers describe how to build mechanized catalysts to increase or decrease catalysis.

Trapping light using Tetris-like clusters of crystals

Researchers are developing a technique for the production of new advanced functional materials.