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Materials with self-adaptive mechanical responses have long been sought after in material science. Using computer simulations, researchers at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Hyderabad, now show how such ...
Axions, hypothetical subatomic particles that were first proposed by theoretical physicists in the late 1970s, remain among the most promising dark matter candidates. 萌妹社区ics theories suggest that the interactions between ...
For decades, traditional lithography techniques鈥攕uch as electron beam lithography and nanoimprinting鈥攈ave struggled to meet the demand for ultra-fine, high-aspect-ratio structures in general. Similar difficulty also applies ...
Origami鈥攖he Japanese art of folding paper鈥攃ould be the next frontier in innovative materials. Practiced in Japan since the early 1600s, origami involves combining simple folding techniques to create intricate designs. ...
Exosomes, secreted by most cells, carry biological information and proteins that serve as noninvasive biomarkers for diagnosing and predicting disease progression and metastasis. However, the rapid isolation of high-purity ...
The Earth's magnetic field quietly supports life on the planet and now, for the first time, its invisible powers have been used to create new nanoparticles and materials.
Twisted moir茅 photonic crystals鈥攁n advanced type of optical metamaterial鈥攈ave shown enormous potential in the race to engineer smaller, more capable and more powerful optical systems. How do they work?
In a leap forward for materials science, a multi-institutional team of researchers has developed a pioneering method of 3D printing cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs), enabling complex, color-changing responsive ...
Metamaterials are artificially-structured materials with extraordinary properties not easily found in nature. With engineered three-dimensional (3D) geometries at the micro- and nanoscale, these architected materials achieve ...
When materials are created on a nanometer scale鈥攋ust a handful of atoms thick鈥攅ven the thermal energy present at room temperature can cause structural ripples. How these ripples affect the mechanical properties of these ...
