Refractory materials, recognised for their exceptional resistance to heat and corrosive environments, are critical to many high‐temperature industrial processes. Their ability to withstand extreme ...

Advanced optical materials are crucial in the development of many everyday appliances that enhance our lives. These materials have the unique ability to manipulate light in various ways, allowing us ...

Electrically heated elements turn from solids to liquids to provide flexibility to robotic building blocks. We use cookies to ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure. Discovering new materials with customizable and optimized properties, driven either by ...

This year's 35 Innovators are making it possible for familiar materials like glass, steel, and electronics to have completely new properties. In the 24 years I’ve worked as a materials scientist, I’ve ...

The mechanical strength and toughness of engineering materials are often mutually exclusive, posing challenges for material design and selection. To address this, a research team from The Hong Kong ...

Scientists have confirmed that ripples in ultra-thin films, only atoms thick, directly affect how flexible and strong they are. By creating alumina films thinner than a hair and testing them with ...

Traditionally, analyzing materials involved techniques tailored for specific scales, which made integrating data from these different methods quite challenging. However, recent advancements in ...

An introductory course focused on the new and existing materials that are crucial for mitigating worldwide anthropogenic CO2 emissions and associated greenhouse gases. Emphasis will be placed on how ...

Dielectrics are materials that store energy when an external electric field stimulates the material. A common explanation for a dielectric is a material that will store additional charge when placed ...