materials

Researchers clarify how soft materials fail under stress

Understanding how soft materials fail under stress is critical for solving engineering challenges as disparate as pharmaceutical technology and landslide…

2 years ago

Building materials for water-rich planets in the early solar system

Age data for certain classes of meteorite have made it possible to gain new findings on the origin of small…

2 years ago

New approach to identifying altermagnetic materials

Magnetic materials have traditionally been classified as either ferromagnetic, like the decorative magnets on iron refrigerator doors that are seemingly…

2 years ago

Transforming common soft magnets into a next-generation thermoelectric conversion materials by 3 minutes heat treatment

A research team from NIMS and Nagoya University has demonstrated that an iron-based amorphous alloy, widely used as a soft…

2 years ago

Are high-purity cathode materials truly necessary?

Manufacturers of secondary battery cells (LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI, and SK on) have been insisting on very stringent purity…

2 years ago

Shining a light on the hidden properties of quantum materials

Certain materials have desirable properties that are hidden, and just as you would use a flashlight to see in the…

2 years ago

Researchers safely integrate fragile 2D materials into devices

Two-dimensional materials, which are only a few atoms thick, can exhibit some incredible properties, such as the ability to carry…

2 years ago

Vacuum in optical cavity can change material’s magnetic state without laser excitation

Researchers in Germany and the USA have produced the first theoretical demonstration that the magnetic state of an atomically thin…

2 years ago

Cathode active materials for lithium-ion batteries could be produced at low temperatures

Layered lithium cobalt oxide, a key component of lithium-ion batteries, has been synthesized at temperatures as low as 300°C and…

2 years ago