Graphene is a bit like the Novak Djokovic of materials – it’s so damn talented that each new achievement feels passé. But now, an exciting new upstart is challenging graphene’s title. Meet goldene, a ...

Nanostructured two-dimensional gold monolayers offer possibilities in catalysis, electronics, and nanotechnology. Nanostructured two-dimensional gold monolayers offer possibilities in catalysis, ...

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While doing a routine check on a batch of tiny gold tetrahedrons, Rice chemist Matthew Jones and graduate student Zhihua Cheng found their microscopic particles had the unanticipated ability to ...

Material structures are rarely perfect, but researchers at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) have now identified a way to make them more so. By monitoring in real time how ...

Imagestacking two sheets of graphene – the 2D form of graphite, or the pencil at your hand – in which the carbon atoms form a hexagonal lattice and twist the top sheet out of alignment with the sheet ...

2D materials such as tungsten disulfide (WS 2) can play a crucial role in the fabrication of future logic chips. Due to their exceptional properties, they promise to enable ultimate gate length ...

With the release of Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake, the Erdrick Trilogy is now complete in glorious HD-2D form, giving fans and newcomers alike the perfect jumping off point for one of the most ...

HOUSTON – (July 25, 2022) – Tetrahedron-shaped nanoparticles are interesting enough by themselves, but under the right circumstances, Rice University scientists have discovered they do something ...

Chemists have discovered that pointy gold tetrahedrons self-assemble into 2D chiral superlattices. The structures could be useful metamaterials. Tetrahedron-shaped nanoparticles are interesting enough ...