Lining up for new high-density memory devices

Unique magnetic coupling found in vertically aligned nanocomposite films shrink devices and let them withstand higher temperatures.

Light strikes gold

Scientists advance the precision controlled synthesis of gold nanocrystals, which could create new catalysts that improve industrial energy efficiency.

The origin of ultrahigh piezoelectric response

An international team of scientists may have solved the 30-year-old riddle of why certain ferroelectric crystals exhibit extremely strong piezoelectric responses.

Efficient nanowire solution for a big-name pollutant

Researchers designed an extremely efficient catalytic system to remove carbon monoxide.

Nanoparticle catalysts outperform single metal atoms

Scientists have determined that the active sites for two reactions involving carbon dioxide (carbon monoxide oxidation and water-gas shift) are associated with small platinum particles and not single platinum atoms as previously proposed.

Porous, 3-D forms of graphene 10 times as strong as steel but much lighter

Researchers have designed one of the strongest lightweight materials known, by compressing and fusing flakes of graphene, a two-dimensional form of carbon. The new material, a sponge-like configuration with a density of just 5 percent, can have a strength 10 times that of steel.

Sturdy skyrmions stack up

A new form of low-power computing that uses miniscule magnetic whirlpools to store and process data is a step closer to becoming a reality.