To control color, the team sandwiched the polymer between two gold films. Light bounces off these films and interferes in ...

Anode-free lithium metal batteries, which have attracted attention as candidates for electric vehicles, drones, and ...

N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are small, reactive ring molecules which bond well with metallic surfaces and which, over the past few years, have attracted a great deal of interest in the field of the ...

This polymer-based system shows that coherent quantum behavior can be designed into stable, tunable, solution-processable materials compatible with real devices. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Quantum ...

A joint research team succeeds in improving ionic conductivity using electrostatic interface of polymer electrolytes. As the demand for electric vehicles rises, interest grows for all-solid-state ...

With rapid advances in high-throughput computing, machine learning (ML), and artificial intelligence (AI) applications, polymer informatics is emerging as a promising tool to ensure breakthrough ...

An ultrathin polymer layer on electrode surfaces improves the stability of an anode-free lithium metal battery, addressing ...

Surfaces with anionic block copolymers can inactivate different viruses within minutes by making the polymer-microbe interface very acidic. Such surfaces can continuously disinfect surfaces without ...