The symposium “The Great Transition” brought together leading scientists to address the criticality of materials as key to sustainable technologies.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – August 2017
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, metamaterials, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Never Say Never
The argument for making synthetic fuel from CO2 using renewable electricity in an increasingly electrified world is by now a familiar one. It hinges on the unlikely scenario that lithium ion batteries will never power the massive fleet of large-volume transportation...
The Diaper Motor – Producing Energy with Superabsorbers
Osmotic engine: translating osmotic pressure into macroscopic mechanical force
Perovskite Perspectives: Chul-Ho Lee and Min Jae Ko Discuss Moisture Stability
Chul-Ho Lee and Min Jae Ko discuss the critical moisture stability problem faced by researchers working on perovskite materials.
Perovskite Perspectives: Yi Hou and Christoph Brabec Talk Hysteresis
Yi Hou and Christoph Brabec take a moment to outline the hysteresis problem faced by researchers working on perovskite materials.
Getting Bimetallic Nanoparticles in Shape for Application
Discover how iodide can be used to control the shape of bimetallic nanoparticles for application in catalysis, solar-energy conversion and therapeutics.
Achieving Gt/y CO2 Utilization with Negative CO2 Emissions
Our global community has been tasked to define and implement a Manhattan style strategy for reducing CO2 emissions at the gigatonne scale. The vision to accomplish this heroic goal is a holistic paradigm, which makes use of all the technologies in the CO2 utilization...
Materials Research at Wuhan University of Technology
Issue 20/2017 of Advanced Materials brings together a collection of review-type articles to highlight materials research at Wuhan University of Technology.
Use Zinc Oxide Flowers to Create Better Photocatalytic Properties
Researchers have studied low-dimensional nanoscale ZnO building blocks, such as 1D nanorods, 1D nanowires and 2D nanosheets. Recently it was found that mixing these materials with 3D hierarchical ZnO microstructures revealed special optical, electrical and catalytic properties.