Headline: Advancing chemical recycling of waste plastics
■ Release Date: 2023.7.24
■ Published by: University of Pittsburgh
■ Keywords: waste plastics, chemicals, recycling
■ Abstract:
New research focuses on optimizing a promising technology called pyrolysis, which can chemically recycle waste plastics into more valuable chemicals.
Headline: Quantum avalanche' explains how nonconductors turn into conductors
■ Release Date: 2023.7.24
■ Published by: University at Buffalo
■ Keywords: nonconductors, conductors, insulators
■ Abstract:
The study takes a new approach to answer a long-standing mystery about insulator-to-metal transitions.
Headline: New research explores durability of 2D hybrid materials
■ Release Date: 2023.7.25
■ Published by: Texas A&M University
■ Keywords: perovskites, polymer, hybrid materials
■ Abstract:
Researchers investigated the fatigue behavior of 2D hybrid materials, opening doors to their widespread use in real-world applications.
Headline: New robot boosts solar energy research
■ Release Date: 2023.7.25
■ Published by: North Carolina State University
■ Keywords: solar, semiconductor, perovskite
■ Abstract:
Researchers have created a robot capable of conducting experiments more efficiently and sustainably to develop a range of new semiconductor materials with desirable attributes. The researchers have already demonstrated that the new technology, called RoboMapper, can rapidly identify new perovskite materials with improved stability and solar cell efficiency.
Headline: Washable, transparent, and flexible OLED with MXene nanotechnology?
■ Release Date: 2023.7.25
■ Published by: The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
■ Keywords: nanotechnology, graphene, carbon nanotubes
■ Abstract:
Transparent and flexible displays, which have received a lot of attention in various fields including automobile displays, bio-healthcare, military, and fashion, are in fact known to break easily when experiencing small deformations. To solve this problem, active research is being conducted on many transparent and flexible conductive materials such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, silver nanowires, and conductive polymers.
Headline: Scientists caught Hofstadter's butterfly in one of the most ancient materials on Earth
■ Release Date: 2023.7.27
■ Published by: University of Manchester
■ Keywords: graphite, carbon atoms, boron nitride
■ Abstract:
Researchers have revisited one of the most ancient materials on Earth -- graphite, and discovered new physics that has eluded the field for decades.
Headline: Self-healing plastic becomes biodegradable
■ Release Date: 2023.7.27
■ Published by: University of Konstanz
■ Keywords: mineral plastic, biodegradable, polyacrylic acid
■ Abstract:
Chemists develop mineral plastics with numerous positive properties from sustainable basic building blocks and, together with biologists, demonstrate the material's excellent microbiological degradability.
Headline: Imaging shows how solar-powered microbes turn CO2 into bioplastic
■ Release Date: 2023.7.28
■ Published by: Cornell University
■ Keywords: solar, carbon dioxide, bioplastic
■ Abstract:
Researchers have developed a multimodal platform to image biohybrids -- microorganisms that use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide into value-added chemical products -- to better understand how they function and how they can be optimized for more efficient energy conversion.
Headline: Researchers reveal a powerful platform for studying high-entropy alloy electrocatalysis
■ Release Date: 2023.7.28
■ Published by: Tohoku University
■ Keywords: high-entropy, alloys, electrocatalysis
■ Abstract:
High-entropy alloys (HEA) have a unique chemical composition that makes them strong, ductile, and resistant to wear-and-tear even at high temperatures. Yet this chemical composition also makes them difficult to study. Now, a collaborative research team has created a new experimental platform that enables the control of the atomic-level structure of HEAs' surfaces and the ability to test their catalytic properties.
