Findings on PMN-PT films reveal a size effect that enhances properties, offering insights for miniaturized electronics and ...

A new study sheds light on how the extreme miniaturization of thin films affects the behavior of relaxor ferroelectrics -- materials with noteworthy energy-conversion properties used in sensors, ...

Spectrometers are used worldwide under diverse climatic conditions. Their dependable performance relies on the integrated ...

School of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, Centre for Engineering Materials. Professor Robert Dorey holds the chair in Nanomaterials at the University of Surrey and is Fellow of the Institute ...

Their latest research, published in the journal Nature Materials, sheds light on how catalysts can stay in unanticipated forms during the process of nitrate ...

Researchers at Caltech, led by Professor Chiara Daraio, have developed an intriguing new type of material that behaves like both a solid and a liquid, depending on the type of stress applied. This ...

Nano-architected materials are made of tiny building blocks or repeating units measuring a few hundred nanometres in size. Researchers have developed high-performance nano-architected materials ...

Bioinspired materials are synthetic materials whose structure, properties or function mimic those of natural materials or living matter. Examples of bioinspired materials are light-harvesting ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering have used machine learning to design nano-architected materials that have the strength of carbon steel but the ...

This technique assesses the distribution of the pyroelectric coefficient in an inhomogeneous sample, for example, surface pyroelectricity in nonpolar materials. In selecting the specific “tailor-made” ...