April 11, 2025 Chemistry, Materials Sciences

The role of sulfur into glass formation
Sulfur, a widespread element is characteristically heterovalent, exhibiting a great range in oxidation…
March 4, 2025 Materials Sciences

The role of oxygen vacancies in ferroelectric zirconia thin films
In the latest years, defect engineering provided a powerful tool for tailoring nanomaterials for…
November 5, 2024 Applied Physics, Materials Sciences

Scientists studied the synthesis of carbon atomic wires using UV resonance Raman spectroscopy
Short carbon atomic wires represent the first step in carbon nanostructure growth, and…
July 24, 2024 Energy, Materials Sciences

Carbon-hydroxyapatite hybrid materials to synthesise green fuels precursors
Plant dry matter raw materials (biomass) can be used as an alternative to…
May 3, 2024 Materials Sciences

Different conditions, different composition: investigation on a bimetallic alloy surface
Besides being cheaper, platinum alloys with 3d transition metals show superior activities in…
April 29, 2024 Materials Sciences

A new generation of hydrogen sensors
Monitoring hydrogen levels, an operation which is commonly performed with gas chromatographs and…
April 15, 2024 Materials Sciences, nanotechnologies

How to synthesise stable and strongly confined perovskite quantum dots
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the discovery and development…
March 18, 2024 Biology, Materials Sciences

A multi-technique analysis to study the structure of cellulose nanofibrils-based hydrogels
Hydrogels are solid–liquid systems formed by a variety of water-soluble polymers, which in…